Long Unfasten Poems

CHINESE FEMALE POETS: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Creamy Melons
by Chao Luan-Luan
translation by Michael R. Burch

Scented with talcum, moist with perspiration,
like pegs of jade inlaid in a harp,
aroused by desire, yet soft as cream,
fertile amid a warm mist
after my...

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CHINESE FEMALE POETS: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Sung to the tune of “I Paint My Lips Red”
by an anonymous courtesan or Li Ch’ing-Chao
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

After swinging and kicking lasciviously,
I get off to rouge my palms.
Like...

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So he began spinning her the most beautiful golden yarns 
trying to dazzle and impress 
none of anything he laid bare appealed to her
It was then he turned and said
he would create the wrath of...

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"W,w,w,why are the two of you doing this 
to me".  "Because it's fun Timothy and 
people like you make me sick".  Walking 
over to Linda, Rusty took the scalpel out of 
Linda's hand...

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Using thousands of languages to unfasten corsets of your heart,
Whence comes the remedy in sedation, an appeasement in escaping
                ...

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I passionately kiss your velvety lips and﷯﷯
the tender area down the back of you neck.﷯﷯
I slowly unfasten the top button﷯﷯
and gently ease your collar apart,﷯﷯
exposing the delicate skin beneath.﷯﷯
Each button reveals another﷯﷯
beautiful part of you.﷯﷯
I...

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I came home one evening whistling a lullaby 
when I saw the first ghost ever:
a pirate with a patched eye;
I quickly ran from him with a pounding heart!

He must have returned and look for me,
anytime...

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"You have to find the next victim" said 
Linda as she turned towards her husband.  
"I already got one picked out.  She's a pill 
popping junkie whore".  Getting down on her 
knees...

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The road's slant design, heaves us towards a gorge,
The mound split opened some centuries ago creating the chasm
Safe enough room for a photo opportunity soon to emerge,
Engine off, I secure my iPhone, lastly, seat belt...

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I’m in between
The darkness and light…how can I make progress?
I’m in distress
The happiness…will never last – will never lead to
Everlasting success... 
I’ll never reach
Soaring success…

I’m in between
Land and water 
But, the grass on the other...

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Take your fill of my time
Does it thrill you? 
Do I play every right chord in you,
Or do I dethrone your frustrations
Into raw rage?

Take your fill of my time
Does it pleasure you?
Have I breastfed your...

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High on the smell of burning flesh Rusty 
floated over to Linda.  Pulling Linda's hand out 
of her pants he sucked and licked her 
juices off her fingers.  "How do I taste?" ...

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Whispers handsome infinity
Time stands still in the vicinity
Mountains that I love to see
Clouds hug them with impish glee
I am fortunate in my tent at Wang Di 

On the top are my birds of pinkish hue
They...

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With nowhere else to turn,
I'm driving this defective time machine off a cliff 
I'm the lead detective but I'm off this case 
If blankets and pillows can harmonize as weapons, 
Then consider this a sleep...

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Tame your wish to unfasten
the shut bud ‘til she’s willing!
Give her sweetest thoughts of spring.
Attract her, softly thrilling
with your words and compliments.

If the sprout of rose is closed
you need gentle kindheartedness.
Warm alluring breath of love
may...

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I've been told it's a forbidden cupboard--
A closet of old--white linen covered..
I'm really curious about the thing--
Its contents--and the Peril that could bring..

Surely, I'd hate to know there were Ghosts
Or Vampires that quench their thirst...

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Peel away your skin,
You'll find your veins run deep,
Rivers of blood claiming common kin,
With the incompetent shepherd and the slaughtering of the sheep,
Bones so easily broken,
Did you think it was a coincidence,
That your marrow is...

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he sits in his wheelchair
                       waiting
her visit
      ...

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Reality is seeping into my fantasy and,
It’s turning my once golden dreams into a dusk road,
Paved by sultans and kings filled with woe.
They smile as their silvery tongues,
Slithers on the edge of their hollowed promises

“Dare...

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Boys don't cry,
I felt my soul collapse and concave into a black hole located in the epicentre of my white heart. 
They never told us that when you let pain nibble on your sanity you lose...

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"Listen my children and you shall hear"
Of a laughable experience happened this year
Dressed and ready everything near
Load arms, walk out door without fear

Put all parcels in back seat of car
Glance around see left front door...

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In the land where Ganges and Yamuna embrace, 
MahaKumbh Mela calls with celestial grace, 
A dip in waters where the sacred currents blend, 
Promises cleansing of sins and a soul's ascend. 

Millions gather, faith guiding...

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A pound of lunch meat kool-aid and a pack of crackers
Stretched to fed every mouth and beak in that house
Afterwards she’d scrap crumbs off plates, set aside some for the mouse

When night came the schizophrenia...

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i light no lamp
i go by ache
and touch

the song of your hunger
guides me
to your humid nest   my hands
curl under your arms and lift

it's instinct this gift
i give you at night
i know you
differently
smell you...

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Inside the skull 
Tenderly kept a bud 
Petals are held
together tight 
Containing all the
beauty 
The driving force of
the world 
Like that of fingers
in strength 
Clinched into a fist

 
The fist looses its
fingers 
 In love...

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