I Was Livid the Day They Offered Me the Nobel Prize
...This letter arrived this morning..
"Dear Sir, it is with great honour to inform you
That with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art
And the diversity and universality of myth
Your work ill...
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Categories:
blackguards, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Poems About Things That Break Ii
...Poems about Things that Break II
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter.
Water and Gold
by Michael R. Burch
You came to me as rain breaks on the desert
when every ...
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Categories:
blackguards, break up, depression, divorce,
Form: Rhyme
Adam Mickiewicz Translation: the Ruins of Balaclava
...Sonnet: The Ruins of Balaclava
by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, barren Crimean land, these dreary shades
of castles?once your indisputable...
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Categories:
blackguards, death, depression, grave, romantic,
Form: Sonnet
After Shocks - Revised
...It's after the 'landslide?' Thieves stole the election!
This traitorous scum bag's a Russian invention,
But 'Charmin' (1) for Putin (that's on a good day!)
For the dark side of Trump's just black ...
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Categories:
blackguards, hilarious, political,
Form: Rhyme
The Will of Heaven Gave Me You
...The will of Heaven gave me you
I'm blind for others as it seems
I'm silent, but you're breaking through
the seal of lips my seal of lips.
I'm getting smile of your sight
It's painting being of m...
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Categories:
blackguards, allegory, emotions, feelings, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Stretch Me
...STRETCH ME
Stretch me to the sky
Stream like a stream
Slippery,snaky darkness
Same old greasy shades
Stipple not young minds
Stimulate weary lilies.
I'm on my way ,mincing
On a sick dream
Let this ...
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Categories:
blackguards, imagination, me, me,
Form: Free verse
Those Little Darlings
...Those little darlings
With their angelic eyes
Look harmless enough
But beneath their disguise
They’re nothing but thugs
With pure evil intent
These spawn of Satan
Are not heaven sent
Thes...
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Categories:
blackguards, holidayhalloween,
Form: I do not know?