Long Surging Poems
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Halloween PoemsIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
surging, children, grave, halloween, horror, myth, silly, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
It's HalloweenIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
surging, cat, children, evil, grave, halloween, horror, moon,
Form:
Verse
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations IiDusk-gliding swallow,
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers!
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies off, sated
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
That dying cricket,...
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Categories:
surging, autumn, death, life, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Haiku
Haiku Translations of the Oriental MastersGrasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow...
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Categories:
surging, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
Form:
Haiku
Ono No Komachi Translation: AutumnWatching wan moonlight
illuminate tree limbs,
my heart also brims,
overflowing with autumn.
—Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
As I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono...
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Categories:
surging, age, autumn, death, depression, desire, heartbreak, women,
Form:
Tanka
Let Me Give Her DiamondsLet Me Give Her Diamonds
by Michael R. Burch
Let me give her diamonds
for my heart's
sharp edges.
Let me give her roses
for my soul's
thorn.
Let me give her solace
for my words
of treason.
Let the flowering of love
outlast a winter
season.
Let me...
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Categories:
surging, valentines day,
Form:
Verse
Ono No Komachi TranslationsAs I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Submit to you—is that what you advise?
The way the ripples...
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Categories:
surging, desire, life, longing, love, nature, woman, women,
Form:
Tanka
Rilke Translations IiCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
surging, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic 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 lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
surging, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
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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Categories:
surging, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViiiJuvenilia: Early Poems VIII
These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school and college student.
Moon Lake
by Michael R. Burch
Starlit recorder of summer nights,
what magic spell bewitches you?
They say that...
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Categories:
surging, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Poems IiLOVE POEMS II
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating and marriage. On an amusing note, my steamy Baudelaire translations have become popular with the...
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Categories:
surging, desire, love, lust, marriage, passion, romance, sexy,
Form:
Rhyme
My HellI fall down
deeper and deeper
into oblivion
nothing
only darkness.
the sounds of evil
dripping into my ears
slithering farther
and sliding down into me
filling me with echoes.
terror courses through
my veins
into each cell
turning them against
me
they are no longer mine
they follow another
a stronger...
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Categories:
surging, betrayal, death, evil, fear, horror, pain, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke: First Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, at Duino Castle, near Trieste on...
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Categories:
surging, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
Raid Versus WoeRaid versus woe
Black flag(s) show up
on social media platforms
when potential homicidal maniac(s)
communicate(s) intent to strike
with ambush and ready
read - able, eager, and willing
to embark upon murderous rampage.
Prospective killer armed to the teeth
usually a young bucking...
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Categories:
surging, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st
Form:
Rhyme
Wisdom's Healthy Passion"We have an enemy within called the ego
who prevents us from using our mind intelligently.
It hides deep within our heart
and emerges with regularity
to challenge and consume our will."
Rumi (M. Mafi,...
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Categories:
surging, health, integrity, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Seeking the Boundaries of Love's Depths and Her HandPoem One: Inspired by my reading of -Lady Labyrinth's---magnificent
poem , "Courting the Sublime Significance of Nothingness"
(1.) Poem One
Seeking The Boundaries Of Love's Depths And Her Hand
The air, its surging breath sings
into the...
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Categories:
surging, appreciation, art, beauty, dedication, love, passion, poetry,
Form:
Romanticism
Chapter 157-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: CRUEL Ball FAMILY DaYMay 2051
Damali was preparing for the big event
Beginning today "12:30 bright and
Early like my Dad said". Damali
Was thinking. DJ was on video phone
Now. "Hey Damali! You know who'll
Be here today...
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Categories:
surging, absence, allusion, best friend, birth, black love,
Form:
Prose
Three Tribute Poems, Composed By Me, For Longfellow BlogThree Tribute poems-- composed by me,
For Longfellow blog….
(1.)
Glory Of Faith's Triumphant Golden Crowns
The rays of morn took their first golden breath
Dispersing powers of night's darkling mists
First gleams romancing sweet the earthen shores
Beating back dark...
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Categories:
surging, art, creation, dedication, deep, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Heroic Crown of Sonnets - Part One
Our Year Of Months (January - July)
1. Intro
Divided into months is our Earth year;
fixed firm in space to meet with climate change,
relation with our Sun makes it so clear
we will be blessed with seasons that...
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Categories:
surging, daffodils, earth, seasons,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
An Eternity IStood upright, between two roads,
On a thin metal rail,
A solitary, brown coloured bottle
Of beer, ...
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Categories:
surging, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Routine RitualsRoutine.
New Year
yet the same ritualistic routines,
absent their blissfully celebrating roots
buried in more fertile loves and hope-filled times
and might have beens
if not for this today
with these people
on this sacred nurturing Goddess Earth,
Still making more or less...
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Categories:
surging, blessing, earth, health, myth, nature, new year,
Form:
Political Verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 3They say the one you think of last before sleep,
Is the one you care for the most— the one you wish to hold, admire, love…
The two of us…beings of bravery,
Had labored all the night,
In...
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Categories:
surging, adventure, allegory, anxiety, art, friendship, sympathy, time,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
surging, adventure, analogy, appreciation, boat, celebration, sea, travel,
Form:
Concrete
Uniting States of WisdomWe have an enemy within called the ego
who prevents us from using our mind intelligently.
It hides deep within our heart
and emerges with regularity
to challenge and consume our will.
...
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Categories:
surging, culture, earth, love, nature, peace, philosophy, universe,
Form:
Free verse