Long Maria Poems
Long Maria Poems. Below are the most popular long Maria by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Maria poems by poem length and keyword.
THE LAST GOODBYEThis is for the Contest - 'Titanic - Fare Thee Well' Sponsored by Tom Woody.
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Categories:
maria, death, inspirational, loss, love,
Form:
Narrative
Peace PrayerThese are peace poems, prayer poems, hymns and lullabies I have written for family, friends and the world over the years ...
Peace Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
for Jim Dunlap
Be calm.
Be still.
Be silent, content.
Be one with the...
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Categories:
maria, beauty, blessing, love, nature, peace, prayer, time,
Form:
Free verse
ObservanceObservance
by Michael R. Burch
Here the hills are old and rolling
carefully in their old age;
on the horizon youthful mountains
bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
By dying leaves and falling raindrops,
I have traced time's starts and stops,
and I have...
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Categories:
maria, loneliness, lonely, longing, loss, lost, seasons, time,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets Xxv-XxxiiSonnets XXV-XXXII
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
maria, bereavement, body, cancer, change, death, depression, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets X-XviSonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
maria, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Rilke Translations IiCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
maria, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
maria, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the PantherThe Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is not our world. It has no stars.
No light. Ten thousand...
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Categories:
maria, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Visitor Finale - a Collaboration With July MorningThe Story so far…
Makani (The Rising Wind), a beautiful extra-terrestrial researcher is sent to a remote island to observe earth. She finds Sam, a shipwrecked earthling near death owing to drowning. Sam (Ka ‘Lo -...
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maria, adventure, romance, science fiction, sensual,
Form:
Narrative
The GiftFrom the window of my chic city office, lost in thought, I gaze out.
The pedestrians scurry like frenzied ants below, caught up in their bustling state of holiday insanity.
In his haste to cross the street...
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Categories:
maria, allegory, holiday, hope,
Form:
Prose
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
maria, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Rainer Maria Rilke: First Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, at Duino Castle, near Trieste on...
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Categories:
maria, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
Visitor - Part 2 - a Collaboration With July MorningThe Story so far continued from 'Visitor'…
An attractive extra-terrestrial female researcher sent to a remote island to observe earth and beam back her findings is struggling with unfamiliar, alien romantic emotions. Even though she is...
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Categories:
maria, adventure, romance, science fiction, sensual,
Form:
Narrative
Sound of Silence - Lady Hawke - With Darren WhiteSynopsis
The lovely Lady Isabeau and her lover, medieval French Knight Etienne escape to flee the lustful advances of wicked Bishop of Aquila causing them to run afoul of him. The evil-bishop places them under a...
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Categories:
maria, betrayal, desire, emotions, evil, love, romance,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Reading of Villon Poems At West Berlin's Free University During the 1957-58 Winter SemesterThe reading of Villon poems at West Berlin’s Free University, Winter Semester 1957-58
...
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Categories:
maria, inspirational, passion, poetry, poets, remembrance day, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
The Library of Trust and HopeThe Library of Trust and Hope
The Bank of Trust and Hope
(Cant decide on title, so feel free to pick or suggest one)
She was all but four years of age
Birthdays were such magical moments
The cake was...
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Categories:
maria, analogy, garden, growth, happiness, philosophy, trust,
Form:
Light Verse
May It Be An Evening Star of Peace - In Collaboration With Our Ps Community Poets
Like the Evening Star guided ancient mariners through calm or troubled seas
Let it guide and help spread this message of Peace to the far ends of galaxies
May it become the ‘Swan Song Poem’ of all...
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Categories:
maria, beautiful, peace, star,
Form:
Verse
Poet Convention 2014Poet Convention
Lost in a poets convention,
I can't recall every poem, I've read through the years
50518, unique comments I 'validate'---
Thank You For Sharing Your Happy and Sad tears
Since March 24, 2010 In the...
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Categories:
maria, celebration, character, dedication, farewell, goodbye, inspiration, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Rilke Translations IArchaischer Torso Apollos ("Archaic Torso of Apollo")
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
maria, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
Rainer Maria Rilke: Second Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's second elegy from his Duino Elegies, which he began composing at Duino Castle in 1912.
Second Elegy
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Every angel...
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Categories:
maria, angel, art, desire, eulogy, god, love, passion,
Form:
Elegy
Visitor - POTW- A Collaboration With July MorningPOTW 28 January 2018
Prologue:
A beautiful extra-terrestrial female researcher is sent down to a remote island to observe earth and beam her findings back to her planet. She’s strictly forbidden to make any human contact. She...
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Categories:
maria, adventure, romance, science fiction,
Form:
Narrative
Giantvillism and City of the Bean People Part 5Jake’s Two Week Stay
Jake Castle began to think about Giant and Maddy. Looking in his case he decided to write a melody for when he brings his family, which include Nefa (his wife) and his...
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Categories:
maria, appreciation, best friend, birth, business, celebration, courage,
Form:
Ballad
Deep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True LoveDeep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True Love
( “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them” – George Eliot.)
Deep in newly disturbed soil, lies my true love
'neath a canopy...
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Categories:
maria, death, deep, depression, heartbreak, loss, pain, sorrow,
Form:
Elegy
NOTHING LESS - NOTHING MORE - POTDPOTD 8th Jan 24
NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE
The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moon cast its calming glow,
shadows lurked in the night's dark flow.
As the final...
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Categories:
maria, deep, emotions, inspiration, new years day,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
maria, death, love, sea, stars, water,
Form:
Dramatic Verse