Long Withdraws Poems
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Rilke Translations Ii
Come, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
withdraws, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Veronica Franco Translations
Veronica Franco translations
Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.
Capitolo 19: A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I)
by Veronica Franco
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
"I resolved to make a virtue of...
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Categories:
withdraws, desire, french, joy, love, lust, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke Translation
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 lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
withdraws, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
A Kept Woman
Dream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine ego quest for affaire d’amour;
her night-loving body
c h a...
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Categories:
withdraws, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery, love, lust, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the Panther
The Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is not our world. It has no stars.
No light. Ten thousand...
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Categories:
withdraws, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Rainer Maria Rilke: First Elegy Translation
This is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, at Duino Castle, near Trieste on...
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Categories:
withdraws, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
The Verdict
. NOW
Well, GI Jack is welcome back, he left his...
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Categories:
withdraws, society, war,
Form:
Ballad
Dante's Hell Translation Canto Xxxii Part2
Then I saw thousand grim faces because
Cold distorted; thus I get much disgust
And always is so, any frost pond does.
And while we went to the middle just
Where any heavy fault and pain is found,
And in...
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Categories:
withdraws, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Warfare of the Weak
Casualties of the aftermath...A Terrorist message, "Not in words"
We 'will' be continually eliminated. Humans nature; Consistent
Disturbs!
Why are we a target? Propaganda...Can deceive
What is it, they 'really' want?...
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Categories:
withdraws, allusion, america, humanity, war,
Form:
Rhyme
A Very Long Week
Solomon was born in exuberant springtime, and it was on a Monday.
Proud parents were Gregory and Helen, when now became someday.
They dwelt back in the good old days, in a house not far from town;
But,...
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Categories:
withdraws, faith, fantasy, happiness, life, love, nature, nursery
Form:
Couplet
A Sunny Beach
The hectic world is like a giant ocean.
Every day we wake up and dive in.
We dive into our work, activities, or
errands we must do inside this great big world of blue!
Our friends and family,...
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Categories:
withdraws, anti bullying, , sweet love,
Form:
Free verse
The Flower and the Butterfly
The Flower and the Butterfly
In the subtle softness of dawn’s embrace,
A tender flower reclines upon her garden bed,
Enshrouded in the veil of morning mist,
Which caress her form like the softest lace,
As golden rays of...
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Categories:
withdraws, beauty, desire, flower, garden, life, nature, sensual,
Form:
Rhyme
Harumph To Holiday Hoopla Phish Pshaw
Harumph To Holiday Hoopla – Phish Pshaw!
Relieved of fatherhood Saint
Nick schtick found me
to relinquish ratty outfit, and stow away zee bras
like padding and "FAKE flowing beard,
ah...don't remind me,
those well worn faux paws
of each dear deer...
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Categories:
withdraws, angel, childhood, christmas, conflict, creation, december, jesus,
Form:
Political Verse
Unlikely Mike, for Michael Jackson
Unlikely Mike
by Michael R. Burch
I married someone else’s fantasy;
she admired me despite my mutilations.
I loved her for her heart’s sake, and for mine.
I hid my face and changed its connotations.
And in the dark I danced—slight,...
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Categories:
withdraws, blue, divorce, dream, heart, home, horse, house,
Form:
Rhyme
Blind Men
A child passes by
So full of joy
Life
A friend by his side
Broad smiles smothered all over their faces, a veil over childhood ignorance
Together they play, tumbling in the grass of the gardens of youth
But before...
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Categories:
withdraws, people, philosophyold, garden, green, old,
Form:
Free verse
After The Flood
Written: April 12, 2024
Rumi Quote: "I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light"
1st place contest winner
...
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Categories:
withdraws, analogy, rain,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Signs Stay True
Trespassers will be shot
I Survive not as a man but as a human being
I' am level but bent elements of life cast in a mutant haze
to come close to satisfaction my only compromise
brought up in...
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Categories:
withdraws, nature, peace, philosophy, politicallife, god, dog, dog,
Form:
Imagism
Concord Massachusetts Passingways
Haunted...
glowing foot falls on the dusted wooden planks cross the bridge
following them
I swing around enormous trees
skirt quickly...trying to catch up
were we holding hands as we walked
...did we hold hands?
I can't recall
but the muster...
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Categories:
withdraws, funeral, garden, history, i love you, leaving,
Form:
Free verse
Long Ago Lagger
LONG AGO LAGGER
I slipped in through the back door
It was the middle of the night
I didn't want them seeing me
My demeanor just wasn't right
I went out to have some fun
It got in a bit late,...
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Categories:
withdraws, addiction, appreciation, life,
Form:
Rhyme
ALONE
When fate grows fierce, when fortune breaks its chain,
When heaven withdraws and earth begins to sway,
When anguish grips you with unyielding strain,
Expect no help, no hand, no guiding ray.
You fall alone, my friend
And rise alone...
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Categories:
withdraws, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Roads Traveled
A hank of damp hair hangs limply on her forehead. With the back of a work reddened hand she brushes it from her face. From the galvanized tub before her, she withdraws a...
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Categories:
withdraws, life, love, humorous,
Form:
Narrative
Lessons of Change - X - Part One
Part One
GOU - Hexagram 44: One powerful Yin encounters or comes to meet the Yang in the Sixth month of the Gregorian Calendar, on the Sixth of June onwards – having associated with five (meaning...
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Categories:
withdraws, natural disasters, june, may,
Form:
Free verse
Nature and Me On the Riverside
When I appear there Nature seems to
Dance and dance and dance,
When I disappear she is prone to
Weep and weep and weep.
Withdraws all clouds from sky to set a
Splendid scenery,
So...
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Categories:
withdraws, beautiful, beauty, dance, earth, environment, imagery, uplifting,
Form:
Light Verse
He Lives Between Two Worlds
He lives between two worlds.
One that an average, or sane person, finds him or herself living day to day,
and that of a fictional writer, who allows his creative side to pull him into the...
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Categories:
withdraws, conflict, dark, horror, imagination, lost, mystery, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Whispering Shadows in Twilight
The light withdraws—
not abruptly, but with the grace
...
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Categories:
withdraws, night, silence,
Form:
Concrete