Long Hark Poems
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The Bone Idol[First posted in 3 parts. Intended novel: time never allowed]
Prologue
This, Sir, is the prologue from before our tale begins
About the day our father did succumb to mortal sins
And left behind a man who would...
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Categories:
hark, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Penetralia Ruby QueenHark and listen well, if those foretoken in the eyes of hungers lust
Trapped in their illusion, trampling the Stars into dust
Forced with the detestation stench by the swamp of absolute disgust
Thou blackest scorpion be accursed,...
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Categories:
hark, allegory, beauty, creation, fantasy, god, inspiration, integrity,
Form:
I do not know?
Visitor Finale - a Collaboration With July MorningThe Story so far…
Makani (The Rising Wind), a beautiful extra-terrestrial researcher is sent to a remote island to observe earth. She finds Sam, a shipwrecked earthling near death owing to drowning. Sam (Ka ‘Lo -...
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Categories:
hark, adventure, romance, science fiction, sensual,
Form:
Narrative
The Raven and The BardThe Raven and the Bard
-Daniel Henry Rodgers
The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night,
Its haunting words, a melody of fright.
The Bard's natural lines, like "Evangeline's" fair hair,
Shed history's warm light to chase away all care...
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Categories:
hark, philosophy, poets, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Excellent Ballad of CharityAn Excelente Balade of Charitie (“An Excellent Ballad of Charity”)
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
As wroten bie the goode Prieste
Thomas Rowley 1464
In Virgynë the swelt'ring sun grew keen,
Then hot upon the meadows...
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Categories:
hark, allegory, christian, england, faith, prayer, religion, romantic,
Form:
Ballad
Dark and Wasteful Rambling Conversation IIThank God, for people of order
That disciplined, hold in people like myself.
We men, who enjoy strange living so…
In such outrageous outposts
Tempting a varied life…
As well as early imprintings so…
Weren’t we told to be...
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Categories:
hark, adventure, earth, environment, freedom, life, nature, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Ashurah(Every year in the lunar month of Muharram we Shia Muslims commemorate the brutal martyrdom of the grandson of our Holy prophet Muhammed (s.a.w) and his family and friends at the hands of fake hypocritical...
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Categories:
hark, history, islamic, remembrance day, sad,
Form:
Elegiac Lyric
The Miracle of Marshside LeaIn Marshside Lea, there stood a tree, old in trunk and bough
'Twas long ago, this tale, although, it may still stand there now
And in its shade, the young sheep played as often did young lambs
Whilst...
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Categories:
hark, allegory, angel, animal, crazy, fantasy, farm, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
Kate and Isobel*There are only two damsels in this tale; all variations were simply for ease of writing.
Once Kate and Isabella went
To see the pretty fields of Gwent
And traipse through forest shade
They packed a picnic lunch for...
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Categories:
hark, character, friend, girl, hero, history,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Trinidad
I
Remember when days were long
and all de children do...
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Categories:
hark, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Herald
Newsflash:
"Stranger times have never been
As humanity battles forces as yet unseen..
Not just those things beyond our eyes
But hidden troubles that wrestle for our lives.."
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Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Glory to the New Born King
So...
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Categories:
hark, blessing, boxing day , celebration, christian, christmas, joy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Well of Tender Moorings
"The Well of Tender Moorings"
Deep as the coolest deep dark well
Seeking sanctuary in thy fathomless ocean,
The immaculate buoyant waters of thy untamed soul
I lie between thy corporeal shoulder blades and muscles
Bathed in thy efflorescence, the...
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Categories:
hark, fantasy, love, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
Unquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxii Part TwoUnquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, Sereno and the Hausgast –XXXii Part Two
The duties of the Housekeeper in the U.K. par rapport au Portero in Spain or the Gardienne in France is that...
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Categories:
hark, dedication, destiny, devotion, good night, loneliness, prison,
Form:
Sonnet
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots ViStrategically placed when raised
Upwards
By your masterful and well
Practiced hand.
To mingle with ever changing
Skylines
That frown down with arrogant
Scowls
Upon the indigenous populous of
This just and tolerant island.
To study and pontificate upon...
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Categories:
hark, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Boa's Ark - Part 3 Continued from Part 2
5. MIDNIGHT DREAMS
At night the soldiers sometimes dream
of many things which make them scream,
like
...
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Categories:
hark, fantasy, men, philosophy, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Under the Willow TreeSong from Aella: Under the Willow Tree, or, Minstrel's Song
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17 or younger
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
MYNSTRELLES SONGE ("MINSTREL'S SONG")
O! sing unto my roundelay,
O! drop the briny tear with me,
Dance no more...
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Categories:
hark, dance, death, love, romance, romantic, song, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
Tree I AmBrave people
I grow...on...
Weeds surround me...
Beads falling playfully...
Rivers, like vines, entwine...
Roots of moist seep in so fine
Because I cried
In this wilderness
I grow, I grow (x2)
Happily, I glow,
You know? You know?
This tree I am
Never a free...
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Categories:
hark, betrayal, change, deep, depression, earth, emotions, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Acute Advice To Those Who Would Be King From the Thiruk-Kural: Valiarithal K475Acute advice for those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL: Valiarithal - K475
[*like presidents, prime and chief ministers, dictators or even modern-day "emperors" under the guise of revolutionary leaders of oppressed peoples]
Note: In this...
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Categories:
hark, abuse, political, power, tamil, , cute,
Form:
Epigram
What Are Words - a Florilegium PoemWhat are words other than coffin nails be?
Who does it belong to when it rails me?
An empty vessel at best that bails thee.
Lend me your ear and draw your heart near;
my words might seer, but...
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Categories:
hark, analogy, emotions, literature, metaphor, philosophy,
Form:
Other
SteampunkIn the copper-clad cradle of time
where gears whir fugues to forgotten dreams.....
the fog—a somnolent specter—drifts.....
veiling the calculus of progress
a manuscript etched by steam and soot.
Hark The hiss of pistons proclaims
a triumph—or perhaps a dirge—
for we...
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Categories:
hark, literature, mythology, technology, time, visionary,
Form:
Narrative
Who Would Milk the TigressWho would milk the Tigress
wears no armour gasmask
pail within squat thighs
nor bloodless...
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Categories:
hark, freedom, mother daughter, peace, political, soldier, women,
Form:
Free verse
Mingling Like MmmmmmmmmWhat is the difference between a digger, a forklift truck, a spoon, and a toaster? None. Bread slices can be carried by forklifts and bread can be dug by a digger particularly if ground. The...
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Categories:
hark, adventure, allegory, analogy,
Form:
I do not know?
The Air We BreatheThe Air We Breathe
Whatever death hides in the dark forest?
The Man attentive to death-defying chances
with sinister low sweeping branches, strong
confused as to the hierarchical level
upon which their outreached strengths belong
hurries along
Beautifully poisonous trees
Gnarled...
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Categories:
hark, devotion, discrimination, god, hope,
Form:
Verse
Time's Loving DeceitAnger flies with swift wings
As tedious pleas for more time reverberate through his mind
He is the servant of Time- yet takes the blame
When her clawed hand unwinds the clock
He, the sovereign of the dark, the...
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Categories:
hark, corruption, dark, deep, desire, grief, loss, lust,
Form:
Free verse
QualityI do not know the ways of Life
from birth been shown ...
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Categories:
hark, angst, caregiving, dedication, devotion, education, faith, hope,
Form:
Verse