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Epigrams
Epigrams 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 V
Epigrams
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-Xxxii
Sonnets 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-Xvi
Sonnets 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 Ii
Come, 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 - 2
In 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
Hiroshima eighty years since August 6th, 1945
Hiroshima – eighty years since August 6th, 1945
About fourteen and a half years
before my birth,
yours truly not even a twinkle
in the eyes of his then
young father and mother
the former born April...
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Categories:
incurable, age, angst, anniversary, august, conflict, grave, history,
Form:
Free verse
Please Help Yarn Hexed Door Neighbor
Please 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 I
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, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears...
of diverse and sundry sizes engaged
in woebegone wild rumpus
as a last hoorah
for diversity, equity and inclusion,
whose somber bowed heads
(hide their snickers
just a kiss away)
their backsides mimicked
tufted heavenly...
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Categories:
incurable, absence, adventure, america, angel, anger, divorce, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Literal Sense
LITERAL SENSE :
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES....
VERSE 1:
This ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES....
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...
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Categories:
incurable, inspiration, wisdom,
Form:
Lyric
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 2023
Wergle 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 World
There have been multiple attempts at dictatorial rulership of the world. ...
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Categories:
incurable, leadership, love, world,
Form:
Verse
Internet Dating Profile
I 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
Diagnosed with NON contagious, yet incurable case of logorrhea
Diagnosed with NON contagious, yet incurable case of logorrhea...,
yielded following resultant fiction,
which arbitrarily selected thread
first popped into my head
considered one among many possible
near infinite concocted scenarios
arose up, thus continue at your own risk
only entertainment ye...
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Categories:
incurable, absence, america, confusion, humorous, imagination, mystery, scary,
Form:
Free verse
In the labyrinth of night, I wander, seeking echoes of a lost era
In the labyrinth of night, I wander, seeking echoes of a lost era,
To be modern means to delve into the incurable,
To plunge into the depths of the soul's festering wounds,
Each scar a testament to battles...
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Categories:
incurable, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
The nanosecond bad arse to risk romance
The nanosecond bad a** to risk romance
Twenty first century technology
allows, enables, and provides
instantaneous virtual unconsummated love.
Within the course of a texting or sexting session
one lovelorn lad (or grown man)
can fabricate a faux impression
with the young...
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Categories:
incurable, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, africa, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
Christ Child
In 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
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 Babies
A (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 Inflictions
I 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 Wannabe
Alms 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
A deep obsession penetrated his mind, an untamed and deeply rooted passion
A deep obsession penetrated his mind, an untamed and deeply rooted passion,
Not even a twelve-step program could bring him the much-desired relief,
The poet had an incurable addiction, a need for freedom that he couldn't control,
His...
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Categories:
incurable, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse