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Ono No Komachi Translation: AutumnWatching wan moonlight
illuminate tree limbs,
my heart also brims,
overflowing with autumn.
—Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
As I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono...
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Categories:
withstood, age, autumn, death, depression, desire, heartbreak, women,
Form:
Tanka
Ono No Komachi TranslationsAs I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Submit to you—is that what you advise?
The way the ripples...
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Categories:
withstood, desire, life, longing, love, nature, woman, women,
Form:
Tanka
Heat LighteningHeat Lightening
by Michael R. Burch
Each night beneath the elms, we never knew
which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance,
then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up
like searchlights seeking contact in the distance . . .
Quiescent unions...
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Categories:
withstood, car, crush, desire, love, lust, sexy, teen
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Eros and CupidPOEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID
These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub...
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Categories:
withstood, cute love, desire, god, heart, love, lust,
Form:
Epigram
The Warlord Wars No More -2Pay heed to those deeds from whence the heart must confess...
You're far from Rome Proconsul Caesar...
As they say, "All roads lead to Rome" Ariovistus
and all tresspasses are treated as threats of war...
My recent conquest of...
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Categories:
withstood, history,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Resurrected HeroeRESURRECTION OF A HEROE:
CHORUS:
Far from comparison, far from fear.
Failure part of the journey; shed no tears.
Man...do... the best you can do.
Talents in your hand's only for you.
No body cares...what you goes through;
When you succeed,...
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Categories:
withstood, beautiful, beauty, hero,
Form:
Lyric
Dante's Hell Translation Canto Xxxiii Part1Uplifted his mouth from wild and fierce meal
That sinner, it furbishing at the hair
Of head on back of which he had to steal.
Then started: “You want I renew and share
Desperate pain which is pressing my...
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withstood, fantasy, , cute,
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Terza Rima
The Town Council ProposalSome say it began with the Jehovah's Witnesses
ingesting sacred substances with the Rastafarians.
Others say that could not possibly be true or false.
What emerged one sultry August Town Council evening
when half the town had found some...
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Categories:
withstood, community, culture, health, love, mental illness, political,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Memory of BonesThe table is old and worn
nicks and scratches
its red plastic tablecloth left over from a forgotten Christmas
its holiday pattern worn and forlorn
many a Thanksgiving dinner was hosted
the plump turkey as dry as yesterday
many wars...
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Categories:
withstood, allegory, analogy, angst, anxiety, art, childhood, christmas,
Form:
Free verse
Obama PoemPolitical Poetry
Obama: what bard, what griot, what poet wouldn't want to tell -the miracles of our times in tales.
What courage, what evidence that man can endure; fulfilling the destiny for which he was bore.
Stones were...
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Categories:
withstood, betrayal, emotions, encouraging,
Form:
Verse
A HomePlaced 9th in:
A Brian Strand Premiere No. 1224 Poetry Contest
...
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withstood, god, home, inspirational, spiritual,
Form:
Concrete
ShameProverbs 16:18 (KJV) “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
I’ve been ashamed,
Ashamed of my lack of understanding,
My lack of consideration,
My lack of care and concern,
My lack of admiration.
I’ve been ashamed,
Ashamed of...
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Categories:
withstood, character, depression, how i feel, pride,
Form:
Free verse
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots IiiMarching out of the cloaked shires
Of landowners, stockbrokers,
Hereditary Peers, and ruddy faced
Squires:
A vast multitude of many varied
Tribes.
Amassing in the great cities, where,
Inhabiting shadowy chambers,
Behind nodding sighs and hushed
Whispers,
The Masonic...
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Categories:
withstood, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Barbarossa IIAs Barbarossa roars into the East.
its southern barb cut swiftly to the core.
And as it raged the slaughtering increased,
consuming any force that stood before.
His swift barrage devoured the ranks of Red
as iron divisions consummated death.
These...
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Categories:
withstood, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Barbarossa IIIA new command would counter their attack
to stay the storm that harkens at your door.
‘Twould be a feat that stunned the iron pack
for nothing dared defy the wolves before.
And though his pack could see...
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withstood, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Tales of King ShakaGbum Shaka!
Sing to me,o Angel of
The legendary conqueror,
The great elephant that
Shook the foundations of
The earth.
Whirrrrrrrrrr......hear the
The voice of the wind
Whispering about the
Only Ama Nkosi:
Between the Drakensberg
And the Indian ocean,
The immortalized...
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Categories:
withstood, adventure
Form:
Epic
Hey Kid You Are Not AloneUnless you were bullied in school, you have no idea just how much of a toll the constant torment by others can take on you. I have never spoken of it and never wanted to...
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Categories:
withstood, bullying, school, student,
Form:
Prose
If I Were a Star - 1If I were a star, lighting up the night
Filling hearts with joy and hope
Inspiring souls to listen to the silence
That breathes a caress across the spirit
Whispering kindness to the listener
If I were a star…
I’d look...
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Categories:
withstood, appreciation, light, star,
Form:
Free verse
Ukraine PoemsThese are poems for Ukraine and Ukrainians.
We Are Here
by Michael R. Burch
“We are here.” – Volodymyr Zelensky
We are here. Were are here.
And we won’t disappear.
We are here. We are here. We are here.
We are...
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Categories:
withstood, butterfly, child, children, conflict, mother, urban, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Lily Letters of Jasmine
Dear grandma,
you were my litchi s u n r i s e,
encasing stars in honeydew of h e a l...
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Categories:
withstood, deep, emotions, granddaughter, grandmother, grief, meaningful, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Ono No Komachi Translations IiiOno no Komachi Translations
These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi…
"It's over!"
Your words drizzle like dismal rains,
bringing tears,
as I wilt with my years.
—Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by...
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Categories:
withstood, beautiful, beauty, dream, flower, nature, rain, woman,
Form:
Tanka
Preposterous ErosPreposterous Eros
by Michael R. Burch
“Preposterous Eros” – Patricia Falanga
Preposterous Eros shot me in
the buttocks, with a Devilish grin,
spent all my money in a rush
then left my heart effete pink mush.
These are poems about Eros, the...
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Categories:
withstood, desire, love, love hurts, lust, passion, romance,
Form:
Epigram
Town Called RotgutArmadilly Billy the Sling Shot Kidster was steadily on the move.
He was leaving the Southwest and his reputation behind, for sure!
Every gunslinger was out for him and of killing he’d become tired.
Even the weather was...
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Categories:
withstood, adventure, character, fantasy, imagination, journey, night,
Form:
Light Verse
Sutures of HappinessAbandoned for being who I hate that I am,
Ridiculed for my defects I cannot control-
Feeling like no one will ever give a damn,
Suffering from the embers of pain’s coal.
On a roll, downward...
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Categories:
withstood, loneliness,
Form:
Rhyme
JesusHe was born in a shelter for animals,
Meant to keep off the wind and the rain,
For there was no room for them in the inn,
So it was here that they came.
His father did the best...
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Categories:
withstood, easter, god, jesus,
Form:
Quatrain