Long sophocles Poems

You Never Listened
by Michael R. Burch
 
You never listened,
though each night the rain
wove its patterns again
and trembled and glistened...
 
You were not watching,
though each night the stars
shone, brightening the tears
in her eyes palely fetching...
 
You...

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Antinatalist Poems

Habeas Corpus
by Michael R. Burch 

I have the results of your DNA analysis.
If you want to have children, this may induce paralysis.
I wish I had good news, but how can I lie?
Any offspring you...

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Prologue 

Of the alchemist’s physique I expound upon thee
A white feathered cap wore he jauntily, cocked to a side.
His sight like a moles’, aided by technology.
Shoulders broad with features fair
Emerald eyes he had with a...

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There cannot be two identical things in the world. Two
hydrogen atoms
offer infinite locations within their shells for electrons.
Thus, nothing can be definitely eventually known.
All to the good
because golf and chess and basketball, as well as
mathematics,...

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Girl of the theater, devoted to beauty, love and freedom. Romantic, not necessarily hopeless, but romantic nonetheless. She romanticises her life, she's the main character of the play. That is her existence. To court her,...

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I was reading Aristotle,
because I am just weird like that,
and as I poured through ancient words
I was presented with the fact
that what I read from classic times
saw far deeper then I can see,
he’s twenty-three centuries...

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Throughout the years of bars and fences, several things kept me from falling
My Faith in God, My Mom, My Writing...and, that Freedom Was Always Calling
The nightmare started in "93", shipped off to do a second...

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Waiting in line, 
Before the ATM of closed banks for 60 Euros to withdraw under the scourging sun  
Old and invalid people are submitted to this daily torture, constantly moaning, for Our country’s suffering...

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Oh, Parthenon,* 
Sublime aesthetic structure, 
Embodiment of unparalleled elegance,
Incarnation of history, philosophy, and sciences,
Everlasting beacon of human civilization,
Glorification of architecture,
Pride of the western world

You, deathless temple of Athena,
Undeniably, reflect the harmonious blending: 
Of matter with...

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Oh, ancient Greece, 
How much you have filled my soul.
The aesthetics of your kind, 
Are more than satisfied
By your beautiful eyes.

The epics of grace, 
Odysseus and Helen’s sublime face.
The war between two cities, 
And a...

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They tell me not to read mythology and 
believe aimlessly what is forever told. 

Of the formation of this universe, the 
chaos that metamorphed into the sun,
the stars, the planets, you and me. The 
violent...

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I landed in an online dreamland with two more.
You know these fictitious men with surreal fame;
One dreamt of hunting a big phantasy fish for...
And the other went on tossing a sky-high claim.

The first one plunges...

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The Three Pearls of Life
A poem about the three princesses of my life, inspired by Ancient Greek Wisdom

S, M and M are the three pearls of my existence
Giving my poor life, God’s harmonious essence
As they...

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Placid pond, the stillest place on earth.
Don't hate the pond scum, appreciate it's worth.
If you want to be with me, then just be with me.
I am the pond scum, please hear me.
 With a belly...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
                   ...

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Life’s a river; reading riddles it flows.
In morn, he crawls, tiptoeing like a leech, 
Falling - kneeling, crawling in fours, he goes,
Enters he second stage, all love to reach,
Swiftly rising, in twos he walks, cooing...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
                   ...

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Is there woman alive who loves engineer’s brain?
Seems like all that we do is cause pain,
One who jumps to his feet at cry “This doesn’t work!”
But solutions just mean that somehow he’s a jerk.

Was her...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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Tanked temps pools inky smears ere striking lights,
nightstand shelved as bed post warming invites,
facade postpones ceiling beams gold strike streaks,
soleless...

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Written: April 28, 2024, For Constance la France Contest

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.
Sophocles, Greek Poet  

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Turning into an angelic beast,
Here is the ugly Narcissist....
For others! She cared least,
Here's the ugly Narcissist.

When the plot of life got revealed,
She had a role to lead.
Sanguine She, was now so turbid,
Like Sophocles! Hard to...

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They all happened just in a day,
All: birth, going forth, heyday, 
Wedding day, D-day, all in a day.

They all happened just – in a day,
For he wanted truth with no delay,
Either it’d bring heyday or...

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  " One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love." Sophocles, Greek Poet 

How is the tender word love felt and seen,
words have many meanings what does love mean?

Love...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love." 
-Sophocles, Greek poet 

One word unties all the shackles and pains 
Of a world that's spiced with bitter and...

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