The Consequences of Stealing
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When you steal, it’s more than an object you take—
You sever a thread in the soul you forsake.
That bracelet? A gift from a mother now gone.
That wallet? A dream that someone leaned on.
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Categories:
undismayed, anger, betrayal, character, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Love at Eight
...I waited and I waited just in case she’d been delayed
I stood there feeling foolish, though I acted undismayed
A movie and some popcorn might have won her pretty smile
And I was very keen and so ...
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Categories:
undismayed, boyfriend, childhood, girlfriend, innocence,
Form: Rhyme
The Corpus Christi Carol translation by Michael R Burch
...The Corpus Christi Carol
anonymous Middle English poem
translation by Michael R. Burch
He bore him up, he bore him down,
He bore him into an orchard brown.
Lully, lullay, lully, lullay!
The f...
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Categories:
undismayed, bird, girl, heart, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
MY BELOVED
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MY BELOVED
Accomplished affirmative aggressive all along ambitious.
Bright brilliant blooming bubbling.
Courageous competent courteous classy
Dedicated devoted dulcet...
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Categories:
undismayed, appreciation, devotion,
Form: Abecedarian
Melody of Lonely Angel
...Written: August 19, 2023
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In the world where shadows dwell,
A tale of woe I shall now tell
Of hearts that wept both nig...
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Categories:
undismayed, analogy, angel, appreciation, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Bold-Lit Lamp
...Bold-lit lamp, rained on, snowed on
Undaunted; undismayed.
Even of tree's fleshy torn strips
What is splattered for leaf.
Constant standing in one place
With this one fixed purpose;
Courage, ...
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Categories:
undismayed, light,
Form: Rhyme
Be Most Afraid
...We should all be most afraid
Since they’ve abolished Roe v. Wade
For legislators won’t be swayed
Despite the nation’s ire.
Women feel we’ve been betrayed
By those whose actions have displayed
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Categories:
undismayed, abortion, america, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Stephane Mallarme Translations
...These are my modern English translations of sonnets by the French poet Stephane Mallarme.
The Tomb of Edgar Poe
by Stéphane Mallarmé
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
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Categories:
undismayed, eulogy, extended metaphor, french,
Form: Sonnet
Think Big, Worry Less
...*Image of Animals Noah by Pixabay.
Think Big, Worry Less
The day hath appeared as all creatures met,
they hath parted themselves by groups of twos,
as they slid, cra...
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Categories:
undismayed, animal, boat, character, voyage,
Form: Sonnet
Taurus
...TAURUS
Truthful, Talented, Talkative, Trustworthy, Me in Taurus, always Transparent.
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Categories:
undismayed, 12th grade, appreciation,
Form: Acrostic
Jabb Her Vaccsee
...'Twas slightly scary in terms doctors know
did nurses nimble who would pass this way.
Prickly plied do glories go
so soon alas undismayed.
Long time in fact she thought
jabbed her vaccsees as ...
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Categories:
undismayed, heart, onomatopoeia, poems, sick,
Form: Rhyme
Sonnets Xvii-Xxiv
...Sonnets XVII-XXIV
Discrimination
by Michael R. Burch
The meter I had sought to find, perplexed,
was ripped from books of "verse" that read like prose.
I found it in sheet music, in long rows...
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Categories:
undismayed, books, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Sonnet
Abc Poem: a To Z of Life
...After all was said and done
Before I’d reached a clear conclusion
Could It ever be the same
Down the years of trial and error
Estimation of the future
For the best determination
Going over and...
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Categories:
undismayed, life,
Form: ABC
Epitaphs
...Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's n...
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Categories:
undismayed, bereavement, death, death of
Form: Epitaph
You Never Listened
...You Never Listened
by Michael R. Burch
You never listened,
though each night the rain
wove its patterns again
and trembled and glistened...
You were not watching,
though each night the s...
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Categories:
undismayed, baby, birth, children, extended
Form: Sonnet
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