Long Mariner Poems
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EpitaphsEpitaph 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.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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Categories:
mariner, bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
My Most Popular Poems On the Internet IiMy most popular poems on the Internet (II)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lot...
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Categories:
mariner, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...
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Categories:
mariner, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
Athenian Epitaphs IiAthenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night:
his owner's faithful Maltese...
but will...
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Categories:
mariner, animal, best friend, death of a friend,
Form:
Epitaph
Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near RealityHalf a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality
Countdown to homelessness –
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register
pyrrhic victory won.
10…9…8…3..2..1…
Found me linkedin at the end of...
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Categories:
mariner, age, america, anger, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Stop Writing Literature, You Garrulous Indianfor Eric Mottram (1924 - 1995)*
a life of toil for the man in the centre
a hub in the peripheral tireless wheel
where he go then where he go this working...
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Categories:
mariner, celebrity, people, words, work, , literature,
Form:
Elegy
Exegesis
"Exegesis"
At 7 he was
thrown to the wolves
Bede marked his territory
hidden secrets
kept in the abbey
he escaped
went to war
where the unwanted trod
First regiment,
Vietnam
he took with him
like a comfort blanket
his Nicene creed and God
and on returning...
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Categories:
mariner, father daughter, love, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Sandcastles"Love...ultimate truth in life,
came tiptoeing, whispering...murmuring...tinkling" - by Poet
...
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Categories:
mariner, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
10 Conversations In Icu Part IiNumber six.
"Good morning, my name is David Brown. I'm a humanist chaplain volunteer.
I like to do the rounds and have a natter."
"That's interesting, David. Do sit down. So what motivates you here?
How do you...
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Categories:
mariner, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Stan the Man--Stan Lee a DedicationStan the Man--Stan Lee a DEDICATION
He who that says that he is I am
I am Stan the man
Stanley Martin Lieber was born on December 28, 1922,
In Manhattan, New York City,
n the apartment of his Romanian-born...
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Categories:
mariner, analogy, appreciation, books, community, dedication, farewell, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Soul Surfer
"Soul Surfer"
I bought some sea shell beads
today,
stood by the ocean
while the half sharp winter wind
washed
through
me
and
whispered stinging sticatto
cold licks next to my ear, so sincerely -...
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Categories:
mariner, freedom, romance, trust,
Form:
Romanticism
Only From the Heart
“Only from the Heart”
Only from the heart
can you touch
your Blue Sky
poems -
short sentences,
sometimes long
why do we write?
only the shadow inside
knows why we harmonise
contrasting dark and light
some verses like
ancient parables
in dusty tomes
that...
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Categories:
mariner, humanity, muse, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Trawl Tale of a Fictitious Seaman Told To YeWhile on the topic
of blood kith and kin,
I relate another
fabricated poem about
blimey bloke of a fisherman.
Trawl tale of a fictitious seaman told to ye...
Courtesy webbed whirled wide net wit
cursing thwarted life,...
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Categories:
mariner, 8th grade, adventure, animal, appreciation, destiny, fish,
Form:
Rhyme
ChildlessEpigrams/Epitaphs
Childless
by Michael R. Burch
How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.
***
Laughter’s Cry
by Michael R. Burch
Because life is a mystery, we laugh
and do not know the half.
Because death...
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Categories:
mariner, child, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, mother, war,
Form:
Epigram
Spider's RiggingSpider’s Rigging
“I had resolved on a voyage around the world, and as the wind
on the morning of April 24, 1895 was fair, at noon I weighed
anchor, set sail, and filled away from Boston, where the...
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Categories:
mariner, adventure, boat, environment, voyage,
Form:
Blank verse
Sea SongsHis heart is with the winds
that set his spirit free,
enduring breeze that sets the sails
and guides him out to sea.
Sea rover fair with eyes as blue
as ocean’s deepest depth,
he hails the morning mist
and keenly sets...
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Categories:
mariner, adventure, loss, sad, sea, heart, sea, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
Soul Surfer
"Soul Surfer"
I bought some sea shell beads
today,
stood by the ocean
while the half sharp winter wind
washed
through
me
and
whispered stinging sticatto
cold licks next to my ear, so sincerely -...
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Categories:
mariner, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
The Pirate and the PrincessAlas morning has come,
the treacherous storm has passed
Anticipation heightens my senses as the wind swirls past,
The essence of musk engulfs me;
Replacing the aroma of sea salt that once filled the misty air
I am...
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Categories:
mariner, adventure, life, love, passion, me, home, sea,
Form:
Epic
Plato Epigram TranslationsPLATO EPIGRAM TRANSLATIONS
These epitaphs and other epigrams have been ascribed to Plato...
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
But go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
We left...
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Categories:
mariner, death, eulogy, funeral, memorial, memory, remember, tribute,
Form:
Epigram
He Gave Her a Book"melliflous birds are still cooing in the forest of my amber dreams " (by poet)
a gift from my father - on the first day of college,
"Golden Treasury"...A book of poetry...
the first poem I read... "She...
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Categories:
mariner, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Free verse
Davy Jones LockerBeware young lad, tis the dawning of thy demise,
For the water witches screams, are carried on the
Winds breath, of the tidal waves hurricane.
Be-she, the banshie of the fathom’s abyss, treacherous
Mistress, beguiling temptress, enslavement's captive,
Whom...
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Categories:
mariner, boat, history, imagery, inspirational, international, science fiction,
Form:
Free verse
Nostalgia-Song of the Expatriate(I'm
an
Indian
lassie,
was
born
in
West
Africa,
(Nigeria),
Grew
up
in
South
Africa
(Swaziland)
and
currently
live
in
East
Africa.
(Tanzania).
So
I
live
in
Daresalam,
near
the
Indian
Ocean.
I
might
be
like...
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Categories:
mariner, missing, nostalgia, patriotic,
Form:
Quatorzain
Tale of a Fictitious SeamanMy grandfather Hymie
spent his entire life at sea
his thick calloused hands
and ruddy complexion re
enforced non verbal body language...
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Categories:
mariner, adventure, art, character, deep, god, memory, solitude,
Form:
Ode
Coming HomeI’ve been adrift on the sea, a lost soul of ideal inspiration
Tossed asunder amongst realities harsh waves of the incomplete,
A disembarked being, caught at the mercy of a thundering riptide
Of indecision, floundering, drowning alone, with...
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Categories:
mariner, adventure, boat, emotions, fantasy, home, imagery, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Rime of the Ridiculous Mariner
" Rime of the Ridiculous Mariner "
{warbled to the Merry Tune: Jingle Bells!}
Jingle Bells & Flyin' Hulls
All sheets in so tight~
Yikes Ahoy! There's the ploy!
Sail right through this night!
Run downwind beat to weather
fall off as...
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Categories:
mariner, adventure, me, may, me,
Form:
Rhyme