Long Plaything Poems
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Rilke Translations IiCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
plaything, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic 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 lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
plaything, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the PantherThe Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is not our world. It has no stars.
No light. Ten thousand...
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Categories:
plaything, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Rainer Maria Rilke: First Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, at Duino Castle, near Trieste on...
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Categories:
plaything, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
The Masochist and the Sadist(His Version of The Sadist and The Masochist)
Oh, a masochist what a fitting partner or should I say plaything for a sadist, but by bringing you into this world I knew that a part of...
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Categories:
plaything, dark, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
Matty Mattel Doll Circa Mcmlxv(alternately titled: idolizing childhood's end
today April 25th, 2021
generates elusive warm treasured memories).
Akin to significance my eldest sister
felt toward her “Willies” –
(totally tubular fuzzy bendable contrivances
analogous to an outsize pipe cleaner)
until she became a tweener
my Matty...
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Categories:
plaything, 1st grade, age, best friend, childhood, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
I Could Never Be the RainMy life started with rain,
the steady stream of drops,
hitting the trees gently
and ending its descent to our world
on the wet pavement.
I am on the sidewalk,
sheltered by a makeshift roof and
a border of trees.
The...
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Categories:
plaything, body, loneliness, longing, passion, rain, symbolism, voice,
Form:
Free verse
2nd Part Canzon Form ExampleA big thanks to Bob Newman for the fine Volecentral resource.
My example
Impatient Pleas (Cazone)
Come lie with me you pretty, pretty thing,
and let us stop our toying with our...
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Categories:
plaything, poetry,
Form:
Canzone
Are We Too Cold To Look Beyond“Irish I am,” my mam speaks in hushed tones to the air
She questions still, seeming to her alone
Intones, “Ireland, O Ireland, what are you?
Where do you keep yourself, so I may rediscover you?”
Her speech unknown...
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Categories:
plaything, devotion, heaven, home, ireland, longing, meaningful, passion,
Form:
Free verse
When Vitamin and Medication Bottles Became Plaything of the MissusWhen vitamin and medication bottles became plaything of the missus
Mental health of yours truly
heavily reliant upon one selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitor named fluoxetine (Prozac)
aside from countless
(approximately seven) other
prescription medications kept
stashed in a plastic tray
until one or...
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Categories:
plaything, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, bereavement, color, creation, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Smoking Cigarettes and Sipping CoffeeMany-colored and candle-lights; high beyond the soft trees a fresh country leans heavily toward the night, far beyond the sea’s shady shore.
Beams, o’er wide fields like a white star, \till from the earth’s crown drops...
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Categories:
plaything, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Upon Exiting the WombUpon exiting the womb...
23,190 days ago,
Yours truly got hashtagged
as the 2,975,075,410TH
person alive on Earth
according to website
https://worldpopulationhistory.org/
my-population-number/.
Come November 15, 2022
(a little more than
four months from now -
actually one hundred twenty days
after today July 11, 2022),
the world's...
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Categories:
plaything, adventure, africa, america, birth, creation, crush, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
The Warsaw UprisingWhat is freedom?
The brief period of anarchy between the last tyranny and the next?
Are we free if we cannot see the cage?
Or feel the chains?
What if our masters lengthen our leashes?
Only to tighten their hold...
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Categories:
plaything, anger, betrayal, death, freedom, violence, war,
Form:
Free verse
Inapropos Trois Faux Pas Jokingly Blurted OutInapropos trois faux pas jokingly blurted out...
yesterday August 30th, 2022.
The following fictitious account
predicated upon words spilling
out me mouth before taking time
to think through how sarcastic remark
would affect primary listener.
Comments about marital matters
particularly ours (yours truly...
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Categories:
plaything, adventure, august, fate, funny love, husband, sorrow,
Form:
Free verse
The Devil and the CowboysThe Devil and The Cowboys
Off in the distance
you could see the clouds forming
a blanket of white
on a canvas of blue
the wind was beginning
to give birth to some devils
and what was to come
only hardened men knew
"cut...
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Categories:
plaything, america,
Form:
Rhyme
Upcoming Mild Temperatures Will Quickly Melt SnowI looked outside the bedroom window
here at B44 Highland Manor Apartments
today March 13th, 2022 low and behold
took stock of soundless grounded sideshow.
Barenaked lady, i.e. mother earth
partially sloughed off
excess weight around her girth
her downy soft...
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Categories:
plaything, abuse, anger, anxiety, beautiful, conflict, cry, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
The Missus Pounded Mine PosteriorThe missus pounded mine posterior...
causing percussive rumpus
to vibrate like jelly
Me experienced quite disruptive sleep
(quite early in the morning
of November 10th 2022 -
no shut eye could I keep),
hence though exhausted, I share
childlike trait of...
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Categories:
plaything, abuse, anger, blue, fun, humorous, husband, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
What The Roses Don't SayWhat The Roses Don’t Say
by Michael R. Burch
Oblivious to love, the roses bloom
and never touch ... They gather calm and still
to watch the busy insects swarm their leaves ...
They sway, bemused ... till rain falls...
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Categories:
plaything, angst, fear, lost love, love, rose, roses
Form:
Sonnet
Trumpasaurus Extinction Highly UnlikelyHuge life like mockup
rigged up to bark
dare buzzfeed outsize monstrosity
diet coke, McDonald's and meatloaf
pet banality, execrable, and misogynistic words
greets visitors at formerly named
Mosquito State Park forever known as
Donald Trump State Park.
Whom so e'er decreed...
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Categories:
plaything, allusion, anger, animal, anti bullying, betrayal, crush,
Form:
Rhyme
Meleager TranslationsIf I am Syrian, what of it?
Stranger, we all dwell in one world, not its portals.
The same original Chaos gave birth to all mortals.
—Meleager translation by Michael R. Burch
Love, how can I call on you;
does...
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Categories:
plaything, desire, drink, feelings, for her, girl, girlfriend,
Form:
Epigram
Eve of the Faery Clock, Snippet of Canto IInfluenced by "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Rape of the Lock," my goal is to write this completely in iambic meter with (mostly?) rhyming couplets. (Though the intro's meter varies, the main...
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Categories:
plaything, dark, eve, fantasy, satire,
Form:
Epic
A French Narrative Poem, Translation of Narration Francaise By Rene EtiembleA French Narrative Poem: A wren comes to rest on a reed after the storm – Dialogue between the bird and the shrub. Translation of Rene Etiemble’s poem: Narration Française
(The very first poem composed by...
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Categories:
plaything, symbolism,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
RedemptionREDEMPTION
One day, when my time was done,
I flew to the place where it was always sun,
And before me lay a fine array
Of palaces and fields where laughter held sway.
As I made my way to the...
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Categories:
plaything, faith, forgiveness, inspiration, introspection, judgement, spiritual, wisdom,
Form:
Verse
While attempting going to sleep after midnightWhile attempting going to sleep after midnight...
December 27th, 2023,
the missus pounded mine posterior
(she played paddywhack
on me blimey buttucks)
not only causing contusion,
but flaying percussive rumpus,
where the wild things are
found yours truly feeling
like a...
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Categories:
plaything, blue, cry, father, games, humorous, husband, wife,
Form:
Free verse
A Love StoryHer beauty will be known for all the ages,
Deserving of its story in these pages.
A fathomless flame in eternity rages.
A rhapsody is her name sung by Angels.
Silken hair matching the suns golden hue.
Mirror the seven...
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Categories:
plaything, beauty, black love, dark, heartbreak, sad love,
Form:
Lyric