Long Impulse Poems
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SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
impulse, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
No MarkNo Mark
by Michael R. Burch
A wave implodes,
impaled upon
impassive rocks...
this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...
you are leaving
and the ungrieving
winds demur...
telling me
that nothing returns
as it was before...
here where you have...
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Categories:
impulse, break up, change, divorce, extended metaphor, farewell,
Form:
Verse
Ono No Komachi Translation: AutumnWatching wan moonlight
illuminate tree limbs,
my heart also brims,
overflowing with autumn.
—Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
As I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono...
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Categories:
impulse, age, autumn, death, depression, desire, heartbreak, women,
Form:
Tanka
Ono No Komachi TranslationsAs I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Submit to you—is that what you advise?
The way the ripples...
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Categories:
impulse, desire, life, longing, love, nature, woman, women,
Form:
Tanka
Sonnets Xxv-XxxiiSonnets XXV-XXXII
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
impulse, bereavement, body, cancer, change, death, depression, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets X-XviSonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
impulse, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
impulse, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
CREATIVTY- PERCEPTION-tenet 1x4
FOUR TENETS OF CREATIVITY
PERCEPTION PARTURATION PUBLICATION PARTICIPATION
INTRODUCTION
This short eBook encompasses my experiences of the creative in both art and poetry in particular.The content of each of the four...
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Categories:
impulse, education, poetry,
Form:
Didactic
EnoneoneI’m A “Street Fighter”
You see the “Wings” CHUN
LI
“BRUCE WAYNE”
“LEROY”
“LU”
KAME
“THE LAST DRAGON BREATHS”
You don’t want “NUN”-CHUCK
NORE IS ANY ENTITY
Check my IP MAN
my Impulse
“Ki”
I’m the “1ONE” Fearless
Jackie’s First Strike “Unleashed”
In a...
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Categories:
impulse, art, courage, deep,
Form:
Free verse
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
impulse, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Spineless In the RunningWas this a bold endeavour or worst-case high risk plot?
In one sense I was caught between two poles apart concerns.
One must never underestimate indeed trivialise a devilish
difficult decision.
A decision that may...
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Categories:
impulse, age, august, beautiful, care, city, creation, fate,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Mothmananxiety, intense -
but I am not frightened ...
my heart races ... I want to flee
my blood heats and lies to
my senses ...
'get out! go now! dear gawd, fool, run!!'
for you are formidable -
eighty inches tall,...
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Categories:
impulse, adventure, fantasy, moon, mystery, myth, science fiction,
Form:
Free verse
A Bohemian Maze of True EvilOnce so loyal and always true the gargoyles watch everything now
During their stony slumbers with their careful one-eyed open view,
As evil red-eyed demons rain down upon us in their dark-sprit forms,
Whilst our unsuspecting mortal Earth...
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Categories:
impulse, dark, evil, fantasy, god, horror, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Timeless God of Birth"In the unmanifest [timeless (0)-soul] dimension, the ground of [eco-syntax] Being--that perfect, empty no-place [holder "Zero"] where there is only absolute stillness--you could say that God [Timeless Eternity] is peace.
Before the universe [spacetime] was born,...
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Categories:
impulse, adventure, beauty, birth, birthday, love, peace, political,
Form:
Narrative
Is There An Exclusive All-In-One Principle‘ In general, quantum mechanics does not predict a single definite result for an observation. Instead, it predicts a number of different possible outcomes and tells us how likely each of these is. ‘
...
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Categories:
impulse, philosophy, death, art, dark, art, dark, death,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
More Iffy Coronavirus Haikuyet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote this poem after having...
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Categories:
impulse, america, death, eulogy, health, humanity, natural disasters,
Form:
Haiku
A Bohemian Maze of True EvilA Bohemian Maze of True Evil
Once so loyal and always true the gargoyles watch everything now
During their stony slumbers with their careful one-eyed open view,
As evil red-eyed demons rain down upon us in their dark-sprit...
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Categories:
impulse, dark, evil, fantasy, god, horror, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Rilke Translations IArchaischer Torso Apollos ("Archaic Torso of Apollo")
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
impulse, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
A Bohemian Maze of True EvilOnce so loyal and always true the gargoyles watch everything now
During their stony slumbers with their careful one-eyed open view,
As evil red-eyed demons rain down upon us in their dark-sprit forms,
Whilst our unsuspecting mortal...
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Categories:
impulse, creation, dark, evil, god, heaven, mother son,
Form:
Narrative
The Cold DoorknobsThe Cold Doorknobs
I.
I am sure there will be that profound moment in time
when the dog out back will stop its incessant yapping,
Its unrelenting impulse to belch out its interminable wails,
alas, to inform its...
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Categories:
impulse, death,
Form:
Free verse
Moon N MeAs darkness absorbed in my reveries, my usual lapse accommodated itself in height of melancholy but not in this conscience. Then I found myself in my room and my window opened. Everything in upheaval, a...
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Categories:
impulse, anxiety, conflict, depression, fantasy, peace, sleep, sympathy,
Form:
Prose
My Heart Will Go On - POTDPOTD 30th August 2018
The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings? Or did shadows flit across the leaf strewn path?
No...
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Categories:
impulse, grief, heartbreak, lost, romance,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Ten Interpretations of John 1-1"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Take your pick! Or better still, self realise your own insight.
Interpretation of the agnostic:
Original thought is energy created...
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Categories:
impulse, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Blue Angels, Black Sheep, Monitors and the House of Random Penguins
“Blue Angels, Black Sheep, Monitors and The House of Random Penguins”
The womb
is scooped like
an over ripe melon
Time is the incorrigible felon,
the forgotten lost garden explored
overturned and raked,
neatly messed,
in more ways...
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Categories:
impulse, muse,
Form:
Narrative
The Abode of ComfortThere’s a bump in the road and I need Your abode
There’s a bump in the road and I want Your abode
Here’s a helping hand if you need to unload your load
There’s God’s right hand if...
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Categories:
impulse, confidence, dedication, deep, faith, hope, motivation, passion,
Form:
Free verse