Long Woodpecker Poems
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Matsuo Basho Haiku TranslationsThe first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow low
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, investigate loneliness!
a solitary leaf
clings to the Kiri tree
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
The cheerful-chirping cricket
contends gray...
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Categories:
woodpecker, animal, butterfly, death, earth, life, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations IiDusk-gliding swallow,
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers!
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies off, sated
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
That dying cricket,...
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Categories:
woodpecker, autumn, death, life, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Haiku
Haiku Translations of the Oriental MastersGrasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow...
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Categories:
woodpecker, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
Form:
Haiku
Social NondarwinistsWe need to talk.
Is this one of those times
where you need to talk
and I must pretend to listen
while you rant?
Well, yes,
if you could extend this favor.
Your topic?
Social Darwinism.
Isn't that the birthplace of unfettered Capitalism
and Fascism
and...
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Categories:
woodpecker, environment, gospel, health, humor, psychological, social,
Form:
Political Verse
One More Rosey TripI'm off on the beaten path
with Little Rosey in my grasp
There's palm fronds like a giant clock,
twenty hands instead of two
And there's the honeysuckle bush
that suddenly broke through
the gap in my neighbor's greenhouse
"Bonnie!" she insists
"Bonnie...
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Categories:
woodpecker, child, childhood, cute love, dedication, family, fun,
Form:
Narrative
Poem By Kasiananthan On the Tamil Diaspora and Eelam, Trans By T WignesanThe Parrot and the Woodpecker may turn...
[Sung by TEnicayccal Cellappa] Translated by T.Wignesan
mAnkiliyum marankottiyum ...
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Categories:
woodpecker, history, nostalgia, political, pain, longing, may,
Form:
Ballad
Catch the Right Worm(A reply to “The phenomenal woman” by Abul Mayen, “Hope John”)
This breezy morning
I have caught the right worm
Basking on a rock like a lizard
She twirled her waist in her briskly walk
A mile ahead of mature...
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Categories:
woodpecker, beauty,
Form:
Free verse
Tree I AmBrave people
I grow...on...
Weeds surround me...
Beads falling playfully...
Rivers, like vines, entwine...
Roots of moist seep in so fine
Because I cried
In this wilderness
I grow, I grow (x2)
Happily, I glow,
You know? You know?
This tree I am
Never a free...
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Categories:
woodpecker, betrayal, change, deep, depression, earth, emotions, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Netflix, HuluNeftlix, Hulu, autumn elaeagnus
thorns, small hairy buds, twigs hyper-lenticelled
fruits supposedly edible, leaves elongated, oblong
xerophytic but found in wetland
introduced species, some say invasive
Xbox is invasive
Hulu is the best source of foreign films
and foreign films represent reality...
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Categories:
woodpecker, dream, fear, february, people, romantic, time, winter,
Form:
Verse
Housebound DaysPeople once said I was a homebody, and I guess that was me,
Often curled up with a good book, I loved watching movies.
Like blooms of sunlit meadows, are joyful where they stand,
Stained in the world...
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Categories:
woodpecker, art, beautiful, fantasy, friendship, home, magic, meaningful,
Form:
Couplet
Snow, Snake, Snow, Birds, Sickness, SittingSo many, maybe millions
No, billions. Trillions?
Of stars, a quiet, hot snowfall
of white stars; sandal season squall.
Each birch tree here outdoing
January's record accumulation.
Weeks of hour after hour after hour
upon day upon day upon day of
birches'...
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Categories:
woodpecker, death, nature, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Summer Came SoftlyI was a zealous environmental scientist, preserving green on our blue planet;
To benefit all animals, plants and people, under sunset skies of pomegranate.
I strived hard to reverse pollution, found in vast seas and in azure,...
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Categories:
woodpecker, color, fantasy, green, imagery, nature, nice, summer,
Form:
Couplet
Riveting RomeoI was a famous, American actress, who adored performing for live audiences,
In stage plays, both modern and classic, like velvet time, which often rushes.
Rose acclaim filled long, chaotic days, of colorful masquerades and fulfillment,
Like Sleeping...
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Categories:
woodpecker, fantasy, happiness, love, nature, romance, wedding, work,
Form:
Couplet
I Re: Egret Forsaking Gull Friend Where, Heron Eye TwitterI re: egret forsaking gull friend where, heron eye twitter
Fictional account related
courtesy one pink flamingo.
Aves lusting for verboten tweet
reed lubricious sin after giving
Twiggy another peck on the cheek.
Whenever this birdman
alone with his thoughts...
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Categories:
woodpecker, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, adventure, america,
Form:
Free verse
Cholla's LegacyA diverse array of flora and fauna reign majestic
in vivid tawny imagery of shifting sand dunes
and barren rocks-- sixteen miles
from the golden rays of western tomorrow.
Time is played out in crucial moments of...
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Categories:
woodpecker, america, appreciation, august, beauty, imagery, nature, sun,
Form:
Free verse
SpectatorsDedicated to my dear friend Sarah (with an H) for pointing out God's creation of nature in Isaiah 55:12
There are many trees in my yard
Beautifully made by our creator
Those admired most have names
All of the...
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Categories:
woodpecker, natureday, tree, day, hope, me, tree,
Form:
Narrative
Tales From the HollowIn a windswept vale the tree had spread its branches
Its shale like trunk defined by weather had many wounds
One in particular had hollowed inside this stanchion
Braced against pervading skies and silk-watered lagoons
So clearly defined a...
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Categories:
woodpecker, destiny, earth, fate, home, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
The DrillsLead me to the place where I can glance at your face, lead me to the place where I can in sit in solitude and reminisce the days of my youth.
I felt like an...
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Categories:
woodpecker, best friend, change, community, confidence, sensual, silence,
Form:
Narrative
Forced Ska Hoard and Save Hen Years AgoHistory contends that on that score
hing hot summer at 6:00 pm June sixteenth
in the year 666 after the Devonian era,
two lovers - a Mister Belmont Me
and Missy Bryn Mawr Hu felt the...
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Categories:
woodpecker, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Light Verse
Failed From FarThe most awaited result got announced, but
Internet hadn't landed the soil of my country then.
Televisions were tabled in few pocketed places,
Still they worked, minute and achromatic.
With huge audience circled, signal was word alien,
Viewers would...
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Categories:
woodpecker, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Verse
Failed From FarThe most awaited result got publicized, but
Internet hadn't landed the soil of my country.
Televisions were tabled in few pocketed places,
Still they worked, minute and achromatic.
With huge audience circling, signal was word alien,
Viewers would holler in...
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Categories:
woodpecker, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Verse
Saturday With the CardinalsNobody walks here anymore
Nobody listen to them anymore
The grass has grown out of control
And the wind has battered them to the ground
In the midst of the dense woods
the road lingers between the tall...
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Categories:
woodpecker, angel, beauty, change, conflict, courage, environment, leadership,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Love is BlindI was a marvelous ophthalmologist, impacting how others saw this world,
As tomorrow one day sees yesterday, on lanes where hued leaves swirled.
I corrected hazy, crazy vision problems, with eyeglasses and with surgery;
Like a second look,...
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Categories:
woodpecker, family, fantasy, friend, growth, life, love, nature,
Form:
Couplet
The Country RoadI took a walk along the old country road looking desperately for a story that is not yet told, I search in the bushes and the trees but there was nothing waiting for thee.
The morning...
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Categories:
woodpecker, books, care, childhood, community, courage, culture, dream,
Form:
Narrative
The Solitary OnesAlthough I greatly loved socializing, I really enjoyed being alone,
Like ebony evenings of magic, with no ringing of the telephone.
Since my young childhood, I had been, an introverted extrovert,
Like one with eyes to azure skies,...
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Categories:
woodpecker, animal, fantasy, imagery, life, nature, solitude,
Form:
Couplet