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Burley Poems - Poems about Burley

Premium Member Concrete Hearts, the Deep End Keys and the Miniaturist's Poetry of Sleep
... “Concrete Hearts, the Deep End Keys and the Miniaturist's Poetry of Sleep” Following the Babel paths, where footprints progress like rough-hewn braille, temptation shows i......

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Categories: burley, muse,
Form: Narrative
Ruffian
...Very large burley man Putting his hands on the elderly Putting his hands on the women Then the children We will take no more We come to stop you sir For we will take no more........

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Categories: burley, bullying,
Form: ABC



burrrupt'd winter party
.... whilst mine timber mine oak freezez drape'd wit thuh burley green cloak that doez little az ......

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Categories: burley, allegory, beautiful, longing,
Form: Romanticism
The 30th Anniversary of Papaw's Death
...Almost fifty-three years ago, I became your grandson. You died 30 years ago today at the age of seventy-one. You became sick when a doctor prescribed you some Dilantin. The allergy ended your life......

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Categories: burley, anniversary, death, grandfather,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Motherland
... "Motherland" The “Removed”, Charlestons across the keyboard, fingers have a personality and a mind of their own, don’t you agree? the stalwart mind converses wit......

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Categories: burley, child abuse, dark, light,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Coagulation Starter
... Finally my blood began to coagulate, the bleeding had stopped. Not sure how far along the tunnel I had come. All the way I hopped. Now to make my way out of this loathsome place. Cobwebs drooped......

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Categories: burley, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Papaw's 100th Birthday
...He was my papaw and he was my father's dad. When he died in 1994, it was both tragic and sad. If Papaw had survived, he would be celebrating his birthday. If he hadn't died, he would've become 100......

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Categories: burley, birthday, grandfather,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Old Finn
...She was a woman who had a little hair on her chin. She was older, robust, called simply Old Finn. It did not make sense that they called her this at nineteen. Still, she was the wisest one in the ......

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Categories: burley, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Conceits
... "Conceits" Such conceits as veils between our windowed worlds torn torrential incomplete mayst thou watch and learn the one I spawned, strength beats weakness......

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Categories: burley, love, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If I Were a Tree
...If I were a tree... I’d be a burley redwood in a western forest, Or a tall sequoia fully grown. Might be a stately elm among the lesser timber, Or a sturdy oak as tough as stone. But always pron......

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Categories: burley, desire, tree,
Form: Lyric
Terrible Horn Haiku We Always Knew
...problem will tackle abusers we should schackle while they will cackle remove may be good all of those who are a hood which we surely should we did neglect try right things that are correct......

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Categories: burley, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Piranhas
... "Piranhas" Piranhas thrashing tales to the feeding frenzy de rigueur someone’s torn they can smell the blood pointing fingers in a mirr......

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Categories: burley, abuse, addiction, bullying,
Form: Free verse
Death of a Relative
...My papaw died twenty-five years ago today. It's been a quarter of a century since he passed away. When he took a new medication, he became sick. When Papaw took it, he turned out to be allergic. ......

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Categories: burley, death, dedication, grandfather,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Smoke Signals
... "Smoke Signals" Her wet lips long slender fingers flipped the lit cigarette 3 seconds it glowed inhaled deep, hard and real slow cr......

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Categories: burley, freedom, psychological, romance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Freedom Sees - Part 2
... "Freedom Sees - Part 2" Platoon magic legion Hammerheads beautiful, graceful escorts leading the way hear their call, silently swishing dorsal fins cutting through the fall-out mu......

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Categories: burley, adventure, daughter, freedom, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

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