Long Expire Poems
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BeckoningBeckoning
by Michael R. Burch
Yesterday the wind whispered my name
while the blazing locks
of her rampant mane
lay heavy on mine.
And yesterday
I saw the way
the wind caressed tall pines
in forests laced by glinting streams
and thick with...
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Categories:
expire, anxiety, break up, change, confusion, sleep, time,
Form:
Verse
The Tender Weight of Her SighsThe Tender Weight of Her Sighs
by Michael R. Burch
The tender weight of her sighs
lies heavily upon my heart;
apart from her, full of doubt,
without her presence to revolve around,
found wanting direction or course,
cursed with the thought...
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Categories:
expire, creation, depression, divorce, farewell, goodbye, sorrow, sorry,
Form:
Sonnet
Let Me Give Her DiamondsLet Me Give Her Diamonds
by Michael R. Burch
Let me give her diamonds
for my heart's
sharp edges.
Let me give her roses
for my soul's
thorn.
Let me give her solace
for my words
of treason.
Let the flowering of love
outlast a winter
season.
Let me...
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Categories:
expire, valentines day,
Form:
Verse
Winter Awakens My CareWinter Awakens My Care
anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1300
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters my thought:
regarding this world's joy,
how everything...
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Categories:
expire, angst, england, joy, sorrow, tree, weather, winter,
Form:
Couplet
Lifeboat the SinkingAs to the this and the that and the how and the why,
I pass no judgement on the tale at hand.
And leave it to scribes to much later decide
...
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Categories:
expire, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
A Glimpse In a LifeA Glimpse In A Life
By James Hackett Jr
Grasping Sand
The harder i try to reach you, the gap seems to expand.
Its like grasping at sand the harder I squeeze the more slips through.
I do not know...
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Categories:
expire, beauty, betrayal, conflict, death, family, growth, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Canto Xx Hell TranslationOf new pains new verses must be composed
To give matter for the canto twenty
Of the canticle first, treating sunk posed.
I just was inclined with desires many
To thoroughly look at the open deep,
Which was moisten...
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Categories:
expire, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Michelangelo: Modern English TranslationsMICHELANGELO: Modern English Translations
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is considered by many experts to be the greatest artist and sculptor of all time. These are modern English translations of his poems and epigrams by Michael R. Burch.
SONNET:...
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Categories:
expire, art, beauty, light, love,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
The Rhyming Poem - Part IThe Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem
Old English Poem (i.e., Anglo-Saxon Poem) from the Exeter Book, ca. 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
He who granted me life created this sun
and...
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Categories:
expire, england, literature, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Rhyming Poem - Part IiThe Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem - Part II
anonymous Old English Poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
He who granted me life created this...
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Categories:
expire, england, literature, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
That Was RandomThere are actual people
half woman half man
running mornings and
dream people in movies
half language half light.
Tomorrow is John’s funeral.
* * *
This is my minute
my moment
Oops, gone!
Anything can happen
if you don’t resist
Resist!
* * *
But who am I? You think bullets won’t
kill?...
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Categories:
expire, angel, death, dream, river, spring, women, write,
Form:
Free verse
Te Amo, LoveLove is so overrated
But, my love towards you, in which I prize,
Is, to you, overrated
Melt away my heart of ice
I'll be your living sacrifice
Roll the dice, play the piano
Pay the price, te amo...te amo…
I watch...
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Categories:
expire, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, change, cute love, deep,
Form:
Romanticism
Turkish Poetry Translations ITurkish Poetry Translations I
Ben Sana Mecburum: "You are indispensable"
by Attila Ilhan
translation by Nurgul Yayman and Michael R. Burch
You are indispensable; how can you not know
that you're like nails riveting my brain?
I see your eyes...
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Categories:
expire, lost love, love, love hurts, memory, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Me and Me FirstThat soft-spoken Sovereign commands a big stick,
runs the world into ruins, once our bailiwick.
If asked why, He grins grimly, pale lips slightly pursed:
"Vindication? Straightforward: It's Me and Me First"
(To mesmerise people He needed...
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Categories:
expire, political, society, world,
Form:
Quatrain
Out In That SkyOut in that sky, no one sleeps, not even the stars.
We are at the 24-hour late-nite diner
and they’re serving up fruit
from the plants growing out of the floor.
We watch bodies fall to the ground outside
like...
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Categories:
expire, hope, magic, psychological, stars, symbolism,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Slice and Dicey EcofeministsWe could invite many ways
to slice and dice the prism
EcoFeminist.
I first ran into this label
when spoken by a sexual advocate
in the early 70s
at the University of Michigan,
from the mouth of a transgendering ecofeminist
who felt more...
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Categories:
expire, earth, education, humanity, humor, integrity, paradise, rainbow,
Form:
Political Verse
Bad Boy Gone GoodYour life is a sandwich with many layers
Your knife slaughtered me as you bewitch my mind with thought-slayers
Coming undone by this bleeding hate-love relationship
You tease me with insults that make me wanna cry, but...
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Categories:
expire, deep, depression, happiness, boy,
Form:
Free verse
The Truth Is Here Somewhere :2: Echo PoemAn Echo Poem
Original: If I Kissed It - Poem by Brian Johnston
If I kissed it, would that make it better?
Are you needing much more than a friend?
Would it help if I held you...
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Categories:
expire, forgiveness, friendship, fun, games, life, love,
Form:
Bio
Platitudes of ExactitudePlatitudes of Exactitude
Platitudes of exactitude redefining my whole attitude
Don’t want to seem rude but I can’t help but conclude
That the truth will protrude
From a form that just wants to be misconstrued
Everything...
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Categories:
expire, international, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tribute
Their mere weapon was their forbidden courage, hands barren with no armaments, no ammunitions, marching towards the proud valley of death, dedication born from their sempiternal dreams of a free land.
Their bare weapon...
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Categories:
expire, appreciation, eulogy, faith, freedom, hero, history, independence
Form:
Free verse
Spirit of ChristmastideBeneath the mantel's alabaster gleam
Where verdigris flames pirouette, in cerulean ballet's beam...
We gather close—a familial love—
In hallowed halls where chimes of crystal laughter, stream.
Amid the yuletide glow, memories take flight, a morning dove...
Cinnamon-kissed balsam and...
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Categories:
expire, christmas, december, joy, love, nostalgia, winter,
Form:
Narrative
Christianity and RacismDuring the second century, there were many Christians who were tortured and put to death for being Christian. There was one named Sanctus* who, when tortured, simply answered, "I am a Christian." By my...
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Categories:
expire, america, racism,
Form:
Prose
A Lifetime of CarsI did not learn to drive until my twenties.
My two poor kids I hauled inside a wagon!
That wagon creaked when filled with groceries!
Fed up, I said, “My kids I won’t be draggin’!”
I got my...
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Categories:
expire, car,
Form:
Quatrain
March 8th International Women's Day the World OverMarch 8th - International Women's Day The World Over
Down to the wire, before this
calendrical occasion doth expire,
though arbitrary twenty four hour
time set aside for guide
ding hand of the supposed/purported
fairer gender, yet human race, yet hide
bound...
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Categories:
expire, appreciation, beauty, daughter, hero, husband, inspirational, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
The ImpIt was a simple task, sweep the floors and keep the fire going
whatever his master was brewing the flame must not go out
Tittle thought himself adequate and most confident
out he went into the woods to...
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Categories:
expire, poems,
Form:
Free verse