Long Exert Poems
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Poem Revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 At 1500 Hours
Poem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours
Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women,
based upon a character
in The Impertinent Curious Man,
a story within a...
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Categories:
exert, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, black african american,
Form:
Rhyme
The Strange Case of Ft
"The Strange Case of F.T."
They say the dead don’t talk
the stories I have calculated
to deliver a saving grace
confessional shared amongst
my equal peers, or so I deem
you somewhat sometimes seem,
less than me, you...
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Categories:
exert, dark, horror, poets,
Form:
Narrative
SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH 2019 THRU 2020 COVID COUNTRY TWO STROKES AN ANUERYSM BLESSED NEVER ALONE
COPING HEALING SUFFERING MY ILLNESSES HAD BEGUN TO TAKE THEIR TOLLS TRYING TIMES MY BEAUTIFUL HUSBAND AND I VOLUNTEERING FAITHFULLY WITH OUR VETERANS FAMILY ATTENDING OUR PTSD GROUPS MOVE PROGRAM HEALTHY EATING WITH OUR VETERANS...
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Categories:
exert, allah,
Form:
Naat
The Saviors Near - the Jewels Rule Style
~The Savior Is Near~
(The Jewels Rule)
Jesus is near
With Him there's nothing to fear
He's returning any time
His Love sublime-
Return prophesied...
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Categories:
exert, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Anticipation of Reality
So cramped ...
Strain to move,
Flex and budge in tiny increments ...
That's the limit.
Constantly testing, trying,
Pushing, pressing ...
Constrict, exert, constrict, struggle,
Spin slowly, push ...
That's it. That's all.
Nothing more.
But it helps ... relief,
A body sigh ...
But only...
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Categories:
exert, birth, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Divine Comedy Translation, Hell Canto Xi
On the extremity of a tall bank
Of big broken stones in round circle done
We reached up a more cruel clutter flank;
And there, for the horrible and strong stun
Of rotten stench which the deep...
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Categories:
exert, fantasy, universe,
Form:
Terza Rima
Old Man Winter now flagging, and slip sliding along
Old Man Winter now flagging, and slip sliding along...
as his stronghold diminishes.
Signals, triggers, and ushers kickstarting debut
of demure "Flora" who slowly but surely attempts
to reveal her true colors in fits and starts,
nevertheless, she displays skittishness,
when...
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Categories:
exert, america, animal, birth, celebration, earth, humorous, spring,
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke: Second Elegy Translation
This is my translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's second elegy from his Duino Elegies, which he began composing at Duino Castle in 1912.
Second Elegy
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Every angel...
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Categories:
exert, angel, art, desire, eulogy, god, love, passion,
Form:
Elegy
Ways of Providence
9.7 Bhagavad Gita As It Is "The whole cosmic order is under Me."
10.8 Bhagavad Gita As It Is "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me ."
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Categories:
exert, faith, fate, inspirational, life, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Healthy Leadership Climates
My goal isn't so much to win the wars of property management,
self and spouse and family governance
as it is to enjoy this struggling with Earth's nature/spirit properties,
and my own and others' humane properties of integral...
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Categories:
exert, community, culture, earth, love, political, psychological, wisdom,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Absolute deafening silence
Absolute deafening silence...
during and after a moderate snowfall
today January 19th, 2024,
within Southeastern Pennsylvania
and elsewhere across the Eastern Seaboard,
whereby blanket of whiteness
muffles sounds of civilization.
I hate a spoiler alert
regarding weather forecasters prediction,
especially when meteorologist
wannabe spouse doth...
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Categories:
exert, adventure, age, angel, appreciation, beauty, humorous, snow,
Form:
Rhyme
The First Gathering, the Wrath, the Return of Zeus
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The First Gathering, The Wrath, The Return Of Zeus
( "Wherein Fate and Destiny Reign Over Blind Worship )
Else the throngs of mortals find the truth,
teeming in the angry hordes they may,
forget to pay...
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Categories:
exert, art, corruption, creation, imagination, mythology, symbolism, war,
Form:
Classicism
Beddie Bye Boo Ski Time For Yours Truly and Or the Missus
Beddie bye boo ski time for yours truly and/or the missus
Found us abed thee twelfth day
of December, cuz yours truly
still felt dehydration, physical
fatigue and soreness,
which possibly linkedin
to using stationary bicycle.
Our bed (mine and...
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Categories:
exert, angel, december, dream, good night, husband, journey,
Form:
Rhyme
Ashore
margins stimulate and juxtapose
edges greet with troubled, disturbing friction
faraway forces exert influence and combine relentlessly
how the Sun and Moon dance together about the planet Earth
their grasping hands...
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Categories:
exert, beach, environment, humanity, ocean,
Form:
Verse
Memorial Day May 29th, 2023
silently wailing analogy to Moby Dick
regarding how yesterdays
prurient laced introductions
to rhyme in retrospect embarrassingly blows.
Herewith to enliven anecdote ever further,
I inject humorous tidbit
just gimme moment to unload and reach
into psychological metaphorical knapsack
particularly...
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Categories:
exert, absence, america, angel, anger, beautiful, bridal shower,
Form:
Free verse
A Prayer For Reformation In America
Dear God, on this Reformation Day,
I pray for a reformation in America.
The founders of our nation,
acknowledged you as Creator, God,
and trusted you to preserve and,
prosper the nation they established.
Though imperfect, they did their best,
To establish...
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Categories:
exert, america, culture, god, prayer, religion, religious, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
outside my window
Outside my window are voices that speak in the direction I am looking. They are trying to convince me of something. They argue and cajole, they laugh and admonish. Sometimes they threaten. They tell me...
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Categories:
exert, 9th grade, angst, anti bullying, bullying, mental
Form:
Narrative
Friendly Affection and Love
Friendship is....?
The warm feeling inside, we always get
when an old acquaintance is unexpectedly met:
the sound of a familiar voice on a telephone line,
that sincerely asks: “are you well and keeping fine?”
We seek information after ill...
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Categories:
exert, friendship, love, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Rugby Scrum Dance For Divorced and Disabused Wedding Guests
Rugby SCRUM* DANCE for Divorced and Dis-abused Wedding Guests
(Packs made up of eight « players » (see note below) may be formed indifferently : either segregate the sexes or mix them up. No sweat !...
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Categories:
exert, dance,
Form:
Free verse
If Ever I Had a Country : Lx and Lxi
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LX - LXI
The Yijing says : " If the common folk commit crimes, the fault for them shall reside with this one person (i.e., the Sovereign) himself… "...
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Categories:
exert, bullying, immigration, leadership, people, political, surreal,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Tower
Tower
An abandoned old ten storied tower I reach
...
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Categories:
exert, anxiety, horror, scary, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
Hell Translation Canto Xxxi Part 2
(continue from previous)
We walked then a farther site to reach,
Turning to left; and at leaf spring far throw,
We found other larger, fiercer to breach.
In binding him, whoever did it though
I cannot tell, but he just...
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Categories:
exert, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Beddie Bye Boo Ski Time For Yours Truly and Or the Missus
Beddie bye boo ski time for yours truly and/or the missus
(joining "Wynken, Blynken and Nod"
at figurative drop of hat
even if yours truly immediately
woke from his slumbers).
When zapped of energy the sandman doth knock
no matter readout...
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Categories:
exert, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
England - Gleaming In the Distance
across the Doggerland dogged people trudge
Neanderthals, Heidelbergers...Sapiens, the last ones standing
hairy mammoths, heavy life bearing down
the mighty maw of an ice wall crunches, enforcing southward retreat
remoulding the...
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Categories:
exert, conflict, destiny, england, history, humanity, immigration, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
Beware of the Signs of Coming of Antichrist
Antichrist denies that Jesus Christ is God who came in the flesh
He Opposes God and Exalts himself above God
He is the beast rising up out of the sea, having 7heads and 10 horns
Upon his horns...
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Categories:
exert, bible, evil, gospel,
Form:
Verse