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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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Categories:
deficient, 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...
Read More
Categories:
deficient, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic 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 lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
deficient, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Social Privyjustice
What does this vastly misunderstood word mean to you?
Too what ends?
May we seek?
Who(m) may guide us?
Endless deliberation (spiss spiss spiss)
Debated and glorified by us all
Beloved; instilled among (a) core...
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Categories:
deficient, absence, abuse, addiction, adventure, allusion, analogy, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
deficient, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
deficient, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots VSpawned from the loins that
Perpetuated the loyal serfs mongrel
Seed:-
These peoples of a conditioned and
"Resigned-To-it-all" breed.
Born into the enveloping tedium
Of interlocking days...Interwoven
With interlocking days -
Victims of stark circumstance
And vague promises unmade.
Gregariously living out their lives
When...
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Categories:
deficient, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Ghost Hunter - ContinuedThe elderly, the injured,
The deficient, the mentally ill,
The sick, the chastened,
The weary, the suicidal,
The innocent, the broken,
The lost, lost, LOST ...
You are NOT there with them ...
Only sadness and loss and pain.
The animals, the...
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Categories:
deficient, philosophy, religion, self,
Form:
Free verse
Stepping Outside To RegatherEasy to get stuck
inside my head
outside Earth's neglected
aching hearts
Breathing in and out togather
fumes of historically fueled
graphite sheeted walls
too all-encumbering to smell
as monoculture's indoor trauma
Failure to wonder
nuanced appositional
wandering outdoor non-positions,
dipolar bipartisanships
passing in transitioning...
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Categories:
deficient, health, humor, joy, peace, perspective, power, relationship,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Family MediationsI have confronted family,
and acquaintances
at the edge of my familiars
to understand my hurt
when they economically
and politically
and socially
and monoculturally
StraightWhiteMale privileged support
RightWing LeftBrained
Patriarchal-Capitalism
Because my Kids of Color,
with physical and mental,
natural and spiritual challenges,
lack of LeftBrain full accessibility
And...
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Categories:
deficient, america, anti bullying, earth, health, integrity, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
ProgenyShould we shed the boy and be a man?
Shoot of spirit wild -to be tamed in the tamed land.
Where is the proof that this cynical evolution;
this cyclical passthrough is a strengthened constitution.
A blur and a...
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Categories:
deficient, birth, child, child abuse, childhood, first love,
Form:
Rhyme
I Did It AgainGod doesn't work through us because we're flawless. Rather He works through us in spite of our imperfections ~ A.W. Tozer
I did it again, I say to myself
Ashamed, humiliated, falling apart
I did it again and...
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Categories:
deficient, bible, blessing, faith, god, hope, inspirational, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
Woman Fight For Your Place In the WorldBe not apologetic if you spend your efforts being happy and kind
There's not enough happiness or kindness in the world
In preparing for Life it's best to fall in love first to learn its vagaries
After acquiring...
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Categories:
deficient, confidence, courage, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Collective Sin Is a Virtueunited states are in debt most
kingdoms countries are in deficit
they have beautiful cars great highways
bread to eat water to drink and almost
free air to breathe
so dont worry about debts deaths and deficits
we are all in...
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Categories:
deficient, philosophy, , cute,
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I do not know?
Truth Is the Daughtr of Timeso true, Truth is the daughter of time!
tell me yours, I tell you mine,
Jews or Philistines,
the reason for your exile to ancient Kemet/Egypt
or Aethiopia
was it not to escape persecution?
"Get up, take the...
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Categories:
deficient, africa, character, conflict, freedom, hate, history, home,
Form:
I do not know?
Vampire Sheep From HellOnce upon an olden time and in a far off land
A castle stood above a town, mysterious and grand
Though locals spoke about the place, down in the town below
‘Twas gossip and just rumours, for the...
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Categories:
deficient, animals, fantasy, funny, imaginationnight, night, time,
Form:
Rhyme
I Never Got To Say GoodbyeYou were my life you know so to go in an instant took mine and your breath away
And I still haven't gotten mine back seven months later to this very day
You see you are my...
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Categories:
deficient, bereavement, body, daughter, death, god, love, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Overdosing Rather Binge Reading ThesaurusOverdosing (rather binge reading) thesaurus...
Imagine if ye will
earlier one blustery February sixteenth
two thousand twenty one,
yours truly experienced atypical thrill
perusing pages of heavily laden word book
marking where I leave off reading
courtesy no frills inked quill
(sold to...
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Categories:
deficient, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, addiction,
Form:
Rhyme
Finally May Found My FateFinally May Find His Fate
Read poem about priest and did wait;
I always knew that it would be great;
My face feed;
Another read;
In my poem he finally found his fate.
Jim Horn
Crave and Became Slave
My life in wide...
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Categories:
deficient, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
The New AwakeningWhen nighttime comes ...
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Categories:
deficient, angst, blessing, christian, courage, integrity, patriotic, peace,
Form:
Prose
The Howling Winds of MarchThe howling winds of March
Furious gusts of air
mightily blow bestirring anchored poet
sitting comfortably numb
securely strapped in his hard to maneuver
easy bath chair
while all around him debris
strewn helter skelter everywhere
heavy objects unmoored
pirouetting topsy turvy
defying laws of...
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Categories:
deficient, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, cry,
Form:
Rhyme
Silence of the Lambs
Dueling Americans
love drawing blood from a distance
Crossing swords with their dogma guns ...
a test of mettle:
Who will bow first
to the pressure building in their lungs
Bipedal zip-lip back-to-back walkers,
bivalve mollusk closed-minded talkers
Fifty paces then turn......
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Categories:
deficient, political, society, truth, violence,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Mom's Malaise, Part TwoA couple of years later, at age 19, this farm girl married and, true to her Catholic
upbringing, began having children. She had four live births and four miscarriages over the course of less than seven...
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Categories:
deficient, history, motherchildren, care, marriage, body, care, children,
Form:
Narrative
Gods Children-Evocation-
The thunderous sound cut through the building
The deafening blast shaking its very foundation –
I jumped awake, in agonizing trepidation
And sat up in bed, my chest pounding.
There was calm, a surreal stillness.
I appraised my room’s mess
And...
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Categories:
deficient, bereavement, conflict, dark, death of a friend,
Form:
Elegy
The Tragic Games Between Rulers and PeopleLook for this tragic dilemma:
either people have reached the real powers
and handled the weal of engine
or government done the same
wiped people completely out
from ruling, managing and controling....
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Categories:
deficient, political,
Form:
Verse