Long Imperishable Poems

Athenian Epitaphs

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato

Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...

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????John 10:14-15 NIV??
[14]  “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— [15] just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life...

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LOVE POEMS II

These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating and marriage. On an amusing note, my steamy Baudelaire translations have become popular with the...

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~ 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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 *Inspired By Jocko Willinks Triumphant Victory Affirmations/ I AM Victorious/ 
 Alpha Affirmations 


 O' Great Victory, How you have shined down upon thee
 On these Wings Of Triumph, So High, So Victorious, like...

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"To My Dear and Loving Husband"
by Anne Bradstreet


If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare me with ye women if...

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“Gods Like Men”



you the small men 
who war like gods

mystery that never was
in a likeness formed

through the mirrors
of the soul of God

a darkness
and a light 

the next star rising
after Sunset comes the Morning

you the small...

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God is God- the name of belief, strong faith
the creator of the entire universe
and what we imagine or can't imagine
everything and every one is created by God

Yes, no need Him
to live the house like us;
no...

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Le Balcon (The Balcony)
Charles Baudelaire
trans. Michael R. Burch

Paramour of memory, ultimate mistress,
source of all pleasure, my only desire;
how can I forget your ecstatic caresses,
the warmth of your breasts by the roaring fire,
paramour of memory, ultimate...

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On that soon arriving Beama's Holy Judgment Day
Will we be facing the Son of Man, very sorry and
Afraid? Or will we be jumping up and down, singing
And shouting praises to our glorious Heavenly King
Hallelujah Hallelujah...

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"Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at  hand," John the Baptist 
Mathew 3:2.

As soon as Jesus was baptized [by John the Baptist], he went up
out of the water.  At that moment heaven...

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"Mrs Langley, what did Jesus Christ, tell you recently about  me?" asked Peace.

"Believe it or not , Peace,  Jesus Christ recently told me that you are the very last
person that needs to become...

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1)  1st Thessalonians 4:13-18
2)  1st Corinthians 15: 49-53
3)  Revelation 3:10?
4) 1st Thessalonians 5:1-3?

1)  Brothers we would not have you ignorant about those who fall  
     asleep,...

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1 Corinthians 15:47-58 Death has been swallowed up in victory

The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. v 47
As was the earthly man (Adam), so are those who...

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Can money buy love?
Though money answers all things but not like love
Yet most have sold their soul for cash
And their conscience because of money
They have ensnared their Will with their words
Now they regret how imprisoned...

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Pl. See also Related BLOG of 17TH Feb

Prelude

This story is based partly on the Indian mythology and partly on my imagination.
The theme is anger, how it can destroy even the entire Earth and if controlled,
how...

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Your laughter’s echoes are like a broken record in my hysterical brain
I misplaced my journey-like notebook, written in pen and pencil prudently and sincerely
Solace sunrays are embedded in your blue-green eyes and it’s driving me...

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Under the sun and moon, flawed men linger in the cold 
Who in the mist of darkness, cut and rip apart trees eons old 
While stepping on grass and insects for wood to be sold...

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For thus  I am  entangled in a web of despair!
        A widow's orb of woven thread.
'Tis a stalker's venom that keeps me there.
   ...

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Perhaps among all the barricades I could have held,
I was born to be read once and never to be opened again.
To be glanced at in passing, but never the one who turns heads.
To be a...

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In the secret night, where silence is surrounded by unknown eternities,
Under star-studded celestial vaults and dreams chained by the moon’s silver,
Through the poet's words, bounded mortals gain divine senses,
In an ancestral ritual, the mystery of...

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A WORLD  WITHOUT VINCENT

Vincent is the beauty of the day
With a sparkling body that shine
And make the earth smile beautifully.
He stands in the midst of the earth
In greatings to all it habitats in perfection

Vincent...

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~Look At Me~
Look at me,I will wait until you can overcome your shyness,
I will wait until you become positive.
Look at me,I will wait until you overcome your touchiness,
I will wait until you become fearless.
Look at...

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In the labyrinth of knowledge, my steps hesitate,
Echoes of unspoken thoughts collide with the walls of the mind,
I am a wanderer lost among open books and prefabricated truths,
A pilgrim in search of sacred doubt.
I see...

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This life

In the dark alley of time 
My life stumbles in blunder pitfalls   
Uncertain future casts shadow of despair 
Plunges my essence in darkness of torment.

I search for the divine route of escape
Carved...

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