Long Unbarred Poems

I Know The Truth
by Marina Tsvetaeva
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I know the truth?abandon lesser truths!
There's no need for anyone living to struggle!
See? Evening falls, night quickly descends!
So why the useless disputes?generals, poets, lovers?

The wind...

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a dazzling mirror broke in thousands of pieces -
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THE MUSE by Anna Akhmatova

This is my English translation of a Russian poem by Anna Akhmatova…

The MUSE
by Anna Akhmatova
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

My being hangs by a thread tonight
as I await a Muse no...

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Shooting sixty four rapids in the time stream

Powder milk biscuits helped yours truly, 
a Norwegian farmer wannabe feel bold
enough to weather inclement
steady rain which swirled, pooled,
and eddied around rolled
up pant legs skinny ankles, which
immediately felt...

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May the groom's vows adventure from heart to soul
Forever like restless surges in endless circles roll.
May the bride's vows yoke rivulets to the doting main
With interlinked steps of brass chain.

May these vows, arouse the starry...

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In the depth of your arms, time lays down its dreams softly,
Under the velvet of the moment, every burden turns into a silent thorn.
Oceans of trials I traverse, when I find solace and purpose,
In the...

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A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until 
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Steady rain swirled, pooled,
and eddied around rolled
up pant legs skinny ankles, which
immediately felt cold
before undertow willingly

steadily, and nimbly pulled this former
ace swimmer into watery fold
quelling, relinquishing, and taking
my hard won mettle of gold
earned early in...

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I have been pondering for quite some time, 
Is there a permanence to the meaning of the word ‘greatness’?
Whatever does it mean ‘to be great’ or ‘to feel great’?

You see, from ever since, I’ve attached...

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We find Liberty has left us as we left our guard,
allowing hate and dishonesty to prosper unbarred.
We tempted fate, then saw cruelty's depth
as we watched a man die while pleading for breath.

Strong words either left...

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He was a runaway, both young and foolish, but just a pup,
and never let him stay inside and always leashed him up
and wanting to escape the owners that kept him  in the yard
until that...

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CHILDHOOD SWINGING BY

An empty swing sits there in my backyard,
Reminding of those sweet old childhood days,
When we used to take turns to swing so hard,
When we touched the sky with our toes upraise,

Reminding of those...

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Bella
She came like a wind like a hurricane
But this hurricane bought life in my world
This  hurricane got light in darkness
It wasn’t none like the other we see
It bought me happiness
Once again a reason to...

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Riding the rail cargo
blue sky's virgin eyes
suddenly a ride on the wild side.
Consumed like a passionate love affair
first sneaking around then a box unbarred.
There were several more boxes growing inside
tranquil the rush rolled up on...

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The Towers
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The Wind And I

As involved winds swept on my facial hair,
A trek made constant midst nature and me,
I gauged my feel of it held in my stare,
That unbarred my heart and made me carefree.

A trek...

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If love is a sin, then I will go to hell
With a smile on my face and a story to tell
For I have loved deeply and with all my heart
And it's worth any punishment that...

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Awake, alone, the hours after midnight
when thoughts like gypsy spirits roam about the world,
traveling through past, present and blank future--
no maps, no boundaries, no roads.
Free to roam, a nomad of earth's centuries,
along unbarred corridors, uncharted...

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Do you remember the day
When I was out on a bay

And you, like the silent wind
Penetrated deep in my rind

Barefooted, you lured the carte
Intruded the streets of my heart 

Even the dungeons rejoiced 
When you...

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*Image of Blowing Bubbles by Pixabay.

Blowing Bubbles
(Collective, Coordinate, and Create)

Complacency lies within my stronghold,
a campaign against relentless pressure,
of vague outlooks for a better threshold,
ere I chanced some fields as a refresher.

An unbarred gateway proposes choices,
on...

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The Biden Times

The rainbow years are coming very fast 
with healing in the hindsight
reparation for painful moments.
Colors of all spectrum
mixing with the dawning of a new nation
with bitter words silenced by “The Biden Times.”

These rainbow...

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Behold the Lord has made
the meadows and the glade
with His power displayed, 

His strong arm did unearth
that on heaven and earth
He watches every birth, 

Over us, He stands guard, 
His grace and love unbarred, 
For...

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You're akin to a blend 
of my favourite hues—
not just black, but
preserved, concealed, 
opaque, resilient, and
profound. Yet, a gentle 
gaze reveals a swirling 
display of myriad colours.
Not many can see it, but 
for you, I'd...

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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Untamed as a hew in mid air is the heart,
so spontaneous ! 
  
Allow the golden coin of heaven 
to beam down...

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One magical moment brought to life with the stars
You've brought me back reeling, uncontained and unbarred
New joy you did spread your beauty did glow
Your smile gave me goosebumps from my head to my toes

My hearts...

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