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Apocalyptic Poems IiThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...
Beast 666
by Michael R. Burch
“... what rough beast ... slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?”?W. B. Yeats
Brutality is a cross
wooden, blood-stained,
gas hissing, sibilant,
lungs gilled, deveined,
red flecks on a...
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Categories:
unworthy, earth, earth day, environment, future, visionary, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
Various Heresies 5Various Heresies 5
Tonight, Let's Remember
by Michael R. Burch
July 7,2007 (7-7-7)
Tonight, let's remember the fond ways
our fingers engendered new methods to praise
the gray at my temples, your thinning hair.
Tonight, let's remember, and let us draw near...
Tonight,...
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Categories:
unworthy, creation, earth, god, heaven, spiritual, wine, women,
Form:
Verse
Sonnets Xxv-XxxiiSonnets XXV-XXXII
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“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...
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Categories:
unworthy, bereavement, body, cancer, change, death, depression, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets X-XviSonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“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...
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Categories:
unworthy, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic 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:
unworthy, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Animal 'Quackers' - Comments and Response From Poemhunter========================================
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Lora Colon – Poemhunter.com
Okay, Long Tooth. You have some explaining to do. Really. I'm not sure what you are trying to say in this poem.
I 'sort of' get the...
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Categories:
unworthy, appreciation, engagement, humor,
Form:
Didactic
Dante's Divine Comedy Iii Canto Translation“Through me you enter the city of woe
Trough me you enter the eternal pain
Through me you go to people lost below.
Justice inspired my highest factor reign;
I was created by act of divine,
Supreme wisdom and the...
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Categories:
unworthy, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Apocalyptic Poems IiiThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems about the earth, climate change, global warming, extinction events, and mankind's role on an endangered world ...
Polish
by Michael R. Burch
Your fingers end in talons?
the ones you trim to...
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Categories:
unworthy, earth, earth day, environment, humanity, nature, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
You Don'T Know MeEveryone has the freedom of choice
Everyone has an expressiveness to save their own voice
Who are you who am I to judge this choice
You don't know me
You don't know me
I may have ...
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Categories:
unworthy, america, baptism, celebration, christian, community, forgiveness, god,
Form:
Free verse
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
unworthy, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Less Hellfire PleaseYinPassion: Predictions of HellFire and Damnation raptures,
of Paradise far away from sinful natural EarthClimates of Despair
is not so different from our indigenous ancestors' experience
in the U.S.A. 1800s.
Robersmith: "This situation is not so different from one...
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Categories:
unworthy, earth, games, health, integrity, peace, psychological, sin,
Form:
Political Verse
He Said, I SaidHow the housefly gets attracted to organic decay
and an infant child traces the voice of its mother
are nothing compared to the intense attraction
Michelle and I possess on the guy owning not a strand of hair...
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Categories:
unworthy, art, boyfriend, character, emotions, girlfriend, hello,
Form:
Epic
Is Joss Whedon 'I Am' - Christ ReincarnateIs Joss Whedon ‘I AM?’ (1) Christ Reincarnate?
I Think That That’s Doubtful!
More than Trump ‘IS’ (1) (by...
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unworthy, america, graduation, high school, humor, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 28Quietly, the memory of my grandfather manifested itself,
In the colors and shimmers of the Holy Spirit,
I saw his human face,
The familiar lines, the flesh,
The pair of oceanic eyes, slowly blinking
Smiling,
Like a heavenly beam
Splashing...
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Categories:
unworthy, allegory, analogy, deep, emotions, humanity, meaningful, wisdom,
Form:
Epic
ApologyYou spoke of Love in the kingdom to come
Where the works of hatred would be undone
you bid your disciples to follow whats true
to demonstrate its power in the actions they do
But I have seen...
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Categories:
unworthy, abuse, betrayal, childhood, evil, love hurts, truth,
Form:
Verse
New Mlk Day ResolutionsI have heard almost nothing about New Year Resolutions
this pandemic year;
Although personal sound waves are filled
replete with incomplete invitations
to take better health care
of personal
and social
and economic
and democratic
and public
and green climate nonviolent communication
wealth optimization
As we move...
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Categories:
unworthy, creation, health, hope, integrity, leadership, new year,
Form:
Political Verse
Rilke Translations IArchaischer Torso Apollos ("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...
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Categories:
unworthy, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
Children Are On Crosshair.
.........................................INNOCENCE
..................................Oh! it is so very asleep
.........................As we grow up the bliss that we seek
....................To stay innocent blissfully innocent -As kids
...............My lovely world- it conspires to keep me so clean
..........No cigarettes no porn...
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Categories:
unworthy, children, corruption, evil, grief, violence,
Form:
Concrete
The Whore and the Sea Part 1The moon was neither full, nor was it not
She shone down radiant lighting the misty ole night
The waves lapped the shore
As a gentle breeze streaked my face
Alone by the sea, clouds, the moon and me
The...
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Categories:
unworthy, allegory, angel, french, imagination, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Letter From a Son To His Late MotherMa,
Why do I need to apostrophize you? Why did you flew away into the celestial regions so earlier? Is it because you are from a land where ‘twenty is plenty’ for women? And hence, ignoring...
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Categories:
unworthy, emotions, family, loss, mother son,
Form:
Prose
She Believes In Lavender MoonsIntroduction: one of the nice aspects of having an oeuvre as a poet is the ability to see where you have changed over the years. this is such a poem where i can see the...
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Categories:
unworthy, faith, growth, myth,
Form:
Free verse
To a Dead Mouse
I
Friend, whatever brought your life to end
had no appetite for mouse flesh, nudged your
small gray body on its side with a thorough sniff
and left your corpse exposed on the asphalt path,
then, for reasons of its...
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Categories:
unworthy, in memoriam,
Form:
Free verse
Believe It Or WhatHe doesn’t have to prove anything to me. The Holy Spirit, that is. I’ve always known He’s there, from childhood on, even if I ignored Him for many years. But like others growing older, I...
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Categories:
unworthy, god, , atheist,
Form:
Prose
Blinded By DarknessI was blinded by darkness
Not knowing where I planted each footfall
I had a body I had a heart
I had a mind and most of all a soul
I thought I was alive with happiness and joy
Alive...
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Categories:
unworthy, faith, life, father, me, family, husband, light,
Form:
Blank verse
Toilet Humor-Collab- Newest AdditionsLimricks prompted by a comment made by someone today
It's a fact, and no longer just a rumor
Some soup people barf at toilet humor
Have you sniffed your own butt
It stinks so keep it shut
Pessimism must...
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Categories:
unworthy, humor,
Form:
Limerick