Long Discretion Poems
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World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - Vi - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried
World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - VI - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried
After My Death
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
translation by Michael R. Burch
Say this when you eulogize me:
Here was a man—now, poof, he's...
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Categories:
discretion, holocaust, race, racism, truth, war, world, world
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 36
I sung all the night with the Devil,
It seemed harmony had found itself spooning with dissonance
Not indeed needing to be one or the same
Yes—the light indeed could sustain itself in the midst
Of what then was...
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Categories:
discretion, appreciation, dark, desire, endurance, inspiration, literature, meaningful,
Form:
Epic
The Pain of Love
The Pain of Love
by Michael R. Burch
for T. M.
The pain of love is this:
the parting after the kiss;
the train steaming from the station
whistling abnegation;
each interstate’s bleak white bar
that vanishes under...
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Categories:
discretion, age, bereavement, death, farewell, funeral, pain,
Form:
Verse
The Armless Ambidextrian
I. The Love of Minds
The volume on the desk,
The one not claimed by dust or burned
By light, will follow her to bed tonight.
Its pages will be turned and smothered,
Each in turn, so as not to...
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Categories:
discretion, conflict, death, depression, desire, fear, life,
Form:
Free verse
Hilda's Family Reunion
Paddy didn't want to go to his wife's family reunion. He told her that in the same nice way he had told her in years past so as to avoid other reunions over the many...
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Categories:
discretion, family, marriage,
Form:
Prose
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots Vi
Strategically placed when raised
Upwards
By your masterful and well
Practiced hand.
To mingle with ever changing
Skylines
That frown down with arrogant
Scowls
Upon the indigenous populous of
This just and tolerant island.
To study and pontificate upon...
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Categories:
discretion, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Drop Dead Drones
By some quirky short circuit.
A drone mutated itself
and became intelligent
.
As fate would have,
The drone decided to take revenge.
Chose Chill Bates as its target
The drone altered its algorithm
and started re-programming.... its fellow...
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Categories:
discretion, technology,
Form:
Free verse
Warning of Krishna-A Translation
Wandering in the woods for years,
Trials and Tribulations without fears,
Scorching heat, thorns and flood flow,
Came the Pandavas with a divine glow.
For days not Fortune lay wrappen,
Wait and Watch the thing to happen.
To manifest the...
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Categories:
discretion, encouraging, inspirational love,
Form:
Epic
His Sorrow
We presume to know of a far better way
But our devices will falter somewhere, someday
Surely there will come a time, a time to pay
We don't care, our chosen course we shall stay
In light of His...
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Categories:
discretion, christian, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
Speechless Spoken Word Artiste
SPEECHLESS SPOKEN WORD ARTISTE
So if my vocal folds can’t collaborate to produce sounds to communicate loudly to your beautiful mind that I have an endless mission of loving you, can’t there be any mere articulation...
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Categories:
discretion, art, beauty, emotions, humor, i love you,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Colonisation
Bombarded by myriads of daily data without cease,
I suggest a forthright discourse on this topic,
carousel of trend and sound adherence merely looming?
some unwitting sentiment an aspirational diction,
reverberation or innuendo pending aftermath augur,
the world...
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Categories:
discretion, august, courage, deep, freedom, future, mystery, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Actions Speak Louder Than Words Contest
Sponsor: Silent One
Why can't I sleep tonight?
I can not stop thinking about our last fervid conversation.
Broken promises of a long lost love affair between the cores of two fleshly...
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Categories:
discretion, break up, forgiveness,
Form:
Narrative
Contingency Plan
Your contingency plan is dead from the minute it rolls off the bed. Your contingency plan is dead and it is not going to spread; it is packed with corruption and it is as heavy...
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Categories:
discretion, betrayal, blessing, business, change, community, corruption, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Would the Real Matthew Scott Harris Please Stand Up
Would the real “Matthew Scott Harris” please stand up!
Yo...over here in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
all the other ones (that follow below)...
them guys imposters I write – every ƒµ©**** one.
Curiosity and discretion
got the better part of me...
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Categories:
discretion, 12th grade, adventure, age, celebrity, character, cool,
Form:
Free verse
Star Trek - The Necessary Things
Kirk: "Spock, is it possible McCoy is somehow being controlled by an alien presence?"
Spock: "Curiously, I have long believed that McCoy was..."
Kirk: "Not now Spock! Sheesh. Sulu, get McCoy up here - on...
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Categories:
discretion, science fiction,
Form:
Other
Lighting of Poverty
The dilemma of unfolded experience
Thief of the universal peace
Thunder storm that terrifies the universe
You are the creature that lives invisibly within
The tremendous bug that bugs the planet earth
Uncomfortable but certainly portable to carry
Possibly replaceable...
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Categories:
discretion, abuse, africa, character, earth, emotions, freedom, humanity,
Form:
Lyric
Off Track
let me be honest
i can’t help but do my white girl dougie
and my half assed twerk
when i hear i tight beat
because my mind is hooked
on hip-hop and this culture
so stereotyped with hood...
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Categories:
discretion, analogy, anxiety, art, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
A Hero Is Dishonored
Alas, a US Marine saved a baby in Afghanistan.
The USA, as a way to say thank you, puts him
under investigation?
Yes, a true hero, made the horrid mistake?
Of being honored at a Trump rally, ...
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Categories:
discretion, america, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
To My Sons Your Fathers Instructions
The words I give you are sound
They have been my comfort
They have been my companion
This is Protocol never be anxious
Be Slow to speak and quick to listen
And when in doubt, wait and think about...
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Categories:
discretion, tribute, god, heart, fear, god, heart,
Form:
I do not know?
To My Sons Your Farthers Instructions
The words I give you are sound
They have been my comfort
They have been my companion
This is Protocol never be anxious
Be Slow to speak and quick to listen
And when in doubt, wait and think about...
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Categories:
discretion, tribute, god, heart, fear, god, heart,
Form:
I do not know?
Candle of Life
One Saturday some years ago, at a market in Rokeby,
a voice was calling from behind and then caught up with me.
It was Shaun O’Malley at the rear that stopped me for a chat,
dressed in a...
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Categories:
discretion, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Value Of Wisdom - Proverbs 2
Listen well to God's wisdom
treasure His commandments in heart
have a seeking heart to find silver
so understand fully His counsel, not a part
You'll then experience the fear of the Lord
and receive the clear knowledge of God
be...
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Categories:
discretion, bible, spiritual, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Arthur Rimbaud: The Drunken Boat translation by Michael R Burch
Le Bateau ivre (“The Drunken Boat”), an Excerpt
by Arthur Rimbaud
translation by Michael R. Burch
The impassive river carried me downstream
as howling warriors slashed the bargemen's throats,
then nailed them, naked, to their former posts,
while I observed all...
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Categories:
discretion, beautiful, boat, body, children, dream, morning, river,
Form:
Free verse
Truth, Tears and Temptation
Venus’s light grew ever brighter as discovery marked its territory
On new faces—old ones brought to the light of sudden love-falls
I grew wary of the feelings surpassing my entire being
Wavelengths of caution holding their hands up...
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Categories:
discretion, allusion, beauty, cry, dark, deep, desire, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Scars
I am at a distant, I stare at you bloom,
My heart is eager to smile,
But my memories and my present sight,
force not to.
You need broad shoulders because the rains shall rain.
I want you to know;
They...
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Categories:
discretion, daughter, heart, tree, home, heart, home, smile,
Form:
I do not know?