Long Unrepentant Poems

To a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh, my child living so far away,
do you pine for me...

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Still wrestling with impasse to contentment

Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow 
slinking along outer limits of 
the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path 
of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking...

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Wrestling with impasse to contentment

Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow 
slinking along the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking voltage surges an emphatic...

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I believe it was Alfred North Whitehead,
an early developer of cognitive systems thinking,
who observed frequent miscommunication
and confusion
and chaos
over bilateral complexities
of Set v isolated Individual issues
within a systemic set
of inter-related issues.

This comes to mind
as I listen...

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Is Joss Whedon ‘I AM?’ (1) Christ Reincarnate?
                  I Think That That’s Doubtful!

More than Trump ‘IS’ (1) (by...

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POTD 30th August 2018 

The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings?  Or did shadows flit across the leaf strewn path?
No...

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The moral mortgage of mice and men 

Yours truly quite astute,
especially regarding cute
little field mice, also known 
as meadow voles,
which imprecation one doth emote,
when aforementioned animal burrows inside
leaving pellet size poop in their wake
suddenly presenting...

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The mask, with eyes brighter than the most brilliant star, 
Reflecting the sunshine & blue Ocean beyond, his eyes twinkle 
He smiles, I am dazzled, hypnotised...almost 
Powerless I am drawn to him, he is the...

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"The simplicity
of total trust
is one of the most powerful forces
in the world."
Sogyal Rinpoche

The Rinpoche's faith 
in radically democratic trust,
feels too wildly green-inclusive madness
to address the therapeutic mediator's,
and/or non-violent communication mentor's,
and/or EarthCentered restorative justice student's 
non-elite,...

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At a very young age, he was 'called' and ushered to
the forefront, having very little choice in the matter.
There is much to be said about 'the call', but perhaps
a little taste and a soft touch...

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"......unknown destination
don't know if I'm livin or dying
a journey to nowhere
Never cut never mowed
And as I wander
As I often wonder
How did I arrive
Undertaking a journey
Unknown destination
Wholly unexpected place
How did I get here
Where am I heaven
My...

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Unto all generations comes a time,
  a time to take and to lose.
A time for peace and a time for war -
  time to heal, time to bruise

Loud is the cry of “stolen...

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A Trite Nihilistic Occasion   

This doodling Yankee 
(boot noah dandy) 
doth newt lack chutzpah, 
tries to finagle Fitbit 
fitting figurative footwear, 
that ideally Fitzhugh 
like custom made glove snugly, 
terrifically, unequivocally matching, 
thence...

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Anyone who’s picked up clubs and played out on a golf course,
will know there’s times they lose their cool but later show remorse,
but rarely do when following a wayward group who’s bloody slow,
and forced to...

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Global warming is on the rise;
hear the hateful voices,
see the angry eyes
Earth temperature is flaring to the moon,
	nuclear hate
gon bring an apocalyptic kaboom
Hostile tweet emotions
		press send to our doom
Then sorrowful hearts
	will be melting soon
Unless we...

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This doodling Yankee (boot noah dandy) 
doth newt lack chutzpah, 
tries to finagle Fitbit fitting figurative footwear, 
that ideally Fitzhugh 
like custom made glove snugly, 
terrifically, unequivocally matching, 
thence handily solving Finger hut issue, 
when...

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Talent
by Michael R. Burch

for Kevin Nicholas Roberts

I liked the first passage
of her poem: where it led
(though not nearly enough
to retract what I said.)
Now the book propped up here
flutters, scarcely half read.
It will keep.
Before sleep,
let me...

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In all your doings, acknowledge your weakness. 
For all to count, subscribe to His power. 
Forget the current situations' bleakness, 
For favour shall outpour breakthrough's miraculous shower. 

Prayer is the key, 
To open spiritual doors,...

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"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand," Matthew 3:2

O please hearken and try to understand these simple words
of wisdom and of warning being said by the Son of Man.

"Repent for the kingdom of...

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" O I had a dream just late last night, when all the clouds were darkened
and they did not give forth their light.  When suddenly the sky split into
two different parts and a bright...

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The city fell into the hands of Babylon
The captors of Jerusalem thought that they had won
The battle against the God of Jerusalem
Had God forsaken the people of His kingdom?

The kings of Judah had turned away...

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Let's start out with my nightmares,  I used to have them revolving around jack 
a lanterns that got so horrific, for numerous years I was unable to even look at
a carved Halloween pumpkin. ...

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According to a young boy's warning visit to hell there is a tattoo artist in hell who is receiving both his own tattoos and being tormented by demons! All because he gave other people tattoos...

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The Atlantic ocean...,an unrelenting mistress

More'n ten thousand leagues under the sea
next to an octopus's garden in the shade.

OceanGate manufacturer
of the Titan Submersible,
which vessel that set out to reach
Titanic shipwreck with five passengers
officials believe the suffered
a...

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THIS LIFE
In childhood my mind was full of questions
What is true? Are my beliefs built on a lie?
Family tradition left no room for suggestions
My parents' religious practice, I dared not defy

Mass introduced me to kneeling...

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