Long Impede Poems
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As Time Walked By
These are early poems of mine, written as a high school student in the 10th grade.
as Time walked by
by Michael R. Burch
yesterday i dreamed of us again,
when
the air, like honey,
trickled through cushioning grasses,
softly flowing,...
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Categories:
impede, 10th grade, boy, child, childhood, first love,
Form:
Free verse
Mirza Ghalib Translations
Near Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch
On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we might have pronounced you a saint...
if only we hadn't found
you...
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Categories:
impede, soulmate, spiritual, tamil, truth, urdu, women, words,
Form:
Verse
Sometimes I Wish I Was You-
In moments of weakness; I look up to you. thinking of the off chance that your situation is better than mine. Now, you must understand that this is only a moment. None the less, it...
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Categories:
impede, anxiety, deep, imagery, jealousy, judgement, me, wisdom,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Miracle of Marshside Lea
In 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:
impede, allegory, angel, animal, crazy, fantasy, farm, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
Swing Sets and Jungle Gyms
(or swing sets and monkey bars)
A pitch perfect spring day
such as today April 8th, 2022
within quaint hamlet
of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
in close proximity within mind's eye
to Lake Wobegon, Minnesota
finds me reminiscing...
When, scads of light years ago
(half...
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Categories:
impede, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Free verse
The Mysterious Gift the Old Sailor Built
or The Mysterious Lost Love Quest
The old man dusted himself off and quickly started on his merry way
this his last port was where his desperate soul sought to forever stay
Decades of sailing ships...
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Categories:
impede, journey, lost love, mystery, write,
Form:
Narrative
Soul Stance River - 5
The delegation arrives in a procession of handsome, barbaric lineage
rugged in animal accoutrements and subdued in the presence of the future's skin,
the women, fine in wild beauty are bejeweled in beads, white and blues
that accent...
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Categories:
impede, history,
Form:
Epic
Leaking Pen
Opening
Fourth street and the divide meet
Near the stream where it's waters Impede
Five metres walk from the wooden bridge
A little further away from the deserted car park
Underneath the third tree with...
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Categories:
impede, fate, hope, life, love, metaphor, passion,
Form:
Free verse
No Lossers Are Left and More Poems
No Lossers Are Left
No losers are left;
Seems like Trump has found them all;
Exist on his staff.
Jim Horn
How is that for a Horn Haiku for you
to read through like all poets would
want to do?
President was not...
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Categories:
impede, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Haiku
Enduring Part Two of Illness Journey Poems
*** ENDURING ***
(A Part Two about my recent illness, following “Lunacy Loo Flies.”
Fear
Stepped into the holes of my weakness
To impede my pace to recovery,
Absorbing the basic radiant light —
My going forth walk had previously...
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Categories:
impede, character, faith, fear, health, pain, prayer, strength,
Form:
Prose
Barbarossa III
A new command would counter their attack
to stay the storm that harkens at your door.
‘Twould be a feat that stunned the iron pack
for nothing dared defy the wolves before.
And though his pack could see...
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Categories:
impede, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
In the Still of the Night: Collaboration With Vlad
In sorrow weeping upon your own bed
I watch you now in sadness despairing
Upon the pillow of pain lies your head
Lost in the grief your temple is bearing
My heart is light and...
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Categories:
impede, dream, love,
Form:
Sonnet
Narrow Margin
Placed Second in:
This or That, Vol. 23 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh
...
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Categories:
impede, feelings, god, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Emperors of the Artic
Slowly and stately
they shuffle along the ice
Oblivious and orderly
they move from the sea into the frozen wilderness
Moving with uncanny precision
along the widest king's highway on earth
None to impede their path
as the cycle of permanent darkness...
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Categories:
impede, adventure, animal, mystery, nature,
Form:
Verse
Three Blind Mice On Duty
When I was only two bricks and a ticky high I wrote my first ever treatise
Three blind mice unbeknown to me highly philosophical not just to please
The Gods of poetry duty bound on their quest...
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Categories:
impede, growth,
Form:
Rhyme
Angel of Mercy Please Intercede
Angel of mercy please intercede
Weakest most lame specimen
among human breed
control of my life I willingly concede
wordless son of a gun fires off
following capricious poetic deed
done dirt cheap while
traveling highway to hell
the speed...
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Categories:
impede, 12th grade, adventure, angel, atheist, blessing, december,
Form:
Rhyme
The Road
Suspended in perpetual animation
There is a light at the end of the tunnel
From hours of travel though inches gained
Spewed forth from the bowels of existence I stand
Before me lies the road
Like a pond turned solid...
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Categories:
impede, beauty, brother, courage, depression, faith, family, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
Aging Ii
Age is a verb for opening the door
Into a judgement of the satisfaction
You’ve found in life, by its opportunities
Beckoning betterment and relationship
I agree that perhaps we could’ve loved more
But you find community in your elderly...
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Categories:
impede, age, cheer up, inspiration, introspection, life, society,
Form:
Blank verse
Stephane Mallarme Translations
These are my modern English translations of sonnets by the French poet Stephane Mallarme.
The Tomb of Edgar Poe
by Stéphane Mallarmé
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Transformed into himself by Death, at last,
the Bard unsheathed his Art’s...
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Categories:
impede, eulogy, extended metaphor, french, poetry, poets, surreal,
Form:
Sonnet
Mariah of Magdala
Part IV: FORGIVENESS
“Rabii! Rabii! Rabii!
What suppose you of this woman?
Caught right in the act of sin
Our society's outcasts such
She must be thrashed to the non-living
So demands the laws of the land
Rabii! Rabii! Rabii!
Grant us your...
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Categories:
impede, blessing, character, conflict, endurance, forgiveness, satire, true
Form:
Narrative
Drifting Sycophant
THESE ARE OPEN(organic) VERSES using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols, the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' (intuitive cadence)& so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making this enigmatic form...
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Categories:
impede, analogy, bereavement, introspection,
Form:
Verse
Ready To Fight
before many of us chose to walk on a sanctified journey in life
we were always frustrated, discombobulated and looking for a fight
the kind of fight that was fueled by jealousy, pettiness, anger and/or greed
but now...
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Categories:
impede, angst, faith, hope, inspirational, life, passiongod, fear,
Form:
Didactic
Called, Chosen and Commissioned
It's no secret that good leadership is essential in life
For if you're not properly lead you may experience stress and strife
Good leaders are needed to show us how to do things right
Good...
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Categories:
impede, change, encouraging, growth, hope, inspirational, jesus, life,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Mandrake's Gesture Vol. Viii
Madness exuded like the
war cries of epic battles
and sagas' past,
the myth of man and
the passionate woman.
As the eruption
began to procure its
preparations, Prince Alarumdives,
a moment with the King,
solace, questioning divinity.
"My father, what troubles
plague...
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Categories:
impede, love, mystery,
Form:
Epic
Nephalim Oracle
A cosmic clash of epic force
Split Tiamet like brittle thread
Nibiru hugged its distant course
Propelling moons to gnaw and shred
Kingu marveled at what was formed
Asteroids shed from that vast orb
The watery giant was transformed
Leveling as third...
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Categories:
impede, life, mysterywork, life, work,
Form:
Rhyme