Long Materializing Poems

ETERNAL RECURRENCE*


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“I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before and
 I hope to return a thousand times after.”  GOETHE 
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1.

Once upon a time, 
The Lord...

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Grey Bane and the Dark Lord


Perched on a stalagmite jutting up from the floor
Hugo was staring at length across the cave
My eyes accustomed to the glow followed his gaze
Frozen in ice was my Love whom...

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My coping method fraught with utmost futility thus...

My professional treatment plan
predicated upon duress in extremis
hence Electroconvulsive therapy,
a last ditch effort I avail
and surrender self qua
to shock the monkey (me)
one (twenty first century)
obstinate bipedal hominid turncoat
optioned,...

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Hiroshima Poems I

Let Us Be Midwives!
by Hiroshima survivor Sadako Kurihara
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Midnight...
the basement of a shattered building...
atomic bomb survivors sniveling in the darkness...
not a single candle between them...
the odor of blood...
the stench...

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Did you ever
   see a dark shadow
      in the corner
of the ceiling
  and thought you
      could almost
     ...

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Even now, she could recall the intoxicating ecstasy that consumed her as the blade bit and tore. A perverse mix of terror and dominance, an unholy sacrament enacted to satisfy depravities that should have died...

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Hoisted high Black flags sail,
Camouflaged by a misty veil, 
A bow braced with forward guns,
Upon a ship no-one outruns,
This sight was seen through a scope,
A view of horror crushing all hope,
Terror races through the ship,
For...

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The elliptical sea, ageless, timeless without fathoms depth
Of the eternal degree, its finite waves ushering against the
Everlasting shore of tranquility’s rush, a liquid vacuum of inner
Special waves, crashing against the coral rife of life itself.
Beneath...

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Sinking in sweltering fire 
Angst rooting me to the spot 
This denial-- feeding the liar 
I swim in no emotion...much like a robot

Drunk by the flooded regret 
Many the times you refuse my offer 
All the time you refuse it,...

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Once upon a time, the Lord of spiritual consciousness
Was sitting peacefully on His blissful throne 
Ceaselessly contemplating upon His equilibrium
T’ was the era of no moon, no sun, no stars, no earth, 
No oceans, no...

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Sorry...No Time To Play UNO With Dada!

Forgotten memory jarred
beholding two decks UNO
materializing from...thin air,
(Spongebob Squarepants nonetheless),
I vividly recall both offspring

as bubbly little girls
their most favorite card game
both daughters grown
into independent womanhood
(playtime verboten shunted aside,

they now...

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Red blood drips- dripping, running down the cross.
Never did we count nor could we imagine the cost of disobeying God.
Drip, drip sour mixes with the red.
Wounds too wicked upon His bare skin.
Forgive me Lord for...

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Means you've taken time
to become fully aware
without staring
forming portraits
from mere glimpses
 always thinking,
I shouldn't be drawing
these kinds of conclusions
but I love materializing
illusions

Going slow means  you've
taken account that her skin
is as delicate as the tissue
she...

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The soul shatters upon death. Sentience fractures into a million variables that swirl chaotically into piercing eyes that melt into the color sadness, spinning into galaxies that shrink to the size of ants and you...

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You're drowning in your fear and it cuts deep into me but i won't bleed.
 Looking into your eyes i have seen the trepadation materializing for weeks. 
You won't even utter a whisper, you fall...

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Out of the blue,
My thoughts drifted to you.
Beautiful, intelligent lover -

Two dreams feeling, hoping, and laughing together.
Gazing at stars our fantasies sing forever. 

Finding you gave my fear its egress.
Warmth embraced in fullness.
Loves caress.

Two souls...

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DUCK IN  A  DARK CITY LAKE	


Small and dark, materializing in the lake  
From the seamless blue black, the sprite  
Curved her path, leaving a gleaming wake,     
Its...

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As the day comes to a close
Dwindling shorter
Each and every single day
As the warmth leaves our mouths
Materializing into winter spirits
As fall leaves us
And winter is welcomed like an old friend
As the earth proceeds on its...

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They come slowly
Daring to make a sound
Not knowing what they'll find 
They pay a special mind
Winding wisps of whispers 
Dashing all around
Unsure of what they've found

Materializing white as snow
Luminous and subtle
With long dresses flowing
and halos...

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Deep and dark, ready to consume,
Shadows fall down across the room,
And stretch out across the floor.
Engulfing the light, hungry for more.
Darkness reaches his hand out to cover her light.
From with in his depths, he unveils...

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We take birth in sweetest songs of nature
and our living becomes fresh in
natural dimensions

Every feather of nature for us, for 
our life, for our easiness in our
trading, business

Every breath of nature for our healthy
life and...

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The teacher reads,
Her lips, forming words out of erotic movements
Her face, sharing handfuls of emotions
Her words, hypnotizing
Her eyes, racing back in forth,
running up and down each paragraph.

And the teacher reads,
My focus is broken,
Floating gently past...

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DUCK ON THE SMOLENKA



Middle of river just relaxing
Riding  the waves
From the western breeze 
And the waves large and small
Passed under him
Buoyant and sublimely afloat
Slipped by him leaving no wetness
Passed through him
Without affecting his swim...

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Flames engulfing all within their path
Ignorant of the damage they've created.
Renewing life, through destructive force
Emerging of the Ashes, life's new rebirth.

From Nature's fury, the force of fire's born.
Destruction's enforcer, survivors left to mourn.
Scorching all held...

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Sparks of breathtaking pleasure moans

Paint the night with luminous stars 

Embrace the unknown that invites and hold it tight

Captivation of a new language that gives it light

Twilight of romantic exquisite sweet poetry writes

Artist core of...

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