Long Cassius Poems
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Ali's Song
Ali's Song
by Michael R. Burch
for Muhammad Ali
They say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.
They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.
A man can be more beautiful, more wild.
I flung their medal to the river,...
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Categories:
cassius, boxing day , butterfly, discrimination, race, racism, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Personified Lighted Candle
PERSONIFIED LIGHTED CANDLE:
Come on, I'm strong and edified.
No one can hold me in detention for getting them defied.
Compared to Cassius Clay; fiercely bonified.
A firmly personified lighted candle on a lampad.
In the corners of every...
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Categories:
cassius, self,
Form:
Lyric
Burn
Burn
by Michael R. Burch
for Trump
Sunbathe,
ozone baby,
till your parched skin cracks
in the white-hot flash
of radiation.
Incantation
from your pale parched lips
shall not avail;
you made this hell.
Now burn.
Keywords/Tags: burn, earth, environment, fire, future, nature, natural, planet, climate, pollution,...
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Categories:
cassius, earth, environment, fire, future, natural disasters, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Acknowledgements
1. John Desmond Patrick Keegan
2. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
3. Sally Aline Mae Beller
4. Charles Edward A. Berry
5. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce...
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Categories:
cassius, appreciation, dedication, inspiration,
Form:
List
Dante's Hell Translation Canto Xxxiv Part1
This is the final CANTO of Hell. I am going to publish the full translation as epub on AMAZON. It was a very hard work to find rhymes in english.
“Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni now
Toward us;...
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Categories:
cassius, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Unquotable Quotes: Dancers - Xxiii
Unquotabe quotes: Dancers - XXIII
Dance like Cassius Clay, Sting like Muhammad Ali.
The dancing Dervish’s ethereal trip makes the Sufi’s Qawwali breathlessness sound like the radio-astral waves dashing on the beaches of their consciousness.
The only unlicensed...
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Categories:
cassius, body, dance, joy, music, senses, sensual, uplifting,
Form:
Epigram
The Greatest, Still
In 1960, I was introduced to the world in a place called Rome
A place where gladiators battled at center stage, a place so far away from home
Young, robust, handsome; nah, 'pretty', that's right, 'pretty'
A product...
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Categories:
cassius, appreciation, black african american, boxing day , courage,
Form:
Bio
1960
Johnny Cash gives it away for free,
John K says he would like to be Prez.
Richard Nixon will run against him,
so the republican party says.
Lamar Cox gets 44th KO,
‘The Stilt’ scores 58 in one game.
In high...
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Categories:
cassius, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Oh Captcha Squares
Oh captcha squares, oh captcha squares
What are these objects in your frames?
Oh captcha squares, oh captcha squares
Why must they gotta be the same?
Cars and busses, traffic lights
Bicycles...
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Categories:
cassius, funny, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Julius Caesar
JULIUS CAESAR
When you start reading
You show your feeling
But not in Julius Caesar
Whose chapters dip you in eager
Onto the streets of Rome
Lay a royal home
Caesar's it was
Who was the boss
He was the king
Bright...
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Categories:
cassius, adventure, betrayal, death of a friend, emotions,
Form:
Epic
Cassius Clay
Cassius Clay
A heavy Weight Champion
Who punched his way
Through barriers of colour
With blows of a kind Heart...
He floated like a Butterfly
Yet,...
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Categories:
cassius,
Form:
Rhyme
Mama's Shady Tree
I am not going to let this world stress me out anymore because the Lord answers prayers. Recently, I passed away and made it all the way to heaven. This time, I am one of...
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Categories:
cassius, faith, introspection, me, social, sweet, time, world,
Form:
Narrative
Mama's Shady Tree
I am not going to let this world stress me out anymore because the Lord answers prayers. Recently, I passed away and made it all the way to heaven. This time, I am one of...
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Categories:
cassius, image, imagery, imagination, inspiration, inspirational, religious,
Form:
Blank verse
Elegy 'N' Eulogy For Mohammed Ali Clay
A very famous champion,
an inspiring enthusiastic man was he
Who has now departed , yet is quoted,
for many pearls of wisdom
Vociferous king ,
of the boxing ring
A sports star
And such a sport too.
A motivating...
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Categories:
cassius, boxing day , eulogy, goodbye, hero,
Form:
Elegy
Hiss-tory
He spreads his wings and asks sympathy for his plight
He laughs but can't get ’cha if you put up a fight
But to get the whole picture
Let us look to Scripture
To find out about this guised...
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Categories:
cassius, christian, jesus, philosophy, truth,
Form:
Limerick
Back Then
Smoke ‘em if you got them.
Save the bottles for return.
That hippie needs a haircut.
What the hell’s a Lady Bird?
My Christmas tree had bubble lights,
My watch lit up at night.
Four-bits for my gasoline
And Cassius...
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Categories:
cassius, break up, football, heartbreak, high school, loneliness,
Form:
Rhyme
The Greatest Friend of Them All
Sometimes people aren't who they pretend to be
At times, family can be your worst enemy
Be careful who you call your friend
Because you never know who you're letting in
They could be a wolf in sheep's clothing
You...
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Categories:
cassius, friendshippeople, friend, friendship, people,
Form:
I do not know?
The Champ
The arena fully packed,
All the ring girls looking sweet.
The fighters in their corners,
And the crowd was on their feet.
The ref looked like a Zebra,
Standing in the center ring.
He called the two to join him,
For the...
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Categories:
cassius, boxing day ,
Form:
Rhyme
Violence By Way of Fantasy
STOP! This is the updated version
So now I guess this is the REMIXed version
Now the ONLY version
Poetrysoup Exclusive Version
Click the back button if ur ears r still virgins
I'll make blood drip down ur face
Throwing hands...
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Categories:
cassius, allusion, anger, boxing day , confidence, conflict, crazy,
Form:
Rhyme
Shakespeare Meets Popeye
.
Shakespeare meets Popeye.
Once upon a time in a town called Sweet haven
There lived a sailor type, tattoos and quite unshaven.
The Mayor was a biggish guy, “Caesar the spinach salad”
Yes that was his real name,
His...
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Categories:
cassius, adventure
Form:
Rhyme
The Belly's Reign
For Oliver’s: The Bard’s Birthday Contest
03/30/25
Julius Caesar – Act 1 Scene 2 Verse 190-195
Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He...
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Categories:
cassius, appreciation,
Form:
Burlesque
Julius Caesar Ate My Beaver
Julius Caesar Ate My Beaver
(A Legionaire's Lament)
By Roy Merritt
Julius Caesar ate my beaver
After travelin’ through our camp
He came over one dark evening
Carrying a beaver lamp
And he snatched him up and took him off
And I heard...
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Categories:
cassius, history, humor, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
Cassius Crow
Cassius Crow
Cassius Crow was a big old bird
with shiny feathers, long and black.
his family members, near and dear
jawed at each other - clackity clack.
Cassius' flock nested in a wood
full of pine from old Monterey
and as...
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Categories:
cassius, bird, family,
Form:
Verse
Exhiliration Comes
Exhiliration comes (thanks dad)
Cassius Clay in his day,
quick as lightning he did thunder,
watch him fight,
an awesome sight,
Great Boxer,
one man wonder.
At 4 I had a bully sure
Murphy was me a slapping.
Dad taught me fisticuffs...
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Categories:
cassius, adventureme, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Truly History In the Making
Truly History In the Making
Remember when some sweaters we wove
Was while we were sitting in a pretty grove
Birds started singing and others flew by
Certainly a delightful day cannot deny.
Trees were tall and much shade they...
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Categories:
cassius, allegory, analogy, eulogy,
Form:
Couplet