Long pindar Poems
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Epitaphs
Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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Categories:
pindar, bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
Athenian Epitaphs
Athenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...
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Categories:
pindar, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
Athenian Epitaphs Ii
Athenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night:
his owner's faithful Maltese...
but will...
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Categories:
pindar, animal, best friend, death of a friend,
Form:
Epitaph
Prologue
Whether you have come to possess this compendium of doggerel confessions by chance or by choice, should you decide to venture beyond this page, I politely suggest you consider the contents to be nothing more...
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Categories:
pindar, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Dandylion
"Dandylion"
The guy was a
Dandylion
there was
no denying it
full of promises
and making wishes
residing over
this new world
poetically
speaking, he
shone like
the Sun
he sat on his throne
for all to see
the mane man
roaring non-garrulous
declaring
to...
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Categories:
pindar, dream, humor, muse, word play,
Form:
Narrative
Paul Valery Translation of the Graveyard By the Sea
This is my modern English translation of Paul Valéry's poem “Le cimetière marin” (“The graveyard by the sea”). Valéry was buried in the seaside cemetery evoked in his best-known poem. From the vantage of the...
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Categories:
pindar, death, french, grave, obituary, ocean, paris, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Hand-Picked Berries and Sun-Dried Tomatoes 3
“The songs are casual and careless in a satisfying way, like the used condom your latest lover left lying on your bedroom floor, a souvenir you’re not yet ready to dispose of.” Candy Cotton, Modern...
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Categories:
pindar, mythology,
Form:
Prose
Acknowledgements
1. John Desmond Patrick Keegan
2. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
3. Sally Aline Mae Beller
4. Charles Edward A. Berry
5. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce...
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Categories:
pindar, appreciation, dedication, inspiration,
Form:
List
Corinna Translations
CORINNA
I come to sing of heroes' and heroines' courageous deeds.—Corinna translation by Michael R. Burch
Mount Helicon, father of fair offspring, friend of the wayfarer, beloved of the Muses!—Corinna translation by Michael R. Burch
Terpsichora calls me...
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Categories:
pindar, father, friend, hero, rose, song, voice, woman,
Form:
Free verse
Plato Epigram Translations
PLATO EPIGRAM TRANSLATIONS
These epitaphs and other epigrams have been ascribed to Plato...
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
But go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
We left...
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Categories:
pindar, death, eulogy, funeral, memorial, memory, remember, tribute,
Form:
Epigram
Love and Becoming
Nanaya:
“Self love - bereft of sin, beseeching and riveting in my spirit, jumps over me in the power of expression. Each twirl of my spirits dance radiates an effervescent power directed at my overcoming....
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Categories:
pindar, desire, emotions, happiness, love, passion,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Ginsberg Writes the F Word
Ginsberg Writes the F- WORD
FALLEN GINSBERG COINS “” INTO POETRY,
Our college creative-writing professor
Announced in 1972, to our class of hippie poets,
Like me, who didn’t quite see
The big deal, because we were establishing...
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Categories:
pindar, future, history, poetry, political, time,
Form:
Free verse
Ode On An Ode
A former lyric to celebrate some bode
A lyric to praise someone who is a goad
A lyric in praise of the West Wind - an abode
Of Autumn and frost; a lovely lyric that rowed
Many poets to...
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Categories:
pindar, angst, french, july,
Form:
Monorhyme
Dreaming of Elysian Fields
Dreaming of Elysian Fields
Those dreams of Elysian Fields I so miss
gentle days by the Okeanos flow
Soothing nights with you in such bliss
our souls flying with hearts in tow
Long days spent on the Fortunate Isle
walking the...
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Categories:
pindar, angel, appreciation, blessing, for her, happiness, love,
Form:
Rhyme