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Matsuo Basho Haiku TranslationsThe first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow low
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, investigate loneliness!
a solitary leaf
clings to the Kiri tree
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
The cheerful-chirping cricket
contends gray...
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Categories:
deepens, animal, butterfly, death, earth, life, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations IiDusk-gliding swallow,
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers!
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies off, sated
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
That dying cricket,...
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Categories:
deepens, autumn, death, life, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Haiku
SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
deepens, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Butterflies and BeesPoems about Butterflies and Bees
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Album
by Michael R. Burch
I caress them—trapped in brittle cellophane—
and I see how young they were,...
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Categories:
deepens, animal, butterfly, flying, insect, sky, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
Chinese Translations IiChinese Poets: English Translations II
These are modern English translations of poems by the Chinese poets Tzu Yeh, Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo and Huang E. These are poems about love, passion and beauty.
Tzu Yeh (circa...
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Categories:
deepens, body, desire, love, lust, night, time, wind,
Form:
Free verse
Haiku Translations of the Oriental MastersGrasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow...
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Categories:
deepens, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
Form:
Haiku
Sonnets Xvii-XxivSonnets XVII-XXIV
Discrimination
by Michael R. Burch
The meter I had sought to find, perplexed,
was ripped from books of "verse" that read like prose.
I found it in sheet music, in long rows
of hologramic CDs, in sad wrecks
of long-forgotten...
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Categories:
deepens, books, poems, poetry, poets, voice, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
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:
deepens, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form:
Haiku
Animal 'Quackers' - Comments and Response From Poemhunter========================================
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Lora Colon – Poemhunter.com
Okay, Long Tooth. You have some explaining to do. Really. I'm not sure what you are trying to say in this poem.
I 'sort of' get the...
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Categories:
deepens, appreciation, engagement, humor,
Form:
Didactic
Heroic Crown of Sonnets - Part One
Our Year Of Months (January - July)
1. Intro
Divided into months is our Earth year;
fixed firm in space to meet with climate change,
relation with our Sun makes it so clear
we will be blessed with seasons that...
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Categories:
deepens, daffodils, earth, seasons,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Views of a Dark Canyon: Poems En Duo 1(By Youth, Beauty, and Age)
MISS YOU, BRO!
To: My bro, The heaven, God’s Palace
Dear One,
All the fights
That we had in the nights,
Cross across my mind …
And now...
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Categories:
deepens, grief, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Jo Jo Part TwoCoercion began
as the ground surrounds the seed
baring life and truth
A kingdom of soil
An army of soiled crickets
A pubescent king
Presenting Jo Jo
the leader of the region
and sire to the throne
Forced to lead the masses
basis chases hatred
Bandaged...
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Categories:
deepens, spiritual, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
The Watcher
Into the woods we ventured, where darkness began to encircle us,
Their ancient murmurs mingling with the forest’s ominous chorus.
A chilling breeze, as if the very breath of the woods sighed,
Veiled in tempestuous clouds, the stars...
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Categories:
deepens, dark, death, evil, fear, gothic, nature, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Synaesthesia
"SYNAESTHESIA"
The Rose was burning
long before she was Green
The Synaesthete placed his brush stroke
On his future dreams
Long before she was Green
The Synaesthete dreamed of him
Walking barefoot through the buried Rust
and rustling burnished Ochre leaves...
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Categories:
deepens, adventure, autumn, love, romance, winter,
Form:
Romanticism
Addict of a Different SortSomeone that I know has a serious affliction,
Not chemically induced though, is their addiction.
He is always needing another dose or fix
In one way or another or in ways, a mix.
Though I don't know why, how...
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Categories:
deepens, addiction, crazy, technology,
Form:
Rhyme
Anglo-Norman Arisingthe wealth of norman England is poised to grow
towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
old and new empires jostle, reshaping across continents and...
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Categories:
deepens, england, history, identity, immigration, language, people, social,
Form:
Narrative
The GlowMy heart is bleeding but no blood is dripping
My spirit is crying but no tears are flowing
The trees are moving but the wind is not blowing
A low feeling came over today that led my spirit...
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Categories:
deepens, career, celebrity, character, cheer up, deep, emotions,
Form:
Narrative
Jo Jo Part OneCoercion began
as the ground surrounds the seed
baring life and truth
A kingdom of soil
An army of soiled crickets
A pubescent king
Presenting Jo Jo
the leader of the region
and sire to the throne
Forced to lead the masses
basis chases hatred
Bandaged...
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Categories:
deepens, feelings, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Plum Blossom Haiku IiAre you the butterfly
while in my dreams
I flit after Soshi?
—Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It's not at all anxious to bloom,
the plum tree at my gate.
—Kobayashi Issa, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The red...
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Categories:
deepens, animal, butterfly, flower, innocence, love, nature, spring,
Form:
Haiku
Mother, II am walking on the path between flowerbeds
where the flowers the mother cared and grew
for the daughter whom she loved are now in full bloom
O dear mother, the elegance of the flowers is your...
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Categories:
deepens, heart, i miss you, memory, mother daughter,
Form:
Narrative
KarmaYesterday, I followed her true invisible form
Colors turning a kaleidoscopic deep and warm
A state of mind, that makes reality feel alive
Stabbing moments that teach how tough it is to survive
And still this dagger is penetrating...
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Categories:
deepens, bullying, conflict, life, universe,
Form:
Couplet
Before the Gates of Alahsar - Original Version"Before The Gates Of Alahsar."
By,
Michael .P. Clarke.
(Bardic Style)
(Original Short Version)
(Version-1)
Sweet Alahsar, thy golden crowns
adorned the sky of verdant blue,
sweet land of dream, throne of Amethyst,
land of sunlight, ever shining.
Children of the mortal kind,
on silver...
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Categories:
deepens, dark, death, dream, fantasy, light, pain, war,
Form:
Free verse
Thoughts on Iowa and My Childhood City
“And I remember Muscatine -still more pleasantly - for its summer sunset. I have never seen any on either side of the ocean that equaled them.” Samuel Clemens in his younger years when...
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Categories:
deepens, places, youth,
Form:
Prose Poetry
As I FollowAs I follow after this answer,
Who showed me the way through pain,
Who promised me that love would win,
Who silenced the doubts that charged my sin,
Who kept me from seeking out sin again.
As I follow after...
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Categories:
deepens, christian, encouraging, faith, friend, god, inspirational love,
Form:
Free verse
I Will Never See Them AgainI Will Never See Them Again
“Abide with me . . . , as the darkness deepens,
When earth’s joy grows dim . . . , its glory passes away,
Through darkness and sunshine . . . ,...
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Categories:
deepens, loss, lost, tribute, family, family,
Form:
ABC