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Various Heresies 7
Pagans Protest the Intolerance of Christianity
by Michael R. Burch

“We have a common sky.” — Quintus Aurelius Symmachus

We had a common sky
before the Christians came.

We thought there might be gods
but did not know their names.

The common...

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Categories: protest, angel, atheist, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus,
Form: Rhyme



Words of Young Generation - a Message To Nigerian Youth
Please be informed: 

The Nigerian youths have agreed together in love and oneness that in 2023 presidential election and in every other elections, whether state or local government. We will not vote for anyone who...

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Categories: protest, 5th grade,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Chapter 96 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Boundaries Regulations and Frustrations
Date:  August 2041

Members of the Damian fraternity 
Were relaxing in the backyard. The
Soon to be 4 year olds conducted 
Themselves in their sandbox.
The older children picniced on
The grass. Amadeus DJ Damali 
And Desharah sat...

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Categories: protest, deep,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member The Flash Mob Application
I'd like to apply for a permit
for a protest march
on the Washington Mall.

Lovely idea.
But, we're only issuing Mall permits
for Song and Dance Events.

I think this might be a violation of my Rights
to Free Speech.

I see...

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Categories: protest, america, culture, health, humanity, humor, integrity, music,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Bipartisan Dissonance
When oppositional cognitive dissonance 
deflects focus from compassion,
I've learned to go back to when I deflected focus from her.
She sends me passive-aggressive messages,
bread crumbs leading back in time 
to where she began to feel alone,
marginalized,
siloed,
anxious,
neglected.

If...

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Categories: protest, conflict, math, parents, political, race, religion, sin,
Form: Political Verse



Fadwa Tuqan Translations
Fadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic.



Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan 
loose translation/interpretation by...

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Categories: protest, allah, culture, earth, love, nature, voice, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chapter 126 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Holly: Holly's Orientation Night Pt 2
Date:  July  2049

The expanse of the sky was darkness.
End of July 11 pm.  Dolly Molly
And Holly were keeping an all night
Party pleasant  pressureless delight.
Dolly grabbed the remote for the
Plasma 54" TV....

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Categories: protest, allusion, confidence, courage, emotions,
Form: Alliteration
The Poet of Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan
English translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine"

Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan 
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Enough for me to lie in the earth,
to be buried in her,
to sink...

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Categories: protest, allah, arabic, culture, nature, poetess, poetry, writing,
Form: Verse
Various Heresies 6
Various Heresies 6

Altared Spots
by Michael R. Burch

The mother leopard buries her cub,
then cries three nights for his bones to rise
clad in new flesh, to celebrate the sunrise.

Good mother leopard, pensive thought
and fiercest love’s wild insurrection
yield...

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Categories: protest, atheist, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Home Sweet Hell
"That also has a steep drop off the far side of Home Sweet Hell" said my soulless guide as he pointed in the direction of the nearby screams. 
I could see what resembled silhouettes or...

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Categories: protest, anxiety, death, future, life, scary,
Form: Free verse
Old Glory Has Something to Say
Old Glory has Something He Wants to Say  
By – Roger White
The dawn’s first sunlight crests over the eastern horizon.  A midnight dark sky leisurely changes tinctures: blue becomes purple, bright azure and...

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Categories: protest, 12th grade, discrimination, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Half Measures
This is how it starts
the decline of who we are, the decline of something more
the start of wars
Installed in us is confidence
confidence, a blessing or a curse
Without confidence we stand degraded, disenchanted, alone
while with too...

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Categories: protest, suicide, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gargano Proud Boy 17 years old and armed
Media frenzy nbs cbs abc cnn msnbc gatheted After riots broke out proud boys met with the 17 year old armed with an assault rifle madness the entire city engulfed violence groups arrived by the...

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Categories: protest, allah,
Form: Kyrielle
Babylonian Anthem
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, 
that every man that shall hear the
sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, 
and all kinds of musick, shall fall
down and worship the golden image:
And whoso...

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Categories: protest, bible, patriotic, religious, truth,
Form: Narrative
In America June 14th Equals Flag Day
In America June 14th equals flag day
and in Pennsylvania a federal holiday.

"...I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god...

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Categories: protest, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Big Agenda
We have all gotten used to wearing our masks just like we do our bras and panties, now we need get used to wearing a muzzle in case we rub the "Woke" and "Snowflakes" up...

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Categories: protest, anxiety, corruption, discrimination, freedom, psychological,
Form: Narrative
Limerick Collaboration-Join In-New Additions
If you would like to have your limerick(s) posted, soup mail them to me.

Ms. Rude is still writing her snide remarks
She sounds like a mad dog who barks and barks
Geeze, lady, give it a rest
Your...

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Categories: protest, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 81
“I do not know if he still lives in that cave or if he is even alive, but I can tell you where it is.  I have never shared this with anyone but Jessica,...

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Categories: protest, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member The Canopy and Economy
Sun and traffic - day economy.
Six a.m. drive to plywood mill. Too tired
to be angry. Each day a step
toward death. What is being accomplished? The
small satisfactions
within each day. Book consciously read.
And frustrations. Package dropped, honey...

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Categories: protest, baby, day, history, jobs, teacher, tree, wind,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Lament of a Black Man
Who am I? Am I even human? What is my place in this world?
I am confused, sometimes I do not even feel like a human being.
Like a boat in a stormy sea, I aimlessly drift...

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Categories: protest, black african american, death, discrimination, hate, power,
Form: Free verse
My Thing Is This
As hapless vapors of decay, surround us, suffocating the fecund earth. A blanket of suffocating grey, born from the diseased aspirations of humanity. We, the self-appointed masters of a planet in shambles, gaze upon the...

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Categories: protest, corruption, education, environment, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Monologue of Misery
Hello world
Hello universe
Today I apologize
today I apologize to you
today I apologize
for giving you my worst
for performing below my best
for making empty promises I can't keep 
and for banishing people from my life
out of anger, out...

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Categories: protest, how i feel, universe,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chapter 140-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Dasheri Hakim
Date:  July  2050

Beautiful  summer Saturday late
Morning. Pool party full force. 
Everybody busy all seemed fine.
Damian stayed close to Molly and
Monitored her. "Feeling good my love?"
He caressed her 9 month pregnant 
Belly. "I'm...

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Categories: protest, child,
Form: Alliteration
Neda
Neda 
You died in protest in Iran.                            ...

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Categories: protest, abuse, appreciation, death, dedication, faith, freedom, loss,
Form: Free verse
A Letter From Me
ME dear FATHER you already know,
But you need to be briefed,
On a tragedy I believe you must not know.
There’s a deadly dance with violence killing teens in America’s Black Communities.
Use to be, 
Good Christian mothers,...

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Categories: protest, black african american, conflict, inspiration,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things