Rounds
...Rounds
by Michael R. Burch
Solitude surrounds me
though nearby laughter sounds;
around me mingle men who think
to drink their demons down,
in rounds.
Now agony still hounds me
though else...
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Categories:
insignias, addiction, birth, drink, drug,
Form: Rhyme
A Moment of Silence
...A moment of silence.
Join me, O mother earth
As I whisper a prayer,
For your son's stricken to death.
By the invisible scythe of corona. (Covid-19)
Listen to the tunes
Of these sorrowful str...
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Categories:
insignias, humanity, love, motivation,
Form: I do not know?
The Pit of Hell
...the Pit of Hell
I had dream
a broken thoughts
Of strange nightmares
darkened my dark
Lighted by thick darkness
no rules no responsibility no order
beautified by darkness melody by wailing...
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Categories:
insignias, bible, blue, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
A Cornucopia of Colour
...Intricate patterns, exotic flowers
curl into royal insignias
cultured eyes can devour
A cornucopia of colours
Like a peacock's feathers on display
expanding and contracting
thos...
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Categories:
insignias, bird, color,
Form: Rhyme
The Sword of Gale
...I am the axiomatic master of my fate; the King of Maxim state.
I sit on a throne of axions, maintaining discrete time symmetry to keep my line in place.
With ordained and sovereign rule, I rise to ...
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Categories:
insignias, allegory, change, destiny, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Monopolies Manifest Malaise
...Monopolies, duopolies and oligopolies spell danger
Collecting scraps of personal data, averting due tax
Mingling with and tingling a ribald ranger
Displacing, misplacing and suppressing the affabl...
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Categories:
insignias, poems,
Form: Free verse
Indian Summer
...It's a spectacular week of weather ahead for us guys
They used to call it Indian Summer but it's no longer wise
The baseball Braves and Indians
Need to change their insignias
Long overdue...
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Categories:
insignias, discrimination,
Form: Limerick
Football
...Two opposing warring factions, meet upon the AstroTurf
Battlefield, in the sporting arena of Victory or agony’s defeated,
Warriors of the pigs skinned javelin, tackle each other at the
White lines...
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Categories:
insignias, america, football, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Inclination
...Twinkle twinkle little star
As I look beyond
The meaning of love
To perceive the essence of my lover.
That is his true colors.
Twinkle twinkle little star
As I ponder about my love
Is he tru...
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Categories:
insignias, anxiety, introspection, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
That Gleaming Rail
...i
pot bellied boasting navels
shiny round ball bearing stomachs
haloing out of diesel grime
over alls and silver buttoned railway
insignias
these long waxed pig curled mustache workmen
rot...
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Categories:
insignias, childhood, community, youth,
Form: Free verse
The Captain
...The captain’s eyes glow ruby red
Atop the steamer’s deck –
A rusted tin can set adrift
By rough Atlantic crests
A crimson emblem sanctions
This whaler’s floating tomb –
A battered vessel bear...
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Categories:
insignias, adventure, death, fantasy, sea,
Form: Rhyme
The Good German Part 1
...There stood the Good German. He is proud. There was also a man,
Behind the drab uniforms. The one who was plain, but whose,
Heart beat fervently and yearned for glory. When proud marches,
Passed h...
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Categories:
insignias,
Form: I do not know?
Earth's Ruination
...Cracking poison pills
along fault lines and blue insignias
we laughed.
How we riddled the world
in often misguided abbreviations and pith.
Pouring the beads of pin head size
into the water we d...
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Categories:
insignias, nature, social,
Form: Free verse
Brush Stroke To Uniqueness
...If my mind be painted in colors borrowed, would it be red?
Rusted in brown, or maybe instead, an indigo streak?
Depending upon the source of inspiration,
and the song on the radio at the time of...
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Categories:
insignias, art, imagination, life, people,
Form: Free verse