Long Washing Poems
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Various Heresies 3Various Heresies 3
Breakings
by Michael R. Burch
I did it out of pity.
I did it out of love.
I did it not to break the heart of a tender, wounded dove.
But gods without compassion
ordained: Frail things must break!
Now...
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Categories:
washing, america, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, usa,
Form:
Verse
The Storm Is In the CalmThe angles are in the storm
Just before the break of dawn
Sending a message to everyone
Telling them to remain calm
The angels are singing out loud
They want to break the treacherous cloud
and relinquish that awful...
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Categories:
washing, abuse, america, angel, anger, betrayal, community, england,
Form:
Narrative
Tawfiq Zayyad Translation: Here We Shall RemainHere We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.
Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...
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Categories:
washing, arabic, poems, poverty, prison, race, racism, song,
Form:
Free verse
Water's WeaknessThere is nothing weaker than water
But none is superior to it in overcoming the hard,
For which there is no substitute.
(Laotse, "Nothing Weaker Than Water", Lin Yutang, trans.)
That weakness of mind and body overcomes strength
And uniting...
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Categories:
washing, power, psychological, water, western, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Uyghur Poetry TranslationsWith my Uyghur poetry translations I am trying to build awareness of the plight of Uyghur poets who are being sent to Chinese "reeducation" concentration camps.
Elegy
by Perhat Tursun
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Asylum seekers, will...
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Categories:
washing, allah, culture, discrimination, faith, islamic, race, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 112 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Damian and the Family Go To ChurchEarly morning dawn July
"Mallory" Damian whispered, sliding
Closer to her. "Mallory" he Whispered
Again gently caressing. She wanted
To say stop. It was to late
he moved quite quickly. He spread
Like wild fire. Soon consuming her.
The...
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Categories:
washing, angst, devotion,
Form:
Alliteration
Adieu - Part 1Do you remember?
We lay in the moonlight, exhausted and content,
Moments from perfection, skin glistening with moisture,
Salty and sweet from love - love so amazing
That it stunned us every time ...
Always better than before, and always...
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Categories:
washing, heartbreak, love, passion, romantic, sad love, true
Form:
Free verse
Reunited -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationMany of us have a favorite possession from when we were young, and this
93-year old gentleman is no exception.
...
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Categories:
washing, childhood, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
Growing Up, La - Part 2- - Chapter 2: Adult Responsibility (With Some Breaks) - -
By ten years old, no weekends off,
Or Saturday cartoons,
Although I did have cash to spend,
I felt my...
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Categories:
washing, life, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Remember WhenRemember when you were very young, ...
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Categories:
washing, fun, games, life, love, remember, today, youth,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Categories:
washing, car, kid, red, snow, vacation, weather, winter,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
What Daddy DemandsEarthMama Invites
Without RightDaddy Dominance,
Left EcoMama
and Her still innocent suppressed Children,
share no opposing WinLose
assuming
internalized voices,
just anxious and angry
and fearful feelings
about LoseLose
ZeroZone,
ego and Earth
matriarchal-line
extinguished.
Because all RightBrain feeling voices
and chemistries
are outside Sacred NatureSpirit
experientially
regeneratively
cooperative
Patriarchal/Matriarchal Voices
secular and sacred...
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Categories:
washing, bullying, caregiving, gender, health, integrity, love, violence,
Form:
Political Verse
The Splice of Life
“The Splice of Life”
When colour
was to be
washed out
of the world
the evil ones
didn’t care
the Actor led
with his
Dementors
either side of him
Laundry,
they resolved
to be the best
pristine method
for...
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Categories:
washing, humanity, political, religion, science,
Form:
Free verse
Prizes For Ultimate Sacrifices - Part OnePrizes for Ultimate Sacrifices
prizes for the abstemious for abstinence chastity ?
the countless...
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Categories:
washing, howl, inspirational, metaphor, passion, satire, spoken word,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Being AmericanI live in America, as in the United States of America, and that used to mean something. At least to me it did. And it’s not so much in how I was raised but in...
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Categories:
washing, america, class, how i feel, introspection, patriotic,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Appear My Queen At the PierAs the life of the day nears its last breath,
With a glow of crimson, forewarning its death,
Upon its cresting, the reflection, daunting,
The sea sets free a beauty, haunting
The depths of its treasures of unknown span,
The...
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Categories:
washing, beauty, desire, dream, fantasy, inspiration, love, romantic
Form:
Rhyme
Sitting On the Ground - Our Friendship Bond and Our Vital VowsI’m sure of it – we’ll do good enough in the long run
Let the crazy, busy, and sunny day begin and I welcome the sun
Do you welcome the sun?
You’re a lot of fun
Let’s run...
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Categories:
washing, addiction, adventure, beauty, cute love, dedication, deep,
Form:
Lyric
Categories:
washing, crazy, dream, humor, sister, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Phobia'sPhobias
A Bluto is not that Disney dog
It was when a mewling
that I would scream
Should they wet my body
And then apply cream
Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
Achluo the demon that lurks
In darkened...
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Categories:
washing, on writing and words, hair, me, pain,
Form:
Free verse
What's Love Got To Do With ItI started out life as Anna Mae Bullock, ...
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Categories:
washing, child, cry, hurt, music, song, woman, world,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Mom, Three Girls, Two Cigarettes, and a SparrowPart I.
Harvest time was winding down,
I was taking lunch in town,
After spending six long hours plowing stubble.
Washing up I met a man,
Guessed he was a harvest hand,
His combine crew, he said,...
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Categories:
washing, faith, loss, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
A Party In the Snow2020 has been a year of blue, ...
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Categories:
washing, blue, christmas, cry, fun, new years day,
Form:
Rhyme
Nothing Happen Before the TimeI could see the sun rising in the East
Pulling up something that is very deep
I could see the sun rising in the East
Hanging over the first beach
I left the house at six am
Before the sound...
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Categories:
washing, adventure, blessing, courage, encouraging, endurance, freedom, happiness,
Form:
Narrative
A King LamentingA king entered in a robe,
Clothed in a raiment of
Multitudous colors:
Vast and enormous is he,
Occupying matters of matters,
Spaces of Spaces.
His presence accomodates no vacuum.
Before him was raident throne,
Swathed in light and graced
With fire of sulphur...
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Categories:
washing, spiritual,
Form:
Epic
Moonlight Sonatas and Morning KissesIn the realm of moons and breathless tides,
where promises dance with a serendipitous sonnet of sunrises,
along with morning kisses, unfolds a love story—
a poetic novel etched in the chronicles
within the hourglass of time,
a journey that...
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Categories:
washing, best friend, blessing, devotion, inspirational love, love,
Form:
Prose Poetry