Long Lambs Poems
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Be of Good, Compassionate CourageDandelions…
They flutter, now I see
Fiery lions…
They're dancing with me
Sunlight…
Come out and shine down
Moonlight…
Shun out my darkened frown
I am the infinitesimal stars in the tranquil, terrestrial night
I am the scars minutes before the sunlit dawn...
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Categories:
lambs, confidence, courage, encouraging, endurance, hope, muse, passion,
Form:
Free verse
CurrentsCurrents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the clapboard slap of tide,
the clockwork shock of wave on rock,
the...
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Categories:
lambs, assonance, extended metaphor, language, metaphor, music, poetry,
Form:
Verse
VacuumVacuum
by Michael R. Burch
Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...
leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are unable to know
that once intrigued us so.
Come then, let us...
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Categories:
lambs, education, extended metaphor, farewell, first love, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
lambs, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About IcarusSouthern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching embrace,
you climb, skittish kite...
What do you know of the world’s despair,
gliding in vast solitariness there,
so that all that remains is to
fall?
Only a...
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Categories:
lambs, analogy, angel, bird, butterfly, extended metaphor, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
Epitaph For a Palestinian ChildEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
This poem has also been titled "Epitaph for a Child of...
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Categories:
lambs, absence, bereavement, conflict, death, discrimination, eulogy, funeral,
Form:
Epitaph
Sonnets Lxi-LxxSonnets LXI-LXX
Erin
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair?
bright carrot?and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children?some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid it. For nowhere
is evidence of...
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Categories:
lambs, heart, night, spiritual, wife, words, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Tawfiq Zayyad Translation: Here We Shall RemainHere We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.
Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...
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Categories:
lambs, arabic, poems, poverty, prison, race, racism, song,
Form:
Free verse
First They Came For the MuslimsFirst they came for the Muslims
after Martin Niemoller
First they came for the Muslims
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Muslim.
Then they came for the homosexuals
and I did not speak out
because I was...
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Categories:
lambs, culture, discrimination, faith, god, islamic, truth, usa,
Form:
Free verse
CleansingsCleansings
by Michael R. Burch
Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind the Urn.
A lentil and a bean might...
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Categories:
lambs, holocaust, prison, race, racism, violence, world war
Form:
Verse
Ante Bellum
“ANTE BELLUM”
BEIGEBest served where it can’t be seen
On Stirling Silver platters
With redruM narcotics
Delivered by sharp Blood-Red
Well-mannered talons
Strutting in sleek wet rolling tight-skirted
Long French Silk Stockinged legs all the way down to
Lethal Six Inch stilettos...
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Categories:
lambs, america, bible, corruption, imagery, war,
Form:
Free verse
History's Greatest Miracle PlayHistory’s Greatest Miracle Play
Let me tell you a story - Prologue
Actors gather to play their parts
To set the stage – backdrops and props –
In history’s greatest miracle play
Called to speak their lines
On redemption’s stage
In a...
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Categories:
lambs, jesus,
Form:
Narrative
Old Pharaoh - 2 of 2For Pharaoh still exalts himself and thinks he’s in control,
But if he won’t release my folk, he’ll pay a heavy toll.
Tomorrow I will bring down hail like Egypt’s never seen,
On plants and trees and man...
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Categories:
lambs, bible,
Form:
Ballad
Translation of the Windmills of Your Mind By T WignesanTranslation of Les Moulins de mon Cœur-THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND by T. Wignesan
(For the orignal text in French by Eddy MARNAY : see here below. The English version by Marilyn and Alan BERGMAN differs...
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Categories:
lambs, autumn, destiny, heartbroken, lost love, poetry, solitude,
Form:
Elegiac Lyric
Beloved Green CommonsWhat purpose do I choose to live;
remaining aloof from evil practice and intent?
What meaning can we find to live,
reversing "evil"
that could transcend our individual absence of identity?
Original Intent uncovers love-life's revolutionary invitation
into mutual belonging.
What is...
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Categories:
lambs, anger, creation, evil, fear, humor, love, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Architects of Humanitarian CrisesCopyright © 2008 #03
4/12/2008 // (Edited: 1/22/2013/lp
(a historical glimpse of humanity's rise)
*This poetic epic begins with the
greatest sin against humanity
*This poem is dedicated to all
serving and protecting the
¨Basic Rights of Mankind¨
Once, mankind was forgiven from...
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Categories:
lambs, christian, devotion, faith, history, hope, journey, life,
Form:
Couplet
The Table - the Difference Between Heaven and HellThe Table
...
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Categories:
lambs, heaven, humanity, imagery, inspirational, joy, love,
Form:
Narrative
The Word-Heroic Crown of SonnetsBEGINNINGS
The WORD was there before the dawn of time
the Trinity communed in sacred tongue
with sounds unheard, unspeakable, sublime
they uttered words of their unending Love.
With power in God's WORD the world was formed
and from His mouth...
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Categories:
lambs, beautiful, bible, life, love, universe,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The Miracle of Marshside LeaIn Marshside Lea, there stood a tree, old in trunk and bough
'Twas long ago, this tale, although, it may still stand there now
And in its shade, the young sheep played as often did young lambs
Whilst...
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Categories:
lambs, allegory, angel, animal, crazy, fantasy, farm, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
Dreams I Translation of Etiemble S Poem Reves I By T WignesanThe Deception of Free Verse: Dreams I, Translation of Etiemble’s L’imposture du vers libre by T. Wignesan
(From René Etiemble’s only poetry collection: le Coeur et la cendre: soixante ans de poésie (the heart and...
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Categories:
lambs, creation,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Abominable AllianceThru horrendous acts of lore within the aperture of the Earth’s core
Lays Evil of a wrathful whore to which you find stimulating and abhor
Within frozen fear, you do attest as you suckle on the beastly...
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Categories:
lambs, dark, evil, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme
Dead Man TalesDead Man Tales
shards of glass pearl the emperor's rise,
his arms embracing upon our sins and lies,
do not deceive yourself , my friend.
in the twilight of our beings our corruption merges and blends.
there is no...
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Categories:
lambs, conflict, corruption, emotions, freedom, sad, sin,
Form:
Classicism
I Hate Flamin' CrowsMe real name it is Bill Vonbertouche,
but for short most folk just call me Bill.
Me Mum and Dad say I’m real smart,
but the girls reckon I’m just a dill.
But let’s just get this one thing...
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Categories:
lambs, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Spring's Kindness - a Collaboration With Regina McintoshCascading off the winter chill
leaving warmth wherever it traces
the edge of the daffodil, tulip or crocus
spring shines its brilliant rays across
the windowpane that mirrors the friendly praise
coloring the seals with such sweet appeal
lavender lilacs...
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Categories:
lambs, appreciation, beauty, inspiration, joy, nature, spring,
Form:
Free verse
Rouging of the Lamb BMy sweet mother of pearl struck a ruby eyed reef.
Then quickly sank into the deep, just shy of the cay of life.
Don't remember much about her,
Daddy never had much to say... about the...
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Categories:
lambs, childhood, pain,
Form:
Narrative