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Ono No Komachi Translation: Autumn
Watching wan moonlight
illuminate tree limbs,
my heart also brims,
overflowing with autumn.
—Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
As I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, age, autumn, death, depression, desire, heartbreak, women,
Form:
Tanka
Ono No Komachi Translations
As I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Submit to you—is that what you advise?
The way the ripples...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, desire, life, longing, love, nature, woman, women,
Form:
Tanka
Eternal Recurrence
ETERNAL RECURRENCE*
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“I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before and
I hope to return a thousand times after.” GOETHE
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1.
Once upon a time,
The Lord...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, future, life, , atheist,
Form:
Epic
Bruce Walker, Elegy
My teacher died.
His lungs failed him.
He taught me that the lungs
harbor grief.
His lungs are gone.
My grief has only just arrived.
He used his lungs...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, death of a friend, love, teacher,
Form:
Elegy
Rainer Maria Rilke: Second Elegy Translation
This is my translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's second elegy from his Duino Elegies, which he began composing at Duino Castle in 1912.
Second Elegy
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Every angel...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, angel, art, desire, eulogy, god, love, passion,
Form:
Elegy
Literate lettered latitudinarian looms larger than life
I feel honored, and flattered to acquaint myself (a married youthful looking sexagenarian solitudinarian from southeastern Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), yet feel awkward at jump/kick starting a rapport.
Literate lettered latitudinarian looms larger than life
Presents the following...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, adventure, autumn, celebration, fun, hello, humorous, september,
Form:
Free verse
Liatra
Pasha Acremodios grew greedy,
discontented with the domain he dominated,
so he turned covetous eyes toward Farabia,
sending his soldiers to seize this ripened plum
Spoiling for a fight and fighting for spoils,
his army swept across Farabia
like a bloody...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, dance, death, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Literate Lettered Latitudinarian
Literate lettered latitudinarian
Presents the following slapdash
higglety-pigglety bupkis, whereby reader
experiences being mentally hogtied
perusing pseudo poetic perambulation
devoid of sense and sensibility
welcoming character assassination
concerning pride of yours truly,
who merely strung together
words sharing "arian"
as their last five letters
for no...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, community, courage, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
A Modest Proposal To the Universal Dilemma of Human Melancholy
What is it to dwell in the realm of melancholy? Is it merely a cloak of desolation that we wear, or rather a wave of sorrow that engulfs us, rendering us incapable of envisioning a...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, depression, encouraging, hope, motivation, perspective, philosophy, proposal,
Form:
Prose
O, September, I feel the subtle scents of dandelion days melting into oblivion
O, September, I feel the subtle scents of dandelion days melting into oblivion,
Like spring waterfalls of delirious diamonds collapsing into the abyss of memory,
While sentimental sapphire memories flow among clouds of color-blind cruelty,
Revealing how the...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Thanksgiving Blessings
Abounding in gratitude
my heart bursts out delightful praises
worshipfully testifying ---
“God has blessed me this 2021.”
January’s thanksgiving glow
greeted me with peace and hope
to surmount quarantine hurdles, propping my zest---
declaring “Thus saith the...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, thanksgiving,
Form:
Free verse
Midway II
As frothing wakes unveil a racing tide
a frontal surge unleashed intended taunt,
‘twas but a strafe to lead the prey outside
then strike a blow amidst the faring jaunt.
To draw first blood, then front them with...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Yet I Remain Faithful
Filthy and foul I found you,
garnished in grime,
drenched in dust,
polluted in your own putrid blood,
orphaned, alone, helpless.
Pity overtook me to love,
to cleanse you of your stench,
to let you live.
As you came...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, betrayal, heartbroken, hurt, husband, love hurts, true
Form:
Free verse
Age: My Wise Councelor
Oh, Age, my wise counselor,
My faithful friend, my ally
From the moment, I was born at that specific year
You and I inseparable have remained throughout space and time
Holding always hands as years were parading before our...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, age, appreciation, life,
Form:
Free verse
Our Completeness
Rumi Verse: The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself, everything that you want you already are.
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Phenotype-inherited flaw chimera
fantasy flurry...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, betrayal, character, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Freed From Second Death
“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, bible, christian, faith, god, gospel, jesus, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Ono No Komachi Translations 2
These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems (waka/tanka) of Ono no Komachi…
"It's over!"
Your words drizzle like dismal rains,
bringing tears,
as I wilt with my years.
—Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch
The...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, beautiful, beauty, dream, flower, nature, rain, woman,
Form:
Tanka
Rain
rain hitting the asphalt, the cracking concrete, water weaving
its way down the overpass. Residents cover up with plastic,
a conflagration of yellow light on garbage bags
hitting tree tops, branches, leaves old and new. Boughs
sagging with the...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, absence, bird, city, love, nature, rain, winter,
Form:
List
Chinese Translations IV
CHINESE TRANSLATIONS IV
These are English translations of Chinese poems about nature, the seasons, autumn, winter, spring, night, time, tears, flowers and love.
Seeking a Mooring
by Wang Wei
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
A leaf drifts through...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, autumn, love, nature, night, seasons, spring, winter,
Form:
Free verse
The Aquarium
On July 15, 2010, my wife, Teri, and I took our younger daughter, Isabel, to the doctor for a regular checkup. She was nine months old and appeared to be in perfect health. Her first...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, childhood,
Form:
Free verse
My Age and I
1.
Age my loving friend,
From the instant, I was born at that specific time
You and I inseparable remained
Holding hands as years have been passing slowly one
After the other
2.
We were never separated,
Although when young,...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, age, happiness, life,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
What Is Love
Beginning with what it is not
Being certainly not transience we can slot
Calling a spade a spade
Love not an exchange or trade
‘I love you provided you reciprocate’
‘If your look is not endearing, my love will abate’
Moving...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, love,
Form:
Rhyme
For the Sons of Men
Segun my child! My son!
Soon, the cock will crow at dawn
And the east will showcase the sun
Soon, you will leave my home,
To found your own
With words of wisdom, you won’t be alone.
Like a mini-skirt,...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, black african american, inspirational, introspection, philosophy, snow,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Hush the Stars
-For Justin Bordner’s contest
I long worshiped heartbreak,
From afar, often, though through the lenses, ceaselessly…
I drew ribbons in the midnight sky with the silken trinkets of sorrow
Riding in the dark with the sound of our silent...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, appreciation, beauty, dedication, happiness, i love you,
Form:
Free verse
Living Law and Dead Beacon
The idea of a living constitution
has the same forensic indeterminacy
as a committed dream.
I am content to trust this dream to the end
to have it fill my cup of hope all day and night.
I am content...
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Categories:
ceaselessly, rights,
Form:
Free verse