Long Jorge Poems

“Some Other Poet, White Iris”

When I look in the mirror what do I see?
I question existential questions and fiction, 
my eyes are the eyes of another staring back at me,
perceived through the glassy tear film...

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‘THE DRAKE CURSE' AND MESSI'S WIZARDRY

Sport fraternity witness the reign of alien curse, 
emanating from the music world raising much fuss. 
The Drake curse which first came upon us in 2019. 
Paul Pogba became the...

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Grab Bag Poems and Epigrams

POEMS

Less Heroic Couplets: Dark Cloud, Silver Lining, Dupes
from “Love in the Time of the Coronavirus”
by Michael R. Burch

Every corona has a silver lining:
I’m too far away to hear your whining,
and despite...

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Epigrams VII

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: 
am I or are the others crazy?
—Albert Einstein, poetic interpretation by Michael R. Burch


The Whole of Wit
by Michael R. Burch

for and after Richard Moore

If brevity is the...

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Everyday she thinks it’s her last.
Mistreated, misunderstood, misguided.
She thinks she deserves nothing.
But that isn't the case.

She is beautiful, kind, and sweet.
She hides its from others in fear of being hurt.
For she has been hurt by...

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La conciencia no aguanto el remordimiento
el sufrimiento va consumiéndome Lento
pero se bien que yo me Lo eh ganado
eh pecado y por ti seré castigada 
puedo mentirle a Los demás pero a ti no dios 
se...

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Happy Birthday baby.
I wish you the very best.
I want to give you my heart,
give you my eternal rest.

My only goal in life,
is your maximum happiness.
Yet you continue to reject it,
as if a virus to your...

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she sells goat's cheese, not my favorite
plying the beach ramada to ramada
at times she sits with me
lowering the basket from her head
her clothes are worn, patched
i roll eggs, beans, chorizo into a tortilla
hand it away,...

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I’m not a miracle worker and I can’t promise you much. I can’t make the words go away. I can’t make you love yourself. I can’t give you an appetite to eat. I can’t just...

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A poem to close your eyes 


 "I close my eyes and see a flock of birds. The vision lasts a second, or perhaps less; I am not sure how many birds I saw. Was...

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Dr. Clement Moloch professes in torture.
He is always accompanied by Claire, his sister.
Moloch performs clandestine operations for governments.
He is responsible for the torture and death of insurgents.

Holland is journalist Jorge Hidalgo’s friend.
Holland learned Jorge’s life...

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Greg Focker was always an awkward man, 
only fiancée Pam could understand-
Jack would be his in-law,
and soon baby’s Pawpaw,
retired CIA in all the land.

The Focker’s housekeeper was Isabel, 
rumors Greg had an affair and didn’t...

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Pro Wrestling Tagboard

Main Event Programming

World Champions
Linton " The Heckler " Crampton
                        &
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EVOCATIONS a still life ekphrasis


time standing
stlll
arrested
   moments
revealed
in
stimulations
of
the mind

revealed
illuminations
of
 the
past
yesterdays
becoming
today
tomorrow's
postponed
memory

past pictures
live
again


momento
mori
in hypereality
as
monuments
 to past
 existence
from
shadows
of
transience

sentient
touchstones
in
memorials
of perception

   aesthetic
 sublimations
of
 immersive
spontaneity
with
fascinating
  expectations

a visual
of genesis
in
 suspended
animation
 still distant
now
  living
again


NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds...

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The band's trumpeting out the Bose 
A dozen red roses for thirteen chicas 
In that old cantina
Looks like one's left cold
But it's colder still out that
Crooked oval door
As Jorge keeps 'em entertained
With his liquid tambourine...

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Politics is smart on one side
but it's half luck for another
when you win it's hazard
when you lost it's sourish
I think so much Pirulin
I got the first mush
before giving to each other.

Who doesn't cry, doesn't breastfeed
still...

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I am a Diehard Cubs fan
Tried and true
I wear cubbies Royal
And I bleed Cubbies Blue
I grew up watching Ernie,Billy and Santo
Ryno, Grace,and Leon
Were all my Heros.
Later it was Sosa, Maddux and Wood
They all lived through...

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I NE'ER WAS STRUCK BEFORE THAT HOUR
WITH LOVE SO SUDDEN AND SO SWEET,
HER FACE IT BLOOMED LIKE A SWEET FLOWER
AND STALE MY HEART AWAY COMPLETE.

MY FACE TURNED PALE, A DEADLY PALE.
MY LEGS REFUSED TO WALK...

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Through a Glass, Darkly

      This first translation of an unwritten poem
      By Jorge Luis Borges stands against
      Invisible Spanish on...

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COPLA UNO: This Bad Guy World - in all seriousness 


[The entire sequence of 114 coplas: “This Bad Guy World”, dedicated to Jorge MANRIQUE, 1440?-1479. I give here in translation his third “copla à pied...

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White smoke, white smoke,
Voting is over for the new pope,
It’s a sign of our great victory,
Memorable moments in the history.

People are rejoicing today,
Watching live stream on T.V.
What a lovely sight to see,
Congratulations!! We are so...

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"Serpentine"


Give a woman enough rope 
and She’ll show you 
what hanging’s worth

the life coiled around 
a body of work 
could be misconstrued

serpentine
She draws from the rock
like it's Her cornerstone

creation 
sexuality 
fertility

the life force 
of our...

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COPLA 114 CONCLUSION : This Bad Guy World

The way Evil triumphs in this World
What lies in store must be much worse :
Yet Evil serves

Toddler gods in this Grand Plan make so bold
As to usurp Laws...

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To this day still, Like the memory of a rose on a sun-shining day,
You, witness to what this cold world can do to bring pain,
as your hands gently tremble and your lips await in agony
to...

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Don't fall in love
with someone you can't live with 
fall in love with someone you can't 
live without.

 I never stopped loving you 
I just stopped showing it.
love me when I 
least deserve it because...

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