Long Pad Poems
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Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow low
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, investigate loneliness!
a solitary leaf
clings to the Kiri tree
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
The cheerful-chirping cricket
contends gray...
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Categories:
pad, animal, butterfly, death, earth, life, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations Ii
Dusk-gliding swallow,
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers!
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies off, sated
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
That dying cricket,...
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Categories:
pad, autumn, death, life, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Haiku
Ice Cream Gran 5 - Turbo, We Have a Problem
It’s heading for our planet at ten thousand miles an hour
To stop it all the experts say we haven’t got the power
All the nukes in all the world won’t constitute a plan
So someone said, ‘All...
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Categories:
pad, grandmother, hero, space,
Form:
Rhyme
The Bone Idol
[First posted in 3 parts. Intended novel: time never allowed]
Prologue
This, Sir, is the prologue from before our tale begins
About the day our father did succumb to mortal sins
And left behind a man who would...
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Categories:
pad, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian Take
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*
In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...
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Categories:
pad, books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Used To Go To This Bar
Red light, the neon beer sign on the distant wall reflects off the long expanse of polished bar top, overpowering the quiet brown wood. It’s after lunch, only a few people in to stir the...
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Categories:
pad, addiction, beauty, drink, religion, society, solitude,
Form:
Prose
Thirty-Two
from island corner, big Antrim lad
to Belfast city, a tiny pad
shattered windows, tilted clocks
Goliath had lost his socks
gargantuan giant going mad
Armagh apple girl, any topic
...
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Categories:
pad, ireland, nonsense,
Form:
Verse
Agenda
"Again... I apologize but threefold times ...
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Categories:
pad, america,
Form:
Political Verse
I Cry
I cry at baptisms, funerals, and touchy movies. There are more ...
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Categories:
pad, change, family,
Form:
Verse
Brownian Motion Writ Large
Brownian motion writ large...
within small medium
as light brainstorm doth
hail forth the following poem.
Across the realm of gray matter
slowly percolating within tissue
composed of neuronal, glial
and endothelial cells, and although
there must be biological...
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Categories:
pad, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, appreciation, business,
Form:
Free verse
Another Time and Place
Another time and Place
...
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Categories:
pad, appreciation, friend, poets, remember, smile, time,
Form:
Rhyme
A Trick My Father Learned In Prison
I’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth...
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Categories:
pad, ireland, prison, war, , western,
Form:
Prose
Ten Years, Somewhere In Their Lost Neighbourhood
“Ten Years, Somewhere in their Lost Neighbourhood”
Of course,
he said, like a god,
there is no course,
one must simply go with the flow
the penumbra stands waivering its existence,
a kind of deactivation, fuzzy borderline hanging,
backing the art...
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Categories:
pad, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 20-- Dolly Damian and Molly: Cascades Continued
Polly eased her self up from the luxurious Couch
Saying "Well, I'm going to leave Now, but I'll
Be around later on." The twins
Both noticed her dressed to Impress
outfit as she stood.
"Tell...
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Categories:
pad, beauty, longing, love, lust,
Form:
Alliteration
Angel's Hope
The past scampers out of view.
Like the paw prints of a cat running to the bush.
The wheel of time follows no straight line.
As we sometimes trace back over the lines.
In the recesses of our...
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Categories:
pad, abuse, addiction, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Spring also known as vernal equinox arrives March 20th, 2025
Spring (also known as vernal) equinox arrives March 20th, 2025
at 5:01?AM in Northern Hemisphere
out of hibernation,
sans mancave, I will climb
eastern standard time,
when calendrical, celestial,
and chronological prime
airy factors mark
onset of temperate clime
mitt, also coincides with
'super worm...
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Categories:
pad, adventure, beautiful, bird, birth, inspirational, march, spring,
Form:
Free verse
Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~
i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is me
hopefully you want to hear
my voice in its totality
~the prologue~
just...
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Categories:
pad, angel, beauty, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Trinidad
I
Remember when days were long
and all de children do...
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Categories:
pad, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Last Love Letter
Oh to vacation behind the heavy metal door
To escape another election year.
All news is stopped at the door by the guards
Whoever sit in the same place
Waiting
Always
Waiting to retrieve all banned goods
And outside time.
Between med...
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Categories:
pad, addiction, blue, mental illness, new york, political,
Form:
Narrative
Thanksgiving Dialogue
ThanksGiving advances
Arising thoughts about boundary breaching risks
and perennial partisan issues
and deep listening opportunities.
Perhaps only the Othering
and Othered One Percent
instilling in their children
and future grandchildren
that extended family meals
are never an appropriate time
or sacred space
to speak of...
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Categories:
pad, humor, light, political, power, religion, senses, thanksgiving
Form:
Political Verse
The Belly of the Root
I finished my work early this morning
and went outdoors to exercise
I jogged around the circle for a while
and observed a few things happening outside
A pickup truck parked on the edge...
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Categories:
pad, america, autumn, betrayal, character, corruption, deep, men,
Form:
Narrative
The Five Secrets
The Five Secrets"
?????? I had this amazing dream .....
I had this dream. I dreamt I was in this room and there were bookcases from floor to ceiling on all four walls, with no windows. The...
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Categories:
pad, anxiety, assonance, dream, old,
Form:
Narrative
Random Word Poetry
This is just me writing a verse
About whatever came up first when the dictionary gave me a random word
Matricide
It was all going well I'd never felt better
I've been happy since we got together
You were always...
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Categories:
pad, creation, poems, poetry, work, write, writing,
Form:
Free verse
When It Comes To Me
I often sit for long periods of time
hoping the perfect beginning will come to me.
To write a poem that starts with a pristine Capital
leaving readers with great expectations.
But after much torment, with not a fleck...
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Categories:
pad, adventure, celebration, change, identity, passion, poetry, writing,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Brenda
I had to come round, word on the street tells me you were caught in
bed with big Brenda.
Well, let me just put that rumour to bed right now. I wasn’t in bed with her, she...
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Categories:
pad, giggle, humorous, romance,
Form:
Free verse