Long Affluent Poems
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Water's Weakness
There is nothing weaker than water
But none is superior to it in overcoming the hard,
For which there is no substitute.
(Laotse, "Nothing Weaker Than Water", Lin Yutang, trans.)
That weakness of mind and body overcomes strength
And uniting...
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Categories:
affluent, power, psychological, water, western, wisdom,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Fadwa Tuqan Translations
Fadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic.
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by...
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Categories:
affluent, allah, culture, earth, love, nature, voice, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Bergfried
I. The Settlement
Hickory bark bluffs
at the blend of two
...
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Categories:
affluent, adventure, allusion, metaphor, myth, native american, remember,
Form:
Narrative
The Poet of Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan
English translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine"
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Enough for me to lie in the earth,
to be buried in her,
to sink...
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Categories:
affluent, allah, arabic, culture, nature, poetess, poetry, writing,
Form:
Verse
A Greener Bodhisattva World
This is the third time
I've read Beyond Religion:
Ethics
[non-sectarian, non-partisan, non-violent]
for A (not "The") Whole World
[ZeroZenZone Universe, psychological and politically eco-logical].
In the second, of two, sections,
the Dalai Lama discusses,
in most excruciating therapeutic detail,
emotional positive v negative...
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Categories:
affluent, beauty, green, health, humor, psychological, religion, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
A Sustainable Sanctuary
I'm in the life-long process
of conjoining a Unitarian Universalist Green Sanctuary
communion of All Souls
living healthy
on all wealthy Earth soils.
This is not my first time joining an intentional good-faith community,
but it is the first...
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Categories:
affluent, community, destiny, green, health, humanity, integrity, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Chapter 76 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Cruel Ball Plans and Birthday Celebrations
Average affluent Almost Afternoon
11:30 morning time. Damian was
Still asleep as were DJ and
Amadeus. Molly and Dolly were
In the kitchen planning Barrington
And Godfrey's birthday party.
"Come sis are we baking this cake...
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Categories:
affluent, environment, family, father son, girlfriend, house, july,
Form:
Alliteration
Sacred Theory of PreAttachment
We learn our right from wrongs,
and maybe right from lefts,
as we go along.
Issues come up within developmental windows,
like stealing
emerges from touching your older brother's stuff
and beginning to more wisely discern
what's mine from what's yours,
because when...
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Categories:
affluent, baby, birth, children, culture, heaven, humanity, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 93 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Affluent Festive Funeral Family Reunion
There was a twenty minute lull
Before the paramedics arrived to
Remove Greatgrand Dad's
corpse. When the paramedics
Arrived they examed Greatgrand
And confirmed the family's dread.
Damian and CJ accompanied
The body to the Hospital. While
Julius...
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Categories:
affluent, birth, life,
Form:
Alliteration
The Enchanted City of Dual Realms
The Enchanted City of Dual Realms
In the sprawling labyrinth of concrete towers and spectral glass,
where skyscrapers, like ancient obelisks, pierce the celestial veil with unyielding ambition,
serpentine rivers of fortune murmur in arcane tongues, their secrets...
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Categories:
affluent, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Dear Sue
Dear Sue,
I am remembering our strong negative responses
to the young woman who surreptitiously read
her aunt's very private diary,
filled with vulnerable statements
of the most intimate nature
and transparently lusty spirit,
Yet, though secretive,
then took a bold black marker
and...
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Categories:
affluent, appreciation, bullying, caregiving, health, humanity, humor, woman,
Form:
Political Verse
Beneath The Altar
The fruit juice drips momentarily beneath the alter filling the crevices and corner, while the sound of impatient traffic rolls down the street honking horns and disrupting the peace. A strange sound starts rumbling in...
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Categories:
affluent, baptism, caregiving, city, community, drink, missing, money,
Form:
Narrative
Visions
Dare to live your life to the fullest. Take a chance for you
create your own happiness for it is a decision. Life
...
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Categories:
affluent, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
Ah the glory of a restful sleep
Ah... the glory of a restful sleep
Nothing beats the refreshing
blissful peaceful easy feeling
resulting from shut-eye after
feeling zonked out staying up
late after a hard day's night
binge reading or slaving o'er
crafting an umpteenth brilliant
masterpiece a comment from
modest...
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Categories:
affluent, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form:
Free verse
Therapeutic Justice
Lori Gottlieb
describes mental health mediators
and dream translators
prescribing more cost-effective therapeutic questions:
Who am I?
What do I want?
What's in my natural health/spiritual wealth
bilaterally balancing way?
What do I want more:
to autonomously control
OR
to be part of some monopolizing,
possibly...
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Categories:
affluent, community, culture, health, peace, political, power, religion,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Haunting Greeting From Lady Katie
I learned so much last time I went too
The shore casino near the ocean blue
Conjuring up honesty and words that were true
Looking for tranquil sanctuary to think and talk ...
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Categories:
affluent, cheer up, children, death, goodbye, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 162-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: The family Activities
Date: June 2051
Adian Elijah Abbas Ashton and
Addison observed the men working
On the Waterfalls and grotto.
Elliott and Abbas were busy diving
Into the pool. Damian was the 2nd
Level supervising the construction...
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Categories:
affluent, absence, allusion, black love, color,
Form:
Alliteration
Re: viewing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not live
Re: viewing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not live
The following poetic account
written more'n a dozen
dirty dancing decades ago,
while I (a socially
withdrawn Homo Sapiens)
one indigent Yahoo
groveled...
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Categories:
affluent, abuse, america, angst, bereavement, children, confusion, daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Smiling World
1. A constant smile is the alabaster
for struggle’s ornaments be made faster
average looks with a smile can be labial
its absence points to problems so filial,
may not keep the wolf away from the door
or deliver salvation...
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Categories:
affluent, angst, anxiety, fairy, fantasy, happy, life, smile,
Form:
Lyric
I Started a Joke - POTD
POTD 21 November 2017
So professional in his lies - So ruthless in his ambition
Feeding lies to the simple folk - convincing in his deception
Telling them they live on toxic farm land - succeeds in striking...
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Categories:
affluent, betrayal, corruption, grief, inspirational,
Form:
Verse
Analogous Definitions
Defining Analogies
Natural/Spiritual Religion:
Our cooperative ZeroSoul-owned green sanctuary system
for extensively restoring interdependent outcomes
to and for healthy ego co-invested lives
transubstantiating Earth's wealthiest ecocentric WinWin Peace.
Why do you qualify Religion with "natural/spiritual"?
Is there some other kind...
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Categories:
affluent, caregiving, culture, health, integrity, peace, relationship, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
Ruing the Emotionally Prosperous Papa Razz Zee Life I Did Not Live
Ruing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not live
The following poetic account
written more'n a dozen dirty dancing decades ago,
while I (a socially withdrawn Homo Sapiens)
groveled along (on a secret...
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Categories:
affluent, 10th grade, 6th grade, absence, abuse, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Pursuit of Healthy Democracy
Democratic pursuits of healthy constitutions
and health policy discipline
are often associated with growing compassion,
global enlightenment values
for well-being and happiness,
And peace and happiness, in turn,
associated with prosperity, both natural and spiritual wealth,
never one without the other.
This historical...
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Categories:
affluent, health, light, passion, patriotic, peace, wisdom, women,
Form:
Political Verse
American Pies and Porkies
American Pies and Porkies
I’m not American though I spent a year in California the land of beaches Hollywood
‘flower power’ ‘Big Sur’ with dopey dreams and have walked ‘bear’-foot in Yosemite
thus I followed the elections...
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Categories:
affluent, community,
Form:
Free verse
Cri de coeur courtesy thirty something English earl cry baby
Cri de coeur courtesy thirty something English earl cry baby
the Earl of Yarmouth (William Seymour)
a descendant of very late
(to the power of Google - ha) Jane Seymour,
Henry VIII's third wife
currently in a legal battle with...
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Categories:
affluent, adventure, anger, depression, england, fate, humorous, recovery
Form:
Free verse