Long Purely Poems
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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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Categories:
purely, 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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Categories:
purely, earth, england, love, middle school, poems, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
purely, 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:
purely, 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:
purely, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Unidentified Extraterrestrials Willingly Abducted MeUnidentified extraterrestrial(s) willingly abducted me
As a divergence
from the apocalyptical, dialectical,
geomorphological, judgmatical,
metaphorical, philosophical...,
I share an out of this
(webbed wide) world,
light hearted anecdote
ye may find far fetched.
Believe me you,
an unspecified number of...
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Categories:
purely, absence, adventure, august, blessing, confusion, courage, dream,
Form:
Free verse
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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Categories:
purely, england, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
When I DieWhen my life has finally left me and my last breath has been shed
And the silver cord is broken and my bodies firmly dead
I shall hover near the body, download the scenes of this past...
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Categories:
purely, bereavement, christian, death, heaven, inspiration, inspirational, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
A Gardening ExposeWith these lines I’ll relate an intriguing tale of dubious accuracy
For I Hope to unveil sordid affairs of more than one conspiracy!
Be warned, that though you might be disturbed by the facts I relate?
They are...
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Categories:
purely, garden, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
Such Does ExistI ran out of breath on the road to Mumbai ...
Not for sake of dust or smog or even health. I had rounded a curve on
my motorcycle,...
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Categories:
purely, appreciation, beauty, imagery, travel, world, , western,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Welcome Intrusion - 2nd HalfThis is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
The 1st HALF can be...
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Categories:
purely, father son,
Form:
Narrative
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:
purely, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
My Princess of ImaginationMY PRINCESS OF IMAGINATION
...
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Categories:
purely, spiritual,
Form:
Narrative
Recluse By Dint of CircumstanceRecluse by dint of circumstance
Proud anonymous troglodytes
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.
He/him (matted hair, ratty, scrawny,
and tetchy ugly villain)
scurried into dark...
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Categories:
purely, adventure, america, angst, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form:
Free verse
UnfinishA Dark Identity
Days into nights... time without time
Normalities of everyday life beckons to remain
Shadows with lights.... to find to define
I am he who goes by without a name
The world is only up to date
And I’ve...
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Categories:
purely, on writing and words, me, world, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Unidentified Flying Object Abducted Yours Truly,Unidentified flying object abducted yours truly,...
a willing experimental subject
to escape untenable married life.
Upon falling into a deep slumber,
the following subconscious
somnambulant scenario arose
allowing, enabling, and providing
temporary alleviation from
outa harried...
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Categories:
purely, absence, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, courage, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Drunk Tank ShankI once spent a week in the drunk tank
couldn't handle the spirits that I drank
the cuisine wasn't half bad
we even had a few laughs
but I had to guard my butt with a shank
……………………………………………………………………….
It used to...
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Categories:
purely, drink, joy, tribute,
Form:
Limerick
ChooseChoose unironically ripping off a film to be ironic
Choose now because then will never be enough
Choose puff puff puff puff puff pass because you’ll never have enough
Choose feeling guilty in the morning because it’s better...
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Categories:
purely, addiction, anxiety, depression, drug, happiness, political, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Genesis of IntegrityWho died
and made God the Father
the Christian Fundamentalist Law of Cooperative Redemption?
Well, dear, that was Jesus of Nazareth,
your CoMessianic Avatar of regenerative health trends,
remember?
Right,
OK, so,
in my heroic ego-narrative,
we are the purest, most right, oldest exegetical...
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Categories:
purely, america, christian, creation, earth, environment, health, pride,
Form:
Political Verse
Wandering A Higher TrailWeaving Work I
...
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Categories:
purely, dream, fate, life, metaphor, muse, philosophy, time,
Form:
Free verse
Bedlam and Mayhem In the Mistress's BoudoirBedlam and mayhem in the mistress's boudoir
Nsync with variations on a theme:
of drool worthy Reuben Sandwich
(consisting of corned beef,
Swiss cheese, sauerkraut,
Russian dressing between slices
of rye bread that is grilled
until the bread...
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Categories:
purely, adventure, angel, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful, desire, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Dichotomyyeah, right ...
do you really think I believe that?
that I'll swallow that pill?
look at the damn lines on this brow ...
do you think they were etched
by happenstance??
not even CLOSE, sweetheart
I earned those ragged rivulets one-by-one
and...
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Categories:
purely, analogy, break up, conflict, forgiveness, love, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Oye, Karin - I Will Never ForgetEveryone was gone, and the pool beckoned -
one-piece bathing suit, on your perfect petite form ...
...
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Categories:
purely, passion, romance, sensual, soulmate, true love,
Form:
Free verse
The Screaming Souls of a Soundless ForestI romanticize the single room without a jurisdiction
If only I could filter through a voice of logic over reaction
Would it impel my inner child to regress into an illusion?
My mind composes a structure but...
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Categories:
purely, absence, anger, angst, betrayal, birthday, conflict, longing,
Form:
Free verse
This Woman His Wife 3five decades of experience and vast global knowledge
he met and lay with all kind of ladies.
Intellectuals
Blondie
Women that sparks extreme desire
Some whose names he couldn't pronounce
Even those with no clue as to why God make a...
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Categories:
purely, love, marriage,
Form:
ABC