Long Critic Poems
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EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch
To write an epigram, cram.
If you lack wit, scram!
—Michael R. Burch
Conformists of a feather
flock together.
—Michael...
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critic, bible, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Short Stuff: EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...
Negotiables
by Michael R. Burch
Love should be more than the sum of its...
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Categories:
critic, body, clothes, death, eulogy, introspection, love, obituary,
Form:
Epigram
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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critic, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Epigrams VEpigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...
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Categories:
critic, giggle, humor, humorous, irony, literature, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Poems About Poems IvPoems about Poems IV
The Toast
by Michael R. Burch
For longings warmed by tepid suns
(brief lusts that animated clay),
for passions wilted at the bud
and skies grown desolate and gray,
for stars that fell from tinseled heights
and mountains bleak...
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critic, allegory, allusion, appreciation, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian TakeBack Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*
In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...
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critic, books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Life God Gave - the Octa-Tri Style~ Life, God Gave ~
( Octa- Tri )
~O~
God's Love glow
From our hearts let it flow
My Lord, You're my Light, Hope, Joy and Guide.
~o~
You heal heart,...
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critic, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
What Daddy DemandsEarthMama Invites
Without RightDaddy Dominance,
Left EcoMama
and Her still innocent suppressed Children,
share no opposing WinLose
assuming
internalized voices,
just anxious and angry
and fearful feelings
about LoseLose
ZeroZone,
ego and Earth
matriarchal-line
extinguished.
Because all RightBrain feeling voices
and chemistries
are outside Sacred NatureSpirit
experientially
regeneratively
cooperative
Patriarchal/Matriarchal Voices
secular and sacred...
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Categories:
critic, bullying, caregiving, gender, health, integrity, love, violence,
Form:
Political Verse
Talk To Me Stop TalkingJust a view on the inner critic. Every time I read what I wrote I see a different angle. This person never even opened their eyes. Some day you can't.
The day had begun. Simple. It...
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Categories:
critic, mental illness,
Form:
Prose
Translation of Eric Mottram's Time Sight Unseen, Part 1 By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s TIME SIGHT UNSEEN, Part One by T. Wignesan
"Instead of an item in a school of rhetoric, the poem could have variety of articulations, continuity and discontinuity, sentence and parataxis, and an...
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critic, imagery, introspection, literature, philosophy, writing,
Form:
Free verse
An Anxiously Anticipated EventDear John,
All day
yesterday
I loaded up with a cascading river
of mixed anxiety and anticipation
about what to safely and kindly,
transparently and vulnerably
compassionately, so non-violently, share,
what to communicate;
Which narrative tributaries to choose
within this vast spacetime stream
of choices
directions
felt depressions...
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Categories:
critic, age, dance, health, humanity, humor, romance, sexy,
Form:
Political Verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's Time Sight Unseen, Part Two By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s TIME SIGHT UNSEEN, Part Two by T. Wignesan
"Instead of an item in a school of rhetoric, the poem could have variety of articulations, continuity and discontinuity, sentence and parataxis, and an...
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critic, art, creation, literature, philosophy, word play, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Poets ViiPoems about Poets VII
Gallant Knight
by Michael R. Burch
for Alfred Dorn and Anita Dorn
Till you rest with your beautiful Anita,
rouse yourself, Poet; rouse and write.
The world is not ready for your departure,
Gallant Knight.
Teach us to sing...
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critic, christian, dance, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation of Eric Mottram's Time Sight Unseen, Part 4 By T Wignesan Translation of Eric Mottram’s TIME SIGHT UNSEEN - Part Four by T. Wignesan
"Instead of an item in a school of rhetoric, the poem could have variety of articulations, continuity and discontinuity, sentence and parataxis,...
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Categories:
critic, literature, political, rights, society, time,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Poets - XxxviUnquotable quotes: Poets, Poetasters and Platos – XXXVI
For James McAuley – in remembrance of a memorable week in Cardiff 1965
The greatest poet ever is NOT Homer, Lao Tse, Ovid,...
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critic, creation, poetry, poets, word play, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Pride and Prejudice: the Lacking MarginsPride and Prejudice: The Lacking Margins
Pride and Prejudice, a passionate novel by Jane Austen, published anonymously in three volumes in 1813. A masterpiece of English literature, composed with penetrating wittiness and exquisite character delineation, it...
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critic, marriage, meaningful, men, muse, sister,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Over-Soul
“Our being is descending into us from we know not whence.
The most exact calculator has no prescience that somewhat incalculable
may not balk the very next moment. I am constrained every moment
to acknowledge...
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Categories:
critic, dark, light, muse,
Form:
Free verse
L'Assimilation Non Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Assimilation No By T WignesanL'Assimilation – Non! Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “Assimilation – No !” by T. Wignesan
Born Kathleen Jean Mary RUSKA on November 3, 1920, in the North Stradbroke Island, off Queensland, she was deemed as an aboriginal...
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Categories:
critic, anti bullying, child abuse, conflict, freedom, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To African ChildOh! African child, the temple
A redient beauty of nature
Thou are the cradle capital
Of humanity and creatures
The founder of patriarchal
Oh! African child,
The coy the toy of the wife
Beauty of nature and life
The belike of Bowie...
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critic, africa, baby, birth,
Form:
Rhyme
Internet Dating ProfileI am a singular event
Occupying a particular span of time.
I am a concrete mystic
And an incurable skeptic
Seeking an approximation
Of peace and domestic tranquility.
I am a Slavic soul brother
Living...
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Categories:
critic, internet, relationship,
Form:
Blank verse
The Art of CaringI will admit I was a tightwad, though that fact shames me now,
As never changing mountains, often colorful mists will allow!
I never meant to be unkind, but only endeavored to be practical,
Like the moon exiting...
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critic, art, care, fantasy, love, magic, people,
Form:
Couplet
Translation of Eric Mottram's Time Sight Unseen, Part 3 By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s TIME SIGHT UNSEEN, Part Three by T. Wignesan
"Instead of an item in a school of rhetoric, the poem could have variety of articulations, continuity and discontinuity, sentence and parataxis, and an...
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Categories:
critic, art, literature, metaphor, philosophy, word play,
Form:
Free verse
Bio: Closing Times Memories POTD
CLOSING TIME AT THE PUB
The joy, the camaraderie, the smoke.
The great ale, my great friends in Chicago.
Old Town, North Avenue, twas Chicago,1967.
O' Rourke's Pub, where else?
Smoky, filled with...
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critic, celebration, emotions, friendship, fun, holiday, in memoriam,
Form:
Bio
A Thousand Dark SecretsCarrying with me a
halfhearted smile for the
braver men than I.
The men holding tightly
to past perceptions,
live or die.
Suppose I whispered to 'em
what I've heard through
the metaphorical grapevines.
Suppose I lent a hand.
Would they take it as an...
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Categories:
critic, anger, angst, bereavement, political, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Retrospective ClicheThe pride of life is not humbling grace ...
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Categories:
critic, christian, growth, introspection, love, truth, wisdom, writing,
Form:
Free verse