Long Scattering Poems
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ErinErin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...
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Categories:
scattering, ireland,
Form:
Sonnet
Uyghur Poetry TranslationsWith my Uyghur poetry translations I am trying to build awareness of the plight of Uyghur poets who are being sent to Chinese "reeducation" concentration camps.
Elegy
by Perhat Tursun
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Asylum seekers, will...
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Categories:
scattering, allah, culture, discrimination, faith, islamic, race, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Rumi Translation: the FieldThe Field
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lazes in such lush grass
the world is too...
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Categories:
scattering, earth, green, islamic, rights, soulmate, sound, words,
Form:
Epigram
Rumi Translation: BirdsongBirdsong
by Rumi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Birdsong relieves
my deepest griefs:
now I'm just as ecstatic as they,
but with nothing to say!
Please universe,
rehearse
your poetry
through me!
I choose to love you in silence
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I...
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Categories:
scattering, bird, music, poetry, poets, song, universe, writing,
Form:
Verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViiJuvenilia: Early Poems VII
These are early poems I wrote as a boy and as a teenager.
The Leveler
by Michael R. Burch
The nature of Nature
is bitter survival
from Winter’s bleak fury
till Spring’s brief revival.
The weak implore Fate;
bold men...
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Categories:
scattering, boy, child, childhood, fear, high school, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
IronbarHe just appeared to me, like wispily curling
Chimney smoke,
One grim and early morning in the very midst of
Decembers briefest days, on the highest slope,
Toiling through my daily round; where, slowly
Driving up...
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Categories:
scattering, nature, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Christmas In the Cathedral of the Forest Deep
"Christmas in the Cathedral of the Forest Deep"
The silent heart is found
embedded in the
Cathedral of
The Forest Deep
The lost jewel
shines in the dark
see the reflection of emerald eyes
endless hazel woods scried
On Christmas Eve
when...
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Categories:
scattering, christmas, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
Psychotic TripPSYCHOTIC JOURNEY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Feeling really beat, I went to bed early last night
Suddenly awakened feeling something’s not right
There was total darkness, I was not in my room
Lying on a cold flooring, with a feeling...
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Categories:
scattering, allegory, allusion, dark, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Rhyme
Monsters In the Skythe sky erupts monsters
sky erupts monsters forming
erupts monsters forming wreaking
monsters forming wreaking havoc
forming wreaking havoc shattering
wreaking havoc shattering serenity
havoc shattering serenity bolts
shattering serenity bolts of
serenity bolts of hell
bolts of hell deluge
of hell deluge descending
hell deluge...
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Categories:
scattering, dark, horror, nature, society, storm, surreal,
Form:
Concrete
The Blue Nazarene
“The Blue Nazarene”
caeruleum caelum
in nubibus
caeruleum
caeruleum caelum
in nubibus
de hyacintho nazarene
testimonium:
white stallions,
clouds commanding
Christus imperium
above all below
all below
now present to worship
a secular ghost
stopped dead in their tracks
those ridiculous battalions
games of war...
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Categories:
scattering, muse,
Form:
Narrative
The Clearing: Part I_\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__\0/__
...
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Categories:
scattering, inspirational, nature,
Form:
Metrical Tale
The Missus Served Me High Test CoffeeThe missus served me high test coffee...
Ah... tis nothing more heavenly
(to one borne again devout atheist)
then a spring like January 18th, 2023
here at Highland Manor apartments
picturesque green covered landscape,
where intrepid dandelions
dare to defy...
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Categories:
scattering, angel, appreciation, atheist, blessing, dedication, drink, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
A Different TuneEverybody is singing a different tune
Everybody is dancing to a different beat
Everybody is praying to a different God
And here I am feeling very sad
I am here, you are there but I have no fear
The politicians...
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Categories:
scattering, america, appreciation, christian, community, endurance, faith, growth,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
My Lonesome ShellI noticed a difference in you that is oh so true
A kind of difference that is brand new, shining anew
You are the beautiful shade of blue
I keep on wishing upon a star to be with...
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Categories:
scattering, betrayal, courage, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Lyric
Race the Finals Spoken WordI wish to
Relay
To all of my people the importance of sticking together as a
team
And that
Because we have run
through the preliminary trials as selfish individual, goal seekers
we have barely made it to the finals,...
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Categories:
scattering, africa, black african american, change, courage, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ghost Dance Part VThe Ending at Wounded Knee
This is what happened:
Two worlds collided,
The elder one died.
Pony soldiers and Indian police,
Trigger happy and jumping at shadows,
Killed Sitting Bull at Pine Ridge;
His horse pawed the...
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Categories:
scattering, betrayal, history, humanity, native american, remember,
Form:
Free verse
Inevitable Death Defines LifeInevitable death defines afterlife
I mull mortality
thru lens crafted occipital orbs
regarding a better future
experience sing a space oddity –
whar incessant yaks
exuding a big hurt
emanate as cosmic atomic
bipedal hominids replete roof lee wax
during a...
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Categories:
scattering, absence, allah, angel, anxiety, atheist, bereavement, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Rue Saint-HonoreIt's the weekend (Friday night). Lisa and I are hangin’, music’s playing, and we’re rummaging through my suitcase, for an outfit option, for me, tonight. Call it cliché, but we like going out - and...
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Categories:
scattering, fashion, friendship, fun, humor, mental health, paris,
Form:
Free verse
She is not with me I can write the saddest verses tonightShe is not with me. I can write the saddest verses tonight.
I write, for example: "The night is starry" and the stars shiver, in the distance, and thousands of echoes of silent desires
Find shelter under...
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Categories:
scattering, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Genius of Dawn's Rising
In the blinded moments,
Before the mist rises over the tumbling surf…
Blueness tempting awake my dreams,
A heartbeat from the flaming blaze,
Sunshine pouring through the clusters of
Feathery clouds, like the breath of peace
Aroused from the falling...
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Categories:
scattering, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, imagery, nature, ocean, sea,
Form:
Free verse
The Battle For BettermentIs it possible, in times like these,
To fight off such adversity and selfishness
And to save other souls that you owe not to?
Gaze into these pain-filled eyes,
Contemplate their crushing calumny
And see why I must...
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Categories:
scattering, blessing, dark, evil, forgiveness, heaven, inspirational, war,
Form:
Free verse
Reflections Upon Mine Gender Identity ReduxReflections upon mine gender identity redux
Although heterosexual
predilections punctuated
physiological pulsations
about five inches below
innie belly button of mine
showcasing undersize
male member, when fully erect
not much to crow
about, contributed
diminished masculinity within
body electric regarding
wordsmith...
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Categories:
scattering, age, analogy, anxiety, atheist, birth, boy, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
Burden of Broken Ties
Written: December 31, 2024, Contest: Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
...
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Categories:
scattering, analogy, god,
Form:
Free verse
The Most Beautiful Lady That Ever Was
People anticipated, and waited for the day they could gaze upon my beauty, and that they did. The men adored me, the women admired me, and the children were in awe of me.
Everyone loved...
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Categories:
scattering, farewell, remember, voyage,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Just Passing ThroughBang! Bang! Bang!
The sound of gun shots echoing in the air
Shattering windows and, smashing glasses
Sending people pouring out in the street
Gun shots penetrating the clouds
With a message that is very loud
People are...
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Categories:
scattering, business, change, city, death, deep, destiny, emotions,
Form:
Narrative