the GAUD poems
...Poems from "the GAUD poems" and "the ur poems"...
& GAUD said, “Let there be LIGHT VERSE
to illuminate the ‘nature’ of my Curse!”
—michael r. burch
reverse the Curse
with LIGHT VERSE!
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Categories:
hierophant, bible, christian, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Thoughts a To Z
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A brain collects
diamond expression forms
galaxy hierophant ideas
juggling kaleidoscope love
muses noticing opportunities
playing quivering regal
stalwart truths understanding
view...
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Categories:
hierophant, adventure, appreciation, emotions, humanity,
Form: ABC
Hierophant
...I grip the shifting sands, the drifting dirt.
I pull the earth and let fall through these rough fingers.
I pull the power of raw nature.
I feel the matter of all things, the push and pull as gr...
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Categories:
hierophant, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst,
Form: Free verse
My Most Popular Poems On the Internet Iii
...My most popular poems on the Internet (III)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a ...
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Categories:
hierophant, holocaust, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Undressed
...at first she did not want to attend the party
was not in the bright mood for heavenly guise
she was an honest soul and did not like masks
fancy dre...
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Categories:
hierophant, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Various Heresies
...If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
-Michael R. Burch
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Willy Nilly
Michael R. Burch
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly
and now they sleep
in...
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Categories:
hierophant, atheist, christian, faith, god,
Form: Verse
Grave Request
...grave request
from "the ur poems"
by Michael R. Burch
come to ur doom
in Tombstone;
the stars stark and chill
over Boot Hill
care nothing for ur desire;
still,
imagine they wish u ...
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Categories:
hierophant, death, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Beckoning
...Beckoning
by Michael R. Burch
Yesterday the wind whispered my name
while the blazing locks
of her rampant mane
lay heavy on mine.
And yesterday
I saw the way
the wind caressed tall pines
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Categories:
hierophant, anxiety, break up, change,
Form: Verse
Pretty Pickle
...pretty pickle
by Michael R. Burch
u’d blaspheme if u could
because ur God’s no good,
but of course u cant:
ur a lowly ant
(or so u were told by a Hierophant)....
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Categories:
hierophant, bible, christian, god, heaven,
Form: Verse
Willy Nilly
...Willy Nilly
by Michael R. Burch
for the Demiurge aka Yahweh and Jehovah
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly,
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, still...
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Categories:
hierophant, christian, creation, faith, god,
Form: Verse
Daylight Come
...Impatient hummingbirds pull back the Lacey drape of morn. Pale gold layers sparkle blue skies, ...
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Categories:
hierophant, bangla, boyfriend, day,
Form: Free verse
The Preffered
...Within the calmness
of my quiet moments
I can sense the solitude
calling out to me with urgency,
quietly taking over my being.
It seems as if the depth
of the oblivion force reaches
out ...
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Categories:
hierophant, 7th grade, poetry, solitude,
Form: ABC
Humans Not Tools
...A Magician we see
Standing so tall
Using his magic
To hypnotize all
Sitting beside him
A High Priestess of power
Pretty as a picture
Soft as a flower
Her lady, her for
The Empress of wo...
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Categories:
hierophant, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Anchorite At the Gate of Heaven
...ANCHORITE AT THE GATE OF HEAVEN
Not heeding brute reality, nor matter’s bane
I kneel at the door of heaven, a suppliant,
Transcribing words of wisdom, like the rain
On wild flowers; the garden’...
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Categories:
hierophant, allegory, blessing, religion,
Form: Sonnet
Journey of My Soul
...My soul has left my tired earthly shell
Guided by a holy hierophant.
We hover, moving, seemingly propelled
Into a brilliant limbo Labyrinth:
A vaguely familiar and friendly place
An impercept...
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Categories:
hierophant, death
Form: Sonnet
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