Long Affluent Poems
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Water's WeaknessThere 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 TranslationsFadwa 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
BergfriedI. 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 TuqanEnglish 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 WorldThis 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
Chapter 76 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Cruel Ball Plans and Birthday CelebrationsAverage 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
Chapter 93 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Affluent Festive Funeral Family ReunionThere 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
Dear SueDear 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 AltarThe 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
VisionsDare 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
Therapeutic JusticeLori 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 KatieI 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
Free Smiling World1. 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
Re: viewing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not liveRe: 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
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 DefinitionsDefining 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 LiveRuing 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 DemocracyDemocratic 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 PorkiesAmerican 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
These Liberating TruthsI'm musing with Jill Lepore,
historian (Harvard feminist, but definitely within brackets of general interest),
through eight hundred pages of These Truths
telling an other U.S. herstory.
She starkly says,
"Slavery is political"
while I had been thinking more of addictive...
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Categories:
affluent, freedom, health, history, slavery, trust, truth, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
Fundamental Compassion RootsWhat is dogmatically
unchangingly fundamental to Christianity,
and to all win/win positive faith systems,
is certainly not capitalism's ZeroSum economic assumptions
in which winner god takes all
from loser satan.
But, what is fundamental compassion's truth
is profoundly sacred
globally open-systemic theology
of HolySpirit...
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Categories:
affluent, change, christian, faith, health, hope, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
Elder Journey's Cooperative RequestThe monthly lunch crowd
reinvented our Elder Journey Association
traveling together toward renewal,
resilient
restorative justice,
resonant co-redemption,
revival of reconnecting
through this Great ReTurning Communion.
Our Green Sanctuary Statement:
Love is always unfinished
Green cooperative health business,
Like Life and Hope's potential integrity,
Living as One,...
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Categories:
affluent, caregiving, community, creation, green, health, integrity, love,
Form:
Political Verse
Nine Nine-A Peaceful Poetic Starting PointNine nine
A story I needed to find
My credentials were declined
But it was Sunday, I did not mind
Honestly, I tried
Decided, ‘take a ride’
Into the...
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Categories:
affluent, allah, anger, anniversary, history, new york, usa,
Form:
Rhyme
Wayfare ManorIn a peculiar puny town nestled in western Massachusetts,
There lives an enchanted mansion in the Wilbraham woods,
Hidden in the hills away from the eastern city's pollutants,
Where the creme de la creme masquerades in cowled hoods.
Around...
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Categories:
affluent, adventure, fairy, fantasy, time, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
Strong Health DefenseAvoiding risk
is not always the best way to feed
and assertively, but not overbearingly, water
resilient opportunities.
Patriarchalism
is not ever the best way to build
resilient ecofeminist cooperative opportunities.
It may too often be exclaimed,
"The best offense
is a strong defense."
Defensive...
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Categories:
affluent, dark, games, health, integrity, light, passion, peace,
Form:
Political Verse