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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: marcus aurelius, 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: marcus aurelius, giggle, humor, humorous, irony, literature, word play,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Ms Liska
When I was a FreshPerson in a new higher school,
our English Literature class was delighted
to meet a new to our area Ms. Liska,
who was a beautiful teacher
both outside
and in,
and so we all loved her,
and knew...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, death, humanity, humor, life, philosophy, student, teacher,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Imagination Says, a New Vagabond I Shall Be
Imagination Says, A New Vagabond I Shall Be

Longing for beauty, I walk amidst the flowers
An olden warrior, free from fallen towers
Yet soul in me, glorious peace simply cannot find
For lonesome heart weeps deeply into troubled...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, art, beauty, color, creation, encouraging, hope, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Deepening Dusk
Deepening Dusk
                by Odin Roark

How might this relentless approach of final darkness
present its final moments before curtain?

The acts have been...

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© Odin Roark  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: marcus aurelius, history, philosophy,
Form: Prose Poetry



Epigrams IX
These are epigrams by Michael R. Burch


Road to Recovery
by Michael R. Burch

It’s time to get up and at ’em
and out of this rut that I’m sat in.

A man may attempt to burnish pure gold, but...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, beauty, god, mother, recovery from, teacher, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rambling
Written: February 16, 2024

"Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought".
Quote by Marcus Aurelius
                ...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: marcus aurelius, allah, appreciation, character, deep, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Good Morning
Each morning I'm thankful to heavens divine
Because I’m blessed to see an early morning sunrise 
Wake up! Sleeping eyes 
And then I woke up to reality 
This is another day that God breathe life into...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, day, devotion, encouraging, faith, good morning, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Amid the Jagged Shadows
"Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs"- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
  Encompassed by autumn's gloam
 Naked limbs reach for the sky
 But it's just the season in which they call home
...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: marcus aurelius, autumn, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dealing With Reality Senryus
“The universe is transformation; life is opinion.”  
                    ~~Marcus Aurelius~~

Marcus Aurelius was the last of...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, inspiration,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Those Anxious Thoughts
Ever since birth anxious lived in me
anxious was the cause of my stammer
or did my stammer make me anxious
certainly, nothing made me calmer

The thought of school life, oh dear!
every day there certainly I did hate
tension-filled...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, anxiety, conflict, stress,
Form: Rhyme
To Me
To Me
To me she is beautiful
A demonic angel in black and white
To me she is delusional
She sees a Zebra but on a moonless night
To me she is exceptional
I've never met her equal
To me she is...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, best friend, blessing, character, feelings, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
Rambling
"Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thoughts." (Marcus Aurelius)

In certain moments, less is more.
It's regarded as a cliche, 
but when you think hard about it,
it is true in many...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, high school, hilarious, middle school, repetition,
Form: Quatern
Premium Member Evening Meditation Senryus


“The universe is transformation; life is opinion.”  ~~Marcus Aurelius~~



He was the last of the five, good Roman emperors. His reign was one of great tranquility….he has symbolized  the….“Golden Age of the Roman Empire”
for...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Humble Stoics
Emperor of Rome, in a time of peace,
Marcus Aurelius filled with pride.
Steadfast in his stoic belief,
in virtue alone does he abide.

The school of righteous thinking,
Zeno of Citium, in three hundred B.C.
Emotionless throughout the painted stoa,
Learned...

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Categories: marcus aurelius,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Tinted Thoughts
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
Quote By: Marcus Aurelius 



Tinted in hues that I never imagined 
this pilgrim soul has ventured farther then ever before
together as one encumbered with deeds unexplained...

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Categories: marcus aurelius, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

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