Long Gentleness Poems
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That Long Evening
When you came to me...
Not that you wanted me. Oh, no! It was I who wanted you,
Your comfort... your caring... your
... compassion, your compassion...
Your body, beautiful and young, perhaps that as well at...
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Categories:
gentleness, feelings, lost, thank you,
Form:
Free verse
WonderlandWonderland
by Michael R. Burch
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the pen’s
sincere religion. Magnified, the lens
shot back absurd reflections of each...
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Categories:
gentleness, allegory, allusion, analogy, crazy, fantasy, imagination, magic,
Form:
Sonnet
Medieval Poems IiMedieval Poems
Wulf and Eadwacer
(Old English circa 990 AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My people pursue him like crippled prey.
They'll rip him apart if he approaches their pack.
We are so different!
Wulf's on one island; I'm on...
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Categories:
gentleness, angel, england, love, middle school, poetry, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Dream of InfinityDream of Infinity
by Michael R. Burch
Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair?
Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air
that your soul sought its shell like a crab on a beach,
then...
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Categories:
gentleness, confusion, depression, dream, farewell, leaving, loneliness, longing,
Form:
Couplet
Water's WeaknessThere is nothing weaker than water
But none is superior to it in overcoming the hard,
For which there is no substitute.
(Laotse, "Nothing Weaker Than Water", Lin Yutang, trans.)
That weakness of mind and body overcomes strength
And uniting...
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Categories:
gentleness, power, psychological, water, western, wisdom,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Chapter 65 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Xiv 2 : the Family VacationIt was at this point 11 o'clock
At night. Damian Left Molly and
Checked on the seven. Everybody
Was fine. He returned to
Business. Molly was no longer
Afraid she knew she was in the...
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Categories:
gentleness, 7th grade, beach, beauty, child, grandmother, parents,
Form:
Alliteration
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:
gentleness, 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:
gentleness, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Is a New Day - the Linked Style~ Is A New Day ~
( Linked )
~O~
Is a new day
I
Day to thank God
S
God praise for all
A
All...
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Categories:
gentleness, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Rilke Translations IiCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
gentleness, tribute,
Form:
Verse
My Most Popular Poems On the Internet IMy most popular poems on the Internet (I)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lot...
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Categories:
gentleness, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers II
All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch
for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
Grandfather,
now in your gray presence
you are
somehow more near
and remind me that,
once, upon a star,
you...
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Categories:
gentleness, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar TranslationSweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest in bounty and in beauty clear
and in every virtue that...
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Categories:
gentleness, character, desire, devotion, flower, for her, garden,
Form:
Sonnet
LegendLook up in the sky ! It’s a bird ! It’s a plane.
It’s Superman !
More powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This fearless...
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Categories:
gentleness, courage,
Form:
Narrative
Poems About Eros and CupidPOEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID
These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub...
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Categories:
gentleness, cute love, desire, god, heart, love, lust,
Form:
Epigram
A Perfect World From a To ZA perfect world
From A-Z…
Actually addicted attitude apologetic they assume while I'm angst in my room
Bold not blameless but blame shooting out like bullets
Critics just quit it, calculated moves, claim to have your back until you...
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Categories:
gentleness, addiction, adventure, beauty, perspective,
Form:
ABC
Trial of Red and White FireCenturies ago
In ancient Hermopolis
A debate roared loud
Between a proud Christian priest
And a strange shepherd
Who was a Manichaean
Wearing ragged clothes
And who was looking for sheep
“Flames will consume you”
The priest roared at the shepherd
Because their debate
Was going...
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Categories:
gentleness, beautiful, fire, religion, religious, spiritual, symbolism, visionary,
Form:
Choka
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 108
Shortly after the naming they made arrangements to visit Jessica's home in Nordgrend. Her father, Raðulfr, sadly, had also succumbed to the last ringing of life's chimes as time's pendulum could no longer be...
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Categories:
gentleness, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Always Love Your BrotherSister
Love your brother ALWAYS
If you are older, hold your brother’s hand;
If you’re the same age as he;
Stay within his and God’s plans
Allow him a hand to hold,
a shoulder to lean on,
And an ear...
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Categories:
gentleness, analogy, appreciation, boy, brother, devotion,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Rilke Translations IArchaischer 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:
gentleness, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
Nightingale - Part II...cont
His sleep was tormented,
each sound he heard playing upon his dreams,
until the sweet notes he remembered
floated into his ears like the gentleness of down.
Following the sound he was surprised
to see his lovely companion sitting quite...
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Categories:
gentleness, fantasy,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 4March 18-27
This time I woke,
He was staring readily,
Smiling, plotting steadily
I lifted my body and gently gazed at his grotesque beauty
He was always at his best in thought…
“You look ravishing…” He began.
“Mouth-parched, crusty-eyed, hair...
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Categories:
gentleness, adventure, anger, angst, anxiety, appreciation, beauty, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
Everything I KnowEverything I know...I learned from children’s books
One day I ran to Grandpa and I looked into his ear.
“Mommy says you’re pretty smart…do you keep your brains in here?”
“Oh, It’s too dark. I can’t see...
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Categories:
gentleness, books,
Form:
Rhyme
She Believes In Lavender MoonsIntroduction: one of the nice aspects of having an oeuvre as a poet is the ability to see where you have changed over the years. this is such a poem where i can see the...
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Categories:
gentleness, faith, growth, myth,
Form:
Free verse
Everything I Need To KnowOne day I ran to Grandpa…And I looked into his ear.
“Mommy says you’re pretty smart….Do you keep your brains in here?”
It’s too dark in here. I can’t see a thing…I don’t know what to do.
Grandpa...
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Categories:
gentleness, childhood,
Form:
Verse