Long Spears 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:
spears, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance, faith, hope, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Nemesis, Confrontation and the Rejoined Battle, Now CompletedNemesis, Confrontation And The Rejoined Battle,
Now Completed
(Nemesis) - Part One
O'lord of blight dare thee to now abide
Leaving thy abode to earthen realm ride
As punisher with dark universal might
As grief bearer, humanity to smite!
Dar'est thee enter,...
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Categories:
spears, art, creation, faith, humanity, light, meaningful, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
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:
spears, angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
Form:
Rhyme
Radiance, For Dylan ThomasRadiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil—
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes—dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
spears, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...
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Categories:
spears, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
EcclesiaAn old Greek word, ecclesia,
is often translated as church,
but could also be thought of as a civilization
acting civilly,
as a citizenry
acting as responsible citizens.
The noun side of Ecclesia
casts residents as consumers
of democratic and economic cooperative systems,
while...
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Categories:
spears, culture, fear, health,
Form:
Political Verse
A Snow Queen TalePart 1: FORE SIBERIAN FATE
silk wings wet -
angel on the lake.
starlight glitter
separates from
the golden wheat.
her docile hair,
prophecy of ice.
winter pink,
pinched cheeks.
ice skate scrapes -
flecks of flakes.
the snow queen
before her relentless
reign, a pretty thing.
her smile warms
the...
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Categories:
spears, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Dylan ThomasThese are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
spears, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan ThomasMyth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
spears, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
The Stela Epic, Part 1 of 8The Stela Epic by DR. Mohammed F A Alrazak
The grains of sand, the drops of rain, makes the stage for souls to play
The prints of feet on rocks were wonders and arts as the...
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Categories:
spears, culture, freedom,
Form:
ABC
Mother of the AgeStately stood Princess Amber in all her finery,
Emerald tunic over a crimson gown,
With gems inlaid in her rustling gown,
Her arms bangled in intricate gold slowly rose,
Her slender fingers rested on her heaving bosom,
Listening to unstopping...
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Categories:
spears, anger, beautiful, emotions, forgiveness, imagery, jealousy,
Form:
Epic
Journey Companions: the Friend Sonnets Part IiHEROES
Near somber guards, units of children heap
dead leaves, naive to any else fallen.
Friend, you chuckle, but your posture speaks
of duty on this day of contradictions.
Firefighters bow heads in silent paean,
while polished trucks stand...
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Categories:
spears, friend, hero, places, poetry, integrity, , memorial,
Form:
Sonnet
Tasting Africa, One L----Ick At a Time - Part 1Tasting Africa (One L****ick at a Time) Part 1
(Though the title's a joke, my limericks are not!)
1. Life's Always an Adventure (Morogoro)
Can one's life be that safe when all live in a zoo -
Friend on...
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Categories:
spears, africa, appreciation, journey, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Quest of the Heart: Chapter One, ContOf Ghosts and fiends in Twilight, Cont.
A thought flashed in my mind from the old tales told
The lore of the beast and I had felt his foul breath
I had seconds to act or be devoured...
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Categories:
spears, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
There Is This Dark Place Where I GoThere Is This Dark Place Where I Go
There is this dark place where I go
when feeling overwhelmed
When life is too much to go on
My light all but dispelled
I take myself up to my room
And...
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Categories:
spears, angel, anxiety, betrayal, death, depression, emotions, fear,
Form:
Lyric
I Watched Midnight Sun Fall Into Dark Shades of Oblivion, a TrilogyPredator Antiqua Multis Versus Respiciens Tempus
I Watched Midnight Sun Fall Into Dark Shades Of Oblivion
Part I
I watched midnight sun fall into dark shades of oblivion
with its dying light screaming in agonizing moans
upon bloody battlefields of...
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Categories:
spears, appreciation, art, birth, blessing, time, truth, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Ashurah(Every year in the lunar month of Muharram we Shia Muslims commemorate the brutal martyrdom of the grandson of our Holy prophet Muhammed (s.a.w) and his family and friends at the hands of fake hypocritical...
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Categories:
spears, history, islamic, remembrance day, sad,
Form:
Elegiac Lyric
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 20It was a bitter morning, the ground hotter upon my flesh
I kneeled at the center of the pit on the twentieth day,
Remembering a tune sung so long ago,
A great song grieving for the incessant wars...
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Categories:
spears, growth, heart, life, loss, mystery, pain, war,
Form:
Epic
Journey Through Time Part TwoAs time passed on by, they settled and married
producing a fine brood of children
yet growing more and more unsettled
until one day they headed off again
this time going to the far north
where the lands were bound...
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Categories:
spears, adventure, journey,
Form:
Epic
Soul Stance River - 25Christ!
A warparty of 60 Shoshone warriors has just stampeded into the meadow
faces painted red and white for blood and death, all sorts of strange designs,
bows and arrows ready to fly on us, skull breaking cudgels...
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Categories:
spears, adventure,
Form:
Epic
Consciousness Correction
Placed seventh in
Consciousness Correction Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
...
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Categories:
spears, emotions, inspirational, introspection, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Thoughts of a Fallen ChampionTHE LAST THOUGHTS OF A FALLEN CHAMPION
This one time I know I was caught below the belt
No doubt I got it wrong and I'm far from my best
My last chilling and coin now I've...
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Categories:
spears, death, desire, fate, history, memory, remember,
Form:
ABC
SamsonJoyful music filled the village
when mother’s barren womb gave birth.
Born to end Philistine pillage,
and fill sad, anxious hearts with mirth.
No wine or product of the vine,
should pass your palate when you dine.
No razor...
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Categories:
spears, betrayal, conflict, dark, passion, religion, religious, vanity,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Rouging of the Lamb BMy sweet mother of pearl struck a ruby eyed reef.
Then quickly sank into the deep, just shy of the cay of life.
Don't remember much about her,
Daddy never had much to say... about the...
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Categories:
spears, childhood, pain,
Form:
Narrative
Lets Talk About LoveLets talk about love
Love is meant to be an opportunity
To share a place in time,
And an open heart for a person,
That God has designed, just for you.
Love is to be our now,
Our everlasting and...
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Categories:
spears, love, marriage, life, god, heart, god, heart,
Form:
Blank verse