Long Relinquish Poems
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The Storm Is In the CalmThe angles are in the storm
Just before the break of dawn
Sending a message to everyone
Telling them to remain calm
The angels are singing out loud
They want to break the treacherous cloud
and relinquish that awful...
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relinquish, abuse, america, angel, anger, betrayal, community, england,
Form:
Narrative
Poems About Poems VPoems about Poems V
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
There is a small cleanness about her,
as though she has always just been washed,
and there is a dull obedience to convention
in her accommodating slenderness
as she feints at her salad.
She...
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relinquish, metaphor, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval Poems IiiMedieval Poems
Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by grief.
He endured countless troubles:
sorrows were his only companions
in his frozen...
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relinquish, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 112 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Damian and the Family Go To ChurchEarly morning dawn July
"Mallory" Damian whispered, sliding
Closer to her. "Mallory" he Whispered
Again gently caressing. She wanted
To say stop. It was to late
he moved quite quickly. He spread
Like wild fire. Soon consuming her.
The...
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Categories:
relinquish, angst, devotion,
Form:
Alliteration
Heat LighteningHeat Lightening
by Michael R. Burch
Each night beneath the elms, we never knew
which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance,
then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up
like searchlights seeking contact in the distance . . .
Quiescent unions...
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Categories:
relinquish, car, crush, desire, love, lust, sexy, teen
Form:
Sonnet
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:
relinquish, 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:
relinquish, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar TranslationSweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest in bounty and in beauty clear
and in every virtue that...
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Categories:
relinquish, character, desire, devotion, flower, for her, garden,
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:
relinquish, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Nowhere Else To GoNowhere Else To Go
Welcome to Israel: Land of Hope.1
(The land of Zion and Jerusalem.)2
Where prophets walked and prophesied,
For their God, our God:
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.3
And the Lord spoke to Abram, and he...
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Categories:
relinquish, bible, education, history, jewish,
Form:
Verse
No RecantingMay we be 'so graced' as to relinquish any faith, ...
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relinquish, christian, forgiveness, god, political, pride,
Form:
Verse
Backhand
"Backhand"
You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall
To make sense of it all
as a child, the grief stolen
all too swiftly and replaced...
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Categories:
relinquish, child abuse, mother daughter, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 25
Erlenkönig also pushed forward the idea of the Council of Six.
Which was a wonderful idea in theory. The council eventually became the
most powerful force in the Elfin Clans, one representative from each of...
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Categories:
relinquish, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Desperate Hope
Placed First in:
This or That Vol 22 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh ...
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Categories:
relinquish, emotions, god, humanity, inspirational, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
relinquish, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
The Big AgendaWe 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:
relinquish, anxiety, corruption, discrimination, freedom, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 97“Morning beautiful lady,” Joulupukki greeted her.
“Beautiful? Maybe a couple hundred years ago,” she replied as Joulupukki stood and kissed her on top of the head.
...
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Categories:
relinquish, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
IntrospectivelyUnderstanding myself, and towards developing introvertedly
The parameters of today, yet most lay dormant inside of me
Questioning the how, as in such, the extended inner faculty
Fractured as then, it's an opposing end, and...
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Categories:
relinquish, depression, faith, fear, feelings, forgiveness, growth,
Form:
Acrostic
Cameron DiazHerpetologist meets actress (Cameron Diaz).
If he's funny he's me.
South America or Africa (on location).
In a diamond mind.
The protagonists (lovers), the diamonds, the miners and the minders.
By minders we mean watchers, organizers, supervisors.
As all art must:...
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Categories:
relinquish, america, beauty, funny, happiness, peace, political, science,
Form:
Verse
Afflictions and Perspectivesfoisted upon her was the merry go round crystal chandelier
it stuck in her beautiful mind like a beacon of flaming desire
of clouds fried by a cuckoo with an indestructible socket
her eyes wide upon pupils dilated...
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Categories:
relinquish, addiction,
Form:
Free verse
What Am I To Be Sad AboutGod bless those who are the readers of these words
Well God bless the people that read these verses or In this passage our truth be told from my experience
these are the facts and the...
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Categories:
relinquish, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, celebration, christian, how i
Form:
Free verse
The Volunteer, a Poem Inspired By Hrh Prince George of Cambridge'We have a future king to make,'
Said the deep, resounding voice.
'But it is not a proper fit for everyone.
For a king must know first how to obey than to command,
And to abide rather than reign.'
'And...
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Categories:
relinquish, baby, baptism, birth, child, england, london, patriotic,
Form:
Free verse
The Reaper Denied - Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationOh stone of death, I beg thee, now…relinquish me thy guest.
Release unto this specter but the soul beneath thy breast
What waits but to be wakened, and then taken now, to rest.
Mine is thine...
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Categories:
relinquish, death, gothic, grave,
Form:
Narrative
Tainted VisionConditioned since birth by customs, family, society and ego
We go about with a clustered mind
Complicating our simple life with our thoughts and self-imposed restrictions
We don't see a human as human rather we attribute adjectives...
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Categories:
relinquish, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
King of Kings: 91-17211 Contracted in this state our marriage made
And only far too late we recognize
That gladly with Reptilian Flesh we’ve laid
The veil torn away revealing eyes
Of yellow flame exposéd we surmise
Out from the darkened room these floating...
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Categories:
relinquish, metaphor,
Form:
Epic