Long Awash Poems
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Matsuo Basho Haiku TranslationsThe first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow low
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, investigate loneliness!
a solitary leaf
clings to the Kiri tree
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
The cheerful-chirping cricket
contends gray...
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Categories:
awash, animal, butterfly, death, earth, life, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations IiDusk-gliding swallow,
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers!
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies off, sated
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
That dying cricket,...
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Categories:
awash, autumn, death, life, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Haiku
Strangers In PeoriaI met a proper woman in a proper pub on a Monday in Peoria. It was noon, time for lunch, and we were sitting stool to stool over very large burgers at a long mahogany...
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Categories:
awash, break up,
Form:
Prose
Week 3 - Brian's Poet of Note - 'Richard Wilbur Part 1'Imitation! Creative Compliment, Lacking in Originality, or Plagiarism?
This week takes me back to college days. I was taking a graduate course (as a Physics major) in 'Modern Poets' at the University of...
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Categories:
awash, love, poetry, poets, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
The Daily Star Tuesday IssueThe daily star Tuesday issue...
announces Summer Solstice 2023
regarding ray zing planetary earthlings
Wednesday, June twenty first
at 10:57 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates
most daylight hours of the year for
people...
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Categories:
awash, age, angel, appreciation, beautiful, creation, england, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Breathing By Design"...making this shift [from ego to Authentic ecoSelf] usually requires inspired [inductive Right to Left +health-reiterative messages] intention and consistent, diligent effort [and a supportive vocational and residential and eco-logically balanced environment.]"
"And the way this...
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Categories:
awash, earth, love, passion, peace, planet, political, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
Now and Then and Now Again1
Though still within our infancy,
we strive to thrive, but woefully
we flash and flaunt our 'primacy',
display our trophies pridefully.
Our terra firma ecstasy
destroys survival's harmony,
lays waste to life on land and sea.
Mankind, thy name...
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Categories:
awash, corruption, culture, environment, money, pollution, racism, religion,
Form:
Monorhyme
The Verdict. NOW
Well, GI Jack is welcome back, he left his...
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Categories:
awash, society, war,
Form:
Ballad
In the Islands Far, Far AwayMission Control, this is Flight Z924693744, do you read?
We're having some technical trouble. How should we proceed?
We have spotted a planet, that appears to be suitable to abort;
But, to return to earth, we will need...
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Categories:
awash, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, planet, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet
Sun-Drenched SafariThe scenery was magnificent, and the morning was slightly hot,
Our land cruiser was windowless, and sitting in a lovely spot.
The giraffes were splendid, and much bigger than I'd expected,
One could hardly gaze at the vast...
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Categories:
awash, adventure, africa, animal, fantasy, friendship love, nature,
Form:
Couplet
The Daily Star Announces Summer Solstice 2022The daily star announces Summer Solstice 2022
Tuesday, June twenty first
at 5:13 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates
most daylight hours of the year for
people living the northern hemisphere.
Just shy...
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Categories:
awash, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration, creation, devotion, june,
Form:
Rhyme
An Eternity IStood upright, between two roads,
On a thin metal rail,
A solitary, brown coloured bottle
Of beer, ...
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Categories:
awash, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
At Heaven's Gate - Parts 1 and 2PART 1: THE MEETING
Alone one night neath lantern light, I trudged a weary mile.
Forlorn, I went with shoulders bent (the storms around me howled)
until I met...
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Categories:
awash, fantasy,
Form:
Ballad
Fork Git About Spooner Hiz HamFork git about spooner hiz ham
And join (singing the words
in the next paragraph) whether alone
in a traffic jam
basting, cooking, then eating a lamb
prepared by thee missus
a superb culinary madam.
“A Ram Sam Sam” Lyrics
A ram...
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Categories:
awash, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Lilith WaitsLilith Waits
Lilith waits as she surveys, all her brutal yesterdays
She cruelly paved with stepping-stones of broken hearts and human bones.
Her lips turned up at their red corners, she grins at all the...
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Categories:
awash, fantasy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
America, 1933They are conflicted haunted images from black and white photos of America 1933, when there was no place left to run.
It was the hunger of people lined up, scraps of food ladled out, the...
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Categories:
awash, character, culture, history, life, natural disasters,
Form:
Narrative
Asking the Way Part OneThe road to my hometown was a long, and arduous one.
I loved the walk ,and the privacy it gave me.
My mind was awash...
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Categories:
awash, age, art, death, deep, environment, fantasy, mystery,
Form:
Prose
Still Life With FlowersIt is an unseasonable March day.
My kitchen blinds are drawn against morning sun,
their slender slats like new skin protecting the body's vital organs;
eyelids before this rose-covered tablecloth as though the blooms
are the pale larvae of...
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Categories:
awash, fantasy, flower, garden,
Form:
Free verse
The Gilt Hours In-BetweenI was a busy archaeologist, who enjoyed interesting and fulfilling work,
And I was very intrigued, with the ancient sites where mystery lurked.
My painstaking work caused me to travel, ofttimes to far distant lands,
As golden...
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Categories:
awash, fantasy, imagery, mystery, nature, places, sunshine, time,
Form:
Couplet
My Coping Method Fraught With Utmost Futility ThusMy coping method fraught with utmost futility thus...
My professional treatment plan
predicated upon duress in extremis
hence Electroconvulsive therapy,
a last ditch effort I avail
and surrender self qua
to shock the monkey (me)
one (twenty first century)
obstinate bipedal hominid turncoat
optioned,...
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Categories:
awash, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, abuse, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
An Image of the Netherworld Envisioned By a MisanthropeAn image of the netherworld envisioned by a misanthrope
Mein kampf fraught re:
emotionally/psychologically challenged
impossible mission to cope
compared to classmates, I felt like a dope
and entertained escapist fantasies,
whereby Miss Rainbow
(sixth grade student teacher),
though robbing...
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Categories:
awash, 6th grade, adventure, age, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Slow MotionMy zealous passion for marathons, had me in frequent races,
Striving always for that finish line, and touring many places.
I always seemed to come alive, with cool breezes rushing by,
Feeling footloose and fancy-free, like blackbirds in...
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Categories:
awash, endurance, fantasy, happiness, magic, race, retirement, sunshine,
Form:
Couplet
The Shape of Things To ComeI was a popular geometry teacher, imparting knowledge to the young,
Like the proficient translator, who is able to speak in different tongues.
I found shapes to be intriguing, for few things in existence lacked one,
Like the...
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Categories:
awash, dream, fantasy, imagery, life, magic, nature, teacher,
Form:
Couplet
Bring On the Rejection SlipsBring on the rejection slips...
and/or try distilling my spirits
at losing gamble
if curious (by George) proceed
reading reasonable rhyme,
I guarantee the following words ramble.
Though flush with good humor
pun one mock two yields negligible
true cash equivalent value won
dirt...
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Categories:
awash, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Fragile Is Life"Life is fragile and temporary. The faces of today quickly become the faces of the past. Sorrow, pain, and anger... it all fades, except love. Love is forever and there after, even when we've fallen...
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Categories:
awash, death, nature, wind,
Form:
Free verse