Long Hardened Poems
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Be of Good, Compassionate CourageDandelions…
They flutter, now I see
Fiery lions…
They're dancing with me
Sunlight…
Come out and shine down
Moonlight…
Shun out my darkened frown
I am the infinitesimal stars in the tranquil, terrestrial night
I am the scars minutes before the sunlit dawn...
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Categories:
hardened, confidence, courage, encouraging, endurance, hope, muse, passion,
Form:
Free verse
The Hardships of Honesty - Neither Will II often surprise many people in many ways
With the words I say…with the actions I make…
It’s extraordinary how many seek high praise
With the words they say…with the actions they fake…
Neither will I…
Assume the worst in...
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Categories:
hardened, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance, faith, hope, passion,
Form:
Free verse
This World of DewTHIS WORLD OF DEW
This world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane's bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Dewdrops beading grass-blades
die before...
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Categories:
hardened, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form:
Haiku
Old Pharaoh - 2 of 2For Pharaoh still exalts himself and thinks he’s in control,
But if he won’t release my folk, he’ll pay a heavy toll.
Tomorrow I will bring down hail like Egypt’s never seen,
On plants and trees and man...
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Categories:
hardened, bible,
Form:
Ballad
Song of Amergin: TranslationThe Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations
The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...
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Categories:
hardened, ireland, myth, mythology, song, storm, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
Still wrestling with impasse to contentmentStill wrestling with impasse to contentment
Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow
slinking along outer limits of
the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path
of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking...
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Categories:
hardened, abuse, adventure, beauty, body, christmas, desire, father
Form:
Rhyme
Bleeding Before Rome -2Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees,
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage,
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...
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Categories:
hardened, culture, heart, war, world war ii,
Form:
Epic
Backhand
"Backhand"
You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall
To make sense of it all
as a child, the grief stolen
all too swiftly and replaced...
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Categories:
hardened, child abuse, mother daughter, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Terror Bugs: Part 5 - A Freezer Mice Adventure[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 4 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________
A water cannon screeched around the corner on two wheels
Four and twenty Terror Bugs were nipping at its heels
Their acid blistered paint work but it...
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Categories:
hardened, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
IronbarHe just appeared to me, like wispily curling
Chimney smoke,
One grim and early morning in the very midst of
Decembers briefest days, on the highest slope,
Toiling through my daily round; where, slowly
Driving up...
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Categories:
hardened, nature, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Pharaoh - 1 of 2Old Pharaoh had enslaved the Jews; he would not let them go.
So God devised a mighty scheme; his go-to guy was Mo.
His brother Aaron was the voice, for Moses talked real slow,
So he would wave...
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Categories:
hardened, bible,
Form:
Ballad
Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RINGLegacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING
uninvited GUESTS linkedin as the themes of mein kampf.
Despite countless factorial permutations
& combinations, this cyber surfer
avails left and right alm
seeking succor Out Of Human Bondage
invisibles shackles bind head,
shoulders, knees and...
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Categories:
hardened, abuse, age, angst, anxiety, city, depression, earth,
Form:
Free verse
Wrestling With Impasse To ContentmentWrestling with impasse to contentment
Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow
slinking along the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking voltage surges an emphatic...
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Categories:
hardened, abuse, adventure, age, anger, betrayal, black african
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 14Despite his impatience to show me his hell,
He waited for me in my rest,
Lying upon the ground, I awoke in prayer,
Thanking God above and asking Him for guidance
“My heart is Yours, always,
From the moment...
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Categories:
hardened, adventure, anxiety, conflict, courage, dark, holocaust, horror,
Form:
Epic
Thomas Jeffersons Letter To Reverend StoughtonJefferson’s Reply to Rev. Jonah Stoughton
Monticello
July 1, 1826
Sir, I have before me your letter of
the second of June, and I thank you warmly
for having taken the time to write me.
I have read it...
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Categories:
hardened, political,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
He's the One - the Whitney Style~ He's The One ~
( Whitney )
~O~
Call the Lord
He will be there
For me, gives
Love, Hope, Peace, Joy
Strength, always
He's the...
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Categories:
hardened, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Dystopia Town Will Be Damaged By Ascended FrownWhere’s a hero when we need one?
Get rid of the villain with a silly, little gun
I ricochet like the bullets that hit Superman,
But he was shielded best he can…best he can…
Driving through dystopia town, dystopia...
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Categories:
hardened, angst, dark, emotions, grief, happiness, hope, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Seeking the Boundaries of Love's Depths and Her HandPoem One: Inspired by my reading of -Lady Labyrinth's---magnificent
poem , "Courting the Sublime Significance of Nothingness"
(1.) Poem One
Seeking The Boundaries Of Love's Depths And Her Hand
The air, its surging breath sings
into the...
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Categories:
hardened, appreciation, art, beauty, dedication, love, passion, poetry,
Form:
Romanticism
Justice In the Quest For LoveI saw how martyrs longed for love, and so began the play of my flitting heart
A strange girl had I become, with airs of fickle dream,
My heart an embodiment of wonder to all that dared...
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Categories:
hardened, beauty, birth, change, inspiration, life, light, love,
Form:
Narrative
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 28. Transformation
Yielding to those who have mastered the art
Of grasping one's place in existence's grand scheme
Life’s constant challenges never depart
But humble diligence will grow the dream
In passing from childhood to adulthood
Innocence to responsibility
Firm new role...
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Categories:
hardened, spiritual, sports,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 12His words stung me, as the cries from the maelstrom seem to retort
Their scattered, foreign words and wails retching their say
I listened, almost mesmerized,
Pulverized
“Come,” Said he,
With threatening authority
Upwards, higher than the balcony from which we...
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Categories:
hardened, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, conflict, hope, muse,
Form:
Free verse
How I Became a Street BoyCan a lioness tender care
Cease towards the child she bare
Yes she may be forgetful
Yet I shall never forget you
Words of mom on that fateful day
As she lay there in the most pitiable way
She drew me...
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Categories:
hardened, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
A Penny For a Poets Thoughts IStanding up for the kids standing up to sleep in overbearing heat clothes damp from their pee, God made night separate from day, but with lights bright all night as well as all day, the...
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Categories:
hardened, abuse, anger,
Form:
Political Verse
Nervana - You Got the Nerve*warning: sexual theme*
My mind and heart of gold...
Never once...growing mold as we both grow old
Nervana sells out
I'm without a doubt
That I will love you till I die
That I will love you as long as...
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Categories:
hardened, deep, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Poets - XxxviUnquotable quotes: Poets, Poetasters and Platos – XXXVI
For James McAuley – in remembrance of a memorable week in Cardiff 1965
The greatest poet ever is NOT Homer, Lao Tse, Ovid,...
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Categories:
hardened, creation, poetry, poets, word play, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram