Long Abated Poems
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Ono No Komachi Translation: AutumnWatching wan moonlight
illuminate tree limbs,
my heart also brims,
overflowing with autumn.
—Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
As I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono...
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Categories:
abated, age, autumn, death, depression, desire, heartbreak, women,
Form:
Tanka
Ono No Komachi TranslationsAs I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Submit to you—is that what you advise?
The way the ripples...
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Categories:
abated, desire, life, longing, love, nature, woman, women,
Form:
Tanka
A World Without PityAfter wishing me a good morning, he said that it was all set,
It was time to raze the house, even though I wasn't in debt!
But they wanted to build a big highway, exactly in this...
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Categories:
abated, adventure, fantasy, home, lost, time, world,
Form:
Couplet
More Iffy Coronavirus Haikuyet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote this poem after having...
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Categories:
abated, america, death, eulogy, health, humanity, natural disasters,
Form:
Haiku
her journal -
I saw her writing in the rain,
Bent to shield...
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Categories:
abated, love, love hurts, metaphor, romance, romantic, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Desert, Wilderness, StormTHE DESERT THE WILDERNESS THE STORM
I am parched, my back is arched,
my body racked with pain,
Nothing green in sight,
my thirst, my plight,
eyes playing tricks on me again.
An illusion of rest beside...
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Categories:
abated, christian, destiny, god, life,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Never Say NeverThere are moments when troubles enter our life’s
And we can do nothing to avoid them
But the one's we can
They look convoluted unless we demystify
But we think they are byzantine
As we think the mysteries in them...
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Categories:
abated, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
ThunderThunder
From hills in the distance
Comes the roll of thunder
Soon raindrops are spotting
His mind turns to wonder
The sky flashes brightly
In vivid white and blue
He knows in a short time
This storm will break through
Above clouds are...
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Categories:
abated, storm,
Form:
Verse
Soul Stance River - 22The Great Falls of the northern Plains is actually a chain of five seperate waterfalls
varying in height and majesty extending over 12 miles,
they also confirm that the right river was chosen,
we had hoped that the...
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Categories:
abated, adventure,
Form:
Epic
A Night On the RoadA Night on the Road
It was a dark and stormy night, as he rode around the mob.
The bridle reins held loosely, the night horse knew his...
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Categories:
abated, animal, horse, rain, work,
Form:
Rhyme
Our Abilities DiscoveredI beg on behalf of the human race re. our effects on mother nature.
Help is what she needs, her abilities slighted
Atrocities committed by man impeding her adventure.
Verily, all things are so bad, and by us...
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Categories:
abated, nature,
Form:
Acrostic
Elements To DieWith the waves crashing down on my mind
I struggle to breath, water filling my broken lungs,
Tears mixing with the salty sea, swallowing my body in it's roiling currents
Breaking down the elements into a dust,...
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Categories:
abated, absence, betrayal, bullying, confusion, dark, death, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
Our Abilities DiscoveredOUR ABILITIES DISCOVERED
I beg of the human race re. our effects on mother nature.
Help is what she needs, her abilities slighted
Atrocities committed by man impeding her adventure.
Verily, all things are so bad, and must...
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Categories:
abated, nature,
Form:
Acrostic
Rhodas RestaurantIt’s the year 4000 and chef Shapid Gu uses her Mac to create images of meals to enable customers to magically produce them right in front of them on their table, once they’ve transferred money...
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Categories:
abated, body, business, emotions, food, health, money, political,
Form:
Haibun
A French Narrative Poem, Translation of Narration Francaise By Rene EtiembleA French Narrative Poem: A wren comes to rest on a reed after the storm – Dialogue between the bird and the shrub. Translation of Rene Etiemble’s poem: Narration Française
(The very first poem composed by...
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Categories:
abated, symbolism,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Dark Knight On the CliffA young maiden fair and slender of great beauty and rose complexion
Was gathering wild flowers in a forest when an angel to her appeared
Gently she flew down and softly whispered in the virgin maiden’s ear
You...
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Categories:
abated, fantasy, heart, beauty, longing, peace, angel, angel,
Form:
Free verse
Sibyl VaneThe proverbial victim immortalized forever
Seeing Prince Charming when you gazed into his eyes, but, beyond your
delusion stood Satan himself fantasizing about how he was to devour your flesh.
Sibyl's true love for Dorian did not...
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Categories:
abated, angst, depression, girlfriend-boyfriend, loss, lost love, sad,
Form:
Free verse
A Mountain Man's Tale, Part II.
When he was born he was named Reid Gibson,
and his parents weren’t the richest of folk,
didn’t have money to buy land back east,
so off to the great frontier they did go.
This was way back in...
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Categories:
abated, adventure, family, history, loss, love, native american,
Form:
Epic
WolvesWe decide to hunt in the night as our prey leaves a trail
With my pride on the line I must bring it down without fail
My pack leader’s orders are absolute only for this...
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Categories:
abated, bullying, jealousy, longing, nature, paradise, valentines day,
Form:
Rhyme
Red White and BlueIn the court of public opinion
...
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Categories:
abated, patriotic, peace, perspective, political,
Form:
Lyric
Rotated Consciousness Polarity Is It Positive Or Not Just Negative - My SpokenwordTears of such just this a random thought
Sadness or joys for the fleshy beating heart
Unseemly unseeking I'm not looking straight forward
Lamented chess piece ivory casted glass on the board now
In seeking my forwarded righteous mind...
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Categories:
abated, analogy, anxiety, change, confusion, engagement, humanity, spoken
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Somewhere Behind YouSomewhere behind you
Lays a boy who needs a friend
With a broken dream and a loose end
Somewhere behind you
Lays a man inflicted with affliction
And a little girl that needs affection
Somewhere behind you
A lady is fully dressed...
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Categories:
abated, hope
Form:
ABC
Summertime BluesIT'S BEEN A BUSY SEASIDE SUMMER DAY..
WHILE THE SUN WAS AT IT'S HEIGHT AND BURNING
UP THE DAY...
ON THE BEACH THEY'RE...
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Categories:
abated, sea, people, beach, day, me, people, sun,
Form:
Blank verse
Their Simple BeautyBaby birds, it's said, are born not knowing
their notes. They learn them from their mother's
throats in the way children learn their ABCs
at parental knees, muh muh muh becoming mother,
da da da,...
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Categories:
abated, death,
Form:
Blank verse
Base BallBase Ball
Give me basically any ball and I love it
...
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Categories:
abated, sports,
Form:
Free verse