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EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch
To write an epigram, cram.
If you lack wit, scram!
—Michael R. Burch
Conformists of a feather
flock together.
—Michael...
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Categories:
incurable, bible, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Epigrams VEpigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...
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Categories:
incurable, giggle, humor, humorous, irony, literature, word play,
Form:
Epigram
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:
incurable, 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:
incurable, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Rilke Translations IiCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
incurable, tribute,
Form:
Verse
The Skeletons and Songs of Samsara - 2In the heart where your naivety resides
you wonder what haunts the sun
and why pain enjoys your childhood eyes,
when you see warm blood run
then you know that death can color
and like you, death loves a dramatic...
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Categories:
incurable, birth, death, life,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Sick Art
"Sick Art"
I walk the streets
still and quiet
I do not lie
I do not betray
what the heart belies
pickled kidneys
I am a ghost
of my former self
ears lent to hear
the sweet music
of the sounds so fraught
caught up...
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Categories:
incurable, dark, horror, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Please Help Yarn Hexed Door NeighborPlease help yarn hexed door neighbor...
Yours truly pinned down by invisible
vestiges of coronavirus and
getting attacked from angry plague
of buttons, plus huge spools of yarn
grossly mistook me for human sock
to seal and line...
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Categories:
incurable, abuse, anger, bullying, character, december, humorous, husband,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
incurable, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
Subject, Aspects of Interest, and Effect of John Keats's ''On the Sonnet''“On the Sonnet”
by John Keats
If by dull rhymes our English must be chained,
And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet
Fettered, in spite of painéd loveliness;
Let us find out, if we must be constrained,
Sandals more interwoven and complete
To...
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Categories:
incurable, england, fate, literature, muse, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Prose
Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023Wergle Flomp Good Humor 2023
The following constitutes a rather
twisted as a pretzel SUBTITLE:
I dash with my jiggling boobs in an attempt to escape...
being overrun by teddy bears and beanie babies
while carrying out heavy...
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Categories:
incurable, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, america, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
If I Ruled the WorldThere have been multiple attempts at dictatorial rulership of the world. ...
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Categories:
incurable, leadership, love, world,
Form:
Verse
Internet Dating ProfileI am a singular event
Occupying a particular span of time.
I am a concrete mystic
And an incurable skeptic
Seeking an approximation
Of peace and domestic tranquility.
I am a Slavic soul brother
Living...
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Categories:
incurable, internet, relationship,
Form:
Blank verse
Christ ChildIn eternity past, the Father asks the Son to go down.
Having equal Love for humans the "Yes" comes fast.
When Creation leads to time, the world waits for 4 BC
Marking the start of the end of...
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Categories:
incurable, christian, christmas, god, history, holiday, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Literal SenseLITERAL SENSE :
Concrete counterintuitive ratioed for looser and Leader;
Interim arguments to know who's worst and best person,
Makes no sense either.
Itemised unique personalities need no prejudice session.
Sparked to negate fallacious rudiments; deal art.
Trumpling down...
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Categories:
incurable, inspiration, wisdom,
Form:
Lyric
Violin“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy...
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Categories:
incurable, music, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
A Growing Menagerie of Stuffed Animals and Beanie BabiesA (growing) menagerie of stuffed animals And Beanie Babies
The following doth constitute
combination of fact and fiction
unfortunately not sentences
referencing overactive spousal glute
though sphincter roaring
could muscle us into ample loot
(after wife explodes open bank vault)
versus ass spire...
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Categories:
incurable, adventure, appreciation, best friend, crazy, family, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
When Afflictions Feel Like InflictionsI once was fast and so athletic. Bad afflictions? I had none.
Measles, mumps (the normal things). Youth was so much fun.
Then came my childbearing early 20’s. Had a girl and then a boy.
Affliction borne for...
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Categories:
incurable, body,
Form:
Couplet
Alms Za Try N To Reach Out As Legatee WannabeAlms Za Try'n To Reach Out As Legatee Wannabe
Yukon pots sib bully challah me Jude
dish hiss literary panhandler schlepping
along virtual figurative boulevard Asia
brogue kin bloke rattling tin cup aware
how quickly passersby dodge away as
if I...
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Categories:
incurable, dream, fate, happiness, hope, humanity, humorous, joy,
Form:
Narrative
Cockroach SoliloquyCockroach Soliloquy
By:Judge Burdon
The cockroaches left me a wake up message
Written with saliva and excrement
it was placed conspicuously in a garbage can
where they knew that I'd find it
while in search of...
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Categories:
incurable, character,
Form:
Free verse
Cockroach SoliloquyCockroach Soliloquy
By:Judge Burdon
The cockroaches left me a wake up message
Written with saliva and excrement
it was placed conspicuously in a garbage can
where they knew that I'd find it
while in search of...
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Categories:
incurable, character,
Form:
Free verse
Come, You: the Death Poem of Rainer Maria RilkeCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Come, you--the last one I acknowledge; return--
incurable pain searing this physical mesh.
As I burned in the spirit once, so now I burn
with you; meanwhile, you consume...
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Categories:
incurable, cancer, death, depression, fire, health, pain, surreal,
Form:
Verse
Voltaire TranslationsThis is my modern English translation of a French poem by Voltaire, one of my all-time favorite writers. The poem is followed by two translations of epigrams by Voltaire.
Les Vous et Les Tu (“You, then...
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Categories:
incurable, crush, french, kiss, lost love, love, time,
Form:
Free verse
My Slam 2 Me (How Pd's Should Have Been, But Pd's Too Weak)BILLYtheKidster, BILLYtheCryBaby, BILLY, the pathetic loser that is he.
So you lost your oldest son to someone driving while drunk
and now you sit around appearing so sad, just to attract attention from everyone.
Pretending to still be...
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Categories:
incurable, son, women, life, son, women,
Form:
Free verse
1975“Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.” - Woody Allen
When I was much younger, previous decades seemed so distant, so far away. To me these older and impossible decades existed only...
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Categories:
incurable, confusion, introspection, journey, time, time, time, universe,
Form:
Free verse