Long Mediterranean Poems
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Flags of false doctrines and the signs of the times Q and A plus Bibical Commentary
Q Where did Yoga, Ti-chi, transcendental meditation, karma and reincarnation
originate from etc?
A The eastern religions and the 'slimy serpent' introduced the 'to the Christian
...
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Categories:
mediterranean, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Observance
Observance
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:
mediterranean, loneliness, lonely, longing, loss, lost, seasons, time,
Form:
Sonnet
Unquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxi Part One
Unquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, the Sereno and the Hausgast – XXXI Part One
Be they so named or not in these here parts, visions of shrieking furies with Gorgon heads and...
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Categories:
mediterranean, care, city, horror, rights, urban,
Form:
Quatrain
Travel Light
* This poem was written for a contest originally, but was used by Professor Anne-Marie Thornton of Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, to teach her WAR POETRY class in the spring semester of 2017. My...
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Categories:
mediterranean, child, children, loss, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
travel light
Her small angelic face ...
Once a place where broad smiles bloomed like butterflies on marigolds,
is streaked with the furrows that countless tears have etched into the
layers of dust and dirt and explosive residue that now...
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Categories:
mediterranean, child, conflict, courage, war,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Paris the Last Week of the August Reprieve- Xxxv Part Two
Unquotable quotes: Paris, the last week of the August reprieve – XXXV Part Two
II
The first signs reek tell-tale
Buffer-to-buffer...
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Categories:
mediterranean, august, autumn, farewell, lost love, winter,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Rilke Translations I
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:
mediterranean, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
Unquotable Quotes: Paris the Last Week of the August Reprieve - Xxxv Part One
Unquotable quotes: Paris, the last week of the August reprieve – XXXV
Part One ...
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Categories:
mediterranean, august, autumn, farewell, september, society,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Velvet Glove Compartment
Age defiant was this spruce and spirited citizen slinking blithely past the burgundy red doors of her enigmatic country dwelling.
As her olive skin neatly curved fingers
slid over an intermittently scratched carbon black handrail she...
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Categories:
mediterranean, adventure, age, birth, celebration, deep, devotion, feelings,
Form:
Prose
travel light
* I’m honored to say that this piece was used for a “War Poetry” class by Ann Marie Thornton at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. Many thanks to her and the students for their questions...
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Categories:
mediterranean, analogy, child, war,
Form:
Epic
Cautious Optimism
Human foot-traffic is flowing along slightly faster than 2020, ...
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Categories:
mediterranean, world,
Form:
Verse
Nigerian Independence Celebration
As October 1 approaches, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY……………………
I have enormous tracts of land and vast volumes of water, but cannot feed myself.
So I spend $1 billion to import rice and another $2 billion on milk.
I produce...
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Categories:
mediterranean, celebration, freedom,
Form:
Alliteration
Fishing Boats On the Beach At Les Saintes
Fishing Boats On The Beach at Les Saintes - Marie’s-de-la-Mer
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1888), Arles, June...
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Categories:
mediterranean, beach, boat, fishing,
Form:
Ekphrasis
The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
I led a boring life.
The end.
All joking aside, now the epilogue.
As a bookish fellow born January 13th,1959
he attended school and got promoted
as a...
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Categories:
mediterranean, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Free verse
Diary Notes: Lament At Dawn - a Year Ago Yet Now No Change
Diary Notes: Lament at Dawn A Year Ago and yet now No Change
...
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Categories:
mediterranean, august, christian, discrimination, hate, immigration, islamic, jewish,
Form:
Free verse
The Trip of My Life
the grace of Paris
lingering in my thoughts. . .
Madrid’s grimy walls
As our small group of students entered Madrid, it was an early morning in late January. We had left behind us what has been...
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Categories:
mediterranean, travel,
Form:
Haibun
Scars of Love- a True Valentine Story
War leaves scars. They are emotional. They are physical. They are spiritual.
My brother had proposed to my sister-in-law on Valentine's Day, and so it was on that fateful day, 12 years later that his and...
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Categories:
mediterranean, love hurts, spiritual, war,
Form:
Narrative
A Lonely-Child Stranger Dancing Near The River
{"I want to be at arm's length of people because I have met you. You reflect on what I believe and disbelieve.
You introduce me to a sacred hollow shallow cage you call your childhood...
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Categories:
mediterranean, absence, abuse, addiction, anger, child abuse, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Our Greek Getaway
Dear friiends those who first read my poem i left an important line out in the donkey story
The first dance after our wedding,
Was absolutely exciting, intoxicating,
My darling whispered in my ear,
My wedding present to you...
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Categories:
mediterranean, beach,
Form:
Narrative
A Tale of Ancient Times
This is a tale of ancient times
And a knight of valiant heraldry
Who followed true his knightly code,
The weight of righteousness his load,
All sheathed in heaven's grace he rode,
And practiced naught save chivalry.
From the Pope a...
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Categories:
mediterranean, faith, history, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
My Ancestors Escape
PRELUDE
There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go. Greece was occupied by the Turks during the Middle-Ages for almost 500 years. My...
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Categories:
mediterranean, war,
Form:
Free verse
Diary Notes: Lament At Dawn
Diary Notes: Lament at Dawn
…at the...
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Categories:
mediterranean, french, holiday, introspection, paradise, paris, vacation,
Form:
Free verse
Who Am I
Daughter of Mary and Louis
(Named after my late grandmother )
My name is Charmaine
a name originated from latin
Charmaine means -a song
Eldest of two siblings
Wife and Mother
Born and raised
in the sun-kissed land of...
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Categories:
mediterranean, prejudice, , western,
Form:
Bio
You Can’t Take What You Can’t Give
I’ll handle the rejection as a merit in my spirit, as I did once when I was a kid.
The townspeople will turn all of the sprinklers on when spring has made its arrival apparent...
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Categories:
mediterranean, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety, corruption, deep, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Hello and Greatings
I will be 75 on June 26th and married for 50 years on August 27th.
I have a Master's Degree in Labor Economics and BA's in Sociology
and Psychology. I was Supervisor of Labor Market...
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Categories:
mediterranean, encouraging, , literature,
Form:
Blank verse