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Medieval Poems IvMedieval Poems IV
IN LIBRARIOS
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.
Brut (circa 1100 AD, written by Layamon, an excerpt)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R....
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Categories:
irretrievably, angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
Form:
Rhyme
The Pain of LoveThe Pain of Love
by Michael R. Burch
for T. M.
The pain of love is this:
the parting after the kiss;
the train steaming from the station
whistling abnegation;
each interstate’s bleak white bar
that vanishes under...
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Categories:
irretrievably, age, bereavement, death, farewell, funeral, pain,
Form:
Verse
The Dilettante Diaries: the Divine Feminine - a Tale of Seduction
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
–“He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” by W.B. Yeats
“I love you...
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Categories:
irretrievably, friendship, fun, happiness, journey, love, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
The Call of the Grimoire
"The Call of the Grimoire"
when Exalibur was retrieved
from the rock, then foolishly
and irretrievably lost
in that dreadful battle most worthless
the imps encouraged
the once good Poesie folk
to jeer and throw pebbles
the...
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Categories:
irretrievably, i am, light, magic, muse,
Form:
Narrative
An Eternity IiAnd I begin my own steep climb into
The Chalkland Downs ...
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Categories:
irretrievably, betrayal, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
An Eulogy of Sorts, That, Hopefully, Lends Itself To DaverDo not vainly look in those remote
Places,
That, once, were acquainted with a
Small part of me; ...
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Categories:
irretrievably, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poets IiiPoems about Poets
Long Division
by Michael R. Burch
for Laura Riding Jackson
All things become one
Through death’s long division
And perfect precision.
Nod to the Master
by Michael R. Burch
If every witty thing that’s said were true,
Oscar Wilde, the world would...
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Categories:
irretrievably, earth, inspiration, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
I'm Always Right HereI'm always within striking distance, so...
Reach out to me, if you find that
...
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irretrievably, friend, friendship, meaningful, soulmate, uplifting,
Form:
Lyric
Mine Mean Mien Hence Deserved Cross To BareMine Mean Mien, Hence Deserved Cross To Bare
Upon reflection of fatherhood,
onset of hands-on schooling
fraught with narcissism
a role I lept in unaware
with slim success
unknowingly portending how fatuous
frolics spelled ultimate doom
with theoretical strings attached,
when snagged,...
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Categories:
irretrievably, addiction, age, appreciation, betrayal, celebration, daughter, family,
Form:
Free verse
Coherent Chorus of CompassionI write my thoughts
on paper,
let ink of my soul
glow, amidst the grief
I carry in echoing stillness,
for it...
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Categories:
irretrievably, metaphor, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
The Ballad of Red FeatherPretty like the crystalline canyon rocks -
Fair like a deer wandering in the morn' -
With the Great Spirit as a faithful witness
A baby girl named Red Feather was born...
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Categories:
irretrievably, history, native american, racism,
Form:
Ballad
Strike While the Iron Is HotCuz while ya steel got
moxie, don't nix chance if only a dot
before death finds
flesh rotting alot.
A self-actualized fringe benefit
as I racked up
...
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Categories:
irretrievably, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, inspiration,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
What's New With Me MatthewWhat's new with me...Matthew?
Well for starters Nationwide
road service emergency
one man cutting crew
with battery charger in tow knew
exactly why no juice (think electricity),
his hunch found trunk light kept lit,
an innocent looking (to me or you)
lady's handbag...
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Categories:
irretrievably, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Free verse
Inexplicable Quirky Memory Unhinged Clasp OneA rhetorical question finds me ask
king (to no one in particular) why I bask
with recollection the names of blank
exclamatory staid grade school crank
key teachers approximately
42,0480,000 breaths aye drank
fifty years ago...
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Categories:
irretrievably, death, depression, hurt, psychological, sad, suicide, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Inexplicable Quirky Memory Unhinged Clasp OneA rhetorical question finds me ask
king (to no one in particular) why I bask
with recollection the names of blank
exclamatory staid grade school crank
key teachers approximately
42,0480,000 breaths aye drank
fifty years ago...
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Categories:
irretrievably, 12th grade, 9th grade, anxiety, endurance, fear,
Form:
Free verse
Panegyric Praising Phantasmagoric AlbeitPanegyric praising phantasmagoric, albeit...
unseen prophets providing perspicuity...,
Who commune with yours truly
within state of mind between
sleep and wakefulness
methinks disembodied spirits
infiltrate mine consciousness
while suspended within trance.
Meditation invokes light hypnosis
gently beckoning me to surrender self
fearlessness disappears relinquishing
clutched grip...
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Categories:
irretrievably, 11th grade, 12th grade, blessing, devotion, inspirational,
Form:
Elegy
Scalar and Vectornow we come to the taboo part of our presentation
in which the secret of all time will be revealed
to those who wish to understand understanding
characters arranged in uncharacteristic sequence
a nice little codification on toasted bagel
hitched...
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Categories:
irretrievably, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Before They Silence My VoiceBefore they silence my voice
Under jackboots and bone crushing dogs
I must set fort before dusk
As I am shielded
By his gore
And crafted like Daniel
In the lions den
And Jonah in the whales gut
I must scurry to...
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Categories:
irretrievably, black african american, bullying, courage, history, humanity,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Rebirth MeWicked memories haunt my dreams at night and stalk me during the daylight, denying me any measure of peace and tranquility. Please, take me to the river Lethe and rebirth me, so that I may...
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Categories:
irretrievably, hope, mental illness,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Required Once MoreDo you know what it’s like
To have your freedom back at last,
To be able to choose new colours
Once pinned out of reach to the mast,
To find tho’ you’ve lost your employment,
You can still retain all...
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Categories:
irretrievably, freedom, happiness, happy, hope, irony, joy, life,
Form:
Rhyme
When the Heart BreaksMy heart breaks so readily nowadays--
at hearing of the sudden death of a friend
or witnessing the slow death of another.
My heart is wrenched to see dementia
in my lovely neighbor with her lovely
English accent, and...
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Categories:
irretrievably, analogy, angst, death of a friend, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Life Before the InternetI recall writing checks in my spidery crawl.
The TV then was a humming spaceship
with glowing innards that deep-scanned
all who glued their flickering, bug-eyed minds to it;
it abducted whole families at a time.
That same television
materialized...
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Categories:
irretrievably, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Lost GloryWhat becomes of a lost glory?
When it vanishes, does it take hope along?
Does it explode....
Like dynamite and smell like smoke?
Does it sink irretrievably deep
Into the depths of a stygian abyss?
Or does it float away hopelessly
Out...
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Categories:
irretrievably, fate, hope, imagination, loss, simile,
Form:
Verse
BirdYour need lingered over me,
Demanding and squalling,
Drowning me in your
Chaotic desperation,
And suffocating the memories
We might have made.
Though you heard,
You would not listen
To the pleadings
Of long lost...
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Categories:
irretrievably, introspection, life, people, philosophy, sad, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
A Gothic BlunderA shrouded moon hides my nightmares
not really of my own making,
but they persist to cling to me,
the memories a mirage lost like flotsam
bobbing and tossing in mid-sea.
His Pan-like charm lured me like a siren
giving me...
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Categories:
irretrievably, dark, gothic,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue