Long Ach Poems

I walked up to the church
(And I swallowed my pride) 
and asked the lady 
can she please step aside 
That my children are hungry 
 and can you please sacrifice
anything for them to eat 
She...

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Liebes-Lied (“Love Song”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

How can I withhold my soul so that it doesn’t touch yours?
How can I lift mine gently to higher things, alone?
Oh, I would gladly find...

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Forbidden feelings I know too well
A glance to me
Communication only I can see
Jealousy
Or a love thats only too real
Time is ending and my thoughts circle you 
For I know my dream will never be true
As...

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Anyammiri Ala Any? 

(Tears of Our Land)


 Izunna  Okafor dere ab? a


Ala Na?jiria ebegbuo onwe ya n'akwa
Anya mmiri anya mmiri ebe niile
Akwa ?t?t?, akwa ndeeri na akwa ar?r?
?nye ga-az? ala any? ? 

Chi ?b?b?...

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Herr Heinrich Schneider and his spouse
Felt the need to wander,
And for once to leave their house
For a land that lay far yonder.

Japan at cherry-blossom time!
No better place than this
Enthralled the German couple’s mind.
The chance they...

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Joy a playful toy                                ...

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Every one of my five brothers
and I strive to create harmony.
Our lives are lived in parallel
yet at times we work alone.
Other times we play well together -
unity and coexistence is our goal.

A chord can bring...

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"Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person." ~ Mark M. Ford ~
“With confidence let success be vengeance for all...

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So my dear mum,
If I shall dearly come,
As I shall yearly gives you joy,
You shall not relent neither shall you 
stop.

I shall surely come,
But secretly deformed.
You will have to keep remoulding my 
tongue,
And to keep...

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How I had hate for you, for a longest time in my life,
All I ever thought I was,  was the slave in your eyes,
T eaching me the lessons of life, with wrought hands,
Every time...

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The heel grabber
from birth, until deception called out.
Jacob loved to dish out
soup, thick with red gravy.

His twin jealous for
that heavy satisfying sup
but fate would betray him
as would his belly ach(ing).

Esau, translated
would be “Harry,” changed
from hairy...

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W-hen the fullness of time had come, Jesus was born behind an Inn in a cave-like stable.
I-n the Inn there was no room for the Son of God, no room for the Saviour of men.
S-tar...

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Lyriktribute to Anzu Furukawa 
AURORA BOREALIS (Satis Shroff)

The sky was bathed
In fantastic hues:
Yellow, orange, scarlet
Mauve and cobalt blue.
Buto dancing,
In this surreal light,
On the stage,
Was magnificent.
Your heart pounds higher,
Your feet become light,
Your body sways
To the rhythm
And...

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A Warped Tree

Today, when not arguing with Walter the Jew
on Facebook or Twitter
 the ambiance in the house was surprisingly calm since I got a key to my study in peace to read my latest...

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Another loved one has too soon been taken from me.
Bereaved, now I sorrowfully speak in subdued soliloquy
Consoling myself with solemn prayers, I try not to weep.
Divine God, please hear my humble voice before I sleep.
Each...

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How Poetry Began, such plots you tell!
A Tale Of Fire And Ice you wrote so well
Poor Peter Pumpkin bid a sad adieu
Pink Cherry Blossoms was your first haiku
You Echo, Silent Still - love's dream come...

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My Goddess

I
              Met         A
          ...

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Your Favorite Habit-Forming TV Show - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tom Quigley 


Beneath the shadows Buffy prowls to use “Mr. Pointy” her favorite stake
Under the tunnels she finds the blood suckers and lives she does take
Falling in...

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Eyes have not seen and ears have not heard,
The magnitude and mystery of all God's Holy Word.
Life comes through the spoken word, there is power in the pen
Words give a message in themselves if you...

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Acrostic – I love you to the moon and back
Title:  A mother’s love

I wish you were here and happy again

Losing you was hard but God took away your pain
Our family chain is broken now,...

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Valentine butterflies, they are unlike any other butterfly you ever did see.  
Assembled in your soul, they only come out to play when you fall in  
Love.   They flutter free of...

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[TIME PAST 
 
Has time past when my hair has turned grey
When my pastel blue eyes have dimed. 
Has time past when those legs that ran up mountains,
now will only take a step or two.
Has...

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Forgiveness releases conflicts and has a clean soul effect.
Only positive thought may repair broken relationships
Resolutely communicate after cooling down
Grievances must be put aside in order to pardon.
If you've apologized, you are indeed good.
Venerate to be able...

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Inside I'm slowly dieing 
i cant breath 
im not lying 
i sit curled into my small ball 
i hug myself and try not to hurl 
it sickens me 
myself 
the aspects of life 
that which...

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I want to not only touch your heart but to hold it against me.
To open the eyes to a journey that is neither here nor there.
I see a soft caress through the hair;
A finger touched...

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