Long Proverb Poems
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EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch
To write an epigram, cram.
If you lack wit, scram!
—Michael R. Burch
Conformists of a feather
flock together.
—Michael...
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proverb, bible, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom, words, writing,
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Epigram
Epigrams VEpigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...
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proverb, giggle, humor, humorous, irony, literature, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Medieval Poems IvMedieval Poems IV
IN LIBRARIOS
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.
Brut (circa 1100 AD, written by Layamon, an excerpt)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R....
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Categories:
proverb, angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
Form:
Rhyme
Native American TranslationsNative American Translations
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I will extract the thorns from your feet.
For yet a little while, we will walk life's sunlit paths together.
I will love you like my own...
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Categories:
proverb, america, earth, native american, nature, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Salat DaysSalat Days
by Michael R. Burch
(dedicated to my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch Sr.)
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the front porch swing,
dangling his long...
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Categories:
proverb, age, america, appreciation, depression, endurance, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
Chaucer Translation: RejectionRejection
a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your beauty from your heart has so erased
Pity, that it's useless to complain;
For Pride now holds your mercy by a chain.
I'm guiltless, yet my sentence has...
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proverb, beauty, french, heart, innocence, nature, pride, women,
Form:
Roundel
Medieval Poems VMedieval Poem V
A Proverb from Winfred's Time
anonymous Old English poem, circa 757-786
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
1.
The procrastinator puts off purpose,
never initiates anything marvelous,
never succeeds, and dies alone.
2.
The late-deed-doer delays glory-striving,
never indulges daring dreams,
never succeeds,...
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proverb, earth, england, love, middle school, poems, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English LanguageTranslations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems
The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
(excerpt)
He who granted me life...
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proverb, england, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
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Rhyme
The Holy Bible - the Quatern Style~ The Holy Bible ~
(Quatern)
It tells the beginning of man
How God created all from start
He made the moon, stars, earth, day, night
It tells of...
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proverb, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Homeless PoetA homeless poet
A few days ago, I was walking home with my dollar store notebook in my hand as I walked. I was deep in thought about how I was going to fill these 250...
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proverb, for him, heartbroken, home, how i feel,
Form:
Narrative
Grand Old Trump PartyPresident Trump,
shortly after his singularly smelly election,
declared emphatic comparisons with Elder Republican
Abraham Lincoln.
Early on,
he described Lincoln as his kindred political soul,
admired mentor,
and the former President he was destined to most resemble
in spirit and...
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Categories:
proverb, bullying, earth, health, humor, integrity, passion, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Unquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxii Part TwoUnquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, Sereno and the Hausgast –XXXii Part Two
The duties of the Housekeeper in the U.K. par rapport au Portero in Spain or the Gardienne in France is that...
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Categories:
proverb, dedication, destiny, devotion, good night, loneliness, prison,
Form:
Sonnet
Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic: Canto 3, K29 and K30 of the ThirukkuralNiitthaar Perumai, The Fundamental Role of the Ascetic: Canto 3, K29 and K30 of the Thirukkural by Thiruvalluvar
(In these kurals, I give both the "unrefined" versions using connective particles and modified post-positions (in Tamil: according...
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proverb, dedication, devotion, spiritual, tamil,
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Epigram
payment, past -
"Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows." - Native American Proverb
...
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Categories:
proverb, adventure, age, analogy, time, travel, true love,
Form:
Epic
Epigrams IvSex Hex
by Michael R. Burch
Love’s full of cute paradoxes
(and highly acute poxes).
Love
by Michael R. Burch
Love is either wholly folly,
or fully holy.
Nun Fun Undone
by Michael R. Burch
Abbesses'
recesses
are not for excesses!
Here and Hereafter
by Michael R. Burch
Life’s saving...
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Categories:
proverb, bible, christian, death, funeral, god, grave, religion,
Form:
Epigram
Psalms 49both low and high, rich and poor alike: My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding. I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp...
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proverb, fate,
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Rhyme
From God For Women 3Life is not
measure by
the number
of breaths we
take, but by the
moments that take
our breath away.
The Lord your
God is with you,
He is mighty to
save. He will take
great delight
in you, He will
quiet you with
His love.
He will rejoice
over...
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Categories:
proverb, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Life Comes To YouLife Comes to You
You can’t plan life,
Life comes to you,
God is the only One
Who knows the direction
Our life will go,
Our dreams and goals
Sometimes get put on hold
Or rejections come our way
You can’t plan life
Life comes...
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Categories:
proverb, books, dream, fate, god, grandfather, life, war,
Form:
Free verse
Poor PandoraWe ponder Pandora as the person preordained
to unleash a plethora of plagues upon our persons.
But here's what I heard:
Pandora had two sisters,
Persephone and Proserpina.
Pandora perused poetry
while Persephone practiced petite-point.
But Proserpina possessed the predilection
for picking...
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Categories:
proverb, allegory, humor,
Form:
Light Verse
Waithera,My First LoveSometimes I feel I know nothing about life
But I do know something about Kenya
I come from the gustily, hilly terrains of rural Ingavira
Where huts form bungalow sorts of flawless beauty
An ambiance of warm soothing atmosphere
And...
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Categories:
proverb, africa, devotion, history, symbolism,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Epigrams IiiSpeechless at Auschwitz
by Ko Un
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
At Auschwitz
piles of glasses
mountains of shoes ...
returning, we stared out different windows.
Ko Un speaks for all of us, by not knowing what to say about the...
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proverb, humor, literature, philosophy, poems, satire, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Mean JeanSome folks just don't have a life of their own.
Some live on other's problems.
Some live on other's dreams, and hopes for the future.
Some live on just being the antagonist to everyone else;
They are the worst...
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Categories:
proverb, angst, conflict, feelings, memory, my children, nostalgia,
Form:
Narrative
How Do You Feel
Dancing in the silence,
Like a prayer – tranquility
Soothing away my doubts,
Erasing my tears, hushing my fears
Where only love’s embrace
Inspires, stirs the gentle grace
That colors my thoughts in hues of joy,
Tenderness, light and beauty
Feelings, breathtaking and...
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Categories:
proverb, appreciation, celebration, encouraging, faith, feelings, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Fyi Poem Under ConstructionI have waited for the New Age--that Tranelike return to my Mediterranean Sundance Always and Forever missing the journey of the Caravansary of old.
Hence, Only Time and the touch of the Rio Ancho, its...
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Categories:
proverb, analogy, conflict, destiny, society, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
Psalms 3-4If you have ever been near Pentecostal Churches - that really began in c.1900 - you would know Psalm 91 as a great Prayer of Protection and Victories! It is hard not to love both...
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Categories:
proverb, africa, america, angst, bible, faith, god, wisdom,
Form:
Prose