Long Orally Poems

Deor's Lament

(Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief.
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen...

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The seven were "all healthy and 
Well cared for" Dr. Maxim 
Stated. She was a little 
Concerned about Adian. He
Only gained one pound since
His birth. Molly said, "I'm 
Worried he's not getting enough 
Milk. I'm...

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Goodbye and good riddance 2023

Commencement writing this poem
began December 31st: 2:24 PM
ended December 31st: 03:53 PM.

The best geriatric effort I apply
twittering, ushering, and 
albeit wheezing Auld Lang Syne
crocodile done deed tear 
will yours truly cry
bidding,...

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I cannot express orally, how and how much,
I am unable to say its source and its flow;
Is it from a human or it has divine touch?
Sometimes it is fiercely fast, and other times slow;
Why it's...

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Ogbuefi my great, great grandfather begat
Ifegwu, my great grand father and Pa Ifegwu
Begat Agwo, my grandfather whose sword slain many at the battle of the Mosanga.
And Agwo begat my father Ogbu- john
Who showed us common...

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THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY :
            BIBLIOTHERAPY
 
The word poetry derives from the Greek word 
‘poesis’, -
Which means ‘a making’ of a literary art...

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THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY :
            BIBLIOTHERAPY
 
The word poetry derives from the Greek word 
‘poesis’, -
Which means ‘a making’ of a literary art...

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Incredible Product Warnings

By Elton Camp

Far from folly this hair dry warning is keeping
In telling snoozers, “Do not use while sleeping”

Thinking of putting a curl in your colon or tongue? 
“For external use only,” on curling...

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The Word of Eternal God
Which is the power of Eternal God for salvation to everyone who has faith
Is set forth 
Displays its power in a most wonderful way in the writings of the New Testament
Which...

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Look at the stormy wind coming,
Can you see the strong hands/
Can you see it mouth so wide and deep 
The mighty wind it came with scattering all manners of things desperately?
Things which people gathered for...

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Man-made drugs
Induce an altered state
A psychedelic paradise
Of euphoria
A burst of colors
Impaired reality of dreams
A fix of blissful forgetfulness
Married to ecstasy

What need have I of these?
When I have you
My drug of choice
I will not touch any...

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People thought we island hopped by random drift, 
when our picnic canoes blew away.
"Where are your charts and instruments" they asked?
"Those feeble canoes could never make the journey"
"You only go there 'cause you lost your...

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As words escaped constricted passage
of time from eons of layered myths,
legends of demi-gods thus linked,
in glowing rendition, with whisk on hand
the Orator with staff, sang the Eel to slumber.

As words from parched lips of orchids,...

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Karuna, a beautiful nurse with a mother’s heart 
Used to take minute care of patients in her ward
In a Mumbai hospital  
Her services to the patients befitting her name
Were full of compassion:  
All...

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The orb calls to me, beckons breast beat,
blood in veins permeates, face red with heat,
as I asphyxiate, am dominated, reach climax.

Each time lustful, more powerful, sensual.
I crave this fix, my only reason to exist,
addicted to...

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An internal interlinking corroding pipe in an intersection is often assumed to be safe as cracks are not appearing outwardly so it would appear to be nothing was wrong. Unassuming looks. With no surface discoloration...

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If I was Leonard Nimoy I would rush about the place, 
I would hold my long pointy fingers in front of me as I sprang from door to door,
My pointy boots deftly propelling me from...

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She calls me God and damns me nightly
As we exchange deep sighs and moans
I'm the father of Orgasms and Creations
The moans of a beastly release
She's Mother of every Desire
Match of my fires 
explosion galore
From the...

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Sitting on the balcony lyricizing 'bout smoking weed
Yet instead i grabbed a pen and split the bag of paper
Wrote til my pen smoked with ink vapor
Bits of my mind occupied each and every line
Stuffed like...

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The elation from temptation is a tricky equation
the spacing gets it racing the heart is in rotation
the soul is placing in its placement...the dream
incased in is worth tasting with conversation 
at this station all are...

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*if you are not 18, do not read it please??? Thanks buddy!*

Choosing not to have sex
Even though I lost my virginity already as it is
Living life, celebrating my celibate lifestyle...sex before marriage is a sin...

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Immature boys
having a bully good time
Plenty wet towel fun ...
doing nude, verbal denigrating

It was just harmless locker room talk,
the unconcerned adults all said

Nothing to worry about,
the pampering voices cooed 
Giving patronizing pats on the head
to...

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The bain of authors, homophones, and this, I will add is not an ad in favour!
I have, I've walked down many an aisle on many an isle.
Drawn an arc whilst designing an ark.
I'm aurally embarrassed...

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Plink. Plink.

Drip...
follows drop,
follows drip,
follows drop.

Plink. Plink.

Resolutely, incessantly,
each precious globule
snakes, languidly, along
labyrinthine tunnel.

Plink. Plink.

Seemingly-innocuous fluid
conveys crucial content
and necessary nourishment:
sole source of sustenance.

Plink. Plink.

Life-affirming droplets
are welcomed, eagerly, into
damaged vessel's system.

Plink. Plink.

Naught but air to pass lips,
"NBM" had...

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The alarm shouted on my ear
The day is six thirty a.m young so is the air

I prostrate twiceand pray
To God to make me a predator and not a prey

I dust the house and mob the...

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