Long Dante 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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Categories:
dante, bible, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom, words, writing,
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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dante, allegory, allusion, appreciation, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
State of the Art IiState of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
dante, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Dante's Divine Comedy First Canto TranslationPremise
The great poem by the italian poet Dante is the DIVINA COMMEDIA
I have tried to translate in english verses of INFERNO (HELL).
It was a very difficult task.
I expect criticism.
When just the midway of my...
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Categories:
dante, dream, poems,
Form:
Terza Rima
Translation of Canto Xvi Hell By DanteAlready I reached the place where heard the sound
Of falling water in the circle next
Suchlike the rumble done by hives around,
When three spirits together changed their treks,
Running, out of an horde just passing there
Under...
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Categories:
dante, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's LibraryToddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum and a thunderous beast
With playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide to dreams just out of reach
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles and Squeaks.
Moo! Quack! Giggles tumble and bump.
Flaps...
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Categories:
dante, adventure, books, childhood, imagination, literature, mystery, teen,
Form:
Narrative
Poems About Poets IPoems about Poets I
The Wonder Boys
by Michael R. Burch
for Leslie Mellichamp
The stars were always there, too-bright cliches:
scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew
as baffled poets winged keyed kites—amazed,
in dream of shocks that suddenly came true ...
but...
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Categories:
dante, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
Dante's Divine Comedy Hell Translation Canto Vii(Continuing the trip through Hell of Dante with poet Virgilio)
Pah-peh Sah-tan, Pah-peh Sah-tan al-ept!”,
Started Pluto with his hoarse voice toss
And that gentle wise, who any knowledge kept,
Told to encourage me: “don’t have a loss
By...
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Categories:
dante, fantasy, universe,
Form:
Terza Rima
A Tale of Dark Angels
Expectations high did not pan out ...
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Categories:
dante, angel, anger, angst, character, god,
Form:
Metrical Tale
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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dante, creation, poetry, poets, word play, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Within My Quasi Moat Toad Lily Padded Immediate EnvironsWithin my quasi moat toad lily padded immediate environs
Meaning the corporeal complex edifice
housing these lovely bones,
where linkedin logorrhea ably
strives to break out
in meaningless song
yobble hum hum diddle dee dee
and dance courtesy
an...
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Categories:
dante, adventure, age, allusion, analogy, anniversary, appreciation, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Dante's Divina Commedia TranslationThe difficult translation of first Canto of Divina Commedia is here completed
In the part published before, Dante imagined to find himself in a dark forest where he met three beasts.
Now he is going to...
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Categories:
dante, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Sacred Lakes
“Sacred Lakes”
There is magic
in your shaman bones
stories shaken like strange mojo
busy under cover of autumn leaves
turning burnished topaz gold
idling unrushed roll over
in honeyed slumber
turning back hands
to face a time of
blushing...
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Categories:
dante, journey, love, magic,
Form:
Romanticism
Ghostly Spirits From Deadly Arsenal Spell Haunting AnnihilationGhostly spirits from deadly arsenal spell haunting annihilation
With mighty mouse and Hercules height
tried to retrieve sanity spread loose;
a faded unpleasant memory - even enlisting
decades old cartoon characters:
Natasha squirrel and Bullwinkle moose
flow of electrons...
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Categories:
dante, absence, adventure, angst, anxiety, atheist, body, crazy,
Form:
Rhyme
The lunar eclipseIt happens every two point- five years so make sure you are there. Pack some stuff and put in the land rover and meet me at the desert in California.
We will have barbecue on...
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Categories:
dante, best friend, business, change, courage, creation, environment,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Belles Lettres
“belles lettres”
It’s a slow drifting
off, that moment
before you dive
into the dark
you surface
to find a boat
surrounded by
shining pearls,
Styx, a mirror
reflecting
otherworldly stars
hypnotic,
you trail
your long
pale slender fingers
in...
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Categories:
dante, dark, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Spring Time DanceThe winter solstice has passed, so the spring dance can begin at last,
and everyone is invited, from every tree as far as the eye can see.
To each and every flourishing flower, the buzzing bees and...
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dante, daffodils, dance, earth, easter, fairy, green, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Better Sit DownSo now you’re feeling sorry
for yourself? Your pain and
anguish gnawing at you?
Just because to start you
ended up the object of
another’s twisted fantasy
and there were four of you
but then Gloria asphyxiated
you have no claim to sorrow
you...
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Categories:
dante, addiction, angst, anxiety, dark, life,
Form:
Free verse
The Journey To the Cosmic BeyondThe Journey to the Cosmic Beyond
Life
God’s divine spark heralds our mortal presence on this Earth,
Whilst angels sing their mystic paeans to our cosmic rebirth.
The soul’s constant transformation transcends all mortality,
As it brings each of us...
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Categories:
dante, allegory, death, god, heaven, life, religious, symbolism,
Form:
Canzone
50 Words For Poe: Revenant
"50 Words for Poe: Revenant"
Everywhere he looks for Her his melancholic Ghost Girl
does our lachrymose ignoble Phantom in his own thunder storm
In the Wind Song he listens
Her elusive whispers hail from another dimension
echolocation through...
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Categories:
dante, dark, fate, freedom, gothic, muse, mystery, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
The Beginning of the TapestryCould I leave you? Could I really fend off the tears that would batter my heart? Could I
Dante the man you love follow through, martyr my heart?
My life was slain with arrow and bows, they...
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Categories:
dante, lovechild, child, life, love, me, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse
Enemy AnonymousOn Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 11:54 AM M Mc wrote:
ENEMY ANONYMOUS
So many forms, so many names
Im Tina, Dope
No ing joke!
Let's start with Mary Jane.
First some weed, "it's not a need"
Now were escalatin'
toc...
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Categories:
dante, abuse, addiction, drink, drug,
Form:
Free verse
POEMS ABOUT SAINTS AND SINNERSPOEMS ABOUT SAINTS AND SINNERS
Of Seabound Saints and Promised Lands
by Michael R. Burch
Judas sat on a wretched rock,
his head still sore from Satan’s gnawing.
Saint Brendan’s curragh caught his eye,
wildly geeing and hawing.
"I’m on parole...
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Categories:
dante, america, baptism, bible, christian, faith, forgiveness, god,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ecstatic Calliope
"Here rise to life again, dead poetry!
Let it, O holy Muses, for I am yours,
And here Calliope, strike a higher key,
Accompanying my song with that sweet air
which made the wretched Magpies feel a blow
that turned...
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Categories:
dante, freedom, identity, imagery, imagination, inspirational love, love,
Form:
Free verse
DANTE TRANSLATIONSDANTE TRANSLATIONS
Little sparks may ignite great Infernos.—Dante, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
In Beatrice I beheld the outer boundaries of blessedness.—Dante, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
She made my veins and even the pulses within...
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Categories:
dante, christian, desire, god, heaven, hope, love, sorrow,
Form:
Epigram