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Rilke Translations Ii
Come, 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:
unattainable, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke Translation
Archaic 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:
unattainable, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
A Kept Woman
Dream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine ego quest for affaire d’amour;
her night-loving body
c h a...
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Categories:
unattainable, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery, love, lust, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the Panther
The 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:
unattainable, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
The Reason I Write
“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” *
If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If you heard about something captivating and fantastic;
If you felt something soothing...
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Categories:
unattainable, family,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Let It Be Written 3
“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” Psalms 77:5 NIV
If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If you heard about something captivating and fantastic;
If you felt something...
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Categories:
unattainable, family,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Trust In Jesus - the Linked Style
~ Trust In Jesus ~
( Linked )
~O~
Trust in Jesus
T
Jesus loves you
R
You, me and all
U
All in this world
S
World...
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Categories:
unattainable, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke: First Elegy Translation
This 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:
unattainable, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 22
The great Sabbath day descended, though not in my heart and mind
On this new day,
I imagined rays of God’s light shining generously upon the mountains,
Pools of living waters gurgling, and winds gently rustling trees
Wishing for...
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Categories:
unattainable, beauty, bible, confusion, courage, love, lust, wisdom,
Form:
Epic
Accumulating Anger: My Love Was Serpentine
My love was serpentine to the touch
I can't quite explain it...the love of mine
Had gone away from my sight and such
I can quiz my mind to say otherwise, my bittersweet sugar wine…
Why am I extremely...
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Categories:
unattainable, angst, longing, lost love, love, love hurts,
Form:
Rhyme
God Pty Ltd
Ancient sinister fires dwell in the savage creator's eye,
Soon his fire starter will be coming for a second try,
Choosing to believe, that which cannot be seen cannot be rude,
A cloak and dagger God who spies...
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Categories:
unattainable, 10th grade,
Form:
ABC
God Pty Ltd
Ancient sinister fires dwell in the savage creator's eye,
Soon his fire starter will be coming for a second try,
Choosing to believe, that which cannot be seen cannot be rude,
A cloak and dagger God who spies...
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Categories:
unattainable, 10th grade,
Form:
ABC
An Adverse World Unfurled
Suddenly, I constantly cough, cough, cough
I haven't had enough, for this life's so rough
My friend is right beside me and he truly understands
Where I stand and I thoughtfully fiddle with my hands
Oh,...
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Categories:
unattainable, angst, desire, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Tune Within Your Conscience Self Perception
Yesterday's gone, overcome & chose to live as if every day's the last. Make every second count. It's true not one thought can be replaced. Look ahead & embrace tomorrow. Hold strong within, steady yourself...
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Categories:
unattainable, art, beauty, blessing, inspirational, love, self, spiritual,
Form:
Concrete
Rue Saint-Honore
It's the weekend (Friday night). Lisa and I are hangin’, music’s playing, and we’re rummaging through my suitcase, for an outfit option, for me, tonight. Call it cliché, but we like going out - and...
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Categories:
unattainable, fashion, friendship, fun, humor, mental health, paris,
Form:
Free verse
Accumulating Anger: the Rivers of Dimensions Chapter 1
I’ve lost my darksome heart in the rivers of dimensions long ago..oh so long ago...
I’ve lost my lonesome soul in the waves of oblivion
You’ve given me wretched woe, but I still love you deep down...
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Categories:
unattainable, anger, angst, conflict, emotions, encouraging, endurance, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
The Catch and the Tremble
Lady dearest, fair Romeo, is this the name
the title you wish to bestow upon me
or is it one shared among multiple hearts shot at by multiple nets
I ask only in truth, in search of truth,...
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Categories:
unattainable, beautiful, imagery, love, metaphor, teenage,
Form:
Narrative
In Memory of Jacque Fresco
At the age of 13 he experienced the great depression,
and that event helped shape his social conscience.
Even as a child he could clearly see all of the resources were still available,
but people didn't have money,...
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Categories:
unattainable, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
Days That Drag On and On
Days like these...the days that drag on and on
If only it was quiet everywhere
if only it were quiet inside my head
Too bad, so sad
this carefully orchestrated area of noise
is just part of the elements that...
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Categories:
unattainable, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Accumulating Anger: the Ugly Beauty
The enemy draws near
I will not shed any tears,
For I'm stronger than fear
My cup is filled with cheers
The ugly beauty inside me will see me through
This shame and calamity that ended up in rue
The ugly...
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Categories:
unattainable, anger, angst, betrayal, courage, emotions, hope, pain,
Form:
Rhyme
Mr Nobody
Mr. Nobody
I am without a voice, in a world of decay,
Because I cannot say why things have turned out this way.
I am without a name, because today,
I am an unknown nobody without a face.
Nobody knows...
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Categories:
unattainable, heart, imagination, love, sad love, silence, solitude,
Form:
Bio
Might God Exist If Truth's a Friend
Might God Exist if Truth’s a Friend?
Is the faith God exists a faint hint that One might,
does belief (that One doesn’t) suggest God’s not real, (1)
aren’t both vain (those who hate, those who worship a...
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Categories:
unattainable, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
Paperweight
Do you know what it feels like to be a paperweight
like you're sitting on someone's chest
They can't move nor do you want to
pinning their arms above their head
screaming in their face to look at you...
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Categories:
unattainable, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Blue Beauty
The sea is so bright and it illuminates the nostalgic night
It sways and sways to the rhythm of my young heart
The clouds are formulating right before my eyes with might
Raindrops collapse upon the ground from...
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Categories:
unattainable, beauty, blue, ocean, sea,
Form:
Free verse
In a world where I do not exist
In a world where I do not exist,
stars will still glow like sequins of lilac.
Nightingales would serenade hope,
fields of fickleness would fade,
unfolding grains of gold in bloom,...
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Categories:
unattainable, absence, death, feelings,
Form:
Free verse