Long Shields Poems
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The Hardships of Honesty - Neither Will II often surprise many people in many ways
With the words I say…with the actions I make…
It’s extraordinary how many seek high praise
With the words they say…with the actions they fake…
Neither will I…
Assume the worst in...
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Categories:
shields, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance, faith, hope, passion,
Form:
Free verse
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:
shields, angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
Form:
Rhyme
Be Embarrased By ArmsBe Embarrased by Arms
The right of a person to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon when in a
well-regulated militia necessary for the security of a free state. In other words, if
you...
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Categories:
shields, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New ShiftI.
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New Shift
( Mille viri sententia agere nescit donec suscipit calamum scribere.)
For a brief spell, I hung my hammock in the shade
of the ancient tall oak tree, that God's...
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Categories:
shields, appreciation, art, blessing, care, dedication, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth - With New FootnotesGod Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!
God bless each day's magnetic field on Earth (1) that shields the human race
from cosmic rays bombarding Earth and us (from...
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Categories:
shields, love, science, space,
Form:
Rhyme
Strange Creatures and the Forest of Egregore
“Strange Creatures and The Forest of Egregore”
Where do we go -
when our rosebuds
stop still in the cold,
unwanted,
along the unopened road?
we walk into the
forest alone,
there we meet
strange creatures -
some say
they...
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Categories:
shields, dark, light, love, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Unforgettable Places - ActsI have so many places/acts dear to my heart
I’m just dying to share some with you
Not to boast, I but honor them, all played a part,
I'm sure helped to bring me in your view!
Tell me...
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Categories:
shields, appreciation, blessing, family, life, love,
Form:
Quatrain
Translation of Dante's Hell Canto XvNow we along one of hard rims are brought;
And a thin spray on the brook is fixed,
So shield to rims and water is begot.
As Flemings, Cadsand and Bruges bewixt,
Fearing the high waves pouncing...
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Categories:
shields, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
A Former Great Nations Squandered Wealth ISwept up into piles; everywhere
Abouts; in collected heaps all
Around.
It is almost as if the drab
Streets were strewn...
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Categories:
shields, philosophy, senses,
Form:
Rhyme
The RantGone now are the wondrous minds of old,
whose era treasured learning over gold,
And humble were the thoughts and words of these,
who, trothed to truth, would now be left displeased,
by hurried tempers bent on winning wars,
neglectful...
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Categories:
shields, people, philosophy, political, society, truth, universe, wisdom,
Form:
Didactic
Rainer Maria Rilke: Second Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's second elegy from his Duino Elegies, which he began composing at Duino Castle in 1912.
Second Elegy
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Every angel...
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Categories:
shields, angel, art, desire, eulogy, god, love, passion,
Form:
Elegy
Hello Bad BoysFINAL EPISODE OF PURE FANTASY
Hello Bad Boys!
The starry, twilight zone high above, this night
With it’s shooting stars, and the moon, so bright,
Looked heavenly, even Venus, was in sight,
It was clear, could see far and beyond
Across...
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Categories:
shields, earth,
Form:
Free verse
Yet More Than a BrotherMoods oscillate in cadences of peaks and valleys
Music to fractious emotions on greasy dance floors
Mistimed cues of flares smouldering relationships
Angst of redundancy seethes from within as lava
Anger is camouflaged with the cloak of reticence
Ardour suffocated...
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Categories:
shields, allusion, analogy, appreciation, brother, character, feelings, friend,
Form:
Bio
The Magic NickelOne day, not so long ago, when I was out playing with my dog Ruff, I met a very old woman. She looked very tired and poor. Her clothes were worn and kind of ragged....
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Categories:
shields, children, cute, fantasy, mother son,
Form:
Prose
Love of Our LifeLOVE Of Our Life
Life’s journey swim links 2 defined moments - birth & death.
To survive its stretch we swim different strokes,
Delivered inner strength combats heavy tides & puncture pokes,
Hidden forces compatibly energize different folks,
Fortifying for...
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Categories:
shields, desire, emotions, god, love, perspective, relationship, wisdom,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Yuliya's Father's Cottage Part 1The ride to the country is uneventful
Except that I feel a little like
A man riding inside a cannon ball.
Yuliya's father Igor drives
I'm also up front (the honored guest) ...
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Categories:
shields, love, integrity, , memorial,
Form:
Blank verse
Conflicted Or Star Crossed LoversNot a day goes by I don't think of you
you have permeated my fortress and walk freely in all its rooms
(examining it's furnishings)
how did I allow you entry without the
usual search scan and seizure ?
I'ts...
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Categories:
shields, inspiration, life, love, metaphor, passion, truth, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To a Tree - Synopsis - EpicI.
Espy, distinguish divinely made lively, lovely Trees
He or she, inhales carbon dioxide, then breathes
out for us humans, life given clean oxygen
Stout roots run deep, holding God's earth
Also, with you we were taught our first lesson
II.
Animals...
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Categories:
shields, adventure, beauty, earth, earth day, introspection, nature,
Form:
Ode
Cherish Armour
"Cherish Armour"
She
wears
Her armour,
LOVE -
draped like chain mail
shields You
with Her heart
When She is drowning
She will throw You to the sure
safe for Your future
And She will cry of lost children
morbid oblivion,
damnation and...
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Categories:
shields, daughter, journey, love, mother, mothers day, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Saguaro........Cactus
....Water Towers
Isolated desolates
Wrapped in spikes
Fluted aqua Greys
Or in military green
Reaching the skies
The desolate cacti
The desert fingers
Withholding blaze..
Desicating breeze..........
.Blistering freeze..................
Where not a blade....................
Nothin' germinate......................
Them root in dust.....................
Wasteland, gravel.....................
The fluted barrels......................
They shrink in dry......................
Bellow up...
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Categories:
shields, nature,
Form:
Concrete
The PoetIt is a fever.
The poet
They found the poet outside the park
His steps spoke many words of wine
His upper half seemed half asleep
And his feet walked a crooked line
His arms were spread as if...
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Categories:
shields, depression, family, imagination, introspection, life, on writing
Form:
Rhyme
Itsy Bitsy the Tiny PixyItsy Bitsy the tiny pixy always wore a frown
for the other pixys treated him like a clown
The other pixy boys did not want Itsy Bitsy around
Itsy Bitsy flew too slow with small wings that were...
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Categories:
shields, children, fairy, fun,
Form:
Rhyme
He Bled, For Life's Gleaming, Golden Treasures Now Forever LostTwo gifted creations, born from dreams that were sent
and both gave a measure of blessed hope….
(1.)
He Bled, For Life's Gleaming, Golden Treasures Now Forever Lost
He tread each new dawn, trepidation dancing right along
Where once...
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Categories:
shields, art, deep, introspection, loss, meaningful, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
New World OrderThe Rulers wield their silver shields,
wear golden coronets
while warders guard the prison yard,
...
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Categories:
shields, drug, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Dreams of the Battle of Thymbra, Lydian Persian WarDreams of The Battle of Thymbra, Lydian-Persian War
In the midst of a battle I awoke thrown
walking over the crimson red dead.
Found and drew the shaft from solid stone
standing on soil blood soaked in red!
My heart...
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Categories:
shields, conflict, death, history, imagery, military, sorrow, war,
Form:
Narrative