Long Mead Poems
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An Bee Cailleach
“Éagmais croí a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla.
Faoi dhíon taobh istigh de na blianta seo.
Fanacht i bhfianaise, a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla.
Ós rud é go ndearnadh tú a chaitheamh.
Briseadh an tost seo”
"An Bee Cailleach"
She lives to...
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Categories:
mead, fantasy, imagery, joy, life, love, magic, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Chaucer Translation: Merciless BeautyMerciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.
Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...
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Categories:
mead, beauty, heart, relationship, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Roundel
Galaxy and the Logos:The word "Galaxy", is derived from the Greek "galaxias", literally "milky", a reference to the Milky Way galaxy. Galaxies contain varying amounts of star systems, star clusters and types of interstellar clouds. (Nebula is Latin...
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Categories:
mead, universe,
Form:
Narrative
Swing Sets and Jungle Gyms(or swing sets and monkey bars)
A pitch perfect spring day
such as today April 8th, 2022
within quaint hamlet
of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
in close proximity within mind's eye
to Lake Wobegon, Minnesota
finds me reminiscing...
When, scads of light years ago
(half...
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Categories:
mead, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Free verse
Cry WolfCry Wolf
Searchingly,
I peered into your sky painted eyes
without fully understanding what I might find,
but finding that which I might never fully understand.
And now,
My heart is adrift,
like flotsam ,hopelessly adrift.
And the wind that blows is cold,
and...
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Categories:
mead, woman, prejudice,
Form:
I do not know?
In the Valley of AvalonIn The Valley Of Avalon
This day the master of my Fate
Is none of those who lead shuddering
Through mazes of wizardry,-
Nor Trachmyr the Hunstman,
Nor Tannwein the daughter of Gweir,
Nor Penpingyon the porter of the palace,
Nor the...
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Categories:
mead, art, creation, fantasy, imagery, imagination, mystery, surreal,
Form:
Classicism
Hand-Picked Berries and Sun-Dried Tomatoes 1The following is a collection of selected critiques of the work of Zoltan Goliath and Otis Trench from a variety of media outlets. The views expressed therein
are entirely unsolicited, uncompensated and unexpurgated,
representing the...
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Categories:
mead, mythology,
Form:
Prose
Wizards and WitchesI'd love to paint, a picture for you, of images in my head.
Of a quirky old town, I'll set the scene, as you rise from a crooked bed.
The room you're in, whilst large in size,...
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Categories:
mead, adventure, color, magic,
Form:
Rhyme
Espousing Irreverent GreedEspousing irreverent greed
Crafted one year ago today
yours truly – hopefully self plagiarism okay
worse case scenario,
I would meet ill fate re: kenway
named after Assassin Creed
Black Flag's protagonist.
"Yo, I totally Kenwayed that guy."
by...
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Categories:
mead, abuse, adventure, age, anger, betrayal, conflict, divorce,
Form:
Rhyme
Their World
"Their World"
Of course, there was no re-assurance from them that they would respond to the message I had sent. Morning had arrived.
The day had commenced as any other, unravelling out of bed, in itself...
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Categories:
mead, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Belles Lettres
“belles lettres”
It’s a slow drifting
off, that moment
before you dive
into the dark
you surface
to find a boat
surrounded by
shining pearls,
Styx, a mirror
reflecting
otherworldly stars
hypnotic,
you trail
your long
pale slender fingers
in...
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Categories:
mead, dark, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Espousing Irreverent GreedEspousing irreverent greed
Passive stance, but aye agreed
and did promise to pledge troth
faster than greased lightning airspeed
once the missus temporarily
ceased menarche regarding monthly bleed
became in family way with child
thee eldest, whom one day may breed,
when permanently...
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Categories:
mead, adventure, age, animal, beautiful, birth, child, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
The Poets I Hope To Meet In Heaven - a Tribute To Chan Hurst 1979-2014A few poems written by Chan Hurst, (Just That Archaic Poet)
I hope that we can find some comfort in them at this sad time.
"A Rational Explanation"
What must I do to see this through-
Unlock the world...
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Categories:
mead, dedication, farewell, friend, miss you, poets, remember,
Form:
Rhyme
How Did Wiccans Acquire a Bad RepHow Wiccans acquired a bad rep is not clear.
Misogynist bullies afraid of these women’s light,
A young teen with an ugly heart of jealous fear,
Might point a finger under cover of night.
But in Salem Massachusetts, hysteria...
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Categories:
mead, america,
Form:
Chant Royal
Tribute To Youth and the Days Imagination and Boyhood DreamsTribute To Youth And The Days Imagination and Boyhood Dreams,
Poem One- Inspired by my own youth, also by Mark Twain's,
books, "Tom Sawyer" and his, " Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "...
To thee of beaming sun, virgin...
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Categories:
mead, appreciation, boy, childhood, growing up, imagination, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
50 Words For Poe: Phantasmagoria
“50 Words for Poe: Phantasmagoria”
“Darling, there’s someone here
who would like to meet you...”
This was how it all began -
‘twas the night of the Ghost Ball
the room was pumping
and the Lothario put on a good...
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Categories:
mead, dark, muse, mystery, romance,
Form:
Free verse
The Ruin In a Modern English TranslationTHE RUIN
an Old English poem about fate & destiny
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
well-hewn was this wall-stone, till Wyrdes wrecked it
and the Colossus sagged inward...
broad battlements broken;
the Builders' work battered;
the high ramparts toppled;
tall...
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Categories:
mead, destiny, eulogy, fate, gothic, history, horror, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Sigyn's Wedding Day:Dedicated To Tina EidamI remember the day well though long has it been
Tied to the cold stone slab as I am
Buried in a cave made of sand
On a vanishing isle of heather
The memory hastens me back to happier...
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Categories:
mead, magic, meaningful, mythology, wedding, wife,
Form:
Free verse
Before the Gates of Alahsar - Version - 2 - 4Fleet of foot,
down the stone steps, she seems to float,
now, ready to chase the wind,
Auburn locks now dancing.
Beauty dances through the crowds,
on golden walkways, she moves with grace,
upward, ever upward,
her long legs, running strong,
onward,...
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Categories:
mead, dark, death, dream, fantasy, light, love, war,
Form:
Epic
Before the Gates of Alahsar - 2nd Version - 2Continuation...........
On the second level, merchants homes and shops arrayed,
here were homes, of richer bearing, belonging to the more powerful,
mini palaces, with minarets adorning their heads, of purest gold,
the scents of the orient, here they did...
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Categories:
mead, dark, death, dream, fantasy, light, love, war,
Form:
Epic
Your Warmth: a Sailor's TaleAll is calm, all is at rest where once a storm had brew. No spray of mist, no violent torrent, nor upheaval of swelling wave to creek timbers or wash men over.
There was a calmness...
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Categories:
mead, home, sea, storm, sun,
Form:
Prose
Before the Gates of Alahsar - Version - 2- 19The ceremonial guard,
in splendour, they gallop across Badicha,
the people atop the walls loudly cheer,
the knights regaled in shining armour,
they ride so proud,
the cheering does quickly desist,
they now watch the Dark man and Turvehr.
The Dark man...
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Categories:
mead, dance, dark, dream, fantasy, light, love, war,
Form:
Epic
Fifth Step Zanzusie With a Joy, Joy!Plodding, trodding, onward I went,
Through a life of self-targeted perfidy.
Onward, outward, straight up and bent,
Toward Second Half-Century City.
Finally lost, with nothing but need,
Flailing, wailing, and sick,
I sat myself down, drank the last of my...
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Categories:
mead, forgiveness, friendship, happiness, hope, life, love, recovery
Form:
Quatrain
Before the Gates of Alahsar - Version - 2 - 12Slowly, in great pomp and honour,
Ricciard leads his guard,
people on the parapet watching,
creatures of the night lands,
they have come,
ride on, men of honour,
into antiquities pages,
the Dark Man and the Captain,
they head the train.
Distant dreams of...
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Categories:
mead, dark, death, dream, fantasy, light, love, war,
Form:
Epic
Before the Gates of Alahsar - Version - 2 - 5The mists of time,
they once more dissipate,
we return to mighty Alahsar,
come, my Lords and Ladies,
come. on golden wings,
Alahsar,
the golden beauty of dreams,
it does await us in its wonder.
The mists now clear,
we now...
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Categories:
mead, dark, death, dream, fantasy, light, love, war,
Form:
Epic