Long Traditional Poems
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Poems About Poems IiPoems about Poems (II)
Kin
by Michael R. Burch
for Richard Moore
1.
Shrill gulls,
how like my thoughts
you, struggling, rise
to distant bliss?
the weightless blue of skies
that are not blue
in any atmosphere,
but closest here...
2.
You seek an air
so clear,
so rarified
the effort leaves...
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Categories:
traditional, muse, poems, poetry, poets, work, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Peace PrayerThese are peace poems, prayer poems, hymns and lullabies I have written for family, friends and the world over the years ...
Peace Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
for Jim Dunlap
Be calm.
Be still.
Be silent, content.
Be one with the...
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Categories:
traditional, beauty, blessing, love, nature, peace, prayer, time,
Form:
Free verse
Let Us Speak ClearlyLet me speak clearly with you
dear religious and atheist Trumpians,
A fool in executive office
is a leader
only in foolish directions.
A rich thief
is the worst thief
as survival motives
are absent,
so self-thrival motives
remain piratically rampant.
An intellectual prostitute
to feel-good AmericaFirst...
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Categories:
traditional, caregiving, culture, education, health, integrity, love, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
Medieval PoemsMedieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with the mild pheasants' song ...
but now I feel the northern...
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Categories:
traditional, allegory, bible, christian, england, london, nostalgia, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Modern Sonnets IMODERN SONNETS I
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
Maker, Fakir, Curer
by Michael R. Burch
A poem...
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Categories:
traditional, art, freedom, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
Fadwa Tuqan TranslationsFadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic.
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by...
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Categories:
traditional, allah, culture, earth, love, nature, voice, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Custody of 2020 EyesMonks and nuns,
ascetics and miscellaneous humble proletariat folks,
were taught custody of the eyes,
to show respect for those older
and/or wiser
and/or more supremely royal,
and/or in other positions of merited or inherited authority,
to avoid appearing too curious
too available
too...
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Categories:
traditional, games, gender, health, poverty, psychological, racism, slavery,
Form:
Political Verse
The JourneyOnce upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.
It was summer, but in mom's grey eyes
Was winter, when all around us dies.
I...
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Categories:
traditional, appreciation, child, daughter, devotion, family, forgiveness, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Faith Peace And Hope - The Retourne Style
~ Love Faith Peace And Hope ~
( Retourne )
~O~
Jesus our Savior and that's so.
Study God's Word and you will grow.
Always keep Love, Faith, Peace, and Hope.
He'll come...
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Categories:
traditional, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Poet of Palestine: Fadwa TuqanEnglish translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine"
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Enough for me to lie in the earth,
to be buried in her,
to sink...
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Categories:
traditional, allah, arabic, culture, nature, poetess, poetry, writing,
Form:
Verse
Healing a Trumpian GodI remember several prayers
to invoke God's blessings on America,
a reminder of traditional political
mindfulness?
Fundamental lack of awareness
of righteous economic investments
in win/win GoldenRule
positive social-psychological security.
No one "keeps"
or "makes"
this confederation of uniting states great,
unless we democratically...
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Categories:
traditional, education, faith, health, hope, integrity, religion, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
Polypathic Political ScientistsI 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 communitarian environment of...
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Categories:
traditional, beauty, culture, health, political, religion, trust, truth,
Form:
Prose Poetry
After School Jam SessionHow was school today?
Fine.
Did you learn anything important?
Maybe. I'm not sure yet.
Really? What are you considering?
We talked about Howard Odum's natural trinity
of altruism.
Maybe I skipped that day
way back in premillennial times
before Permaculture Design had taken...
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Categories:
traditional, culture, earth, education, environment, health, humor, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Keeping America SafeA prayer for God to bless NativeAmericans
is also a reminder of traditional political mindfulness,
basic awareness of our economic investments in security.
No one "keeps" this confederation of uniting states
safe with alien immigrants
unless we invite them.
Second, prayers...
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Categories:
traditional, culture, earth, health, political, race, religion, science,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Bilateral Creative Thinking SequelLast half of Edward de Bono's Lateral Thinking Summary, pp. 298-300, with bicameral ecological supplements [informed by Gregory Bateson] in brackets:
In ordinary traditional thinking we have developed no methods for going beyond the [suboptimally reasonable]...
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Categories:
traditional, culture, earth, education, happiness, health, humanity, language,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Reunited -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationMany of us have a favorite possession from when we were young, and this
93-year old gentleman is no exception.
...
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Categories:
traditional, childhood, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
Balancing Work and PlayI was reading Rev. Julian Clifford Jaynes' homily,
delivered May of 1919
to the First Unitarian Society in West Newton, Massachusetts,
commenting on the 100 years since Channing's Baltimore Sermon.
Rev. Jaynes had a son,
a second generation Julian...
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Categories:
traditional, christian, destiny, god, health, history, religion, wisdom,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Teachable MomentumToday
we left off yesterday
to pick up
where speaking non-violent principles
too often neglect to listen
to liberally artistic,
green and active
yet non-reactive
compassionate healers
may need to co-invest more
in co-operating democratic research
of
and for
WholeEarth DiaLogical Matriotism.
Excuse me,
but co-passioned listening
to silence
speaks not...
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Categories:
traditional, caregiving, green, health, light, nature, passion, spiritual,
Form:
Political Verse
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part FourRosalia - The Evil Witch of the Harz, Part Four
Rosalia’s Date with Destiny and the Power of Light and Goodness
It is said that the Almighty Lord God works in very mysterious ways . . ....
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Categories:
traditional, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Modern Sonnets IiMODERN SONNETS II
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
In Praise of Meter
by Michael R. Burch
The...
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Categories:
traditional, art, romance, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
Judging V MediatingJudging v Mediating,
like Teaching v Mentoring,
like Win/Lose Retributive Motives v Win/Win Restorative Motivators
like dogmatic Preaching v compassionately Communicating,
As felt
and appreciated by my LeftBrain dominant
RightWing hand
nurturing StraightWhite patriarchal
overpoweringly privileged
systemically elitist judgment
Branching, colonizing,
extending up and...
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Categories:
traditional, community, culture, earth, environment, health, integrity, passion,
Form:
Political Verse
The Night Nasty Jack Met His Match - Both Audio and TextThis is a tale of one of the orneriest dudes there ever was, and how someone much smaller, but easily more clever than he was, managed to cope with his belligerence.
...
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Categories:
traditional, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Once Upon a Time In TipirIt was noon, he was in the bush, he enjoyed this type of living, he sometimes played with the animals just to make himself happy and spend some time, Leisure and embraced them all as...
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Categories:
traditional, africa, age, animal, best friend,
Form:
Free verse
The Legend of Justin Case - Both Audio and TextJustin Case - the weirdest guy in the all of Buxton county - did a lot o’ crazy things that most would never try,
And even weirder - just before he’d do the things he did...
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Categories:
traditional, hilarious,
Form:
Narrative
Sacred EnergyFascism lives in tension with holy optimism,
as hatred fades in presence of mutual love,
as WinLose evolutionary models
give way to WinWin sacred Energy
stories and songs and dances,
as patriarchal colonization
gives way to matriarchal creolization.
Fascism,
synonymous with Totalitarianism,
as written...
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Categories:
traditional, anti bullying, caregiving, education, health, integrity, parents,
Form:
Political Verse