SUMMER STORM
...As the warmer temperatures rise
Suddenly storms comprise
Sun faded
Winds blew mightier
Cluster of Clouds gathered
Darkened skies got darker
Lightning bolts after lightning bolts were streaking ...
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Categories:
comprise, appreciation, art, beauty, body,
Form: Free verse
Cyber Force Brigadier General Part 2
...You may remain as COVERT as the OVERT
As this new paradigm I introduced during this act of the attainment
For soldier mine the cyber of the cyber force
Would tricky be if being assumed for benef...
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Categories:
comprise, technology, war,
Form: Free verse
As we metamorphose
...Trust your imagination, dream, believe,
Take my hand,
I'll show you land,
that you cannot perceive.
Join me as we take a ride,
Not across the planet, but inside,
Each creature, plant and ston...
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Categories:
comprise, nature,
Form: Rhyme
I, myself, and me, and me, myself, and I
...I, myself, and me,
we comprise the royal we.
I makes most decisions,
while me or myself makes the needed revisions
to ensure we three
don’t unwittingly disagree.
Me, myself, and I,<...
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Categories:
comprise, 12th grade, self,
Form: Light Verse
FOUR CUBED
...FOUR CUBED
Four words a line,
Four lines a stanza.
Four of these comprise
Ms. Hawley’s next extravaganza.
Three words won’t satisfy;
Five are too numerous.
And, one more condition,
She’d ...
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Categories:
comprise, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
ABOUT A LETTER POST-SCRIPT
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Thought I perhaps should let all my friends see,
How touched I was on finding this letter to me,
Found by mistake, after so many years,
I collapsed into buckets of tears,
A treasure bequeathed ...
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Categories:
comprise, books,
Form: Limerick
Don ta Ask Me Bout Exacerbation Of Trumpeted FAKE News
...Don (ta) Ask Me 'Bout Exacerbation Of Trumpeted "FAKE" News
written September 19th, 2018, and following words still ring (more true) today – exactly six years later.
The then forty fifth prez
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Categories:
comprise, absence, abuse, addiction, america,
Form: Rhyme
Until my demise
...This vault seems to be accepting of my largest deposit
When you consider the number of skeletons in my closet
All of these follow me to my most eternal resting casket
Sealed by silence; to my grav...
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Categories:
comprise, abuse, betrayal, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
Heavenly Glow
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When the heavens glow with starry skies
Your wonder will grow with sheer delight
As Luna gleams before your eyes
The universe will disperse wonders, makes your curiosity rise
As your ima...
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Categories:
comprise, stars,
Form: Rhyme
Soul Speak
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The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example? ~ Charles Spurgeon
Words won’t come on those days
When light fades into the song, the longing
A sil...
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Categories:
comprise, appreciation, inspirational, jesus, joy,
Form: Free verse
Love Speaks Through All of The Quiet
...Love speaks through all of the quiet,
A whisper in the hush of dawn.
In silence, it starts a riot,
Of feelings, wordlessly drawn.
It's the pause between heartbeats,
A language of gentle sighs.
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Categories:
comprise, imagery, inspirational, introspection, love,
Form: Free verse
Shapes
...How can we be expected to "think outside the box" when so many of us have been categorized, neatly labeled, and perfunctorily "stuffed" inside one, and have little or no idea what "outside" is like?
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Categories:
comprise, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Most Skeptical Posterity
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Written: June 12, 2024, For Constance la France Contest
Quote "Dum loquimur, fugerit invida Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. Translation" While we're talking, envi...
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Categories:
comprise, appreciation, day, wisdom,
Form: Carpe Diem
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:
comprise, america, baptism, bible, christian,
Form: Rhyme
From Two Of Us
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From two of us- we grew to five;
together, did our best to thrive.
The years flew by with little fuss;
we grew to five- from two of us.
Our three grew up, one at a time;
soon add...
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Categories:
comprise, family, growth, happiness, thanksgiving,
Form: Quatrain
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