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Love Poems IiiLOVE POEMS III by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating, relationships, devotion and marriage.
Violets
by Michael R. Burch
Once, only once,
when the wind flicked your skirt
to...
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13th, desire, devotion, love, lust, marriage, passion, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
InstructionInstruction
by Michael R. Burch
Toss this poem aside
to the filigreed and the wild tide
of sunset.
Strike my name,
and still it is all the same.
The onset
of night is in the despairing skies;
each hut shuts its bright bewildered eyes.
The...
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Categories:
13th, extended metaphor, fantasy, happiness, hope, hyperbole, i
Form:
Pastoral
My Most Popular Poems On the Internet IiMy most popular poems on the Internet (II)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lot...
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13th, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About the Coronavirus IiPoems about the Coronavirus II
This World's Joy
(anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 14th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters...
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Categories:
13th, fear, loneliness, loss, natural disasters, scary, social,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval Poems IiMedieval Poems
Wulf and Eadwacer
(Old English circa 990 AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My people pursue him like crippled prey.
They'll rip him apart if he approaches their pack.
We are so different!
Wulf's on one island; I'm on...
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Categories:
13th, angel, england, love, middle school, poetry, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval PoemsMedieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with the mild pheasants' song ...
but now I feel the northern...
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Categories:
13th, allegory, bible, christian, england, london, nostalgia, poetry,
Form:
Verse
I Have Labored Sore TranslationI Have Labored Sore
anonymous medieval lyric (circa the fifteenth century)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I have labored sore / and suffered death,
so now I rest / and catch my breath.
But I shall come /...
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Categories:
13th, christian, death, earth, heaven, sorrow, sorry, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
Chaucer Translation: RejectionRejection
a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your beauty from your heart has so erased
Pity, that it's useless to complain;
For Pride now holds your mercy by a chain.
I'm guiltless, yet my sentence has...
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13th, beauty, french, heart, innocence, nature, pride, women,
Form:
Roundel
Medieval Poems VMedieval Poem V
A Proverb from Winfred's Time
anonymous Old English poem, circa 757-786
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
1.
The procrastinator puts off purpose,
never initiates anything marvelous,
never succeeds, and dies alone.
2.
The late-deed-doer delays glory-striving,
never indulges daring dreams,
never succeeds,...
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Categories:
13th, earth, england, love, middle school, poems, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English LanguageTranslations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems
The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
(excerpt)
He who granted me life...
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13th, england, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Maid of OrleansReflecting in her garden sits a winsome little maid;
She holds a purple flower like the circlet that she made
And wrapped about her braids to grace her forehead like a crown;
Her thick and shining braids that...
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13th, christian, conflict, courage, england, history,
Form:
Couplet
Christ's Message Distilled For DummiesChrist's Message Distilled for Dummies
(You Might Not Like It)
Christ’s message distilled is we all are born sinning,
deserving of Hell (1) (but for Grace the Cross pays for),
your pride in “your good acts” the proof of...
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Categories:
13th, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging AdultInferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult
Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil necked geek),
prattling wordsmith doth behold
nostalgic memories regarding father
(Boyce Brandon Harris)
long ago lapsed decades
during...
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Categories:
13th, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, 2nd
Form:
Rhyme
The Whips of History - 4Injustice is just an inconvenience until it is proven...
When the sun hit their helmets it startled the very souls of the natives
a signal upon their eyes that spoke like a siren of ill prophecy to...
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Categories:
13th, history, passion, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Chapter 127 -- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: the Women's Day With the Hakim ClanJuly 2049 the 13th Dolly and Molly
Celebrated their 45th birthday wih
Damian and Holly.
Today was a pleasant day initially
Then it rained and rained. Now,
Damian spoke with his brother Sidney
To decide the plan for...
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Categories:
13th, silence,
Form:
Alliteration
Bedlam and Mayhem In the Mistress's BoudoirBedlam and mayhem in the mistress's boudoir
Nsync with variations on a theme:
of drool worthy Reuben Sandwich
(consisting of corned beef,
Swiss cheese, sauerkraut,
Russian dressing between slices
of rye bread that is grilled
until the bread...
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Categories:
13th, adventure, angel, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful, desire, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Surrender Your FearHear my poem announce, then refine and restate
its life lesson suggestion Surrender YOUR Fear!
Yes, Surrender Your FEAR, watch stick rafters release
(note: I’m ‘Missing, Roof’ too, and I still love my life)
see life’s cobbled roofs fly,...
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Categories:
13th, faith, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Tasting Africa, One L----Ick At a Time - Part 2Tasting Africa (One L****ick at a Time) Part 2
(Though the title's a joke, my limericks are not!)
5. Yet Another World Wonder
Feel like now I am older I need to admit
A Safari to Africa costs quite...
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Categories:
13th, africa, appreciation, journey, life,
Form:
Rhyme
The Unborn Dreams of a Fertilization 1942a Long Journey a Long Lived Nightmare Part 1The unborn dreams of a fertilization – 1942
A long journey – A long lived nightmare
The journey begins without knowledge, just passion.
Life emerges, fights against the prodding at childhood.
The nightmare begins with a...
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Categories:
13th, life,
Form:
Free verse
Valentine's DayMy friends have always hated Valentine's Day.
They ridiculed the pimply-faced boys
Whose hormone-infused offerings
Smell of Axe cologne and sweaty palms.
Greater the mocking of pubescent princesses
Who prance and twirl and collect tokens
From admirers like shells on a...
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Categories:
13th, cinderella, february, heart, love, princess, true love,
Form:
Prose
Tavira, Algarve, My Home TownTavira
Tavira is my town
The place I call my home
Rich in history
Much like me
Many secrets does it hold
Ancient times still apparent
Different people now
A different time
How many footsteps have trodden the cobbled streets?
With donkeys or on...
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Categories:
13th, beach, community, holiday, home,
Form:
Free verse
When Savages Sang Strongly 4Sometimes faith lives on the edge of a knife
as Sviastoslav the Rus sacker came to know
The Khazar Khanate knew how to cut a slight
his gilded skull stole the show,
The Vatican went from a marsh...
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Categories:
13th, heart,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Happy Birthday O Banga Konya(DEDICATED THIS WRITINGS TO THE BIRTHDAY OF SHEIKH HASINA, HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH)
Today is propitious day of Bangladesh
Happy Birthday to You O Great Leader Of Bangla
Sheikh Hasina (Prime Minister of Bangladesh)
In the heart of...
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Categories:
13th, birthday,
Form:
Free verse
Paris November 13th Makes Me Weep - AfterthoughtParis November 13th Makes Me Weep — Afterthought
The shock and tragedy of this most horrendous event of slaughter, murder, and unmitigated evil are indeed a very sad commentary on the state mankind finds itself in...
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Categories:
13th, courage, death, dedication, devotion, freedom, inspiration, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
Translation: Ech Day Me Cometh Tydinges ThreEch day me cometh tydinges thre
"Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me"
(anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Each day I’m plagued by three doles,
These gargantuan weights on my...
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Categories:
13th, angst, anxiety, death, depression, england, fear, sorrow,
Form:
Couplet