In the twilight of thoughts, where shadows whisper the secrets of ideologies
...In the twilight of thoughts, where shadows whisper the secrets of ideologies,
I stand, a prism refracting the multitude of hues of the "isms,"
Each beam a story of belief, a spectrum of convictions...
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Categories:
puritanism, fantasy, , hinduism,
Form: Free verse
Sabbath
...As ravens, Pharisees were filled with destructive pleasures.
Termites of Puritanism had been eating up their minds?
They thought they had fallen from heaven as truth possessors.
Each of their ape-...
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Categories:
puritanism, life, people,
Form: Sonnet
Portrait of Violence
...gangs
even looks same as iraq
so mant weapons not a firecracker
to steal and kill, we poor people...!
Some are followers of Satanism,
others are fans of "puritanism"
I already told you, I'm pretty putative
to defend myself from these people
of this bunch of insane
I mu...
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Categories:
puritanism, allusion, anger, appreciation, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Come
...Come!
by Michael R. Burch
Will you come to visit my grave, I wonder,
in the season of lightning, the season of thunder,
when I have lain so long in the indifferent earth
that I have no girth?
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Categories:
puritanism, christian, death, desire, god,
Form: Sonnet
Robert Burns Translation: Comin Thro the Rye
...Comin Thro the Rye
by Robert Burns
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, Jenny's all wet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry;
She's draggin' all her petticoats
Comin' ...
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Categories:
puritanism, body, desire, kiss, love,
Form: Verse
Man Eating Flower
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"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anaïs Nin
“Man Eating Flower”
Voluptuo...
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Categories:
puritanism, identity, imagery, psychological, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Nostalgia
...Will this world be the same after we are dead?
Will the bylanes and kerbs be replaced
Dusty pathways by cleaner, wider roads
And the poor, homeless ones to alien hordes
Will the sun rise and se...
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Categories:
puritanism, allegory, allusion, autumn, earth,
Form: Free verse
View From the Prism of 'Ism'
...socialism communism fascism despotism
buddhism catholicism hinduism zoroastrianism
territorialism colonialism imperialism expansionism
positivism relativism behaviorism existent...
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Categories:
puritanism, satire, society, truth, word
Form: Monorhyme
A Summer Autmn Day
...Vehicle headlights segue through the muggy day as police cars and ambulances hold
sway as though autumn has crept into a summer's day and flora and fauna
do not know what to do until this glo...
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Categories:
puritanism, summer,
Form: Free verse