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Mirza Ghalib TranslationsNear Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch
On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we might have pronounced you a saint...
if only we hadn't found
you...
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Categories:
cured, soulmate, spiritual, tamil, truth, urdu, women, words,
Form:
Verse
Modern Sonnets IMODERN SONNETS I
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
Maker, Fakir, Curer
by Michael R. Burch
A poem...
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Categories:
cured, art, freedom, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
The Badly Drawn GoatThe pencil now resting the image was 'testing' for the creature before him, (his badly-drawn drawin') had come out 'not right' somewhat twisted and tight.
The picture in question, it burst with suggestion, for lines that...
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Categories:
cured, animal, creation, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
MEMORY THERAPY-You Have Entered the Twilight Zone Poetry Contest~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nick Tipton lived a quiet life,
west Kentucky, in rolling hills;
been farming there for ten years,
all according to his own will.
This simple life would’ve have kept on,
‘til one night, age thirty-three,
a nightmare burst into his mind,
so...
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Categories:
cured, memory, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
This World of DewTHIS WORLD OF DEW
This world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane's bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Dewdrops beading grass-blades
die before...
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Categories:
cured, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form:
Haiku
Dream 1: 4 Weeks In Positano
"Dream 1: 4 Weeks in Positano"
Kisses long linger warm lips tasted intense
so sweet like cured Valencia Oranges
lips liquored triple sec not dry drunk on love
softly grazed, then held long
slow, deep, warm and wet
The story is...
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Categories:
cured, dream, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
Prose PoemsProse Poems
Something
by Michael R. Burch
Something inescapable is lost?lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight, vanishing in a gust of wind toward an expanse of stars immeasurable and void. Something uncapturable is...
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Categories:
cured, animal, child, childhood, children, magic, rose, science,
Form:
Prose
My Corporate Life and How It All EndedI met with some bankers in fine textured suits.
I struck a deal quick. (I had such a knack.)
I offered rare cacti and tropical fruits –
a cure-all for things that ail your back.
I served 'em...
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Categories:
cured, business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RINGLegacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING
uninvited GUESTS linkedin as the themes of mein kampf.
Despite countless factorial permutations
& combinations, this cyber surfer
avails left and right alm
seeking succor Out Of Human Bondage
invisibles shackles bind head,
shoulders, knees and...
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Categories:
cured, abuse, age, angst, anxiety, city, depression, earth,
Form:
Free verse
Packed Up PachydermYou know when I think about it now and what I have to do,
a lot of you folk out there would have a bit of envy too;
you see I'm a 'lacky' for a vet, well...
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Categories:
cured, humorous,
Form:
Epic
The Long Way HomeIt was late in the balmy springtime, and I was attending a lecture,
On a topic of great interest, which was the history of architecture.
As a great lover of beauty, I admired structural geometric designs,
Like the...
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Categories:
cured, fantasy, home, magic, people, school, spring, time,
Form:
Couplet
To God Be the Glory - Great Things He Has DoneTo God be the glory - great things he has done.
‘I am Eddie Rowlands, I became a Christian in 1985, at that time I also experienced evil opposition toward me, to the extent of being...
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Categories:
cured, god,
Form:
Narrative
The Innocenty of the WatersTHE INNOCENTY OF THE WATERS
PEOPLE with eating disorders are “allowed” to keep their identity secret. You’re not allowed to be a person.
You are simply “a stomach that ate.”
Everyone who sees you has...
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Categories:
cured, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Innocenty of the WatersPEOPLE with eating disorders are “allowed” to keep their identity secret. You’re not allowed to be a person.
You are simply “a stomach that ate.”
Everyone who sees you has a lot of power over you. You...
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Categories:
cured, poems, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 15The elf stared into his eyes for a very long moment, pondering his answer. He knew this would change everything in the life of the man who sat before him. He knew what...
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Categories:
cured, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Young and StrongYoung and Strong
She was young, she was strong
Working cleaning all the day long
So much to do, but she carried that load
So concerned about everyone, at Kenmore road.
Then we moved, to Strandfontein we came
A new challenge...
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Categories:
cured, bereavement,
Form:
ABC
Free Falling
"Free Falling"
You have to believe in Magic
to believe in the poetry of You
If you don’t believe in Magic
you are nothing but a black line
bleeding to the right creative,
without left margin
for logical analysis,
you’re fixed...
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Categories:
cured, christmas, family, journey, life, loss, love, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
NoddyNoddy"
It was on a holiday mrng
Sum1 at the door Barking..
I saw a cute puppy,,
N came out feeling happy..
It was beautiful like an white Pearl
Looked delicate like an flower worl..
I called it near, ,As it...
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Categories:
cured, dog, , cute,
Form:
I do not know?
Handicapped By Fear"Let not your hearts be troubled. Neither let it be afraid". Jesus Christ, John 14:1 ...
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Categories:
cured, fear,
Form:
Narrative
Punished~ Punished~
One evening with her dad she met this man at...
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Categories:
cured, horror, innocence, sad, teenage,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Swimming Against the Current[Note: You will see in the work below connections to other poems I have posted here. Those poems are tangents to this poem that more completely tell the tale of rise, pride, hubris, fall,...
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Categories:
cured, ozymandias, pride, sin,
Form:
Free verse
A Good OutlookI was once something of a pessimist, and that fact did not concern me,
As violet birds are content, to spend their nights in different trees.
Still I had a happy and quiet existence, or at least...
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Categories:
cured, dream, faith, fantasy, garden, growth, home, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Stop LyingThere is a saying that is well known, and If I said the first few words you could recite the next 10. STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES, BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HARM ME....
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Categories:
cured, 12th grade, addiction, anger, anxiety,
Form:
Other
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:
cured, betrayal, forgiveness, leaving,
Form:
Free verse
Better DayaI know you’re happy,
Guess I’m stuck bein’ me,
Guess I stay missin’ out on chances that I couldn’t see.
But in the meantime,
Keep your head,
And know I’m doin’ just fine.
You know, maybe I’ll get lucky and catch...
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Categories:
cured, angst, emotions, growing up, high school, introspection,
Form:
I do not know?