Copy and Paste
...Copy and paste can be detrimental if used in the wrong place
Such as posting and plagiarizing poems from another’s space
The time and energy it may take to search for poems to steal
It is a waste ...
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Categories:
behoove, anger, angst, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
AI 'Winners'
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open a blind eye ~ and see you're being duped by those using AI
sniff out those taking credit for cheating ~ real poets they're defeating
a concept I can't accept ~ from people whose ...
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Categories:
behoove, community, conflict,
Form: Monoku
Balmore Eruv Verve!
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Balmore Eruv Verve!
Once there was a Rabbi Yonah,
Whose Shabbos Eruv made you wonder,
Does Yonah’s art belong in the Louvre?
Does our gratitude behoove yah?
This Detroit Tiger slams ...
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Categories:
behoove, appreciation, birthday, friend, jewish,
Form: Limerick
Strange Cream of Wheat Box
...Do you think it a trifle odd,
when dirt clumps in a clod?
and more exquisite and grand,
when separated into sand?
If that's the way soil moves you,
It would certainly behoove you,
when preparin...
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Categories:
behoove, silly,
Form: Couplet
POEMS ABOUT SAINTS AND SINNERS
...POEMS ABOUT SAINTS AND SINNERS
Of Seabound Saints and Promised Lands
by Michael R. Burch
Judas sat on a wretched rock,
his head still sore from Satan’s gnawing.
Saint Brendan’s curragh caug...
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Categories:
behoove, america, baptism, bible, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Homer Translations
...Surrender to sleep at last! What a misery, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch
Passage h...
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Categories:
behoove, beauty, god, home, mountains,
Form: Free verse
Homer translations
...Homer translations
Surrender to sleep at last! What an ordeal, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michae...
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Categories:
behoove, death, father son, god,
Form: Free verse
52 Hebrew Words Every Christian Should Know
...1. Shuv (to turn back)
It would behoove us
to shuv to Jesus
2. Ruach (breath)
Holy Spirit, make Your swoop
keep us in Your holy loop!
3. Shalom (peace)
True and lasting Peace
is the...
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Categories:
behoove, books, christian, jewish, peace,
Form: Couplet
Wave Goodbye Comrades
...Welcome to the United States
Home of the new Russian empire
Half of you have the impression
That our Democracy should expire
You choose to bow down to some clown
Who touts Vladimir Put...
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Categories:
behoove, america,
Form: Rhyme
When Love Became You
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I was there when love became you.
It spread across your eyes and smile,
left a breathless caressing hue
and whisper of softest beguile.
Aching for your gentle embrace,
yearning for ...
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Categories:
behoove, desire, love, lust, night,
Form: Rhyme
Ocean Symphony
...Written: September 12, 2023
Ocean Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress
“The sea is an underwater museum still awaiting its visitors.” – Phillip Diol...
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Categories:
behoove, appreciation, beauty, deep, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Mango
...Peach and mango, nature's sweet embrace,
In taste, they share a harmonious space,
Juicy, succulent, with flavors that chase,
A fruity symphony, a delightful grace.
In the orchard's shade, be...
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Categories:
behoove, fruit,
Form: Rhyme
Granny's Weather Station
...Granny said there’s signs from nature we’ll get,
and it would behoove us not to forget.
You’d best listen when she threw out her words,
because she knew the ways of critters and birds.
She kn...
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Categories:
behoove, poetry, weather,
Form: Couplet
The Passover Section
...With springtime now upon us,
If your town has lots of Jews,
The supermarket has some foods
You might have need to use.
For Passover’s approaching
And the holiday demands
No bread nor pasta b...
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Categories:
behoove, holiday, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Soothe Strong
...I’ve hated myself and gated my true self/
Tired I waited for health basics to shelve/
Take care of yourself during young ages to delve
Shake bare sore urges yearning numb phases to evolve/
Intake...
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Categories:
behoove, anxiety, art, courage, deep,
Form: Rhyme
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