Best Utilizes Poems

There are parts of a whole and time undivided

	A poet is more than an inkwell lost in half essence

Opposites contradictions and strife for harmony
 
	An abundance of minutes and a scribe just the same

The nib scratches the surface and yet the fountain

	Emerges from the bottomless...

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An Obscenity Trial
by Michael R. Burch
 
The defendant was a poet held in many iron restraints
against whom several critics cited numerous complaints.
They accused him of trying to reach the "common crowd,"
and they said his poems incited recitals far too loud.
 
The prosecutor alleged himself most...

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State of the Art (III)

These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work. 



Come Down
by Michael R. Burch

for Harold Bloom

Come down, O, come down
from your...

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Dear New Poet,

Modern poetry to me engages readers in seeking their own deep or higher meaning to life experiences. It utilizes symbolism imagery and varied verse that speaks to intellect and emotion.

The best advice I have is that which was given to me:

1) Read all...

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JEZEBEL IS A REBEL
REFUSING TO REPENT 
JEZEBEL IS RELENTLESS  IN TACTICS
JEZEBEL WORDS ARE SOOTHING,SWEET,
AND SEASONED WITH FLATTERY OF INSINCERITIES....

DON'T EAT THE WICKEDNESS OF DECEIT 
A STOMACH FILLED WITH MISFORTUNES...
JEZEBEL UTILIZES THE GIFT OF FALSE PROPHECY
SPOTTING THE WEAKNESSES

JEZEBEL SPECIALIZES  IN THE GAME OF MANIPULATION......
JEZEBEL...

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I know who I am and love me even more… ripened like the finest wine never pop my cork.
I love harmony and don’t mean a tune, but a life from harmonious view.
I don’t tolerate the devils dirty work disguised to hide the shallow blue….
Looking like...

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I had deep thoughts on man.

Is he God’s masterpiece or a fiasco?
I determined, man is God’s failed handiwork.

The reason being, although God gave man a specially designed brain 
that is way superior from all other creatures, man’s uniquely 
designed brain is not any better than...

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I know a man who went to the zoo but they wouldn’t let him out,
So hairy was his body that his heritage was called into doubt.

He asked to have a lawyer but none of them would take his case,
None of them thought that he had...

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Upon exiting the womb...

23,190 days ago,

Yours truly got hashtagged
as the 2,975,075,410TH
person alive on Earth
according to website
https://worldpopulationhistory.org/
my-population-number/.

Come November 15, 2022
(a little more than
four months from now -
actually one hundred twenty days
after today July 11, 2022),
the world's population
projected to reach eight billion.

The latter date underlined
and iterated above
recognized...

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Us humans are delusional, in believing that we are the most superior 
          species than the rest of Earth's inhabitants. We are absolutely wrong!


            ...

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Poems about Poems IV

The Toast
by Michael R. Burch

For longings warmed by tepid suns
(brief lusts that animated clay),
for passions wilted at the bud
and skies grown desolate and gray,
for stars that fell from tinseled heights
and mountains bleak and scarred and lone,
for seas reflecting distant suns
and weeds that...

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America’s Bird


In all honesty, the extent of my turkey knowledge begins and ends with their unique sound and their great taste.
Come Thanksgiving and Christmas, turkey fragrance fills the house and nothing goes to waste.

I know that the dove has symbolic meaning, one being that of...

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Lines 1-2:
generally a request,
a plea or a confession rooted in his disregard for his own feelings
/his lack of self-respect;
Lines 3-6:
repeat of the request,
plea or confession from Line 1,
this time with altered details,
causing often a drastic extension of the thought;
Lines 7-11:
attempted 'volta',
changes feel, often posing a...

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It is evident
in all aspects of life
The Miraculous 
Power of Art
It can encompass,
transcend reality
through all it's phases
Causes one to
change the direction,
focus of their life
Digs deep inside
your inner being
Utilizes the creative juices,
helps you to
truly feel your Soul
Opens mindfulness in
your consciousness all
the while putting you
in a happy
state...

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Jesus made a comment about where you treasure lie
should also be the place where your hearts resides
He did not equivocate nor did He mix up His words
He said exactly what He meant what He wanted heard
for where you lay your treasures down
the heart of your...

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