Home » Poems » Undiscoverable

Undiscoverable Poems

Fantasy

...Fantasy

Mysterious world, but I don't know where it comes from. From far, so far
Sometimes, they just call and greet us, this soul, the fantasy. Non time

There is no time, it is a different wo...

Categories: undiscoverable, fantasy, fate, life,
Form: Free verse

I Am the Seed of My Father-Ncede

...I have discovered the undiscoverable
The plot thickens
Who would have thought?
I have emerged from the shadows
The truth goes deeper
Who was the target?
I was, all along

As the rain starts t...

Categories: undiscoverable, africa, blessing, bullying, community,
Form: Free verse

My Most Popular Poems On the Internet Ii

...My most popular poems on the Internet (II)

A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a l...

Categories: undiscoverable, internet, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Clinging Dresses: Sappho Translation

...Sappho fragment 22
loose translation by Michael R. Burch 
 
That enticing girl's clinging dresses
leave me trembling, overcome by happiness,
as once, when I saw the Goddess in my prayers
eclips...

Categories: undiscoverable, beauty, crush, desire, girl,
Form: Epigram

Sappho Translations

...Sappho fragment #155
translation by Michael R. Burch 

A short revealing frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!

*

Sappho fragment #156
translation by Michael R. Burch 

S...

Categories: undiscoverable, girl, girlfriend, love, lust,
Form: Epigram

Expect the Unexpected

...Expect the unexpected and maybe it will find you.
Believe the unbelievable.
See the world from upside down.
Change your perspective all around.
Do something that you have never done.
Be someone ...

Categories: undiscoverable, hope, today, uplifting,
Form: Free verse

Random

...Let me give the facts straight
I didn't write this poem because I want to entertain you by my fascinating wordplays
I didn't write this poem to bring you to the deepest depth of my emotions
I didn...

Categories: undiscoverable, how i feel, i
Form: Sapphic stanza

Every Other Thing

...It's odd to realize that ones life is best described experientially, as a series of discoveries in an irreducible phenomenon cast in viscus matrices. 

    "These Days":  The superficial and arbitr...

Categories: undiscoverable, analogy, muse, myth,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

The Journey of a Once a Feeble Mind

...If nature is as inevitable as change defines the weather
By same nature’s-fortune decree, my sins cannot define me
I am my Father’s fine-art, perfectly coated to the brim of His brush
As H...

Categories: undiscoverable, faith, god, journey, passion,
Form: Free verse

Life Like a Road

...Everyone 
                          enjoys to take 
                       a ride or just
                   to go for a leisure stride. 
                    Long winding road
                       ...

Categories: undiscoverable, character, christian, inspiration, life,
Form: Ballad

Love In a Thought

...I am so elated
No more sorrow
My scars have faded
I have a tomorrow

I was trapped
I was petrified 
My life was undiscoverable
My life, you electrified

One smile
One look
One more dial
My breath you...

Categories: undiscoverable, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness, love,
Form: Rhyme

Love and Magic

...Deep within my being there is a love waiting to emerge
Lingering deep inside almost undiscoverable
A breath of fresh air it seeks
Hidden within its confines
Trapped until now
Awaiting the day wh...

Categories: undiscoverable, hope, love, magic,
Form: I do not know?