Long Dodger Poems
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Medieval Poems IvMedieval Poems IV
IN LIBRARIOS
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.
Brut (circa 1100 AD, written by Layamon, an excerpt)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R....
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Categories:
dodger, angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
Form:
Rhyme
Chaucer Translation: RejectionRejection
a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your beauty from your heart has so erased
Pity, that it's useless to complain;
For Pride now holds your mercy by a chain.
I'm guiltless, yet my sentence has...
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Categories:
dodger, beauty, french, heart, innocence, nature, pride, women,
Form:
Roundel
Medieval Poems VMedieval Poem V
A Proverb from Winfred's Time
anonymous Old English poem, circa 757-786
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
1.
The procrastinator puts off purpose,
never initiates anything marvelous,
never succeeds, and dies alone.
2.
The late-deed-doer delays glory-striving,
never indulges daring dreams,
never succeeds,...
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Categories:
dodger, earth, england, love, middle school, poems, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English LanguageTranslations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems
The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
(excerpt)
He who granted me life...
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Categories:
dodger, england, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
We Got a Crowd That's In a Frenzy BobThe Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Chapter L.A.
I like to think of [the habit] as a bonfire or a lighthouse, so that light can shine out into places where there are no resources and there isn’t...
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Categories:
dodger, anger, baseball, community, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
Opening Day With a Little DelayOpening Day with a Little Delay
Take me out to the ball game
Of balls and strikes - bloopers and perfect games;
Basket catches, ERA’S, country hardball;
Foul balls, the pick off, intentional walk, the...
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Categories:
dodger, baseball, celebration, sports,
Form:
Free verse
Cockney GeezerI was born within the sound of Bow bells in the east end of London, this makes me a true cockney, I own a cock and sparrow down by the shake and shiver, I sell...
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Categories:
dodger, england, humor, identity, london,
Form:
Narrative
The Antics of a Yoyo ThiefThe Antics Of A Yoyo Thief
Potential life of as juvenile delinquent
(ala bam mean future streetwise thug)
stopped dead in the tracks – manacles
the above two lines hopefully gives hint
nearly changing changing life of one boy
an undersized...
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Categories:
dodger, 5th grade, 6th grade, adventure, angel, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Innocent of the RacketI was strolling to the entrance of the Barley Tavern,
when I was passed at quite a rate by angry Billy Brown.
He’s mumbling and cursing before he kicked the Tavern cat,
and blamed it as the reason...
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Categories:
dodger, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The 42 Inch HallwayThe 42 Inch Hallway
We’re stepping along the musty hallway now.
I am taking us on a fast-moving memory ride;
A mind-bending groovy slide to 1965,
When Dylan music was seeping loudly like a germ,
Down the green-carpeted hallway of...
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Categories:
dodger, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Friendly Pirate Wannabe Flies His Jolly RogerFriendly pirate wannabe flies his Jolly Roger...
while surfing cyber seas today March 2nd, 2021.
Actually yours truly quite a literate codger
(ah shucks just missed being draft dodger)
no not for baseball team, but Vietnam War
circa November 1,...
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Categories:
dodger, absence, adventure, confidence, devotion, encouraging, fate, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
The Greatest, StillIn 1960, I was introduced to the world in a place called Rome
A place where gladiators battled at center stage, a place so far away from home
Young, robust, handsome; nah 'pretty', that's right 'pretty'
A product...
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Categories:
dodger, appreciation, black african american, boxing day , courage,
Form:
Bio
The Antics of a Yoyo ThiefNow scores of years
after botched minor theft penchant
courtesy security guard
analogous to inquisitorial trenchant
unforgettable verbal lashing
(suppressing me ululation to vent)
unwittingly arresting snitch behavior
plus potential life of crime.
Not a peep passed thru
pursed lip o'...
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Categories:
dodger, 5th grade, adventure, age, child, courage, education,
Form:
Rhyme
Rabbit Dna
Hare trigger instincts
always served Roger well
He had an oh, no-no lettuce nose —
a hyper-keen sense when to leave
Roger was rabbit good
at knowing when
to skip out on his responsibilities ...
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Categories:
dodger, parents, parody, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Ode
Hot Southern Nights-FDuring the time before television came to our home, ...
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Categories:
dodger, america, baseball, father, games, sports,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Chasing Ghosts In Cars
“Chasing Ghosts in Cars”
Like automata
we walk inside
winding up the stairs
it’s all mechanical
the romance
programmed
by steep degrees
in the
well-routined
we can walk
through walls
anywhere
to look out
our windows
towards the better view
each cell in...
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Categories:
dodger, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Inner Vocal QuiverAs if a child should understand an adult’s muddle,
putrid oil slick puddle,
the dreadful pain we foist on wide-eyed offspring.
Robotic elders crush with rigid slabs of Portland censure,
whatever spark remains in tiny rosebud coloured...
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Categories:
dodger, care, caregiving, change, dedication, deep, devotion, environment,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Going, Going, Gone ExtinctSay bye-bye to these:
"Hold, please." (Hold what?)
Typewriter Repairman Ads
"Dial this number..." (What's 'dial?')
Down-time... Offline
...
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Categories:
dodger, fun, future, goodbye, history, nostalgia,
Form:
List
Thru Maritime Miles 7-A Pirate's PleaDear Lori, my lady, my darling divine
My vision of beauty, my radiant shine
More precious to me than the tulips you bring
That opened for me in the sips of my Spring
Your lips are the dells of...
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Categories:
dodger, hope, longing, love, romantic love, sorrow, trust,
Form:
Epic
Bad HabbitPinioned to my world of ambivalence.
I cry,
I sob,
It will not let go.
In me it rises like the sun.
I stare still.
Like a burden I ...
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Categories:
dodger, depression, world, heart, pain, emotions, hate, heart,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Beyond the Snows of WinterBEYOND THE SNOWS OF WINTER
You go on ahead, my son,
I’ll catch up with you when the snow reaches the end of winter
You have your life to live and worlds to explore
Where you are headed...
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Categories:
dodger, father, father son, loss, love, son,
Form:
Free verse
A Brief Critique of TrumpWell I don't want to even think about the world today
I'd rather take a little break and make a way to play
When end to ending has no end well then my friend retreat
To find a...
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Categories:
dodger, america, conflict,
Form:
Quatrain
Baseball, My Daddy's Game-FDaddy's friend, Mr. Baines, was a Yankee man.
Daddy's friend Mr. Mon, was a Dodger Man.
My daddy was heart and soul, a Cardinal man.
During those early years of my childhood, baseball
was clearly the number one sport...
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Categories:
dodger, america, baseball, dad,
Form:
Narrative
Ahoy Thar !!I thought for this'n I be a dodger,
But the Cap'n told me to hoist the Jolly Roger.
Skull 'n Bones on Black in the air,
Ye know, matey, that I be thar.
Me peg leg be a clompin'...
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Categories:
dodger, adventure, imagination, introspection, peopleme, me,
Form:
Couplet
It's Tough Being a Dodger FanA baseball team hard to follow
Failures really tough to swallow
Many problems from stem to stern
Fans' frustration in a slow burn
Managers don't know what to do
To get the Dodgers out of the blues
Too close to Hollywood...
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Categories:
dodger, baseball, celebration, poetry, poets, sports, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme