Thank You for Your Time
...I’m going to
tell you something.
Even though
I know
your pity
will just spore,
like Huns of the night,
into my world.
I will be
your broken bird
on the sidewalk.
If, at the end ...
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Categories:
huns, grief, mothers day,
Form: Free verse
From Criminal To War Hero
...
True story, my uncle was a famous safe cracker
Before becoming a soldier in World War I
Known to police in New York City for robbery
The army wanted his skills against the Huns
Empl...
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Categories:
huns, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Unbalanced Lunches
...
An unfortunate habit
so many have formed
Eating three meals a day
since the year they were born…
A slice of bread dipped in salt
morn and eve was enoug...
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Categories:
huns, farewell, food, future, society,
Form: Rhyme
Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
...Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hrothulf and Hrothgar, uncle and nephew,
for a long time kept a careful peace tog...
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Categories:
huns, music, peace, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part I, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
...Widsith was a traveling minstrel who "sang for his supper" but may have been prone to exaggeration...
Widsith, the Far-Traveler, Part I of III
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 680-95...
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Categories:
huns, adventure, music, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
From A Burglar To A World War One Army Hero
...
True story, my uncle was a famous safe cracker
Before becoming a soldier in World War One
Known to police in New York City for robbery
The army wanted his skills against the Huns
Empl...
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Categories:
huns, hero, war,
Form: Rhyme
At the Gates
...Civilization is crumbling
The Huns are at the gates
I don't know what we're becoming,
But I sure hope that it waits
The children are talking backwards
The leaders are talking in tongues
The f...
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Categories:
huns, america, creation, death, eulogy,
Form: Lyric
Various Heresies 9
...Various Heresies 9
Post-Nashville Covenant
by Michael R. Burch
We love our God.
We love our guns.
We despise the weak.
Don’t call us Huns!
We love our kids.
We love our schools.
We lov...
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Categories:
huns, christian, death, god, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Poetic Paean To Papa's Princess
...Poetic paean to papa's princess
Otherwise titled:
Mien wonderful wedded divine wife....,
whose piercing deliverance,
a balm ameliorating tattooed strife
despite being dirt poor,
(especially...
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Categories:
huns, absence, abuse, angel, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
From Criminal To War Hero
...True story, my uncle was a famous safe cracker
Before becoming a soldier in World War I
Known to police in New York City for robbery
The army wanted his skills against the Huns
Employed...
...
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Categories:
huns, hero,
Form: Rhyme
From Blank Screen To Logorrhea I Write With Confused Adumbrations
...From blank screen to logorrhea, I write with confused adumbrations
Methinks hmm, perhaps
I admittedly self plagiarize and quite aware
aforementioned amalgamated, conglomerated,
fabricated, jer...
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Categories:
huns, absence, adventure, business, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
My Heroine Mulan
...She enters the fray with the spirit soul of a determined dragon
Mysticism working in her favor, her ancestors to the ready
The Huns are fiercely diabolical; and wickedly mean.
Mulan does not hesit...
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Categories:
huns, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Free verse
From Blank Screen To Logorrhea I Write With Confused Adumbrations
...From Blank Screen To Logorrhea, I Write With Confused Adumbrations
Methinks hmm, perhaps
aforementioned conglomerated eye gripping titled,
poem already aired
though revisiting said theme
downp...
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Categories:
huns, adventure, beautiful, celebration, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
Letters To the Lady
...Troop ships loading, crowded docks
Mums and sisters waving off
Go with keepsakes, golden locks
Some men hug while many doff
Eric, soldier single stands
Beryl, lonesome widow cares
Many kissin...
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Categories:
huns, mother son, war, world
Form: Rhyme
Poetic Paean To Papas Princess
...Poetic paean to papa's princess
Otherwise titled:
Mien wonderful wedded divine wife
whose piercing deliverance...,
a balm ameliorating tattooed strife
despite being dirt poor,
I cherish her...
...
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Categories:
huns, age, courage, dedication, father,
Form: Rhyme
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