Long Firmly Poems
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Oak
"Oak"
The guardians
stood around and
shook their heads
great thoughts
quivering
from the ground, roots up,
as if to walk
confidently
with great armies
yet hesitation
was witnessed
in their waving gestures
perplexed
and touching
green crowns,
there they...
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Categories:
firmly, dark, journey, light, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Only Northern Northern StarAs winter hazes of January spraying
While I was meditating on how
To write this riveting poem which
Seemed to be for someone who
I never cast in my sight.
Despite her name is not an odd in me
But I...
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Categories:
firmly, africa,
Form:
Ode
Kiss* Single moments of passion can last forever ... (re-posted for a friend) *
...
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Categories:
firmly, appreciation, kiss, metaphor, passion, sensual, soulmate, true
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 100 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Big Barbecue Celebration of Life Mass Invitations ContinuesWhile family Mingled with one
Another and strangers the party flowed
Smoothly. Music was enjoyed.
Everybody indulged. With a little
Champagne some wine and juice.
The bar also served smoothies.
Adults mingled. Delilah Mallory
Mother Daughtry and Amaliah...
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Categories:
firmly, 4th grade, birth, child, confidence,
Form:
Alliteration
The Remaining - Prologue: Terra Firma and the Bitumen“The Remaining”
PROLOGUE: “Terra Firma and The Bitumen”
"The slow descent into Hell
Had led Her mind to escape to Heaven
Her firmament was Her Mind
Her body just a Shell"
Heaven for Her existed in The Dream
She called Her...
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Categories:
firmly, angel, daughter, god, heaven, imagery, jesus, mother,
Form:
Free verse
Sonnets Xxv-XxxiiSonnets XXV-XXXII
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
firmly, bereavement, body, cancer, change, death, depression, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets X-XviSonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
firmly, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
firmly, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Oncle Albert - Part 1Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...
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Categories:
firmly, flying, history,
Form:
Narrative
The Tower RebuiltI shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and rough;
Upon which stands...
Crumbled stone walls
With an exposed slate roof in
Some...
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Categories:
firmly, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Cocoon
"Cocoon"
They say...
a New World
traces over the old,
leaving the unaware,
erased, far behind
the old unaware,
left far behind,
crawls the walls
in its web of lies
spinning suspect
strings of silk
in the air
glistening diamond nets
slick and sticky...
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Categories:
firmly, muse,
Form:
Narrative
A Night On a WharfA Night On A Wharf
The couple decide to walk. The boardwalk still lit at this late hour guides them. They walk hand in hand,..whispering softly with small talk...solemn.,. lonely , yet together. The walk is...
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Categories:
firmly, blessing,
Form:
Carpe Diem
Used To Go To This BarRed light, the neon beer sign on the distant wall reflects off the long expanse of polished bar top, overpowering the quiet brown wood. It’s after lunch, only a few people in to stir the...
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Categories:
firmly, addiction, beauty, drink, religion, society, solitude,
Form:
Prose
Why I Don'T Trust Psychics - 1st ThirdHere's the scoop, friends...
This is, as indicated, the 1st THIRD of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd and 3rd parts had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No...
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Categories:
firmly, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Wall StreetSet upon the new world stage within the burning fires of hell. Silently posed factions of the elite, suppress the true inherit of Mother Earth. The meek children bending over for millennium, taken spankings of...
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Categories:
firmly, political, slam, social, war, war, world, lost,
Form:
Epic
Classified Part FourI was hungry and headed to one of the tents that had been set up as a field kitchen and noticed Tim who came over to talk to me , he said that he was...
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Categories:
firmly, science fiction,
Form:
Prose
911, 20 Years Later20 years ago, ...
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Categories:
firmly, america, new york, september, war,
Form:
Verse
You Are - the Diminished Hexaverse Style~ You Are ~
( Diminished Hexaverse Reversed )
~O~
A
True Friend
You are
You always
Help me no
Matter what.
You are my Life
You're my Sunshine
My Inspiration...
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Categories:
firmly, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Someone To Love-Part 2...cont
Always wanting to get the most from life,
one morning after a terrible snow storm
she rose from bed stretching
the most radiant, playful grin spread across her face,
"I feel incredible," she screamed,
"Let's have a picnic!"
"In this?"...
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Categories:
firmly, loss, love, love hurts,
Form:
Prose Poetry
kiss -Your silken skin gleams opaline,
Bathed in Luna's soft wash of azure ...
Like a porcelain Madonna by Michelangelo
Conjured to life by the magic of moonlight,
Your eyes open just long enough to affix mine
And affirm I'm in...
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Categories:
firmly, kiss, passion, romance, romantic, sensual, sexy, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
When I DieWhen my life has finally left me and my last breath has been shed
And the silver cord is broken and my bodies firmly dead
I shall hover near the body, download the scenes of this past...
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Categories:
firmly, bereavement, christian, death, heaven, inspiration, inspirational, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part TwoRosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Two
Rosalia’s Instruments of Evil and Debauchery
Rosalia needed certain tools or instruments of evil and debauchery to successfully pursue her nefandous plans of bringing the people...
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Categories:
firmly, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
RetributionIn sandy Egypt lived three men
In ancient days when pharaohs reigned
The kingdom of the pyramids,
Osiris and that Isis’ den,
Whom everyone worships and heeds,
Or at least doing so they feigned,
And those gods too blessed them and...
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Categories:
firmly, sin,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 47 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family TenThe entire Family moved into
Their new home. Bigger better
Much more room which
Everybody needed. As months
Became years, the children
Thrived and grew.
Damian Junior Was 12 years old
Damian Amadeus, 9
Damian Justin and twin
Damian Jordan,...
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Categories:
firmly, birth, business, youth,
Form:
Alliteration
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
firmly, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme