Long Al Poems
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EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch
To write an epigram, cram.
If you lack wit, scram!
—Michael R. Burch
Conformists of a feather
flock together.
—Michael...
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Categories:
al, bible, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
InstructionInstruction
by Michael R. Burch
Toss this poem aside
to the filigreed and the wild tide
of sunset.
Strike my name,
and still it is all the same.
The onset
of night is in the despairing skies;
each hut shuts its bright bewildered eyes.
The...
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Categories:
al, extended metaphor, fantasy, happiness, hope, hyperbole, i
Form:
Pastoral
Medieval Poems IiMedieval Poems
Wulf and Eadwacer
(Old English circa 990 AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My people pursue him like crippled prey.
They'll rip him apart if he approaches their pack.
We are so different!
Wulf's on one island; I'm on...
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Categories:
al, angel, england, love, middle school, poetry, song,
Form:
Rhyme
You Never ListenedYou 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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Categories:
al, baby, birth, children, extended metaphor, feelings, soulmate,
Form:
Sonnet
Come Down, For Harold BloomCome Down
by Michael R. Burch
for Harold Bloom
Come down, O, come down
from your high mountain tower.
How coldly the wind blows,
how late this chill hour ...
and I cannot wait
for a meteor shower
to show you the time
must be...
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Categories:
al, books, culture, discrimination, education, extended metaphor, literature,
Form:
Sonnet
Fishy Science School of Geometric ArtsMath speaks through us
within us
of cognitive landscapes
imagined still and/or moving.
Primal metrics are rational and symmetrical,
good as true as straightforward,
complex creation story problems
unfolding with precise answers,
right as at least not not ecologically wrong,
ecopolitically suboptimal perhaps,
yet at...
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Categories:
al, adventure, earth, life, light, math, science fiction,
Form:
Political Verse
A Few Years Back and ForthA few years back,
in the prior millennium,
1993 to be more precise
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
born without a stage name
had his book entitled "The Evolving Self" published,
by which he meant The ReGeneratively Nutritious Flowing Self,
but he was probably shy...
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Categories:
beauty, earth, health, political, psychological, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
Winter Awakens My CareWinter Awakens My Care
anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1300
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters my thought:
regarding this world's joy,
how everything...
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Categories:
al, angst, england, joy, sorrow, tree, weather, winter,
Form:
Couplet
The Swoon Hypothesis - Part 2
"The Swoon Hypothesis" - Part 2
Arimathea stands next to you and I on the deck, soon we are back in Nazareth, you press into my palm,
“A very rare Dubunni coin” you say - on...
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Categories:
al, imagery, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
Dream 1: 4 Weeks In Positano
"Dream 1: 4 Weeks in Positano"
Kisses long linger warm lips tasted intense
so sweet like cured Valencia Oranges
lips liquored triple sec not dry drunk on love
softly grazed, then held long
slow, deep, warm and wet
The story is...
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Categories:
dream, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes
"The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes"
“Well, where would you suggest I commence? Should we begin with the concept of pasteurize?”
This said to the earnest listener, who views the protagonist with a bon vivant confused expression. To...
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Categories:
al, dark, light, muse,
Form:
Narrative
A Sweet Poem In My HeartI discovered a poem longing in my heart, it is for you,
And it is about you, my sweetheart. This poem resembles you.
I wrote it this morning, before the arrival of the auroral shadow.
Her words...
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Categories:
al, beauty, fantasy, i love you, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation of 'The Story' By Kama NasserThe Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story that comes from the world of tents.
It is a story...
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Categories:
arabic, betrayal, christian, conflict, courage, devotion, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Retire V RetreadWhat I have for you today is not so much about re-treading an outdated fuel-based system--
little bit like reshuffling the chairs to fix the decay
of a segregating Country Club.
No, this is addressed to economic...
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Categories:
al, earth, giving, nature, philosophy, poverty, religion, science,
Form:
Free verse
Dante's Divine Comedy Hell Translation Canto Vii(Continuing the trip through Hell of Dante with poet Virgilio)
Pah-peh Sah-tan, Pah-peh Sah-tan al-ept!”,
Started Pluto with his hoarse voice toss
And that gentle wise, who any knowledge kept,
Told to encourage me: “don’t have a loss
By...
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Categories:
al, fantasy, universe,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Craft Can Capture ItOh well I got an angry email to begin my day
Because of my last post on the Jabidah thing yesterday
Galit sa akin but greeted me with Assalamu alaykum.
And kung personal Moro friends ko naman ito...
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Categories:
al, adventure, art, brother, dedication, me, people, peace,
Form:
Narrative
April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papaApril 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa
The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift into the empyrean realm joining the rank and file of...
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Categories:
al, absence, age, anniversary, april, bereavement, death, father,
Form:
Rhyme
The Pictish FaeriesThe Pictish Faeries
by Michael R. Burch
Smaller and darker
than their closest kin,
the faeries learned only too well
never to dwell
close to the villages of larger men.
Only to dance in the starlight
when the moon was full
and men...
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Categories:
al, fairy,
Form:
Verse
Terror Bugs: Part 3 - A Freezer Mice Adventure[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 2 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________
London’s streets resembled an al fresco mausoleum
They tracked a trail of body parts which led to a museum
A thousand Terror Bugs were massed, in...
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Categories:
al, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Mad About Towns
When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped
We started from Thatsnot, OK
Which was more or less ok
But then...
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Categories:
al, humorous, travel, word play,
Form:
Limerick
Absorbing GraceTo begin each morning here with now
includes who we bicamerally are,
who we have Elder RightBrain been,
where and when our DNA-scripts
came from RNA-AnimaMundi divine whispers,
and who and when and where and why
we would most clearly appreciate...
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Categories:
al, caregiving, dream, earth, education, integrity, love, math,
Form:
Political Verse
Michelangelo: Modern English TranslationsMICHELANGELO: Modern English Translations
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is considered by many experts to be the greatest artist and sculptor of all time. These are modern English translations of his poems and epigrams by Michael R. Burch.
SONNET:...
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Categories:
al, art, beauty, light, love,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
Apt Name Limericks Collaboration -Nb Some Poems Will Be BawdyCOME ON SOUPER'S LETS HAVE SOME FUN AND MAKE FOLK SMILE DURING SUCH DIFFICULT TIMES FOR US ALL. THERE ARE LOTS MORE APT NAMES - PLEASE SOUP MAIL POEMS AND I WILL ADD THEM...
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Categories:
al, giggle, jobs,
Form:
Limerick
Stop the Hate Unity In These TimesBruh, I know your up but it’s getting late
I got to make peace with you
Hommie I have bitten off more then I could chew
I’m sweating from the new day’s sun
now I know your in for...
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Categories:
al, angst, anxiety, art,
Form:
Free verse
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic StateThe word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...
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Categories:
al, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form:
Bio