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SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
better known(p), age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Medieval Poems IvMedieval Poems IV
IN LIBRARIOS
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.
Brut (circa 1100 AD, written by Layamon, an excerpt)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R....
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Categories:
better known(p), angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
Form:
Rhyme
Native American TranslationsNative American Translations
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I will extract the thorns from your feet.
For yet a little while, we will walk life's sunlit paths together.
I will love you like my own...
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Categories:
better known(p), america, earth, native american, nature, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems XiJuvenilia: Early Poems XI
Myth
by Michael R. Burch
after the sprung rhythm of Dylan Thomas
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and...
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Categories:
better known(p), boy, poems, poetry, student, teen, teenage, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Salat DaysSalat Days
by Michael R. Burch
(dedicated to my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch Sr.)
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the front porch swing,
dangling his long...
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Categories:
better known(p), age, america, appreciation, depression, endurance, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
Chaucer Translation: RejectionRejection
a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your beauty from your heart has so erased
Pity, that it's useless to complain;
For Pride now holds your mercy by a chain.
I'm guiltless, yet my sentence has...
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better known(p), beauty, french, heart, innocence, nature, pride, women,
Form:
Roundel
Medieval Poems VMedieval Poem V
A Proverb from Winfred's Time
anonymous Old English poem, circa 757-786
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
1.
The procrastinator puts off purpose,
never initiates anything marvelous,
never succeeds, and dies alone.
2.
The late-deed-doer delays glory-striving,
never indulges daring dreams,
never succeeds,...
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Categories:
better known(p), earth, england, love, middle school, poems, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
TaporaLike Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed
the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills)
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
From out of the Valley of Mizpah
to...
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Categories:
better known(p), nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Deor's LamentDeor's Lament
(Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief.
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen...
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Categories:
better known(p), destiny, england, fate, old, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
Uncle EldonUNCLE ELDON
Now that I am old, I see more clearly through my mind's eye, than I did in my youth, all those special people who played such a wonderful part in my life....
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Categories:
better known(p), dedication,
Form:
Narrative
Rabindranath Tagore Translations IiPatience
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
If you refuse to speak, I will fill my heart with your silence and endure it.
I will remain still and wait like the night through its starry vigil
with...
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Categories:
better known(p), dark, heart, night, silence, spoken word, stars,
Form:
Free verse
More Than Race-FDespite the day-to-day signs of man’s bitter degradation, there were many in the South who somehow still failed to see the endless pain of segregation. From the viewpoint of those who never lived there as...
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Categories:
better known(p), america, family, race,
Form:
Narrative
Bradlee Joe RasmussenBradlee Joe is mine, he's always been mine,
The younger brother of David Authur Rasmussen Jr.,
Those gorgeous brown eyes staring at me, natural hair color,
That's brown; just like his brothers, but he dyed it blonde.
That gorgeous...
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Categories:
better known(p), adventure, baby, beautiful, beauty, boyfriend, dedication, devotion,
Form:
I do not know?
My RelativesThey come from the same bloodline whether or not we like or appreciate them. Chances are that they are a lot like us whether or not we choose to admit it. Aunts, uncles, and cousins,...
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better known(p), cousin, family, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
Unquotable Quotes: the How of Democratic Kill - Xxxix, Part OneUnquotable quotes: The How of Democratic Kill – XXXIX, Part One
Born in 1868, Alexei Maximovich PESHKOV, better known as MAXIM GORKY and hailed as the chief proponent of Soviet literature, the veritable champion of the...
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Categories:
better known(p), anti bullying, courage, dedication, grandmother, inspirational, tribute,
Form:
Lay
The Tale of Poetry Soup ForestThere's a defender among us, a friend who never surrenders or concedes
No thief is he, who offers encouragement to people with his kind deeds
A rapscallion, devoted to negativity, brings gloom to Poetry Soup Forest,
a site...
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Categories:
better known(p), environment, poets,
Form:
Narrative
W S Rendra TranslationsW. S. Rendra translations
Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra (1935-2009), better known as W. S. Rendra or simply Rendra, was an Indonesian dramatist and poet. He said, “I learned meditation and the disciplines of the traditional Javanese...
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Categories:
better known(p), international, relationship, time, travel, voyage, wedding, world,
Form:
Sonnet
Robin Wears No Hood: Not For Any ContestThere's an archer dressed in Lincoln green, a friend to those in need.
No thief is he who offers encouragement to people with kind deeds.
A jealous sheriff, dressed in black, wants to rule Ole Nottingham,
a township...
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Categories:
better known(p), hero,
Form:
Couplet
Be Careful How You SpeakPresident Joe Biden, apparently is growing weary, of all of the negative criticism. That he has been receiving from people. Could it be true that anyone who criticisms him could be in jeopardy of...
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Categories:
better known(p), 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative
Tell the Devil He Is a Liar Lion of JudahAccording to the You Tube internet's program, The Lion of Judah, we "need to tell the devil that he is a liar." For it is the devil whose evil spirit is behind our "spirit of...
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better known(p), 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative
The High Cost of InflationIt's the High Cost of Living better known as the High Cost of Inflation! It is not just the rising cost of gasoline! It is the high cost of meat, groceries and other items! Including...
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Categories:
better known(p), 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Victims of the Cancel Culture Part OneI watched in horror while a concerned father was apprehended for objecting to a male student entering into a girls restroom. At two different schools and raping two girls. One father was unfairly and...
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better known(p), 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Vanquishing Vampire Vixens, Part IiiIII.
They wore skimpy clothing, like any whore,
and three of them Sol had not seen before,
but the tall leader with red hair and eyes
had once before been a thorn in Sol’s side.
“Why if it’s not Sonya,...
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Categories:
better known(p), adventure, evil, fantasy, hero, history, horror, night,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Uncle CleoHis real name was Cliff...
But we called him
Cleo Van Hoppenburg,
Better known as "Uncle Cleo",
To all who did love him...
Though not quite normal of mind,
He was the center of attention,
You probably know the kind...
Favorite phrases...
"Ho, ho,...
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Categories:
better known(p), adventure, angst, confusion, family, funny, sports, me,
Form:
Bio
Refurbished Children's Stories: Wonderland ReduxAlice
Alice was just going on eight years old
When Lewis Carroll made her fall down a hole.
The incredible place she imagined she'd found,
Buried in her backyard so far deep underground,
Teemed with people and creatures with fabulous...
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Categories:
better known(p), humor,
Form:
Light Verse