Long Unwrapping Poems

Turkish Poetry Translations II

Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Was there ever anything like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s mightiest armies pressing Marmara,
Forcing entry between her mountain passes
To a...

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O to tune in to good times of childhood—
To re-live gone-by years, not just to brood,
To lighten dust-laden baggage’s dead tare,
To unburden mind of deadwood afloat, 
To fast-forward to dusky days of old, 
To turn...

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As her EarthDay drum calls out
to inside outside severance

Amid EarthTribe's gathered laughter
and sorrow,
speaking
and listening,
singing
and silent witnessing,

Earth's wealth
leaks nutritional health 
gifts sharing value with every messiah
in sunshine circles
of care giving
and receiving
sacred shifts 
toward cherished bright esteem.

In...

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Can you stack your chunks of memory, like me 
In tiered stacks of stories... free to see? 

Woven from far time to now, in soft open volumes bound 
Waiting for thoughts lost, but Wow... now...

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To all my children, may you please be aware!
I don't always show it, but I will always care.
Each of you have been a great gift to me.
Your births made this man happy as can be.
Each...

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These chariots, for another moment, for another day, coming, to prepare the way
As leviathan called to Venus, and Mar's smile, fell
From the hand of God, who's eyes like fire, burned
Glaring at the evils twisted smirk,...

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I was done
Packed my bags
Ran from the grasp
Of Liars and Cons

Considered myself lucky
To know the truth
And walk away
Mostly intact

No damage
No harm
No foul

It’s funny the lies we tell
To mitigate pain

Only now as I unravel
Myself from the...

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I just can’t wait till Christmas

I just can’t wait till Christmas
With thoughts of ice and snow
And Santa in his bright red suit
Shouting ho ho ho.

Flying with his reindeer
With presents on his sleigh
Delivering them all by...

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"The Gift" 

Communication to a friend...

Responding to what you have written, responding to your thoughts. This is a very deep and very sad write and I get it. 

I would like to read the story...

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FOUNTAIN : LIQUOR BOTTLE SHRINES...

Intoxicated and driven,
Staggering to a higher purpose where they buy their souls
Meeting with their Maker as they peak and overflow
Seeing all these empty faces file in and out in dance to...

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I notice the single placemat within the circle of noise,
Placing my phone on the cluttered side plate,
I can feel the Christmas spirit resonating through,
The crowd of extended families unwrapping each other’s joy,
A tear drops onto...

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..for him 

   A little something in the 
 scintilla of soporific smiles you left me
 beneath dulcet gazing twirls
  of ballerina stars amongst a moonlit lullaby,
 sitting in the quixotic corners...

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He walks in and sees first the peppermints on my desk then me

“You sure do look pretty today.” He says while unwrapping the candy
I can tell by the way he's looking at me and not...

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'What is Love?' 
For someone,its an ocean to dive. 
For someone,its like honey from hive. 
For someone,its a song to sing. 
For someone,its like flying without wing. 
But to love & to be loved is...

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Somewhere in the dungeon of my soul 
was a memory I supressed, 
and a song, a scent 
reignited the place and time long forgot.
And I remember leaving the cocoon we called home 
I remember moving...

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Every year with Christmas coming in a park near Forest Lake,
the Lion’s Club and Rotary Club help to add to Christmas cheer
by organizing something special for the district to partake,
along with all the different church...

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There’s a scoundrel in the wings
He’s drunk again hear him sing
For whisky is the taste for him
And his songs the wind to me brings

In his day no one to him could match
And women thought him...

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Mother sits beneath the trees
unwrapping tasy memories
  she lays them on a checkered spread
with lemonade and butter bread
   she says, "come now give this a try"
I twirl and twirl and ask her...

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Though the west wind is, often, wild,
It blows, sometimes, miraculously mild.
It seemed I waited for such a tender time, 
To my stubborn friend to send my rhyme;
A friendship that, once, divinely developed,
Why by fogs of...

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TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS POEM PLEASE READ BRONTE INSPIRATION PARTS 1 AND 2 FIRST 


Our marriage has now been consummated
I’m so glad that you were patient and waited
Our passions for each other burns so strong
To...

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I wish I could tie you around my finger tip 
like a forget me not ribbon.
Soft shiny, yellow bow slightly leaning yet 
beaming with the brilliance from
your glow.

I would remember why it is I loved...

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IM "MOZART"
ORCHESTRA "ART"
AURA "SPARKS"
READ MY JOURNAL MY Notes COME TO "LIFE"
YOU'LL HEAR THUNDER "STRIKES"
LIGHTNING FLASHES WHEREVER YOU "ARE"
TURN THE ROOM INTO "NIGHT"
AN YOU'LL SEE THE "STARS"
DARK CLOUDS THE STORMS "COMING"
THE RAIN SHOWS MY "SUFFERING"
I love...

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Night brings us close unwrapping naked bodies
Of old conversation left hanging in the window
Of an empty house
This house had no tenant so long time now
You laughing from stern to bow
Your wine glass amazing pirouettes 
I...

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I looked into a window and what did I see
Bags of presents underneath a Christmas tree.
A boy unwrapping presents and jumping with joy
As he played with all his toys.
Mom and dad sitting down-with gift wrap...

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PLEASE READ PARTS 1 AND 2

Our marriage has now been consummated
I’m so glad that you were patient and waited
Our passions for each other burns so strong
To find you my love, I have waited so long
Now...

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