Long However 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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however, confidence, courage, encouraging, endurance, hope, muse, passion,
Form:
Free verse
An Adverse World Uncurled“I am NOT like my father!!!
You say that again, I’m going to kill you!”
I shrivel up in shame
For, I am not to blame
For the shenanigans you put me through so many times
Sometimes, I wish I...
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Categories:
however, addiction, anger, angst,
Form:
Free verse
King of Kings??1 Kings 5:3-5 NIV??
[3] “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the...
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Categories:
however, faith,
Form:
I do not know?
An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
however, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Patsy Foley Was Roly-Poly In 1947It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too much ravioli."
At first, no one could remember who started the...
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Categories:
however, memory,
Form:
Prose
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:
however, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance, faith, hope, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Haiku 1The Original Sin: Rhyming Haiku!
Haiku
should never rhyme:
it’s a crime!
-Michael R. Burch
The herons stand,
sentry-like, at attention ...
rigid observers of some unknown command.
-Michael R. Burch
Late
fall;
all
the golden leaves turn black underfoot:
soot
-Michael R. Burch
Dry leaf...
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Categories:
however, family, heart, love, mother son, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
The Payload
"The Payload"
The payload
came crashing down
like rain expelled
from the fat belly
of a ruinous pregnant cloud
bilious with buxom promise
it came crashing down
like school fish released
from the tight confines
of a course rope...
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Categories:
however, fantasy, muse, mystery, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
THE LAST GOODBYEThis is for the Contest - 'Titanic - Fare Thee Well' Sponsored by Tom Woody.
...
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Categories:
however, death, inspirational, loss, love,
Form:
Narrative
Haiku Translations of the Oriental MastersGrasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow...
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Categories:
however, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
Form:
Haiku
Juvenilia: Early Poems IxJuvenilia: Early Poems IX
These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school student and during my first two years of college.
Shock
by Michael R. Burch
It was early in the morning of...
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Categories:
however, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Pablo Neruda TranslationsI love you only because I love you
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I love you only because I love you;
I am torn between loving and not loving you,
Between apathy and desire.
My heart vacillates...
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Categories:
however, love, romance, romantic, romantic love, spanish, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Poems VPoems about Poems V
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
There is a small cleanness about her,
as though she has always just been washed,
and there is a dull obedience to convention
in her accommodating slenderness
as she feints at her salad.
She...
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Categories:
however, metaphor, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Flash Mob ApplicationI'd like to apply for a permit
for a protest march
on the Washington Mall.
Lovely idea.
But, we're only issuing Mall permits
for Song and Dance Events.
I think this might be a violation of my Rights
to Free Speech.
I see...
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Categories:
however, america, culture, health, humanity, humor, integrity, music,
Form:
Political Verse
Chaucer Translation: RejectionRejection
a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your beauty from your heart has so erased
Pity, that it's useless to complain;
For Pride now holds your mercy by a chain.
I'm guiltless, yet my sentence has...
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however, beauty, french, heart, innocence, nature, pride, women,
Form:
Roundel
To Be a Friend PleaserI heavily recall two times when I had made you cry,
Both of which bewildered and moved me
My response was that of disbelief, and regret
And never, upon recalling,
Have I felt more of the need to...
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Categories:
however, change, character, confusion, devotion, friendship, growing up,
Form:
Narrative
Medieval Poems VMedieval Poem V
A Proverb from Winfred's Time
anonymous Old English poem, circa 757-786
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
1.
The procrastinator puts off purpose,
never initiates anything marvelous,
never succeeds, and dies alone.
2.
The late-deed-doer delays glory-striving,
never indulges daring dreams,
never succeeds,...
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Categories:
however, earth, england, love, middle school, poems, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Watering TerrorI'm so confused,
raised to believe cooperative love overpowers competing fears
about scarcity of time,
and other resources,
and anger about past over- and under-valuing of myself
as a regenerative resource,
CoPresence Source,
raised to believe the Golden Rule
is most effectively...
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Categories:
however, anger, destiny, fear, hate, love, power, violence,
Form:
Epic
Rumi Translation: the FieldThe Field
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lazes in such lush grass
the world is too...
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Categories:
however, earth, green, islamic, rights, soulmate, sound, words,
Form:
Epigram
No Matter What - the Trinet Style~ No Matter What ~
( Trinet )
~O~
Embrace Life
No matter
What start with heart full of
Love Faith Hope never let anything
Steal your
Dreams tomorrow
New day
~0~
The best
For you
May still come embrace...
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Categories:
however, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Veronica Franco TranslationsVeronica Franco translations
Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.
Capitolo 19: A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I)
by Veronica Franco
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
"I resolved to make a virtue of...
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Categories:
however, desire, french, joy, love, lust, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Power of Gods Armor - the Hourglass Style~ The Power Of God's Armor ~
( Hourglass )
Oh Lord! help me in daily walk
In your Holy name, let me talk
Thru life guide me so less I fall
Each day I want to hear...
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Categories:
however, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Rumi Translation: BirdsongBirdsong
by Rumi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Birdsong relieves
my deepest griefs:
now I'm just as ecstatic as they,
but with nothing to say!
Please universe,
rehearse
your poetry
through me!
I choose to love you in silence
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I...
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Categories:
however, bird, music, poetry, poets, song, universe, writing,
Form:
Verse
Dillen's Continuing Dmv AdventuresI wrote a sad but true urban legend called “Dillen and the DMV” last week.
Here follows an update.
Background Review:
One of my health care employees, Dillen, has wicked ADD, borderline intelligence, not qualifying for disability supports,...
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Categories:
however, betrayal, culture, health, humanity, language, political, race,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Christian Evangelical-Charismatic RepublicansI grew up with rural Michigan white red-neck evangelical root systems.
These did not always feed my multicultural self/other liberation of the GLBTQ subclimatic root system
for regeneratively healthy instincts,
yet I learned to survive within this fundamentalist-alien-straight...
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Categories:
however, beauty, christian, gender, health, political, rights, trust,
Form:
Political Verse