Long Complications Poems
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Pablo Neruda TranslationsI love you only because I love you
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I love you only because I love you;
I am torn between loving and not loving you,
Between apathy and desire.
My heart vacillates...
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complications, love, romance, romantic, romantic love, spanish, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnet Lxxxi-LxxxixSonnet LXXXI-LXXXIX
Day, and Night
by Michael R. Burch
The moon exposes pockmarked scars of craters;
her visage, veiled by willows, palely looms.
And we who rise each day to grind a living,
dream each scented night of such perfumes
as drew...
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complications, dream, earth, flower, moon, music, night, stars,
Form:
Sonnet
Pablo Neruda Translation: Every Day You PlayEvery Day You Play
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Every day you play with Infinity’s rays.
Exquisite visitor, you arrive with the flowers and the water.
You are vastly more than this immaculate head I clasp...
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complications, aubade, beauty, dog, for her, fruit, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
Sonnets Xxv-XxxiiSonnets XXV-XXXII
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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complications, bereavement, body, cancer, change, death, depression, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets X-XviSonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
complications, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Rilke Translations IiCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
complications, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Prose Poems IiProse Poems II
by Michael R. Burch
These are prose poems (is that an oxymoron?) and experimental poems...
briefling
by Michael R. Burch
manishatched, hopsintotheMix, cavorts, hassex (quick!, spawnanewBrood!); then, likeamayfly, he’s suddenly gone: plantfood.
bachelorhoodwinked
by Michael R. Burch
u are charming...
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Categories:
complications, poems, poetry, rose, roses are red, world,
Form:
Prose
Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's Poem Asai Mugam By T WignesanTranslation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
...
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Categories:
complications, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Aching SoulsI once had a treasured mid-western friend who ...
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complications, christian, community, confusion, family, grief,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 151-- Pt 2 DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: The wedding planners SurpriseDate: April 2, 2051
NEXT DAY:
3:10 afternoon
the family held a secret
Family conference in adjourned rooms of
Holly's family. CJ and his wife Amaliah
Desharah Dolly were present in
Father Hakim's and ma Lucinda's
Suite...
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Categories:
complications, allusion, beach, best friend,
Form:
Alliteration
Rilke Translations IArchaischer Torso Apollos ("Archaic Torso of Apollo")
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
complications, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
Chapter 50 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family SeventeenYear August 2036
Molly started contractions about
40 minutes before Dolly they
Were both rushed to the
Hospital in separate ambulances
There was a family Gathering
with both families at the
Hospital. This was a momentous
Event unlike the...
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Categories:
complications, 7th grade, absence, business, caregiving, devotion, dream,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 46 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Twins the TenDate: September 2036
September finally came. Dolly
Was in Labor but she stated
That she would deliver her
Babies at home. Damian Tried
Gentle discouragement. "Naw,
Babe we will be patients at
Magnum Medical Hospital
Center....
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complications, 6th grade, birth, caregiving, child, color, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
PandemicPandemic!
A pandemic is widespread and affects everything and everyone. No one is safe and there are no lives without risk. Pandemic’s once unleashed on unsuspecting, innocent people wreaks havoc. There are numerous unknown’s and more...
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complications, bereavement, confusion, daughter, death, fear, heartbroken, mom,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
PandemicPandemic!
A pandemic is widespread and affects everything and everyone. No one is safe and there are no lives without risk. Pandemic’s once unleashed on unsuspecting, innocent people wreaks havoc. There are numerous unknown’s and more...
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Categories:
complications, bereavement, confusion, daughter, death, fear, heartbroken, mom,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Love Is My OceanI figured this wouldn’t be read because of its length, so why not just post it and get it over with
Love is my ocean
~
Placed on a mantle, the ship torn and tattered
Its bottle long...
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Categories:
complications, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Letters For People Part 6Dear people,
A true Voice speaks pure truth in two tones.
Real Ears can only hear one.
Get one half of two true whole truths,
...
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Categories:
complications, america, angel, anxiety, confidence, fire, heart, humor,
Form:
Epic
Disarray and DismayI’ve endured a thousand thunderstorms in my brain
I’ve cured a thousand more to feel your rainfall’s pain
I’m apologetic for the wrongs I’ve done to you and all,
But I will not fall for your gain’s sake...
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Categories:
complications, betrayal, forgiveness, leaving,
Form:
Free verse
A Doggy AfternoonNarrator: I take you now inside the mind of a ten year old miniature Eskimo dog who
lives happily inside a Rambler house with a fenced back yard that serves as his special
area...
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Categories:
complications, dog,
Form:
Narrative
Riding the Subway For Twenty-Five DaysTo me, it was a revealing experience…
That I could be that strong in face of adversity!
...
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Categories:
complications, daughter, life, strength,
Form:
Free verse
When a Woman Is Just a WomanMother’s dirty offender seeded life that demanded nurture, demanded attention….
Demanded unforeseen fate
Twins, thrust upon her…. strained to love, and yet….
This happening urged her to live
Her head lifted, agitated,
Soaked from head to toe in the...
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Categories:
complications, absence, angst, confusion, love, pain, sad, sympathy,
Form:
Free verse
The Illogicality of CommonsenseBy Stanley Collymore
At first I wasn’t in the least interested in you.
But then, why should I be? You, after all,
are an unmarried and out-of-work mum
just turned 23 and, additionally and
quite evidently...
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Categories:
complications, love, life, life, mum,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Genuine CauseLike every divorced couple, we were transitioning into a platonic relationship as friends full of understanding. My former husband seems entirely decided to give life a fresh try. He is thinking of another girl. He...
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Categories:
complications, baby,
Form:
Prose
Is Aranjuez a Pining After the Composer's MotherIs ARANJUEZ a pining after the composer's mother ?
(Joaquin Rodrigo - 1901-1999 - who composed the " Aranjuez " concerto on piano in 1938/9 and which later was destined for the guitar and orchestra, turned...
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Categories:
complications, how i feel, longing, loss, memory, mother
Form:
Free verse
The 1940's and 50's Movie, Radio and MoreDon Winslow of the Navy at the movies...…., the Lone Ranger, and the shadow, on the radio. Three of my favorite pastimes in Wilmington NC, From just before my first grade in school to the...
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Categories:
complications, truth, world war ii,
Form:
Prose