Long Posthumous Poems
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Miklos Radnoti Translations of Holocaust PoemsPostcard 1
by Miklós Radnóti
written August 30, 1944
translated by Michael R. Burch
Out of Bulgaria, the great wild roar of the artillery thunders,
resounds on the mountain ridges, rebounds, then ebbs into silence
while here men, beasts, wagons...
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Categories:
posthumous, death, grave, holocaust, horror, humanity, memorial, world
Form:
Free verse
Life Beloving Dualdark Night
Some days and nights
I am terrorized by death,
cold silo ache-echoing fear,
claustrophobic breathless dark
barking inevitable factness and finality
of my decomposing mortality,
and posthumous demise,
probably post-humorous as well,
should we discover any essential difference.
What good is death
if it cannot...
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Categories:
posthumous, death, depression, humor, identity, life, love, science,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthNascent poetic tribute to black history month...
crafted before onset when people of color
got acknowledged for twenty eight or nine days
depending if leap year occurred.
Though I yam Caucasian,
rightful to honor most bitter
racist genocidal...
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Categories:
posthumous, abuse, dream, evil, february, grave, hate, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Margins of PandoraTim’s father had been a refugee once he put down his fight and his gun
The story is that he embarked on the very last ship leaving East Prussia
Under siege tanks and bombs from above fireworks...
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Categories:
posthumous, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
Chief Garbage Taster As Fifth Grade Halloween GagChief garbage taster as fifth grade Halloween gag
at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School
interestingly enough landed me a grubhub grab bag.
I rooted thru poetry anthology of mine,
and came across an unpublished poem
by one obscure poet (me),...
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Categories:
posthumous, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th
Form:
Rhyme
The Missus Served Me High Test CoffeeThe missus served me high test coffee...
Ah... tis nothing more heavenly
(to one borne again devout atheist)
then a spring like January 18th, 2023
here at Highland Manor apartments
picturesque green covered landscape,
where intrepid dandelions
dare to defy...
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Categories:
posthumous, angel, appreciation, atheist, blessing, dedication, drink, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Fretfully Aching To Feel Fit As a FiddleFretfully aching to feel fit as a fiddle
After experiencing a severe,
albeit violent near lethal bout
of irritable bowel syndrome
(yesterday night August 30th, 2023)
triggered courtesy dulcolax caplets plus
healthy portion of lentils,
I (a beatle browed, foo fighting,...
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Categories:
posthumous, abuse, angst, anxiety, dad, death, drug, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Inextricably Rooted With Hair FixationInextricably rooted with hair fixation
As a lad in grade school,
yours truly, (a diminutive, intuitive,
oversensitive, and vegetative potato head kid,
whose voice exhibited
a severe nasal twang)
felt envious at other boys,
especially those young bucks
who sported budding antlers
plus thick...
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Categories:
posthumous, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form:
Rhyme
Hyperbolic Quasi Autobiographical PrevaricationHyperbolic quasi autobiographical prevarication...
caricature sketch of person best known to yours truly
What began as an honest
to goodness attempt
to craft personal truthful profile
evolved into a fictional poem
manifested into the following.
Despite the onslaught of paparazzi,
I...
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Categories:
posthumous, adventure, appreciation, best friend, celebration, character, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
How to attach a shower curtainHow to attach a shower curtain...
I revisit rather than write from scratch
a poem crafted May twenty third
two thousand and twenty
since the following words apropos
and amply serve a duplicate purpose
of aforementioned title,
when yours truly enlisted
(before...
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Categories:
posthumous, abuse, angel, appreciation, business, fun, hero, husband,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Association Comprises RatiocinationFree association comprises ratiocination...
Bonafide catatonic doggedness,
nevertheless this stubborn stoic poet writ
afore and another feeble effort courtesy
exhaustive mental effort
he brewed den - brought about divine visit
analogously to solve mystery pinpointing
within suspense unveiling whodunnit.
Whereat your true
plane vanilla...
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Categories:
posthumous, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Association Comprises RatiocinationFree association comprises ratiocination...
Bonafide catatonic doggedness,
nevertheless this stubborn stoic poet writ
afore and another feeble effort courtesy
exhaustive mental effort
he brewed den - brought about divine visit
analogously to solve mystery pinpointing
within suspense unveiling whodunnit.
Whereat your true
plane vanilla...
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Categories:
posthumous, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, allusion,
Form:
Free verse
Horizon Winkling Cosmoswobbling
earth
Phoebus
slipover
&
...
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Categories:
posthumous, analogy, autumn, creation, inspirational, meaningful,
Form:
Other
Auld Lang Syne the Most Sung New Years Eve Song“Auld Lang Syne” - the most-sung New Year's Eve song
Courtesy Robert Burns
circa (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796)
the National Bard,
Bard of Ayrshire
and the Ploughman Poet.
Two hundred sixty one orbitz elapsed
since brief existence of...
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Categories:
posthumous, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Circa Sixty One Years Ago July 6th 2001Circa sixty one years ago July 6th, 2001 -
birth of dear beloved wife
We now get along swimmingly
analogous to this bro and his older sis
on the cusp of our gifted silver married years
if her presence absent,...
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Categories:
posthumous, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, birthday, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
How To Attach a Shower CurtainHow to attach a shower curtain...
Suffering permanent anatomical
disfigurement, nonetheless
maintaining marital bliss
at steep price despite more or less
musculoskeletal dislocation,
I eagerly, readily willingly confess.
Ideal for someone whose height
trends toward above average
unless you don't object tilting
head back in...
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Categories:
posthumous, 12th grade, celebration, encouraging, fun, hilarious, husband,
Form:
Free verse
Interpreting Mine PoetryInterpreting mine Poetry
Similar to scrutinizing
an abstract painting,
this author begetting, canvassing
entreating... obscure words dumbfounding
readers (himself included), he eludes
(shading tree fore rest)
clear cut discerning,
yet oft times his woods
garner reviews raving
esoteric word choice,
how mind boggling
to this logophile despite
more...
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Categories:
posthumous, absence, adventure, allusion, analogy, confusion, endurance, fun,
Form:
Free verse
Stevie Ray Vaughan InspirationStevie Ray's guitar spurred the 1980s blues boom.
He wasn't like any other guitarist.
Inspired by Buddy Guy, Albert King, and Albert Collins...
He linked blues and rock in the late 1960s.
He ruled the American blues from 1983...
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Categories:
posthumous, analogy, appreciation, beauty, history, music,
Form:
Bio
The Revered Reverend Martin Luther King JuniorThe revered Reverend Martin Luther King Junior
Born January fifteenth nineteen twenty nine
if still alive seven years shy
attaining age of centenarian
father of civil rights movement,
the revered Martin Luther King Junior
honored as benevolent demigod figure
to...
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Categories:
posthumous, abuse, age, america, angel, appreciation, birthday, black
Form:
Free verse
Recherche Poetic Themes Stock In Trade of Yours TrulyRecherché poetic themes stock in trade of yours truly
No surprise, rhyme nor reason,
I tease out extraordinary threads,
sometimes deliberately writing
about current calendar day or season
for instance today July 28th, 2020
another hazy, hot, and humid summer day
and...
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Categories:
posthumous, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
Eccentric Kook's Reasonable Rhyme ZigzagsEccentric kook's reasonable rhyme zigzags
Doggone poet laureate
wannabe his index finger wags
nonverbally naysaying those,
who doubt mine posthumous
fame and fortune, which snags
eternal renown within pantheon
of storied writers such foolhardiness nags
yours truly keeps bad company with hags
unemployed day...
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Categories:
posthumous, absence, august, blessing, cool, dream, fate, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Remembrance of Harriet Harris:VERSE ONE:
Christened as averred one Harriet Kuritsky on November 13th nineteen thirty five
the youngest of four with only one brother
whose exit from...
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Categories:
posthumous, angst, anniversary, death, dedication, devotion, family, loss,
Form:
Ballad
The Spirit of Soup CreekIn Soup Creek saloon behind Jenna’s bar
Milt’s holsters and belt and a posthumous star
Are fixed to a plaque to remember him best
There’s a custom made bracket where Milton’s guns rest
The gun barrels cross over Milt’s...
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Categories:
posthumous, remember, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Aging Long Haired Pencil Neck Geezer(alternately titled no particular reason:
bring unto “fake” trumpeting Caesar
seven salad dressings from deep freezer
and lettuce deign at your plea azure.)
Graced with boyish good looks,
innocence and naiveté to boot,
an especial loathing toward me
chicken legs re: spindleshanks
(which...
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Categories:
posthumous, 12th grade, 7th grade, creation, humor, hyperbole,
Form:
Free verse
Interpreting Poetry MineInterpreting Poetry (mine)
Similar to scrutinizing
an abstract painting,
this author begetting
obscure words dumbfounding
readers, he eludes
(no shade tree fore rest)
clear cut discerning,
yet oft times his words
garner reviews raving
esoteric word choice,
how mind boggling
to this logophile despite
more than one reading
brow...
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Categories:
posthumous, age, allusion, art, happy birthday, irony, judgement,
Form:
Free verse