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What are some signs of the times Q and A

Q  Is it Saudi Arabia  and France that are spearheading the 'two state solution' 
     between Palestine and Israel 'in yet another failed land for peace negotiation'?

A  Yes

Q...

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Categories: to it, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Prose


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Polypathic Political Scientists

I have had a highly redundant,
one might even choose polypathic,
graduate studies experience
spanning my adult life to date.

This began with a semester of Philosophy.
Just enough to learn I wanted something more experiential,
a more embodied communication environment...

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Categories: to it, beauty, culture, health, political, religion, trust, truth,
Form: Political Verse
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Why we need to leave left behind letters to our loved ones

There are many Christians today, that are advocating always,
That we leave 'left behind letters,' to be read latter on, after 
The harpazo of the church has both come and also gone.
Instructing our left behind loves...

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Categories: to it, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Other
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Echoes of a Shady Past

An icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night.
This once charming pied-a-terre was now in a final phase denouement.
The...

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Categories: to it, art, birth, character, courage, dark, imagery, imagination,
Form: Prose
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Echoes Of A Shady Past Part Two

n icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night.
This once charming pied-a-terre was now in a final phase denouement.
The...

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Categories: to it, character, dark, death, emotions, gothic, imagery, imagination,
Form: Prose


I Am My Father's Son

They were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one shout,
"Clean down the tables with wet sponges! Rouse
Yourselves! And when...

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Categories: to it, adventure, anger, anxiety, bullying, father, history, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Patsy Foley Was Roly-Poly In 1947

It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too much ravioli."

At first, no one could remember who started the...

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Categories: to it, memory,
Form: Prose

Poems About Dogs

Poems about Dogs

This Dog
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Each morning this dog,
who has become quite attached to me,
sits silently at my feet
until, gently caressing his head,
I acknowledge his company.

This simple recognition gives my...

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Categories: to it, animal, dog, friend, friendship, heart, joy, love,
Form: Free verse
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Water's Weakness

There is nothing weaker than water
But none is superior to it in overcoming the hard,
For which there is no substitute.
(Laotse, "Nothing Weaker Than Water", Lin Yutang, trans.)

That weakness of mind and body overcomes strength
And uniting...

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Categories: to it, power, psychological, water, western, wisdom,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
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Chapter 92 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Family Affairs

Next day new school day. 
Amadeus was the first to
Wake then he woke DJ and 
Damali And all three went for
The showers. Twenty minutes 
Later they woke everybody else 
Including the adults. The Hakim 
Children...

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Categories: to it, beach, christmas, emotions, family, first love, leadership,
Form: Alliteration

Pablo Neruda Translation: Every Day You Play

Every Day You Play
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Every day you play with Infinity’s rays.
Exquisite visitor, you arrive with the flowers and the water.
You are vastly more than this immaculate head I clasp...

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Categories: to it, aubade, beauty, dog, for her, fruit, happiness,
Form: Free verse
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Chapter 97 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Family Times and Projects

Date: December  2042

Early afternoon, Damian was 
Busy in his den planning the trip 
To Trinidad. He called CJ first 
To confirm his commitment to
The project. "Hey brother you
Still on for that trip we spoke
About."...

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Categories: to it, absence, allusion, earth day,
Form: Alliteration
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Chapter 98 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Teenager Invaders Misbehavior

Late evening March 2045

The Teenagers were adventurous 
They were venturing.  DJ and 
Damali Trech were both 18 years 
Old. The Copy Cat Club was the
Place to  be for teens.  It mostly 
Served...

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Categories: to it, confidence, courage, emotions, father daughter, father son,
Form: Alliteration
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kiss -

your silken skin gleams opaline
bathed in Luna's soft wash of cornflower - like a
porcelain Madonna by Michelangelo
conjured to life by the magic
of moonlight

your eyes open just long enough to
affix mine, and affirm I'm in a...

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Categories: to it, kiss, passion, romance, romantic, sensual, sexy, soulmate,
Form: Free verse

Fortunes Re Told

FORTUNES READ the sign displayed
TRINKETS, CHARMS AND SPELLS
The store had not been here yesterday
shades of candles, books and bell
Drapes were hung from side to side
The windows all were dark
Where was this place a day ago?
Just...

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Categories: to it, surreal,
Form: Epic
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Chapter 156-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: TIME Keepers and CRUEL BALL Plans!

Date:   May  2051

 Raining morning dawning. Everything is
Best and rest in all Hakim Households.
Hours passed and in Damian's dome
Dolly rose and gently kissed Damian.
"Rise my husband. Strong man I remember 
You." She...

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Categories: to it, absence, allusion, child, home,
Form: Prose
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Chapter 70 --Damian Delilah Mallory: the Polly Conundrum

Molly and Dolly were in their 
New getaway room on the top 
Floor listening to music.
While Damian spent time with 
The kids in the backyard. He
Wanted to install a pool for the
Youngest children, then switch...

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Categories: to it, best friend, feelings, grandson, inspirational,
Form: Alliteration
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Chapter 114 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Godfrey and Barrington's Fiesta and Food Reperation Shift

Damian was on the tele-video 
conference with various Prestigious 
Proper people of distinction. The US
Vice president was on Skype along
With Secretary of State. He spoke 
With Russia's top diplomat, Valeiry
Sergei Shonikov, South African president 
Holu...

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Categories: to it, color, husband,
Form: Alliteration
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Sunday Morning Joggers

Goodness, I nearly lost my balance on the spiral seashells and broken sea stone chipping matrix.
My quaint obsession with marine life and that skyline paradox blossoming so tantalisingly,  might be a source of some...

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Categories: to it, age, art, birth, devotion, feelings, heart, irony,
Form: Prose

Smooth Big Cat

"Smooth Big Cat"



He was one of those guys you just knew would be a dud. "Be nice", she said to herself.

She met him on the upswing from the abyss of a dismally closed final chapter....

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Categories: to it, adventure, muse, mystery, romance,
Form: Narrative
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Tips For Modern Poets

Dear Novice Poet,
Welcome to the wide open wonderful world of poetry!  Today more than ever before, a poem can easily be whatever you want it to be.  The rules are simple.  There...

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Categories: to it, write,
Form: Prose
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Beary Tales Episodes 15-24, More Poet's Notes

Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are many new GEMS, improvements to previous verses and improved...

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Categories: to it, adventure, beauty, friendship, innocence, love, mentor,
Form: Quatrain
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The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes



"The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes"


“Well, where would you suggest I commence? Should we begin with the concept of pasteurize?”

This said to the earnest listener, who views the protagonist with a bon vivant confused expression. To...

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Categories: to it, dark, light, muse,
Form: Narrative
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Translation of Eric Mottram's Courbet: Elegy 8 By T Wignesan

Translation of Eric Mottram’s Courbet: Elegy 8 by T. Wignesan

Blanches oeuvres ouvertes
résident dans les jours
la surface du banc de travail est noire
les géraniums-lierres
les fougères et les adragans
accumulent leurs oeuvres et jours:
La toile noire de Courbet
un...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: to it, america, art, creation, philosophy, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse

Prose Poems

Prose Poems

Something
by Michael R. Burch

Something inescapable is lost?lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight, vanishing in a gust of wind toward an expanse of stars immeasurable and void. Something uncapturable is...

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Categories: to it, animal, child, childhood, children, magic, rose, science,
Form: Prose
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