Long Terraces Poems
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This World of DewTHIS WORLD OF DEW
This world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane's bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Dewdrops beading grass-blades
die before...
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Categories:
terraces, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form:
Haiku
Humanity CanteenHumanity Canteen
My restaurant is exclusive and classy no paupers allowed though I
have to declare that I picked up the chef near the township where
on a paraffin cooker in his garden of plenty lots of dishevelment...
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Categories:
terraces, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
When I Was Twentysomething 1980sI saw a man die who took a stance
I saw he just wanted to give peace a chance
I saw the boycotts and the embargoes
I saw trafficking in human cargos
I saw hedge funds, junk bonds, oil...
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Categories:
terraces, history, world,
Form:
Couplet
Sassy SunI had named my verbose parrot Sunny, as he filled my world with sunshine;
For when someone truly touches the heart, you often must give some sign.
I habitually called him 'Sun' for short, and we had...
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Categories:
terraces, cute love, fantasy, hero, imagery, nature, pets,
Form:
Couplet
Early Poems XviiEarly Poems XVII
Morning
by Michael R. Burch
It was morning
and the bright dew drenched the grasses
like tears the trembling lashes of my lover;
another day had come.
And everywhere the flowers
were turning to the sun,
just as the night before
I...
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Categories:
terraces, 8th grade, day, flower, morning, sun, sunshine,
Form:
Rhyme
What Is LeftThese villains in the land of Prejudice
Sitted in terraces, funding dareDevils...
Painting innocent faces with faeces from Boko bum...Issh!!!
Insult, added with salt upon injury
And we lavish in abject penury
Still, we are GIANTS of Africa,...
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Categories:
terraces, abuse, africa, sad, violence, prejudice,
Form:
Epitaph
Classy Squash Final In BorneoIt is a final long dreamed for by the organisers...
It is a final matchup between the top 2 contenders...
Here in this for off island of Borneo, 3 days of frantic matches...
Will end with this crucial...
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Categories:
terraces, appreciation, beauty, games, inspiration, poetry, tribute, truth,
Form:
Light Verse
In the Bluebell Woods ( Part I )IN THE BLUEBELL WOODS AT SHOTLEY BRIDGE
Shotley Bridge woods must no longer exist
Though I looked for them often as an adult.
Eventually I stopped looking fior the woods.
However, I often recalled them in my...
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Categories:
terraces, allegory, mum,
Form:
Free verse
Positions: Part ThreePositions: Part Three
Arabic Poem by: Bushra Al-Bustani
Translated into English by:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
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The Position of Grief
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Was the sky blue in any day?
I have never seen...
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Categories:
terraces, arabic, deep, feelings, grief, pain, passion, war,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Pearl of the OrientSurrounded by tranquil turquoise waters,
Guarded on sides by oceans three,
In the east by the Pacific,
On the south by the Celebes Sea,
And on the west by the south China Sea,
There is an archipelago on the...
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Categories:
terraces, beautiful, nature, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
Unrepentant MinersUnrepentant Miners
I look out over what should have been viridian fields
Where daisy and dandelions
Found their picturesque beauty
Wild and free
I felt the meadow of summer skies
Lay their heads beneath your bare feet
To kiss at your ankles...
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Categories:
terraces, life, lovetree, kiss, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Happy DiwaliDiwali is festival of lights of Hindus in India.This festival has a religious background
and celebrated all over India and outside also.The poet is sad on this day when this
festival is being celebrated all...
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Categories:
terraces, love, sad, me, light, day, light, me,
Form:
I do not know?
The Village On the WaterHeavily laden boats, rectangular sails billowing
Under seas of low cloud, braving the fierce Yangtze; ...
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Categories:
terraces, appreciation, environment, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Pearl Of The Orient
The Philippines, with its strategic location
at the crossroads of the Pacific Ocean,
and the South China Sea,
is the Pearl of the Orient,
the nickname used to describe
the country since the early 20th...
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Categories:
terraces, analogy, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Pearl of the Orient
"Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan,
hindi makakarating sa paroroonan".
(A person who does not remember where he came from
will never reach his destination).
Filipino proverb.
Gift me wings so I can fly to a blessed land
of emerald...
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Categories:
terraces, travel,
Form:
Free verse
To Those Bell Bottomed BoysAre there ghosts on Hessle Road
Do the bell bottomed boys
Slide quietly into Rayners
For the pint, the craic, the noise.
Do their pockets still jingle
Until, having spent it all
It's again through the Bullnose
To pursue the ghostly trawl.
Do...
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Categories:
terraces, change, courage, eulogy, fishing, memorial, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
A Note In the Wind-NwThough the west wind is, often, wild,
It blows, sometimes, miraculously mild.
It seemed I waited for such a tender time,
To my stubborn friend to send my rhyme;
A friendship that, once, divinely developed,
Why by fogs of...
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Categories:
terraces, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
A Place Favorable For EscapeEscape at hands reach
all by excellence
a place favorable for escape
into revelations of brightness of solar edification
A place near the corner of the rebirth seat
of ornamental art of all times
A place kept in the decorations of...
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Categories:
terraces, allegorylost, lost,
Form:
Free verse
70 Years Past Midnight - Part I-- January 30, Martyr's Day --
noble and martyred
wrapped in the colours they served
nation in their legacy
...
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Categories:
terraces, 10th grade, august, celebration, change, independence day,
Form:
Haibun
Maiden of the Moon*****Anyone who knows my poetry knows how I often use Greek mythology in my works. This poem revolves around the idea of the moon longing to become 'into being' so as to be with Venus,...
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Categories:
terraces, moon, mythology, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
It's More Fun In the PhilippinesTreasured land splendor and glory
Pearl of the Orient Seas
Soldiers of known most emotional people
Loving and hospitable in patriot's blood line
The secret of velvet Three Stars and a Sun.
Fortified highest kind of water
Hallowed island of more...
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Categories:
terraces, adventure, holiday, nature, heaven, heaven, stars,
Form:
Free verse
Sister Perugia and the Fa CupExit gate C opened up,
And the followers flood
Turnstiles overcrowding,
And fallen ticket stubs
A namesake for the estate
Just off of 23,
On the way to my place
In the southern United States
We've been distant,
More than I envisioned,
But I...
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Categories:
terraces, eulogy, introspection, sports, , western,
Form:
Free verse
Grassy Gardens of BlessingsGod-endowed resources present
grasses serving as pasture haven
with vegetable terraces for well-being nourishment
...
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Categories:
terraces, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, nature,
Form:
Imagism
A London Stage For ChuckThere is always a way, the optimist says,
Yet the creak of life’s tensions groan low,
They shadow the quake that the floor he walks makes,
And the air as it travels says so.
See the mist pale...
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Categories:
terraces, family,
Form:
Narrative
The City of PinesIn the City of Pines, vendors are everywhere. High and low prices are everywhere. The once cool region of overflowing love somehow narrowed its space for the younger generation because of commercialization.
Commercialization, on...
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Categories:
terraces, blessing, culture, earth, love, nature, peace, pride,
Form:
Prose