Long Eber Poems

The Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations

The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...

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Dear promising poet,

for me, modern poetry provides a peek into a poet’s inner world. Through this artistic medium, a poet speaks in expressive language of imagery and metaphor conveying varied textures of emotions and observations...

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Balaam's Final Oracle Numbers 24:21-25

and uttered his oracle:

"Your dwelling place is so secure,
your nest is set upon a rock;
yet you Kenites will be destroyed
when Asshur takes you captive."

Then he uttered his oracle:

"Ah, who can live...

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If my God is for me, who can be against me?
And who shall be able to prevail against me?
Not any of the forces of the darkness of mine
Enemy; Shall be able to become victorious o'er
Me!...

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When Christ shall say,"Come up here," we shall be entering heaven's door.
What wondrous blessings shall be in store for me and all of the others who
Truly do believe in Christ's glorious victory.  All because...

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1)  1st Thessalonians 4:13-18
2)  1st Corinthians 15: 49-53
3)  Revelation 3:10?
4) 1st Thessalonians 5:1-3?

1)  Brothers we would not have you ignorant about those who fall  
     asleep,...

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It started last night that my God the Son, Jesus Christ, spoke to me in a audible voice. 
Instructing me and also telling me not to worry any more about my diabetes.  He was
going...

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Dear New Poet Friend,

Modern poetry challenges traditional, tired monologues.
My advice; make your writing energetic, eccentric, and eclectic!
Explore exciting words that reinvent the world in new colors.

Your reader wants an unforgettable experience in their otherwise ordinary...

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Suh yuh gaan, walk gud ... up the hill again
Nuh worry bout wah get leff pon line
The likkle bway will bring dem out of de rain
An de rest of wi will just be fine, fine
Yuh...

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MY poem is about all of our Christians' greatest escape of all time because:
Our Lord promises to rescue His saints from the earth's seven year's
tribulation period. For when they are saying,"Peace and Safety," He 
will...

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While standing in the open door
Seeing she couldn't eat anymore
I watched sadly as there she sat
Hands calmly folded and laid in her lap
I could see she had become so weak
And desperately only wanting to sleep
The...

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"Because you (faithful saints) have kept my command
 To persevere,  I will also keep you from the trial which 
Shall test those  who dwell upon the earth." "Behold,"
" I am coming quickly! Let...

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TRANSFORMATION

I have crawled through life on bloody knees
I’ve reached for dreams and failed
My mind was dark, my body broken
By someone else’s nails

I climbed back out of purgatory
And made isolation my home
I learned to stand and...

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At... locations position in time scale in order pure
Naught... Quantity of no importance complete failure this I am sure
For you ride into the prisons gold
Bent on passages that's already been told
We are slightly above Angel's...

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The earth of five million was of one speech,
Build it up, higher and higher, undie,
Towers of dub man,
circumvent his plan,
Suddenly behold the man, throw it down,
Speak of Babel, people uncomfortable,
Confound and confuse, scatter, no matter,
Shem,...

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There's something quite evident
I am a product of malcontent
But I haven't  been bought yet
I am out but yet I'm IN
Outback across the way
I AM
Out
Outback across the way
So you say I am paid yet I'm...

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Wayward Fingers

My laboring eyes see all the right kees to get the leffers correct.
My wayward fingers do as they pwease~ A definite lack of respect.

I tell them over and ober again, it would be better...

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