Long Rear Poems
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Charles D'Orleans: a Medieval MarvelCharles d'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel
Spring
by Charles d’Orleans (c. 1394-1465)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and arcs,
like ecstatic sparks
struck from coal.
What is their brazen goal?
They grab...
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Categories:
rear, art, autumn, french, prison, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Roundel
Medieval PoemsMedieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with the mild pheasants' song ...
but now I feel the northern...
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Categories:
rear, allegory, bible, christian, england, london, nostalgia, poetry,
Form:
Verse
A Christmas Snow Angel - Part 1The young lady's car slowed to a stop ...
As she pulled as far off the highway, (onto the shoulder), as she could
(Allowing for any snow plow that might come along).
She had chosen poorly this time
Believing...
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Categories:
rear, angel, appreciation, christmas, snow, uplifting,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Charles D'Orleans TranslationsSpring
by Charles d'Orleans (c.1394-1465)
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and arcs,
like ecstatic sparks
struck from coal.
What is their brazen goal?
They grab at whatever passes,
so we can...
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Categories:
rear, bereavement, depression, desire, heartbreak, heaven, romance,
Form:
Roundel
Healing a Trumpian GodI remember several prayers
to invoke God's blessings on America,
a reminder of traditional political
mindfulness?
Fundamental lack of awareness
of righteous economic investments
in win/win GoldenRule
positive social-psychological security.
No one "keeps"
or "makes"
this confederation of uniting states great,
unless we democratically...
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Categories:
rear, education, faith, health, hope, integrity, religion, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
OasisOasis
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
I want tears to form again
in the shriveled glands of these eyes
dried all these long years
by too much heated knowing.
I want tears to course down
these parched cheeks,...
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Categories:
rear, marriage,
Form:
Verse
Oft In My Thought: Charles D'Orleans TranslationOft in My Thought
by Charles D'Orleans
translation by Michael R. Burch
So often in my busy mind I sought,
Around the advent of the fledgling year,
For something pretty that I really ought
To give my lady dear;
But that sweet...
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Categories:
rear, blessing, christian, faith, god, heartbreak, heaven, lost
Form:
Roundel
Keeping America SafeA prayer for God to bless NativeAmericans
is also a reminder of traditional political mindfulness,
basic awareness of our economic investments in security.
No one "keeps" this confederation of uniting states
safe with alien immigrants
unless we invite them.
Second, prayers...
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Categories:
rear, culture, earth, health, political, race, religion, science,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Tuan Tata: Song of Uda - Parts One and Two TUAN TATA : Song of Uda - I
by T. Wignesan
(Patrick Noone, a British anthropologist, discovered the Ple-Temiar tribe living isolated in the jungle highlands in the State of Perak on the west coast of...
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Categories:
rear, death, murder, tiger, wife,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Bleeding Before Rome -2Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees,
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage,
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...
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Categories:
rear, culture, heart, war, world war ii,
Form:
Epic
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 89The magic disappeared. The lead Troll's hand fell through the air where the magic was released and he lost his balance almost falling to the ground. He hesitated feeling the emptiness in front...
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Categories:
rear, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Reunited -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationMany of us have a favorite possession from when we were young, and this
93-year old gentleman is no exception.
...
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Categories:
rear, childhood, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
Freezer Mice: RepostedThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
rear, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
The Dancing: the Last DanceWas it a cruel twist of fate?
Sneering, laughing chance?
Perhaps something I ate?
A bad bout of happenstance?
It wrenched and tore at my gut,
A sickening, sober, foreboding sign.
Wretched chance it was not,
This time was by insidious design.
The...
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Categories:
rear, allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety, dance, dark, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Operation Money JumpThanksgiving, 1971,
a parachute pilgrim approaches Northwest Flight 305
as Dan Cooper, anonymous businessman, anarchist airborne,
black suit, black sunglasses, a black tie
and a black briefcase broaching black motives,
Portland to Seattle, prison or criminal pantheon,
before...
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Categories:
rear, america, history, mystery,
Form:
Epic
Freezer MiceThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
rear, adventure, fantasy, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
The Car Club Meeting Lament - Text - Part 2 of 2Note: This is the 2nd half of one of my MANY long story works, and the 1st half can be accessed, of course, at "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the soup.
My wife and I were...
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Categories:
rear, car,
Form:
Narrative
Just -- Trust Me - 1st Half Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This 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.
...
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Categories:
rear, car, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 71The preparations were almost complete when Lumi reappeared down stairs. He seemed preoccupied and burnished an all encompassing smile across his face.
“Lumi... Lumi,” Joulupukki had to repeat himself to...
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Categories:
rear, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Medical Madnesshttps://gigglespoet.com/#jp-carousel-66 My scars from a misdiagnosis are my armor
Lord, old memories plague me in the darkness
And as they rear their ugly head
They only remind me of all that I've lost...
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Categories:
rear, abuse, bereavement, betrayal, birth, courage, endurance, faith,
Form:
Quintain (English)
Classified Part ThreeThe photograph that Tim had shown me a few hours earlier certainly did not do it justice.
From what I could see it was a large triangular shape on three legs which were all at a...
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Categories:
rear, science fiction,
Form:
Prose
Poems About Eros and CupidPOEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID
These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub...
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Categories:
rear, cute love, desire, god, heart, love, lust,
Form:
Epigram
Quest of the Heart: Chapter TwoBrave Shadow Mane
Falling free at a tremendous velocity
Cursing my decision for acting in haste
Through clouds and frozen rain I could not see the ground
Losing consciousness, in my mouth blood I could taste
Now this was indeed...
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Categories:
rear, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
AbnormaloriginalsSetting aside richly incorporated through homeless economies,
we have three political ways
to compare a population's internal status:
a. Aboriginal populations,
b. Immigrants--sometimes appearing as multiculturing creolic waves,
c. EmPowered Natives.
Natives are aboriginals
unless a more self-centered wave of supremacist immigrants
stake...
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Categories:
rear, betrayal, christian, health, humanity, humor, immigration, love,
Form:
Political Verse
Terror Bugs: Part 3 - A Freezer Mice Adventure[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 2 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________
London’s streets resembled an al fresco mausoleum
They tracked a trail of body parts which led to a museum
A thousand Terror Bugs were massed, in...
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Categories:
rear, adventure,
Form:
Narrative