Long Tribute Poems
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A Taste of My Varied GenresA Sample of some of the genres I write it...Nature, family, depression...just a taste...just a taste. These are all reposts and can be found along with these titles:
The Sound of His Breathing (Written about my...
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Categories:
tribute, poetry, , cute, , Lullaby,
Form:
Epic
- Au Revoir - Goodbye -- 2016 -
- JANUARY -
A freezing cold evening
Where the stars shining bright
With frost blade flanks
From mouth and nose steam
In the clear silence
White untrodden snows
Nature's frozen pulse
Sleep like a little baby
One gracious moon
After the night the...
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Categories:
tribute, remember,
Form:
Free verse
Auschwitz RoseAuschwitz Rose
by Michael R. Burch
There is a Rose at Auschwitz, in the briar,
a rose like Sharon’s, lovely as her name.
The world forgot her, and is not the same.
I still love her and extend this sacred...
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Categories:
holocaust, horror, tribute, truth, violence, war, world
Form:
Sonnet
A Vain WordA Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under moss-stubbled oaks, full of whispers, complaining
to the darkening...
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Categories:
tribute, autumn, beauty, extended metaphor, grief, heartbreak, moon,
Form:
Sonnet
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:
tribute,
Form:
Verse
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar TranslationSweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest in bounty and in beauty clear
and in every virtue that...
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Categories:
tribute, character, desire, devotion, flower, for her, garden,
Form:
Sonnet
Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
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Categories:
celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Jacqueline TrestrailOn this day 40 years ago in 1978 my mother, Jacqueline Anne Trestrail, left this world after a relatively short battle with cancer - she was 46. Jimmy Carter was President and Annie Hall won...
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Categories:
mother, tribute,
Form:
Prose
The Alaskan Oil PipelineThe Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A west to east Northern Alaskan mountain chain.
An area forty miles wide...
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Categories:
education, environment, history, technology, tribute, usa,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Essay: a Better Kind of Poetry Contest On PoemhunterCHALLENGE TITLE POETRY CONTEST FOR AUGUST ON POEMHUNTER.COM!
'WHY DO TURTLES CROSS THE ROAD? '
OK FOLKS! Please choose your favorite poem from those entered here and remember too to give your reasons for your choice....
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Categories:
tribute, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian TakeBack Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*
In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...
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Categories:
books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
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:
emotions, heartbreak, native american, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Classified Part FourI was hungry and headed to one of the tents that had been set up as a field kitchen and noticed Tim who came over to talk to me , he said that he was...
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Categories:
tribute, science fiction,
Form:
Prose
2 Versions of 4 SeasonsThese 2 different versions are separated by nine years
Part 1
MUST BE SPRING
Small speckles of wild grass
Looking like tiny green drops
That had fallen to the earth
Were the very first sign
Waving in the...
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Categories:
tribute, lost love, seasons, time,
Form:
Prose
Film NoirFilm Noir
By the lampost at night
with the pale moon shining bright
but obscured by the fog
I saw her in the harbor
standing where my boat lay moored
but she knew that
her azure eyes beckoned me to come
smoke from...
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Categories:
tribute, remember,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Ali's SongAli's Song
by Michael R. Burch
for Muhammad Ali
They say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.
They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.
A man can be more beautiful, more wild.
I flung their medal to the river,...
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Categories:
boxing day , butterfly, discrimination, race, racism, tribute,
Form:
Verse
A Most Courageous American President For the AgesA Most Courageous American President for the Ages
I thought it would be most appropriate for me to take a moment to
share some of my reflections on the life and distinguished public
service of the late 41st...
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Categories:
america, celebration, character, inspiration, patriotic, political, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
The Dance of SalomeThe Dance of Salome
Herod bellowed out the night's festive orders..
"Bring the torches, bring the tables..
more wine, that we may rejoice,
for tonight we revel in kindred friendship."
Herod strolled onto the terrace, nearly stumbled in...
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Categories:
tribute, dance, daughter, moon, mother daughter, night, sin,
Form:
Narrative
Film NoirFilm Noir
By the lamppost at night
with the pale moon shining bright
but obscured by the fog
I saw her in the harbor
standing where my boat lay moored
but she knew that
her azure eyes beckoned me to come
smoke from...
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Categories:
tribute, forgiveness, i love you,
Form:
Ballade
My Brother--Nelson Mandela, Umtata, South Africa--Tribute PoemNelson Mandela, crossed my spirited mind today, a visionary legend of peace, love, equality, and unity of all people.
As a prevailer of great affliction, he was like a Greek God fighting for the—"Common man!”
I had...
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Categories:
tribute, brother, confidence, dedication, discrimination, inspiration, motivation, strength,
Form:
Couplet
The Twisting Tale of An Avian Apparition"The discrepancies are many, the dalliances are few,
both pitched against one dynamic, lifelong achievement"
Poking through the woods of the Mill Grove Audubon Estate,
suddenly came upon an ivy-covered studio shed
tucked away amongst foliage near Perkiomen Creek,
apparently...
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Categories:
tribute, america, appreciation, art, bird, books, dream, history,
Form:
Blank verse
Legend of the Red October RunDedicated to the 2000 National College Football Champions, the Oklahoma Sooners
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Over fifty years, boy and man, I’ve been a Sooners fan
Watched and reveled in their glories, every one;
But there’s no more glorious “Sooner Magic”...
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Categories:
tribute, adventure, autumn, desire, football, games, heart, history,
Form:
Rhyme
-mama Linda-You know some verse and poems are Fiction this is a True story that happen to me today...
______________________________________________________________
…Well, it’s 9:28 am…
On today August 16, 2019
I was on break twixt my job, of driving school children.
Was...
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Categories:
tribute, adventure, analogy, friendship, humanity, spoken word, surreal,
Form:
Narrative
Did You Ever NoticeDid you ever notice
our vampire legends
are almost always patriarchal,
sometimes even princely
and excruciatingly royalist,
elitist?
While witches plot and evil plan
in coven craven circles
more undershadow than legendary.
Wizards might be BullyVampire Princes
while witches may be victimized and therefore victimizing...
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Categories:
courage, green, health, humor, tribute,
Form:
Political Verse
Michael Joseph JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural...
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Categories:
tribute, abuse, addiction, america, angel, anniversary, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse