Long Feuding Poems

Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.

Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...

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We have all been given access to unite
To no longer walk in confusion of the night
Sadly, many who claim to be of Jesus church
Still building own ways for their souls search
So much division, hate, confusion...

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Sharpened pens were brutal swords; a war was forged
Blow after blow was struck, with blood rage engorged
Not one single word between them had been spoken
No flag of truce waved, or friendship offered as token

Nothing was...

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The charming Miss Lola dwelt in the small town, at the edge of Red River,
With only her goose, 'Rouge.' She was named after her spot of wet vigor.

Rouge was the darling of Miss Lola, like...

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It's time to come clean, to own up and admit to my mistakes, misbehavior, and machinations. I joked about "plotting" and "ousting" people, and the joke went way too far because it was taken literally...

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When times are good friendship blossoms
It fragrances all about
The sweet perfume of love
Let’s all about know
That no ill-will can see the light of day

Animosity can however set in quickly
Like a fast blowing wind
The sand castle...

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Oh dear! It’s December - time again to look into my crystal ball.
A ball of thoughts in front of me that I don’t need at all,
for I can see the images portrayed from other years,
where...

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                           At The  Bodhi Tree
   ...

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Romeo’s left bereft, ill tidings his Juliet’s dead
         Kneels beside, placing a kiss upon her head 
          ...

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The brother of the leader Red then grabbed darts from the board 
and hurled them at the squad cars tyres ... and yes, the lad had scored. 
Detective Konaday then played the nastiest of pranks...

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SLIDING FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP
   (APROPOS MLK: 3)

Lingering in the spaces of time, standing
On the muddy banks of reality, wandering souls
Chase the dream of Moses: the gleamed glory
From the mountain top veiled by...

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They say if you want love
Your gonna have to walk thru the flame
They say if you want love
Your gonna have to stand in the rain
They say if you want love
Your gonna have to learn how...

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TWINFLAMES 

Obsidian oscillated into lava
     slid across syntactic streams
        tumbled thick greenwood thickets 
          ...

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Words hold the meaning that we assign them
Ever since the fall of the tower .....


Babylon
Ancient land of mysteries solved
and shared
Where collective mind 
cast away the shadow of doubt.

Creative thought 
held siege by the Jealous Gods...

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On weekends I work as a guard, protecting swimmers at a pool,
and sometimes I have to be hard, when someone starts acting the fool.
Sometimes my action seems cruel, by anyone crossing the line,
but I am...

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4/1/17

Flowers blooming
Spaced out or in a tight-knit grouping

All around things looming
In space objects still or moving and zooming

Birds pluming
And other animals grooming

Downloads queueing
Electronics in need of a rebooting
Or powering off, to enable cooling

Below, on and...

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Gren's Evergreens (Golden Oldies) # 3 - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Teppo Gren


A pair of star crossed lovers share shadows in the night,
for no matter the storms unveiled, love shall be our light,
sacrifices and dramatic scenes causing...

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Downhill I came, hungry, and yet not starved. 
Great lines, something to think about (Edward Thomas) 
Woke up to the rain and the wind beating on my windowpane, 
Yet I thought of getting dressed and...

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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Oh heart, oh heart, my heart that burn with desires
When would you learn, when would you stop lusting?
My wicked burning desires, you will destroy...

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Breathe Again
Did I have years of experience
Or was it years of daily repeats
I must have had, my confidence had suffered,
Those pop-up painful memories
In my love life and work experience I feud daily
Here I am today...

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What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By Any Other Name would smell as sweet

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

ROSE CAPULET

Put aside the rose by any other name, the dozen scent
of lover’s potent...

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  Swerving in and out of lanes without 
          A care in the world. Great, now you cut 
      ...

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The world sings Your praise
Says You were born in a stable
To where a bright star showed the way
To wanderers of the desert

They sing carols and make new ones
Year after year every Christmas
All that is nice...

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6/17/17


I'm just cooling 
And musing
Below the flooring and above the roofing
Still manuevering and moving
Working hard towards improving

Live a life of your choosing
Focused on what I'm doing
Got to get it, can't continue snoozing
While there is and...

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This day to celebrate the supreme sacrifice
of the ancient prophet Abraham
This day to ponder and reminisce
that divine substitution of Ismail for a ram! 

This Quranic and biblical factual story
shall never diminish in its age-old glory

That...

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