Long Makers Poems
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Poems About Poems IPoems about Poems (I)
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~underwater~~~
watching the shoreline blur
sees through his breath’s weightless bubbles...
Both worlds grow obscure.
Muse/Goddess
by Michael R. Burch
“What will you conceive in...
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makers, creation, god, muse, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval Poems IiiMedieval Poems
Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by grief.
He endured countless troubles:
sorrows were his only companions
in his frozen...
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makers, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Modern Sonnets IMODERN SONNETS I
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
Maker, Fakir, Curer
by Michael R. Burch
A poem...
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Categories:
makers, art, freedom, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
Watering TerrorI'm so confused,
raised to believe cooperative love overpowers competing fears
about scarcity of time,
and other resources,
and anger about past over- and under-valuing of myself
as a regenerative resource,
CoPresence Source,
raised to believe the Golden Rule
is most effectively...
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Categories:
makers, anger, destiny, fear, hate, love, power, violence,
Form:
Epic
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar TranslationSweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest in bounty and in beauty clear
and in every virtue that...
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Categories:
makers, character, desire, devotion, flower, for her, garden,
Form:
Sonnet
UnleashedI got up this morning in a good mood
searching for solitude in the distant skies
And watching the clouds rolling by
I stopped and listened to the sounds around me
While contemplating my sacred destiny
Barking dogs and...
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Categories:
makers, appreciation, confidence, future, happy, loneliness, love, places,
Form:
Narrative
Wall StreetSet upon the new world stage within the burning fires of hell. Silently posed factions of the elite, suppress the true inherit of Mother Earth. The meek children bending over for millennium, taken spankings of...
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makers, political, slam, social, war, war, world, lost,
Form:
Epic
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 71The preparations were almost complete when Lumi reappeared down stairs. He seemed preoccupied and burnished an all encompassing smile across his face.
“Lumi... Lumi,” Joulupukki had to repeat himself to...
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Categories:
makers, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
The OutlanderI am an Outlander
Who lives on a high hill
Overlooking a man-made lake
That once was a rapidly rushing river
Along whose banks the Ozarks Bluff Dwellers and the Osage and then Delaware
Hunted, fished, and created shelter
For their...
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Categories:
makers, change, childhood, community, history, home, journey, remember,
Form:
Ballad
Revolutionary PlutocracyThose who get,
get more.
Those who want,
want more.
Evolution is not survival of the fittest species,
but thrival of the greatest fit with least endosymbiotic change required
within,
whether we speak of polycultural enrichment
or meta-paradigmatic revolutions in understanding multicultural enrichment.
Evolution...
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makers, health, love, political, science, wisdom, integrity,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Ivory Castle Ii,Once upon a time, there was a castle made of pure ivory. Pillars pale and barren holding a surface of grace and elegance. This castle was the home of a mighty unicorn named Stardust. She...
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Categories:
makers, adventure, child, fun, silly,
Form:
Narrative
Jesus Told MeJesus taught and lived
Those who follow the Way
Truth
Life, rather than punishing death,
would be known
by our love,
especially for our enemies.
He did not say, or live,
Those who punish themselves and others with death threats
and war planning
and technology...
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makers, community, culture, health, history, integrity, love, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
OkOK
It’s ok to think I'm disabled, it’s not ok to ignore my atheism;
It’s ok to know I'm firstly an atheist, it’s not ok to assume this has always been obvious;
It’s ok to understand that...
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Categories:
makers, discrimination, education, life, people, rights, smile, society,
Form:
Free verse
World BleedersWorld Bleeders (#777 words)
If you claim to be sane
in this crazy whirled we live
I pity the world in your domain
in that you forget to forgive
I think your normal is abnormal
You must be one of the...
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Categories:
makers, change, dark, death, earth, evil, political, world,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am the Vicar's DaughterNoise ,Noise, Noise
Bickering and ''whoremongering''
Dirty money for campaigning
repudiation and gallivanting
mudslinging and maligning
Brainwashing and false promises
How did you get on this bloodstained road
Who advice you to follow Uncle Pan's path
A path that is...
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Categories:
makers, betrayal, bible, blessing, community, endurance, faith, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Ooniversal OoOOOniversal oo
Frightened tepid antisocial ant was football training avidly but failing to attend a fragrant tailor army. Oh dear. That was sure to be put forward to the sacred sanction ship and the sacred sanction...
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Categories:
makers, absence, adventure, angst, anti bullying, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
I do not know?
THE PEPPERMA'S POSITION ON ABORTION
I OPENED A DOOR IN THE UNIVERSE
ONLY TO FIND MYSELF
FLOATING IN A SPHERE.
A FAINT REDISH COLORED LIGHT
PIERCED THE SPHERE.
IN A WAY , ALLOWING TO ME
TO PARTIALLY NAVIGATE
MY WAY AROUND.
THE...
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makers, abortion, birth, creation, freedom, life, love, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Evaluating ValueIn what ways have nutritional
and health
and financial
and well-being values increased
over past time,
whether a season,
or a year,
or a decade,
or a lifetime,
or a millennium,
and in what ways have toxic dissonant disvalues
and decaying trends ebbed and...
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Categories:
makers, caregiving, earth, environment, love, philosophy, political, psychological,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
THE M-A-Y-A-N-S
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_________________________________ ...
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makers, appreciation, beautiful, culture, fate, lost, mystery, wisdom,
Form:
Concrete
Ripped-Off DeniersYesterday I heard a happy Republican
crediting President Trump's self-proclaimed successes
to his training and experience with consumer-driven accountability;
meaning,
I presume,
his for-profit experience with market-driven consumerism.
Now I realize this for-profit wealth of experience
outside Washington,
untainted by prior government experience,
appears...
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Categories:
makers, conflict, earth, environment, health, money, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Handicapped By Fear"Let not your hearts be troubled. Neither let it be afraid". Jesus Christ, John 14:1 ...
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Categories:
makers, fear,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 56 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Polly EquationAugust 11 2032
It was the Day after Damian's
39th birthday. The Seven were
Now a year old. They slept in
Two big beds welded together.
It still appeared as one big
Crib because of the railings.
The...
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Categories:
makers, adventure, allusion, child, devotion, emotions, father son,
Form:
Alliteration
Song From Beyond the Stars Part 2 Earthside Gatheringfrom the extremely large to the very small, rocks have been game changers
planet-sized melters, moon-makers
asteroids with cataclysmic impact, dinosaur terminators
again life's prospects pivoting
this time, on tiny stable...
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Categories:
makers, adventure, destiny, humanity, science fiction,
Form:
Verse
William Dunbar: Lament For the Makaris TranslationLament for the Makaris ("Lament for the Makers/Poets")
by William Dunbar [c. 1460-1530]
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
i who enjoyed good health and gladness
am overwhelmed now by life’s terrible sickness
and enfeebled with infirmity ...
how the...
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Categories:
makers, death, evil, fear, poets, sorrow, sympathy, writing,
Form:
Elegy
ThunderThunder
From hills in the distance
Comes the roll of thunder
Soon raindrops are spotting
His mind turns to wonder
The sky flashes brightly
In vivid white and blue
He knows in a short time
This storm will break through
Above clouds are...
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Categories:
makers, storm,
Form:
Verse