Long Greatness Poems
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The Book of Changes
"The Book of Changes"
Thoughts arrived before words,
1000s of years before
the crossing of curves
always seen to be
swimming upstream
against the current
thoughts … and feelings,
in the flow, always arrive
before words, they are cast
in the...
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Categories:
greatness, muse, mystery, spiritual, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Contract Against GreatnessIn Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
she paints a nationalistically wealthy saint
where also lives a monochromatically utilitarian narcissist,
sucking on attachment to fame and power
for bought and sold ZeroSum accounting Souls.
If the perfectly powerful pure patriarchal patriot
were your...
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Categories:
greatness, culture, health, integrity, mental illness, peace, philosophy,
Form:
Political Verse
Uyghur Poetry TranslationsWith my Uyghur poetry translations I am trying to build awareness of the plight of Uyghur poets who are being sent to Chinese "reeducation" concentration camps.
Elegy
by Perhat Tursun
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Asylum seekers, will...
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Categories:
greatness, allah, culture, discrimination, faith, islamic, race, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Perhat Turson: Elegy TranslationPerhat Tursun
Perhat Tursun (1969-) is one of the foremost living Uyghur language poets, if he is still alive. Born and raised in Atush, a city in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tursun began writing poetry...
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Categories:
greatness, brother, eulogy, magic, prison, spiritual, violence, wine,
Form:
Free verse
On My Mother PassingON MY MOTHER’S PASSING
i wanted to keep my mother physically with me
but it would be like trying to hold the sun
like in life she still shines brighter than any star
is as gentle as the finest...
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Categories:
greatness, cheer up, mother, mother son,
Form:
Narrative
The Stela Epic, Part 1 of 8The Stela Epic by DR. Mohammed F A Alrazak
The grains of sand, the drops of rain, makes the stage for souls to play
The prints of feet on rocks were wonders and arts as the...
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Categories:
greatness, culture, freedom,
Form:
ABC
America Wasn'T So Bad Back ThenWe have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the diner who think our past lives are interesting. So when...
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Categories:
greatness, america,
Form:
Prose
Medical Madnesshttps://gigglespoet.com/#jp-carousel-66 My scars from a misdiagnosis are my armor
Lord, old memories plague me in the darkness
And as they rear their ugly head
They only remind me of all that I've lost...
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Categories:
greatness, abuse, bereavement, betrayal, birth, courage, endurance, faith,
Form:
Quintain (English)
When You Call the Lord -The Piroutte Style~ When You Call The Lord ~
( Piroutte )
In Him find Love, Hope, Peace
In trouble call His name
He'll respond Your call
Come in heart, live in you
When you call the Lord is...
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Categories:
greatness, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
CashI feel much like trash
When I’m not earning cash
Can’t you see I’m working hard, Lord?
According to Your will, according to Your accord
I feel like I’m worthless
When I’m unable to clean up my mess
Can’t you see...
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Categories:
greatness, angst, deep, fear, heartbroken, loneliness, longing, sorrow,
Form:
Lyric
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:
greatness, addiction, adventure, beauty, perspective,
Form:
ABC
God's Bag of SugarGod's bag of sugar
Burst all over the North
The sweet scent of the stars are pleasant to the eyes.
The limiltless strength of the belt of Orion
Three stars in one belt,
That only God can bind
Bring...
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Categories:
greatness, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
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:
greatness, art, beauty, light, love,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
The Epic of the Great KingThere sits behind deep forests hidden,
A sight to behold, place of all sins ridden,
Where the great rivers give life and churn,
A thousand diamonds and the trees sing
Along with the wind, ruled by the great King.
Generous...
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Categories:
greatness, life, loss, love,
Form:
Metrical Tale
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 50Morning came quickly and Joulupukki, Dyndoeth, Lumi and Gwaldon met with Ceridfen as she fed them a light morning meal. None of the young ones were out of bed yet. As the sun...
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Categories:
greatness, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 97“Morning beautiful lady,” Joulupukki greeted her.
“Beautiful? Maybe a couple hundred years ago,” she replied as Joulupukki stood and kissed her on top of the head.
...
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Categories:
greatness, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural By ThiruvalluvarNiithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan
[Given the scarcity of information (mostly conflicting even then) on the...
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Categories:
greatness, education, humanity, life, philosophy, retirement, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
K169 and K170 of Canto Xvii of the Thiruk-Kural With Translations and CommentaryK169 and K170 of CANTO XVII of the THIRUK-KURAL with Translations and Commentary
[If one could put together all that has been said, written and published on the Thiruk-Kural and on its progenitor Thiru-Valluvar, it could...
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Categories:
greatness, bible, evil, hate, jealousy, people, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
All My PresidentsIt is getting to the place where free speech is no longer free in America. ...
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Categories:
greatness, america, presidents day,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 1Ghosts of the Sun Dance
1. The Path
A quest dating back through our history
Surpassing the flesh, a spiritual path
Human endurance, road to mystery
Dark trail winding through the gardens of wrath
It echoes through me, this deep ambition
Half...
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Categories:
greatness, spiritual, sports, endurance, drug,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Zeitgeistcompeting cousins, interbreeding homo-sapiens
hominins humming mostly human song
altruistic generalisers, ever close to dying ways
opportunistic, never staying long
self-aware, inquisitive, enlarging brains, empathising
real representative intelligence
modelling...
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Categories:
greatness, destiny, earth, hope, humanity, philosophy, power,
Form:
Verse
Tune Within Your Conscience Self PerceptionYesterday's gone, overcome & chose to live as if every day's the last. Make every second count. It's true not one thought can be replaced. Look ahead & embrace tomorrow. Hold strong within, steady yourself...
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Categories:
greatness, art, beauty, blessing, inspirational, love, self, spiritual,
Form:
Concrete
Dialogue Between Thunder and the Lamb Part 2"I am the wisdom of Greeks
I am the gnosis of the savage barbarians
I am the shrewdness of Greeks
I am the prudence of the lawless barbarians
I am despised everywhere
I am loved...
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Categories:
greatness, i am, identity, introspection, perspective, self, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
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:
greatness, hope, magic, psychological, stars, symbolism,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Personified Lighted CandlePERSONIFIED LIGHTED CANDLE:
Come on, I'm strong and edified.
No one can hold me in detention for getting them defied.
Compared to Cassius Clay; fiercely bonified.
A firmly personified lighted candle on a lampad.
In the corners of every...
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Categories:
greatness, self,
Form:
Lyric