Long Stilled Poems
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Emo LoveWith this needle and thread I stitch the wounds Avril left
but with this blade I angrily carve a new
rough, short, jagged adjacent from the bone in my wrist
for a reflection of our relationship
and an outlet...
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Categories:
stilled, anxiety, beauty, emo, i love you, jealousy,
Form:
Narrative
Frequency
“Frequency”
we are separated
from the others
by a thin membrane
electromagnetic
we are receptors
unignited ununited
only tuned into our own
frequency
existing to be lit
the fuses touching
reaching delicately
that which we do
and do not see,
believe
answers embedded
in tablets read...
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Categories:
stilled, future, humanity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
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:
stilled, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Enheduanna TranslationsEnheduanna is the first writer we know by name. She created the first poetry anthology and hymnal, circa 2250 BC, in ancient Sumer. She was the daughter of King Saragon the Great.
Lament to the...
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Categories:
stilled, god, moon, poems, poetess, poetry, religion, spiritual,
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:
stilled, 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:
stilled, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
A Kept WomanDream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine ego quest for affaire d’amour;
her night-loving body
c h a...
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Categories:
stilled, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery, love, lust, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
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:
stilled, evil, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
The Exaltation of InannaThe Exaltation of Inanna: Opening Lines and Excerpts
by Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon I of Akkad and high priestess of Inanna
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Lady of all divine powers!
Lady of the resplendent light!
Righteous Lady...
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Categories:
stilled, faith, god, light, religion, religious, sin, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Lament To the Spirit of WarLament to the Spirit of War
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
You hack down everything you see, War God!
Rising on fearsome wings
you rush to destroy the land:
raging like thunderstorms,
howling like hurricanes,
screaming like...
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Categories:
stilled, allegory, analogy, conflict, death, soldier, storm, war,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween Night In the Apple OrchardYoung Timmy saw Jim walking down the street. Timmy considered a quick retreat, but steadied himself with a shrug. Timmy dreaded the sight of Jim, a teenage bully and wanna be thug, who...
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Categories:
stilled, children, fear, scary,
Form:
Narrative
The Giant of LisbellawStood I there, that last day,
On an iron bridge...
An aqueduct by design,
Where, looking dreamily out over
The Ernes Lower Lough,
My compressed shadow
Momentarily paused -
To contently recline:
Amidst coy Junes radiant beams
of sweet benign!
All was stilled,...
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Categories:
stilled, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Quest of the Heart: Chapter FourGrey Bane and the Dark Lord
Perched on a stalagmite jutting up from the floor
Hugo was staring at length across the cave
My eyes accustomed to the glow followed his gaze
Frozen in ice was my Love whom...
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Categories:
stilled, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
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:
stilled, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Is There An Exclusive All-In-One Principle‘ In general, quantum mechanics does not predict a single definite result for an observation. Instead, it predicts a number of different possible outcomes and tells us how likely each of these is. ‘
...
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Categories:
stilled, philosophy, death, art, dark, art, dark, death,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Words the Ship Melanie Dear Melanie Troubled Times LosstouchWords
The ship
Words come to me like spring.
They set free, they shed the shroud,
open with all their glory, beauty and sing.
They stand tall, they ring out loud,
from a life that blossoms with...
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Categories:
stilled, daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
The Three Enigmas of TurandotThe three enigmas of Turandot
The well of souls run deep in fabled lands of old.
Of China's ancient dynasty and the lost Great Tartary,
a ballad of love and loss that must be told.
The Emperor's daughter,...
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Categories:
stilled, crush, longing, love, moon, romantic love, sad
Form:
Narrative
Portrait of a Hanging
With the opening of my fortress cell,
solemn-faced men come locust invading in
Their mouths smile not, and eyes neither grin
as ceremonial words pursed lips expel
A deer thought escapes ... my life nears its end!
And I feel...
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Categories:
stilled, dark, death, horror, imagery, spiritual,
Form:
Prose Poetry
No God of MineCement, sand and gravel, blood, body and soul
Eternity bred from hell's darkest hole
Combine gruesome aggregates, hydrate the mix
Mould them and dry them, then stack up the bricks.
Thought in advance and precision laboured
Set automatic, eternity savoured
No...
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Categories:
stilled, halloween, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Gerd's DreamThe Medicine was harsh
Never promised to be good
Just enlightening.
In luicid dreaming
A giant becomes a Self
So did Gerd follow
To rule too, soon
As his father before him
Leading his people.
...
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Categories:
stilled, adventure, deep, dream, fantasy, history, life, philosophy,
Form:
Haiku
Confessions of a Baby SnatcherThis is my last confession; there will be no more.
I am impercipient and slow from last night's sleeping pill,
wincing away from the harshness of day.
Kitchen cold, the room tear-splintered,
sunlight striking a watery rainbow in my...
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Categories:
stilled, baby, loss,
Form:
Free verse
WOMB OF ALL BEGINNINGSWOMB OF ALL BEGINNINGS
In the delicious womb of all beginnings
we learnt to giggle electrons
to bear all things
without nusturtiums, pink lilies or doughnuts
warm gurglings of God’s dream for us
Morning glories were waiting
deep...
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Categories:
stilled, allegory, creation, extended metaphor, growth, imagery, love,
Form:
Free verse
What You Do Not See Is Not Necessarily Not ThereI
Take out the caked grimy faucet plug
Let those unseen crawlies dive and duck
...
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Categories:
stilled, health, philosophy, care, care,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's Twentyeighth Legal By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s TWENTYEIGHTH LEGAL (Part One) by T. Wignesan
N.B. If any one is interested in reading the continuation of the extracts of letters that Eric Mottram wrote from America during 1965-66 to...
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Categories:
stilled, america, creation, culture, film, race, writing,
Form:
Free verse
My Silent HouseI.
GRAIL OF TIDES
from the brewing storm’s steeping chalice
the breath of death’s journey awakens in quiet tides
beckoned by the stirring whisper of mortal winds
furrowed by stoic angels in pallid temporal skies
on wings they dance with...
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Categories:
stilled, death, feelings, humanity, identity, inspiration, loss, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse