Long Ninth Poems
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Juvenilia: Early Poems IxJuvenilia: Early Poems IX
These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school student and during my first two years of college.
Shock
by Michael R. Burch
It was early in the morning of...
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Categories:
ninth, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Song of Amergin: TranslationThe Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations
The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...
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Categories:
ninth, ireland, myth, mythology, song, storm, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
Still wrestling with impasse to contentmentStill wrestling with impasse to contentment
Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow
slinking along outer limits of
the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path
of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking...
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Categories:
ninth, abuse, adventure, beauty, body, christmas, desire, father
Form:
Rhyme
Bharathidasan's Pulikku Nay Enta Mulai, Translated By T Wignesan
Bharathidasan’s “Pulikku nay enta muulai” (To the Tiger, the Dog knows no safe dwelling!) translated by T. Wignesan
Bharathidasan (1891-1964) was a self-proclaimed disciple of the eminent Brahmin poet: Cuppiramania Bharathiyar (cf. two poems of...
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Categories:
ninth, anti bullying, patriotic, political, racism, , literature,
Form:
Sonnet
The 12 Days of Yuletide In the Desert Southwest
On the first day of yuletide my dear presented me
...
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Categories:
ninth, christmas,
Form:
Verse
A Long Loud Sighgenius?
sometimes you are in its minimal spotted light...sometimes!
other times you just know you've been touched and you freeze,
moved but frozen...like a stranger it moves in, does its work and leaves.
...maybe it's been a while since...
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Categories:
ninth, introspection, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Sacred EnergyFascism lives in tension with holy optimism,
as hatred fades in presence of mutual love,
as WinLose evolutionary models
give way to WinWin sacred Energy
stories and songs and dances,
as patriarchal colonization
gives way to matriarchal creolization.
Fascism,
synonymous with Totalitarianism,
as written...
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ninth, anti bullying, caregiving, education, health, integrity, parents,
Form:
Political Verse
Wrestling With Impasse To ContentmentWrestling with impasse to contentment
Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow
slinking along the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking voltage surges an emphatic...
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Categories:
ninth, abuse, adventure, age, anger, betrayal, black african
Form:
Rhyme
Such Tenderness, For the Mothers of GazaSuch Tenderness
by Michael R. Burch
for the mothers of Gaza
There was, in your touch, such tenderness—as
only the dove on her mildest day has,
when she shelters downed fledglings beneath a warm wing
and coos to them softly, unable...
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Categories:
ninth, angel, arabic, baby, caregiving,
Form:
Sonnet
A New MythologyThere is a new mythology emerging,
Howling from the hind end of the pack,
Scorching the composted leavings
Of established orthodoxy as a pillar of flame
Showing the way for true rock & rollers.
It’s...
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Categories:
ninth, allegory, mythology,
Form:
Blank verse
Mahmoud Darwish English TranslationsMahmoud Darwish English Translations of Arabic Poems
Palestine
by Mahmoud Darwish
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
This land gives us
all that makes life worthwhile:
April's blushing advances,
the aroma of bread warming at dawn,
a woman haranguing men,
the poetry of Aeschylus,
love's...
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Categories:
ninth, allah, arabic, judgement, race, racism, rights, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Please Michelle ObamaPlease Michelle Obama...
can you save American democracy?
I highly hugely grant
Barack Hussein belated kudos
what with his wizardesses
in tow wrought wonders
to one nation analogous
while an under dog
sweeping in like...
It's a Bird... It's...
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Categories:
ninth, 12th grade, america, appreciation, beautiful, freedom, health,
Form:
Free verse
Describe Heaven For the BeautyDESCRIBE HEAVEN FOR THE BEAUTY
For the beauty of heaven Golden gates, made of gold;
Environment perfect temperature not hot nor cold;
Holy dwelling of the Most High Lord ;
For the beauty of heaven;
Can't even begin to comprehend...
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Categories:
ninth, celebration, dedication, encouraging, heaven, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Baseball Trash Can Cats Vs Downtown StrayHere we are fans this fine summer day,
to watch Trash Can Cats, versus Downtown Stray.
The field is grand in this deep wooded glen,
pitchers are warming up in the bull pen.
Pitching for the Cats is Crazy...
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Categories:
ninth, baseball, fun, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Canto Xxviii Hell Translation Part1Whoever might with just free words beside
Speak of the blood and in full too of sores
Which I saw now, with a narration wide?
Any speech will sure fail to open doors
To our sermon and for the...
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Categories:
ninth, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Making My WayI’m feeling that feeling
I felt in the beginning
Times flying by
my minds still spinning
I think I’m losing ground
And my patience is thinning
Getting tangled up in
the webs Life’s spinning
Further from where I’ve been...
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Categories:
ninth, character, repetition, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Thrilla In Manila - Philippines Coliseum
Well, here we are in the Araneta Coliseum
In Cubao, Quezon City in the Philippines
To witness two modern boxing Gladiators
Their prowess, stature, about to be seen
This will be the third between the WBC, WBA
Stepping into the...
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Categories:
ninth, character, history, men, places, sports, usa, world,
Form:
Rhyme
An anticlimactic sexual eventAn anticlimactic sexual event...
with Barb Black née Beebee
to help set the ghost
of little Willy Brandt free
(a non German, but germane fellow
courtesy Craigslist classified
personals of mine invitee
she replied, I took liberty
to Google her first...
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Categories:
ninth, 12th grade, adventure, betrayal, december, desire, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Sept 11,The Day the World Stood StillIt was a day like every other day, sunny and warm they said
New Yorkers smiling and happy, looking for their daily bread
Taxis were darting here and there, planes flying everywhere
Children were going to school, parents...
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ninth, america, evil, grief, hero, history, inspirational,
Form:
Epic
Botched and Bungled Interpersonal Opportunities ViewedBotched and bungled interpersonal opportunities viewed...
(summarily iterated June 30th, 2020)
I share the following lines
with utmost delight
courtesy 20/20 hindsight
June twenty ninth
two thousand and twenty
corrigible, fallible,
and intelligible light
hearted fella (aging
baby boomer) usually polite
doth not trend toward
superficial nor...
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Categories:
ninth, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
Alaska, the Last FrontierAlaska; the wilderness state, the last frontier:
Where majestic mountains,
Deliver streams into flowing rivers:
Down slopes covered in forests
Of Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock,
That dominates the landscape.
The name Alaska originates
From the Aleut word ‘Aleyska,’
Meaning the ‘mainland’ or...
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Categories:
ninth, celebration, culture, education, history, symbolism, tribute, usa,
Form:
Verse
12 Days of Christmas From MaineOn the first day of Christmas my hubby gave to me
A large whoopie pie
On the Second day of Christmas my hubby gave to me
Two fishing poles and a large whoopie pie
On the third day of...
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Categories:
ninth, humor, places,
Form:
Lyric
Centurio Romanus SumCenturio Romanus sum,
et nolite flere non commovebitur.
I am a Roman Centurion.I do not weep or tremble.
But I have wept some bitter tears before this end of week.
Yes, I have wept some bitter tears hot rolling...
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Categories:
ninth, bible, christian, death, easter,
Form:
Rhyme
12 Days of Christmas From Our Cabin In the Woods of Nc
On the first day of Christmas, my honey bestowed on me
A reflection of the love he has for me.
On the second day of Christmas, my honey bestowed on me
Two dreams come true, and
A reflection of...
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Categories:
ninth, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, inspirational, love, peace, romance,
Form:
Lyric
Color Me SpiritThe rainbow has 7 colors set in an order.
From the very top to the bottom of the arc;
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
Such are the colors we see in every rainbow.*
When our skin is...
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Categories:
ninth, color,
Form:
Verse