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King of Kings??1 Kings 5:3-5 NIV??
[3] “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the...
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ancestors, faith,
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I do not know?
Zen Death HaikuZen Death Haiku
Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
—Shuho, translation by Michael R. Burch
Returning
as it came,
this naked worm.
—Shidoken, translation by Michael R. Burch
As dew glistens
on a lotus leaf,
so too I soon must vanish.
—Shinsui,...
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ancestors, age, autumn, bereavement, death, death of a
Form:
Haiku
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IiPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds
Flying
by Michael R. Burch
I shall rise
and try the bloody wings of thought
ten thousand times
before I fly...
and then I'll sleep
and waste ten thousand nights
before I dream;
but when at last...
I soar the...
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Categories:
ancestors, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Malkavian ThreeHis glowing golden eyes glistened with a comprehension beyond the mortal condition
A well-toned, tall, and tanned man, who most, not all, would call handsome
A brightly bleached stalactite overbite gleaned between the mean features of an...
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Categories:
ancestors, dark, psychological,
Form:
Bio
Solo PerformanceIt had been a hellish week.
On Monday
my lonely and tired AfricanAmerican husband
told me, as gently as possible,
that what I had hoped was a temporary separation
is to be extended into perpetuity.
This separation had been scheduled to...
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ancestors, age, earth, family, health, integrity, nature, spiritual,
Form:
Political Verse
Indignation 1-6-21How dare you desecrate the Capitol with urine and feces!
Even filthy pigs refuse to defecate near their own dwelling place.
How dare you flaunt confederate flags, grim reminders of our bloody history,
Alongside swastikas, hate symbols...
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Categories:
ancestors, anger, discrimination, emotions, hurt, prejudice, racism, violence,
Form:
Free verse
Mario William Vitale Latest WritingsThe language and images of Mario Vitale's poetry are so closely bound to the natural cycles of seasons, of generations, of the body's functioning, that is surprising to realize how many of his poems deal...
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Categories:
ancestors, art,
Form:
Free verse
The Reason I Write“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” *
If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If you heard about something captivating and fantastic;
If you felt something soothing...
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Categories:
ancestors, family,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Ghost Dance Part IiiWovoka in the Feverland
In the Dying-Grass Moon came another winter to claim the old and sick.
This was when the first messengers came
To the desolation known as Pine Ridge.
They came riding in at the end of...
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Categories:
ancestors, emotions, heartbreak, native american, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Let It Be Written 3
“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” Psalms 77:5 NIV
If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If you heard about something captivating and fantastic;
If you felt something...
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Categories:
ancestors, family,
Form:
Prose Poetry
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth - With New FootnotesGod Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!
God bless each day's magnetic field on Earth (1) that shields the human race
from cosmic rays bombarding Earth and us (from...
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Categories:
ancestors, love, science, space,
Form:
Rhyme
Such Tenderness, For the Mothers of GazaSuch Tenderness
by Michael R. Burch
for the mothers of Gaza
There was, in your touch, such tenderness—as
only the dove on her mildest day has,
when she shelters downed fledglings beneath a warm wing
and coos to them softly, unable...
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Categories:
ancestors, angel, arabic, baby, caregiving,
Form:
Sonnet
Chapter 77-- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Hakim Family --Members7 am morning time. Damian was
Awakened by his father's phone
Call. "Damian get out of bed, on
Your feet man. We have to attend
A conference at 10 this morning."
Damian responded, "Right" and
Sprang to his feet....
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ancestors, courage, family, fate, father son, history, imagination,
Form:
Alliteration
Quest of the Heart: Chapter OneOf Ghosts and Fiends in Twilight
The sun sank low on the darkening horizon
Grey mist hung adrift over the land thickening
A cold, brisk autumn wind held and embraced me
With my horse’s pace and that of...
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Categories:
ancestors, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Serling and Roddenberry for Tea: IMPORTANT Epilogue Update"What sort of world
be home to those
who goes about
judging all souls
of what they do
be right or wrong
and how'd they know
of this-and-that
be bad or good
be alsoooo, true
lest they were told
from the same lot
who walked the walk
and...
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Categories:
ancestors, allusion, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, evil, fate, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Love Has a Southern FlavorLove has a Southern flavor: honeydew,
ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spout
we tilt to basking faces to breathe out
the ordinary, and inhale perfume ...
Love’s Dixieland-rambunctious: tangled vines,
wild clematis, the gold-brocaded leaves
that will not keep their order in...
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Categories:
ancestors, desire, longing, love, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Sonnet
Less Hellfire PleaseYinPassion: Predictions of HellFire and Damnation raptures,
of Paradise far away from sinful natural EarthClimates of Despair
is not so different from our indigenous ancestors' experience
in the U.S.A. 1800s.
Robersmith: "This situation is not so different from one...
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ancestors, earth, games, health, integrity, peace, psychological, sin,
Form:
Political Verse
Chapter 80 --Damian Delilah Mallory: CongregationsDamian Stood in the Hugh room
Surveying the expansiveness of
The place. "Yeah, this will be a
Imperial family event in my house.
The judges will be here too.
There were two large tables
The capacity was almost
Immeasurable....
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Categories:
ancestors, abuse, confidence,
Form:
Alliteration
The JourneyPart 1: Catalyst
I recently read a blog that purported to report news
Of extraordinary import to us all,
That the Catholic Pope, with a new encyclical letter,
Announced to the world his conviction that there is no Hell
And...
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Categories:
ancestors, faith, religion,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Reptilian Anthropocene
"The Reptilian Anthropocene"
The Reptilians
war daily
enrobed in their
stiff distinction suits
rainbow coloured badges
pinned to their lapels
they beat their breasts
and oily palms
profiting from all
the soft-boiled
foxes on the run
cerebral cortex bound
thinking they are free-willed
and...
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Categories:
ancestors, horror, humanity, war,
Form:
Free verse
Stones of LifeStones do not speak the language of men or of angels. ...
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Categories:
ancestors, forgiveness, god, strength,
Form:
Verse
Font Din BlackFont Din Black
so u real???
Warning! The following choppy, batty,
dopey: elegy = flaky, goofy, history: iffy,
jumpy, kooky: loopy, matty, nappy, nippy,
sketchy material prone to find the reader
dazed and bewildered, yet comfortably...
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Categories:
ancestors, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, addiction,
Form:
Free verse
Letter To Grandpa RalphAs I thought upon the coming of February, the month designated as Black History Month, I began to think upon potential ancestors of long long ago. My imagination got the best of me, and this...
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Categories:
ancestors, christian, family, grandfather, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Mahmoud Darwish English TranslationsMahmoud Darwish English Translations of Arabic Poems
Palestine
by Mahmoud Darwish
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
This land gives us
all that makes life worthwhile:
April's blushing advances,
the aroma of bread warming at dawn,
a woman haranguing men,
the poetry of Aeschylus,
love's...
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Categories:
ancestors, allah, arabic, judgement, race, racism, rights, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Essay: Darwin's Theory - Science Or Fairy TaleNot to let the air out of anyone's tire but it's really not fair to compare religious
writings to modern science. Scientific theories for one thing are models of
reality (for example) ...
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Categories:
ancestors, appreciation, universe,
Form:
Blank verse