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Love Poems IiiLOVE POEMS III by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating, relationships, devotion and marriage.
Violets
by Michael R. Burch
Once, only once,
when the wind flicked your skirt
to...
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momentous, desire, devotion, love, lust, marriage, passion, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
InstructionInstruction
by Michael R. Burch
Toss this poem aside
to the filigreed and the wild tide
of sunset.
Strike my name,
and still it is all the same.
The onset
of night is in the despairing skies;
each hut shuts its bright bewildered eyes.
The...
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Categories:
momentous, extended metaphor, fantasy, happiness, hope, hyperbole, i
Form:
Pastoral
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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momentous, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval PoemsMedieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with the mild pheasants' song ...
but now I feel the northern...
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momentous, allegory, bible, christian, england, london, nostalgia, poetry,
Form:
Verse
I Have Labored Sore TranslationI Have Labored Sore
anonymous medieval lyric (circa the fifteenth century)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I have labored sore / and suffered death,
so now I rest / and catch my breath.
But I shall come /...
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momentous, christian, death, earth, heaven, sorrow, sorry, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
Jacqueline TrestrailOn this day 40 years ago in 1978 my mother, Jacqueline Anne Trestrail, left this world after a relatively short battle with cancer - she was 46. Jimmy Carter was President and Annie Hall won...
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Categories:
momentous, mother, tribute,
Form:
Prose
IronbarHe just appeared to me, like wispily curling
Chimney smoke,
One grim and early morning in the very midst of
Decembers briefest days, on the highest slope,
Toiling through my daily round; where, slowly
Driving up...
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Categories:
momentous, nature, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English LanguageTranslations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems
The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
(excerpt)
He who granted me life...
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momentous, england, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Moby Dick: Retribution, Be It Man Or BeastMoby Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne....
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momentous, angst, character, conflict, muse,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The JourneyHe always brought the subject up at the most inappropriate time, usually when someone was trying to kill us.
Are you a believer now?
If I get out of this, I’ll think about it. We got out...
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Categories:
momentous, death, faith, god, war,
Form:
Free verse
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part FiveRosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Five
The Monseigneur knew that they must be successful in this venture as the “Lord’s Madmen” or face the very real possibility of eternal damnation, if...
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momentous, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Thomas Jeffersons Letter To Reverend StoughtonJefferson’s Reply to Rev. Jonah Stoughton
Monticello
July 1, 1826
Sir, I have before me your letter of
the second of June, and I thank you warmly
for having taken the time to write me.
I have read it...
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momentous, political,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The JourneyHe always brought the subject up at the most inappropriate of times, usually when some c**t was trying to kill us.
Are you a believer now?
If I get out of this, I’ll think about it. We...
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Categories:
momentous, death, god, war, women,
Form:
Free verse
Coma Conversation: I Am In Your ComputerC:
I journeyed long upon the way, e-mailed through your router
hello "Henry", good to greet, I am in your computer
I am between him and her, so I am gender neuter
...
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momentous, computer, creation, hello, imagination, philosophy, science, universe,
Form:
Narrative
The Story of HistoryThe Story of History
Beyond those beaten days’ depleted daylight
Beyond the bathos of a pandemic bondage
With the resurrected sashay’s charmed night
Down in the dumps at the pretentious proscenium
A ...
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Categories:
momentous, history,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 12His words stung me, as the cries from the maelstrom seem to retort
Their scattered, foreign words and wails retching their say
I listened, almost mesmerized,
Pulverized
“Come,” Said he,
With threatening authority
Upwards, higher than the balcony from which we...
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Categories:
momentous, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, conflict, hope, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Gold Is Your SoulGold is your soul
The drive there will be boring.
The arrival so momentous!
The disappointing greeters;
The sights not quite as expected.
The smell at times will be rancid.
The art of it all will be lost.
They will say “Welcome...
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momentous, art, journey, music, paris, romance, solitude,
Form:
Bio
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 24In the morning, he was tetchy, but gentle,
Sitting beside me till my eyelids opened
I sat up, yawning, and rubbed my eyes
His hand brushed a dry tear off my face
“You are alive and well, I see,...
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momentous, courage, life, light, love hurts, pain, romance,
Form:
Epic
Chapter 50 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family SeventeenYear August 2036
Molly started contractions about
40 minutes before Dolly they
Were both rushed to the
Hospital in separate ambulances
There was a family Gathering
with both families at the
Hospital. This was a momentous
Event unlike the...
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Categories:
momentous, 7th grade, absence, business, caregiving, devotion, dream,
Form:
Alliteration
Living To Get OutWe all feel like
dying to get out of here
at least sometimes;
a meeting
a relationship
a job
a car or bus or airplane
a house or apartment
a nation or state
a Party or clan
a faith community or PTA.
This is about the...
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momentous, allah, birth, death, god, psychological, religion, science,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Whole Greenearth OpeningWhole GreenEarth opening
win/win systemic
Prophesied by sadness
loneliness
suffering of midway not not 0-Range
EcoPolitical Capital ReInvestment
nonzero emergent health restoring zones
resonant tones
resilient tender
mercies
Restoring GreenEarth justice
is a warm spring thaw
flowing outside
and deeply inside RightBrain intuitive delight
bright
In this ancient turquoise embodied
white...
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Categories:
momentous, community, green, health, humanity, integrity, mountains,
Form:
Political Verse
The Volunteer, a Poem Inspired By Hrh Prince George of Cambridge'We have a future king to make,'
Said the deep, resounding voice.
'But it is not a proper fit for everyone.
For a king must know first how to obey than to command,
And to abide rather than reign.'
'And...
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Categories:
momentous, baby, baptism, birth, child, england, london, patriotic,
Form:
Free verse
The Birdland OperaAll my life I had loved music, and rapturous harmonies thrilled my soul,
As the sound of a wild driving beat, causes eager feet to take control.
As a longtime concert pianist, I'd been fortunate to follow...
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Categories:
momentous, bird, color, fantasy, imagery, nature, romance, song,
Form:
Couplet
Whispers of DawnIt was a short walk I intended to take
To while away time that I did not have
For I had lots on my mind and hands
So off I went anyway and I was glad of...
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Categories:
momentous, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Courtesy Severely Receding Hair LineCourtesy severely receding hair line...,
yours truly enveloped within morose mood
I (Samson incarnate)
frankly experience zapped strength,
hence sulk and pine for salad days of youth
when abundant golden locks adorned me noggin.
Now in doddering dotage scant wisps...
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Categories:
momentous, absence, anger, crush, cry, fate, heartbroken, husband,
Form:
Rhyme