Long Satire Poems
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Haiku 1The Original Sin: Rhyming Haiku!
Haiku
should never rhyme:
it’s a crime!
-Michael R. Burch
The herons stand,
sentry-like, at attention ...
rigid observers of some unknown command.
-Michael R. Burch
Late
fall;
all
the golden leaves turn black underfoot:
soot
-Michael R. Burch
Dry leaf...
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Categories:
satire, family, heart, love, mother son, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
LimericksLimericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride?"
"Nevermore!" bright-eyed Raven replied.
The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus,...
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Categories:
satire, giggle, light, nonsense, parody, silly, smile, word
Form:
Limerick
Limericks Vii - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, AbsurdLimericks VII - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, Absurd
There continue to be modern sequels of the famous "Nantucket" limericks, including this bawdy one of mine:
There was a lewd whore from Nantucket
who intended to pee in a bucket;
but...
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Categories:
humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, sexy, smile,
Form:
Limerick
Rejection Slips 3Rejection Slips 3
Rejection Slip
by Michael R. Burch
Whenever my writing gets rejected,
I always wonder how the rejecter got elected.
Are we exchanging at the same Bourse?
(Excepting present company, of course!)
When editors reject my poems, did I slip...
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Categories:
satire, death, desire, family, heart, life, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Salvation of a Formalist, An Ode To EntropySalvation of a Formalist, an Ode to Entropy
by Michael R. Burch
Entropy?
God's universal decree
That I get to be
Disorderly?
Suddenly
My erstwhile boxed-in verse is free?
Wheeeeee!
Eternal Currents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm...
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Categories:
humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, write, writing,
Form:
Light Verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems IvJuvenilia: Early Poems IV
I wrote this around age 17.
Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch
If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
I read the Bible from cover to cover at age eleven, ten chapters per day, at the suggestion...
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Categories:
satire, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Lucifer Gets the Gig“We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.”
Anatole France
"I heard you wanted to see me Boss?", Lucifer asked.
"I can always see you Lucifer", replied God. "No, I...
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Categories:
heaven, satire, universe,
Form:
Prose
My Corporate Life and How It All EndedI met with some bankers in fine textured suits.
I struck a deal quick. (I had such a knack.)
I offered rare cacti and tropical fruits –
a cure-all for things that ail your back.
I served 'em...
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Categories:
business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
PrefaceGreetings to those who would willingly seek admission to theater of the absurd. Zoltan Goliath and Otis Trench are masters of the avant-garde genre silent musicals for the imaginary stage, an art form sui generis....
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Categories:
satire, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Prizes For Ultimate Sacrifices - Part OnePrizes for Ultimate Sacrifices
prizes for the abstemious for abstinence chastity ?
the countless...
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Categories:
howl, inspirational, metaphor, passion, satire, spoken word,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Selected Lyrics From the Imaginary Invalid After graduating from UF, in the early '80s I wrote the book, lyrics and score for a musical adaptation of Moliere's farce Le Malade Imaginaire ("The Imaginary Invalid") and have decided to post five...
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Categories:
funny, humorous, parody, satire,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Categories:
political, satire, love, power,
Form:
Free verse
The Bailout Ballad - the Layman's LamentOne day not long past our economy faltered
And wouldn’t improve if our course were unaltered.
'Cause we buy stuff at Wal-Mart (where things are dirt cheap)
'Cause they buy from China (treats workers like sheep
(So farmers left...
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Categories:
business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
The Crow Bar
"The Crow Bar"
she said,
here I bury my dead,
you can hear them sleeping
somnulent forget-me-nots,
snoring blithely unaware,
in neat rows between
the thick,
ink injected lines,
their soiled lives
ploughed and
turned over
replanted
sunnyside down
expunged and
wrung out
eventually,
not totally oblivious,
they...
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Categories:
love, muse, satire,
Form:
Narrative
Favorite Recurring Nightmares Part 1Don't you think that this title is darkly divine?
But, of course, there will have to be weirdness that’s funny,
Though my nightmares are many and have complex arcs
There’s some risk here I might have to work...
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Categories:
satire, anxiety, crazy, fun, funeral, holocaust, humorous, life,
Form:
Quatrain
Session 2: Tech Support Notes From the Server Backup and Dead Chicken CaseThe Almost Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent Tech God Oisin
Session 2: Tech support notes from the server backup and dead chicken case
“Hello this is Oisin. How may I help you this morning?” Oisin says in his polite...
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Categories:
humor, satire, technology,
Form:
Prose
How I Got Rich and What Happened ThenWritten in summer of 1976.
I used to eat my lunch with groups
of businessmen from Campbell Soups.
We drank a drink at lunch each day
Of Coca-Cola mixed with hay
And talked of pending corporate plans
And willow-haired orangutans.
I spent...
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Categories:
business, humor, humorous, money, nonsense, satire,
Form:
Couplet
Call it curiosity"Call it curiosity"
Does anyone on this app really believe
That somehow or another every one of us
Truly think that one side is meant to deceive
Or that one side is the one that is only one...
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Categories:
satire, abuse, allusion, america, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
I'D Go Out On a LimbI'D GO OUT ON A LIMB ...
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Categories:
america, care, encouraging, feelings, irony, satire, writing,
Form:
Free verse
VideocracySay I:
On the websites I used to share, I was frequently amazed
Poems got greeted with silence; it seems eyes were quickly glazed.
It’s as if I’d morphed into a...
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Categories:
culture, poetry, poets, satire,
Form:
Rhyme
2020 Earthrights PartyTell us what everybody most needs to know about the 2020 Global EarthRights Party.
Well speaking for myself,
and I guess probably my extended family
of diverse relatives and friends and neighbors,
certainly including the polar bears and turtles
and...
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Categories:
satire, earth, games, health, humor, political, power, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse
Tea and Poetry In the Ides of March - Part ThreeAgain the alarm is set.
Strawberries, date squares…Yum, Yum.
The alarm rings again. The tea party is over.
She returns to her perch where her wings are immediately clipped by the Bald Eagle who...
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Categories:
satire,
Form:
Free verse
Session 3: Tech Support Notes From the Missing File and Mushroom Soup CaseThe Almost Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent Tech God Oisin
Session 3: Tech support notes from the messed up file and mushroom soup case
“Hello this is Oisin. How may I help you?” Oisin says in his polite business...
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Categories:
humor, satire, technology,
Form:
Prose
Cruisin' the DragSipping cherry limeade, driving in the car parade,
we're cruising in the Lone Star state.
Didn't want a bucket seat; the thing it couldn't beat,
was sitting up close to your date.
One hand on the wheel...
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Categories:
satire, car, funny, growing up, high school, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Tea and Poetry In the Ides of March - Part OneBeneath a misty veil of ‘Euphoria’ by Calvin Klein, she dares to dream of acceptance in a world of wanna-be Literary Giants who are members of an elite writer’s group, as she drives along a...
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Categories:
satire,
Form:
Free verse