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Hitchhiker From Another World 4“Come on, let's get introduced to my play mate in a palm.
Linda, these are Joshua’s true other selfs.”
Lelia emitting a peculiar chuckle.
A comic situation arose where I changed my voice for each of my...
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stunned, art, beautiful, beauty, celebration, character, emotions, environment,
Form:
Prose
The Power of My PenI have been trying to find the right words to pen this verse, but since I came to this country my words are suppressed and my voice is oppressed. The wind is blowing furiously, and...
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Categories:
stunned, anti bullying, break up, community, corruption, discrimination,
Form:
Narrative
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:
stunned, anxiety, beauty, emo, i love you, jealousy,
Form:
Narrative
Employment TraumaMy protagonist today,
a Gay Black Religious Mature Male,
not quite ready for silver-grey Obama temples
Is off this morning
to a new full-time job,
8 to 5,
Monday through Friday.
He has been out of his calming,
regular custodial collared routine,
for over...
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Categories:
stunned, betrayal, caregiving, culture, health, prejudice, religion, work,
Form:
Political Verse
Chapter 108 -- Damian Dj Delilah Mallory Damali Cj: the New Temple and Djs BirthdayDate: January 4 2046
Damali and DJ were active in the
Small house sprucing up for their
Day. "Hey happy birthday partner!"
Damali jostled DJ. In the main house
Now 11 morning time. Damian had
Plans...
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Categories:
stunned, color, confidence, deep,
Form:
Alliteration
Sonnets Xxv-XxxiiSonnets XXV-XXXII
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
stunned, bereavement, body, cancer, change, death, depression, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets X-XviSonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
stunned, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Miklos Radnoti Translations of Holocaust PoemsPostcard 1
by Miklós Radnóti
written August 30, 1944
translated by Michael R. Burch
Out of Bulgaria, the great wild roar of the artillery thunders,
resounds on the mountain ridges, rebounds, then ebbs into silence
while here men, beasts, wagons...
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Categories:
stunned, death, grave, holocaust, horror, humanity, memorial, world
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the PantherThe Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is not our world. It has no stars.
No light. Ten thousand...
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stunned, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Reveren' Carlton Whitney - Both Audio and TextReveren’ Carlton Whitney was the pastor of our church, and someone I looked up to as a child.
Six foot six, with piercing eyes, a booming voice, and yet…his disposition, thankfully - was mild.
The very...
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Categories:
stunned, character, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
Adieu - Part 1Do you remember?
We lay in the moonlight, exhausted and content,
Moments from perfection, skin glistening with moisture,
Salty and sweet from love - love so amazing
That it stunned us every time ...
Always better than before, and always...
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Categories:
stunned, heartbreak, love, passion, romantic, sad love, true
Form:
Free verse
The Escape"Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking,
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away."
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
stunned, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Today In Billy the Kid History - April 28, 1881"Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking,
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away."
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
stunned, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Freezer Mice: RepostedThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
stunned, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
No Happy EndingBright lights, big city...
bright lights, big city dreams...
please just take me away tonight
Let me rest on your elegance tonight
I have no energy left to spend in reality
so please knock me unconscious
just to be in the...
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Categories:
stunned, friend, friendship, hate, heartbreak, irony, jealousy, loss,
Form:
Free verse
Tiny Town Events - 1st Half -- Text With IllustrationNOTE: THIS IS ONLY THE 1st half of this piece-- its 2nd half is posted separately due to Poetry Soup's poem-lengths-limitation. Be sure to check out the balance of this poem = "Tiny Town Events"...
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Categories:
stunned, love,
Form:
Narrative
Canto Xvii Hell Translation“Here the fierce with the thin pointed tail,
Who passes mountains and breaks arms and walls!
Here who with stench can the world assail!”
So my duke started to talk with his calls;
And hinted then it to get...
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Categories:
stunned, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Ghost Dance Part IiiWovoka in the Feverland
In the Dying-Grass Moon came another winter to claim the old and sick.
This was when the first messengers came
To the desolation known as Pine Ridge.
They came riding in at the end of...
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Categories:
stunned, emotions, heartbreak, native american, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Freezer MiceThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
stunned, adventure, fantasy, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
Adopting YuaThe dust had all but settled from the sultry morning air when Sergeant Kessler tapped me on the arm to wake me up.
“Gonna be a hot one,” he announced, “a chance o’ rain...and could get...
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Categories:
stunned, child, daughter, inspirational, inspirational love, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
Poems About Poets IPoems about Poets I
The Wonder Boys
by Michael R. Burch
for Leslie Mellichamp
The stars were always there, too-bright cliches:
scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew
as baffled poets winged keyed kites—amazed,
in dream of shocks that suddenly came true ...
but...
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Categories:
stunned, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 76The night sky was dark but for the beam of light that glared through the trees before them as they walked into the woods. Joulupukki and Lumi were careful not to get to close...
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Categories:
stunned, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Juozas Miltinis Learning Years In ParisIt was September
Of one thousand
Nine hundred seven
The end of summer
With apples lying thickly
Under the apple trees
And the smell of Autumn
Covering the grass
Filled with ripe yellow
And orange squash
He was born in a little
Wooden house...
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Categories:
stunned, art, destiny, french, history,
Form:
Bio
The Untold Story of a Sitar 3
The Untold story of a Sitar Part 3 Concluded
.
A soothing musical note
Was coming out and floating
In the air
In that White coated
Old auditorium
Of a different era
Which was so alive before...
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Categories:
stunned, music, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Kidnapped By AliensThey had kept me imprisoned there for three full days,
In that sparse, solitary room, of scarce sunshine rays.
Having good food to eat, had never been a problem;
They brought hot meals, but the problem was...
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Categories:
stunned, adventure, earth, fantasy, imagery, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet