Allergic Reaction
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When first invited
to The Land of Milk and Honey
where stars at night shone bright
and days there were always sunny
he demurred to go
Abraham was of a mind to politely decline
as woul...
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Categories:
demurred, bible, humorous, travel, word
Form: Rhyme
Silencing love
...Am I weak because I confess my deepest traumatic experiences with you?
Are you less of a man because you can’t understand the things I been through?
When all I knew was to be strong and hide every...
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Categories:
demurred, abuse, betrayal, boyfriend, deep,
Form: Spoken Word
God said to me, a begging bowl
...On bowing to the deity,
I hastened to leave the temple.
God said, you seem to be in undue hurry,
I demurred and said, no it’s just my worry
I might ask for something
That you are hesitant to gi...
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Categories:
demurred, faith, god, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: This little piggy went wee wee
...The first little piggy went to market;
The second demurred and preferred to stay home;
The gluttonous third one
Ate all of the roast beef,
So the fourth hungry piggy got none.
Although it's not ...
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Categories:
demurred, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Uterus Fruits
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First picked Summertime cherry
Dew glimmer marble blood clot
Taut fruit platter embitters sweating cheese
Liver pate shivers jiggle jelly
Nep...
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Categories:
demurred, cute, loss,
Form: Verse
Adumbrated Aeration Regarding
...Adumbrated aeration regarding...
crafting reasonable poetic rhyme
nothing to sneeze... at chew
asthma lingua franca –
acts as supercalifragilisticexpialidocious glue
inspiring me to skip to ...
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Categories:
demurred, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Human Mite Sight
...How long is a short time, a hairs breadth above never
Seen within one eye blink, the lash will move forever
Perception throws curveball's, upon prismatic minds
Yet outside double slits, life-for...
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Categories:
demurred, analogy, dark, humanity,
Form: Quatrain
The Lady Notorious
...A monkey once sat
On a gentleman’s lap
And its antics were truly uproarious
The chain at its wrist
Jangled back to the fist
Of the fabulous Lady Notorious
“Excuse me, dear sir,”
She sweetly ...
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Categories:
demurred, allegory, parody, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Sight Unseen
...Immaculate perception
its vision so pure
Beyond all deception
adroitly demurred
A birth without legacy
an orphan unnamed
Judgment abandoned
—redemption proclaimed
(Dreamsleep: September, 20...
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Categories:
demurred, visionary,
Form: Rhyme
Let There Be Limericks: Noblesse Oblige
...The King
The king was quite old, but not senile,
And his problems with sex were not penile.
He could rut with the best,
When put to the test,
And got plenty of rest in between while.
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Categories:
demurred, humor,
Form: Limerick
Starry Eyed Cloud of Surreal Angels
...Utmost nadir of despair found
this atheist craning his neck skyward
hearing resplendent August orchestra
today June 10th, 2022
choral symphony may sound absurd,
but...mine supreme auditory sense...
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Categories:
demurred, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Early Summer In the Meadow
...Taking my first summer stroll in the meadow,
I marveled at the new growth and flowers
The sun was shining full blast, not a single shadow
My mind rummaged through its ivory towers.
Wi...
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Categories:
demurred, beauty, betrayal, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Mysterious Love
...Love, thou art the Sirius,
the golden pheasant and the rose,
I was gleeful, a little curious
content with whom I chose.
Thou single sight fill me with pleasure
thrilling as a twisty roller coa...
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Categories:
demurred, dedication, desire, imagery, inspirational
Form: Rhyme
Love Poems Iv
...LOVE POEMS IV by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about love, passion, desire, lust, sex, dating, romance, relationships and marriage.
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Categories:
demurred, desire, love, lust, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
A Poem From the Unknown
...I observe palls of leaves, drifting on the wind
Compelling me to write, but my page keeps going limp
Fraying along straight edges, curling into crimp,
Nuanced in nature...
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Categories:
demurred, allegory, allusion, analogy, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
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