Please come join me in spirit if not in body
...Please come join me in spirit if not in body...
regarding my resumption
of daily/mostly nightly constitutional
I accompany my dark shadow...
(small number of hours
before edge of night,
wh...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, absence, animal, autumn, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Inconvenienced
...The pow-wow at the U.N. has
Affected many roads,
With inconvenienced travel
By both car and other modes.
I tried to take the ferry down
To meet some friends for lunch.
A police boat in the ri...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, new york,
Form: Rhyme
Probably the Worst Mom Ever
...I had not seen my former neighbor Mindy for a long time.
Out of politeness I asked about her son, who never had a chance.
She had him on anxiety meds at the age of three,
Always taking him from do...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, mother,
Form: Narrative
Resumption of Daily Nightly Constitutional Lap1
...Resumption of daily/nightly constitutional
I accompany my dark shadow...
(many hours before edge of night,
where twilight zone evokes night gallery),
and resumed walking a circuit
around perim...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Argh Daylight Savings Time March 13th 2022
...Argh Daylight Savings Time – March 13th, 2022
Once again, yours truly
dishes out his regular dose
of literary gobbledygook
even Count Dracula
would not even bat an eye
nor give me his evil cu...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, america, change, confusion, history,
Form: Rhyme
My My My My Corona
...Lisa and I got our emails the same day.
She read hers first. She made a small
sighing sound, the faintest of protests.
Then broke the news, with a scowl,
“They’re moving classes online “tempora...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, cheer up, education, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Ornamental Laughter
...Missy is an only child with no kids of her own.
She’s never been inconvenienced for long.
She sets her own agenda by following whatever is trending on social media.
She learned about relationships...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, allegory, woman,
Form: Prose
I Quit
...She calls me on the weekend when there’s something that she needs,
Like I might be inclined to do a favor.
I know she’ll only use me till she’s gotten what she wants
Then spit me out like gum tha...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, break up,
Form: Lyric
Argh Daylight Savings Time March 14th 2021
...Argh Daylight Savings Time – March 14th, 2021
Once again, yours truly
dishes out his regular dose
of literary gobbledygook
even Count Dracula
would not even bat an eye
nor give me his evil,
...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, adventure, confusion, evil, good
Form: Rhyme
Voting Without Aggravation
...Voting without aggravation...
Otherwise known as
absentee ballot/ mail-in ballot
if ye read no further... please exercise
opportunity to cast ballot
obviously freedom to choose,
but take seri...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, 12th grade, betrayal, freedom,
Form: Political Verse
Covid-19 Needs a Rainbow In Your Window
...We haven’t been asked to give up everything, dress for war, leave our homes and take up arms. For our own safety, we’ve been told to fight this pandemic with social distancing by staying indoors in t...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, appreciation, hope, perspective, stress,
Form: Haibun
I Backed Into the Telephone Poll, Tears Roll, Tears Roll
...On an eve in February,
As I placed my gears I peruse
What words I have lying around,
What comes to me so heavily
Is the memory of my old crushed car.
So why did my foot go forward not backward...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, 9th grade, february,
Form: Free verse
Anniversary Poem
...Got married on Thanksgiving Day;
A backyard was the venue.
Extended family gathered;
There was turkey on the menu.
It inconvenienced everyone
Yet those who loved us made it.
The traffic was h...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Gulzar Translations
...My Apologies, Sona
by Gulzar
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
My apologies, Sona,
if traversing my verse's terrain
in these torrential rains
inconvenienced you.
The monsoons are unsea...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, urdu,
Form: Verse
Unavoidable To Deny Praising Urination and Defecation
...Yet upon another reflexive routine dash
skipping to Waterloo, I got emboldened
with idea praising basic vital functions
aware requisite elimination of liquid
and/or solid waste any obstruction
d...
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Categories:
inconvenienced, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Elegy
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