Villanelles IV
...VILLANELLES IV
She Always Grew Roses
by Michael R. Burch
a belated eulogy for my grandmother, Lillian Lee
Tell us, heart, what the season discloses.
“Too little loved by the ego in its p...
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Categories:
bulldozes, angel, eulogy, family, grandmother,
Form: Villanelle
You know I'll be long gone by then
..."Leave her alone
She doesn't know
How to appreciate help
King of her throne
Put's on a show
Lost in the depths of her own hell
She doesn't think
She's falling to drinks
Don't you know you...
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Categories:
bulldozes, anger, women,
Form: I do not know?
Mojo
...They sit for hours in the room going around in circles, jaws moving up and down their faces and tongue lashing out around the place. They have a special look on their face with the old pine tree prin...
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Categories:
bulldozes, business, character, courage, earth,
Form: Narrative
Cow Words
...Cowardly Putin bulldozes Ukrainian towns
then lies, lies, lies: Russia never shoots civilians down
Cowardly Mullahs lift up their skirts
let Hamas and Hezbollah do Iran's dirty work...
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Categories:
bulldozes, bullying, death, truth,
Form: Couplet
Covid-19 What Have You Got
...Your fame spread like wide fire.
Your incidence like lights and your impacts like men thoughts.
What have you got ? COVID-19
Will you win?
You spell fear in our minds and tears in our eyes but ...
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Categories:
bulldozes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Meeting Corner
...Once I had a secret corner
Without walls and without roof
And it was beside a huge cross
Where thoughts never intersect
There I used to meet with misery
To pursue her not to follow me
As ...
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Categories:
bulldozes, inspirational,
Form: Free verse