Long Stark(a) Poems
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Summer
“SUMMER”
Where
has Summer
gone?
The world
has lost
Summer
Sweet
little
dream
missing
all those other
beautiful
small dreams
seen as toys
small and
inconsequential
casually tossed aside,
disposable play,
things
pure shining lights
smiling eyes once so bright,
switched off,
'neath...
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Categories:
stark(a), abuse, child abuse,
Form:
Epic
Various HeresiesIf God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
-Michael R. Burch
*
Willy Nilly
Michael R. Burch
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
Isn’t it silly, Willy...
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Categories:
stark(a), atheist, christian, faith, god, heaven, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Verse
Poems of Recanted BachelorhoodPoems of Recanted Bachelorhood
bachelorhoodwinked
by Michael R. Burch
u
are
charming
& disarming,
but mostly ALARMING
since my resolve
dissolved!
*
Disconcerted
by Michael R. Burch
Beth, my sweet,
fresh as a daisy,
when I’m with you
my heart beats like crazy
& my future gets hazy ...
*
What Goes Around, Comes
by...
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Categories:
stark(a), desire, engagement, first love, girl, love, marriage,
Form:
Verse
Willy NillyWilly Nilly
by Michael R. Burch
for the Demiurge aka Yahweh and Jehovah
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly,
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
Isn’t it...
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Categories:
stark(a), christian, creation, faith, god, spiritual, truth, world,
Form:
Verse
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
stark(a), art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
An Bee Cailleach
“Éagmais croí a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla.
Faoi dhíon taobh istigh de na blianta seo.
Fanacht i bhfianaise, a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla.
Ós rud é go ndearnadh tú a chaitheamh.
Briseadh an tost seo”
"An Bee Cailleach"
She lives to...
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Categories:
stark(a), fantasy, imagery, joy, life, love, magic, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween Poems Ivthe Horror
by Michael R. Burch
the Horror lurks inside our closets
the Horror hides beneath our beds
the Horror hisses ancient curses
the Horror whispers in our heads
the Horror tells us Death is coming
the Horror tells us there’s no...
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Categories:
stark(a), dark, death, evil, grave, halloween, horror, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Does the Butterfly GoWhere Does the Butterfly Go?
by Michael R. Burch
for the children of the Holocaust and the Nakba
Where does the butterfly go
when lightning rails,
when thunder howls,
when hailstones scream,
when winter scowls,
when nights compound dark frosts with snow ...
Where...
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Categories:
stark(a), holocaust,
Form:
Verse
Medieval Poems IiMedieval Poems
Wulf and Eadwacer
(Old English circa 990 AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My people pursue him like crippled prey.
They'll rip him apart if he approaches their pack.
We are so different!
Wulf's on one island; I'm on...
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Categories:
stark(a), angel, england, love, middle school, poetry, song,
Form:
Rhyme
BeckoningBeckoning
by Michael R. Burch
Yesterday the wind whispered my name
while the blazing locks
of her rampant mane
lay heavy on mine.
And yesterday
I saw the way
the wind caressed tall pines
in forests laced by glinting streams
and thick with...
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Categories:
stark(a), anxiety, break up, change, confusion, sleep, time,
Form:
Verse
Otomo No Sakanoue No Iratsume TranslationTo a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh, my child living so far away,
do you pine for me...
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Categories:
stark(a), child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form:
Tanka
Apocalyptic Poems IiThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...
Beast 666
by Michael R. Burch
“... what rough beast ... slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?”?W. B. Yeats
Brutality is a cross
wooden, blood-stained,
gas hissing, sibilant,
lungs gilled, deveined,
red flecks on a...
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Categories:
stark(a), earth, earth day, environment, future, visionary, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
Various Heresies 5Various Heresies 5
Tonight, Let's Remember
by Michael R. Burch
July 7,2007 (7-7-7)
Tonight, let's remember the fond ways
our fingers engendered new methods to praise
the gray at my temples, your thinning hair.
Tonight, let's remember, and let us draw near...
Tonight,...
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Categories:
stark(a), creation, earth, god, heaven, spiritual, wine, women,
Form:
Verse
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:
stark(a), death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
No God of Mine - 2021 Edit[This poem 'No God Of Mine' was seemingly confounding readers as
to its meaning. Ordinarily, if I felt a poem wasn't cutting it, I'd delete
it, but on this occasion, I've been asked to explain it... so here goes.]
By...
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Categories:
stark(a), evil, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Canto Xxix Hell TranslationSo many people and the various sores
Intoxicated in such a way my eyes,
That wanted open to crying their doors.
But Virgil told : “What for you look this guise?
Why now your sight is so carefully brought
Down...
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Categories:
stark(a), fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Apocalyptic Poems IThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...
The Vision of the Overseer’s Right Hand
by Michael R. Burch
“Dust to dust ...”
I stumbled, aghast,
into a valley of dust and bone
where all men become,
at last, the same color...
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Categories:
stark(a), earth, earth day, environment, future, humanity, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English LanguageTranslations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems
The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
(excerpt)
He who granted me life...
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Categories:
stark(a), england, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Poo Poo BirdThey pursued it with vigor, they pursued it with crass
They hunted with valor and hope
They proceeded with a dose of good Knightly sass
They chased it with tackle and rope
Now King Arthur declared in a boisterous...
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Categories:
stark(a), abortion, adventure, funny, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
stark(a), adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Daily Show and TellDear Toni,
I saw you on The Daily Show
the other day
having your way
with Trevor,
or was it the other way around?
Not sure.
I'm also not sure where we first went wrong,
but I'm sorry for once having thought you...
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Categories:
stark(a), family, health, humor, patriotic, political, psychological, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Inside the Great Halls of Us
“Inside the Great Halls of Us”
Inside
The Great Halls of Us,
there resides a ghost
IT hides in plain sight,
waiting quietly, alone,
in our dark
there, IT holds ITs light,
to draw us further in,
we nervously laugh IT...
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Categories:
stark(a), i am, science fiction, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Ali's SongAli's Song
by Michael R. Burch
for Muhammad Ali
They say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.
They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.
A man can be more beautiful, more wild.
I flung their medal to the river,...
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Categories:
stark(a), boxing day , butterfly, discrimination, race, racism, tribute,
Form:
Verse
A Parallel EarthIt was the weekend, and I was sleeping late that day,
Alone with the morning, while savoring marvels of May.
As I drowsed luxuriantly, at the outskirts of dreams,
I heard a strange sound, while soaking in gay...
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Categories:
stark(a), adventure, earth, fantasy, love, nature, peace, world,
Form:
Couplet
Canto Xx Hell TranslationOf new pains new verses must be composed
To give matter for the canto twenty
Of the canticle first, treating sunk posed.
I just was inclined with desires many
To thoroughly look at the open deep,
Which was moisten...
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Categories:
stark(a), fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima