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Deception Part 2 - Translation From TagoreThis is the second part of Rabindranath Tagore's Narrative poem - Phanki (Deception). The first part has been already posted.
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Categories:
destitute, life, women,
Form:
Narrative
The Power of My PenI have been trying to find the right words to pen this verse, but since I came to this country my words are suppressed and my voice is oppressed. The wind is blowing furiously, and...
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Categories:
destitute, anti bullying, break up, community, corruption, discrimination,
Form:
Narrative
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:
destitute, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Peace PrayerThese are peace poems, prayer poems, hymns and lullabies I have written for family, friends and the world over the years ...
Peace Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
for Jim Dunlap
Be calm.
Be still.
Be silent, content.
Be one with the...
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Categories:
destitute, beauty, blessing, love, nature, peace, prayer, time,
Form:
Free verse
Marina Tsvetaeva TranslationsI Know The Truth
by Marina Tsvetaeva
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I know the truth?abandon lesser truths!
There's no need for anyone living to struggle!
See? Evening falls, night quickly descends!
So why the useless disputes?generals, poets, lovers?
The wind...
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Categories:
destitute, love, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, truth, women,
Form:
Free verse
The Moon As a Metaphor For Your MouthThe Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a...
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Categories:
destitute, candy, love, metaphor, moon, romantic love, sweet,
Form:
Sonnet
Restoration TownsI was skeptically listening
to a retiring social researcher,
and problem-solving imaginer,
from the American Enterprise Institute;
An Institute
I usually find more destitute
of bicameral consciousness than not,
and thereby with less healthy resonant imagination
than more pathological dissonance.
But, I found...
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Categories:
destitute, community, culture, earth, health, integrity, love, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
Various Heresies 2Various Heresies 2
You
by Michael R. Burch
For thirty years You have not spoken to me;
I heard the dull hollow echo of silence
as though strange communion between us.
For thirty years You would not open to me;
You remained...
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Categories:
destitute, atheist, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, religious,
Form:
Verse
Poems About Things That Break IiPoems about Things that Break II
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter.
Water and Gold
by Michael R. Burch
You came to me as rain breaks on the desert
when every flower...
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Categories:
destitute, break up, depression, divorce, emotions, farewell, goodbye,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers II
All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch
for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
Grandfather,
now in your gray presence
you are
somehow more near
and remind me that,
once, upon a star,
you...
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Categories:
destitute, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
The GiftFrom the window of my chic city office, lost in thought, I gaze out.
The pedestrians scurry like frenzied ants below, caught up in their bustling state of holiday insanity.
In his haste to cross the street...
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Categories:
destitute, allegory, holiday, hope,
Form:
Prose
Photographic EvidenceThe guy slipped in around 8 p. m....the place was fairly packed...and wearing what they call a ‘hoodie’, quickly took a seat
Just inside the window, and I guessed - by how he looked - having...
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Categories:
destitute, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
The Gospel According To the BluesmanThe Gospel according to The Bluesman
Gianni watched the clouds move in
Closed his window for the rain
It was spring and that meant
That it was gonna storm again
He looked out at the street outside
He saw a man...
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Categories:
destitute, 7th grade, america, gospel,
Form:
Rhyme
Favorite Recurring Nightmares Part 1Don't you think that this title is darkly divine?
But, of course, there will have to be weirdness that’s funny,
Though my nightmares are many and have complex arcs
There’s some risk here I might have to work...
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Categories:
destitute, anxiety, crazy, fun, funeral, holocaust, humorous, life,
Form:
Quatrain
Christ's Message Distilled For DummiesChrist's Message Distilled for Dummies
(You Might Not Like It)
Christ’s message distilled is we all are born sinning,
deserving of Hell (1) (but for Grace the Cross pays for),
your pride in “your good acts” the proof of...
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Categories:
destitute, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
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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Categories:
destitute, christian, dance, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history monthMy jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and respect
crafted with the following words
mostly written January 23rd, 2023,
cuz I, (a...
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Categories:
destitute, abuse, africa, age, america, anger, betrayal, black
Form:
Free verse
Inside Outside DelightA shaman has two vocations,
inter-related,
wise teacher
and robust healer
With emphasis on noticing healthy natural systems
shared values
wealthy spiritual development of seasons
with timely regenerative change
without untimely degenerative treasons
to reason
Healers of motherland
and Her EarthTribes.
My favorite teachers
seem to remember...
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Categories:
destitute, destiny, health, integrity, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthNascent poetic tribute to black history month...
crafted before onset when people of color
got acknowledged for twenty eight or nine days
depending if leap year occurred.
Though I yam Caucasian,
rightful to honor most bitter
racist genocidal...
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Categories:
destitute, abuse, dream, evil, february, grave, hate, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Mean Economists 404This course will encourage aspiring cooperative economists
to distinguish between mean national incomes
and global median incomes,
with diverse long-term capital growth/evaporation trends
expected.
First,
imagine USA mean income, including investment income,
could approach $500,000 for two-parent working households
per year.
Are you kidding...
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Categories:
destitute, blessing, culture, health, humor, love, money,
Form:
Political Verse
My Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthMy nascent poetic tribute to black history month
more apropos and alternately titled:
praise to thee people
of variegated melanin color,
whose immense understated improvements
and enhancement of webbed wide world
worth more than paltry words
of yours truly can...
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Categories:
destitute, 12th grade, adventure, africa, anger, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Christmas Eve In JamaicaI stand here in my innocence
Not knowing what is planned in heaven
The skies are grey the wind is still and
The heavy sound system is blasting on the hill
I could not tell what it was all...
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Categories:
destitute, beauty, business, celebration, christmas, community, courage, endurance,
Form:
Narrative
The Proof Is In the Pudding 1The weather was fine today so I decide to go outside and play
I didn't have a plan but I was consistent with the weather man
I stepped out of the house and walked down the empty...
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Categories:
destitute, adventure, america, break up, christmas, conflict, spiritual,
Form:
Narrative
Lamentations 1How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces, has now become a slave.
Bitterly she weeps...
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Categories:
destitute, abuse, anger, anxiety, assonance, betrayal, bullying, butterfly,
Form:
Free verse
PandemicPandemic!
A pandemic is widespread and affects everything and everyone. No one is safe and there are no lives without risk. Pandemic’s once unleashed on unsuspecting, innocent people wreaks havoc. There are numerous unknown’s and more...
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Categories:
destitute, bereavement, confusion, daughter, death, fear, heartbroken, mom,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets