Long Adorably Poems

Pagans Protest the Intolerance of Christianity
by Michael R. Burch

“We have a common sky.” — Quintus Aurelius Symmachus

We had a common sky
before the Christians came.

We thought there might be gods
but did not know their names.

The common...

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Various Heresies 6

Altared Spots
by Michael R. Burch

The mother leopard buries her cub,
then cries three nights for his bones to rise
clad in new flesh, to celebrate the sunrise.

Good mother leopard, pensive thought
and fiercest love’s wild insurrection
yield...

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By: Moji Agha -- June 24, 2016 -- Tucson, Arizona

Last dusk at a small Tucson park, my 3-year-old dear friend, Rafi,
insisted unhesitatingly on imitating, no, actually embodying, a baby dog.
REALLY! As real is Trump's Presidential...

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You wanna know why I read?
I read because books are my escape.
I read because the friends I have in books are so much truer than the friends I have in real life.
I read because in...

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Reprehensible Savagery ©

'Pon reading tragic headline...,
     aye experienced grief alone,
no matter the killer (Chris Watts,
     thirty-three years
     of Frederick, Colorado) unknown
  ...

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My cousin Tallie
was a real-life
award winning
beauty queen
from age six to eighteen

The kind who seems
a cardboard cut-out
Southern stereotype
all big hair and hype
manicured nails and
well arranged...
assets
but in reality
there was much more to Tallie

Her favorite movie
was Fried Green...

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Filling the blank space of the heart hey my oxygen of love You braced the sand near the shore with an enriched almond in my life,
Oh my damsel !! Stupendously You are my love!!

Dipping in...

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Peter is joining us for lunch in the cafeteria. I met him on a crowded Saturday morning at a coffee shop. He’s from the flammable, paper-dry, sagebrush hills of Malibu and grew up overlooking the...

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As the stellar crown of my ardent sky
twinkled with the tinsels of turquoise night, 
your glamour gleamed with sequins of stardust, 
I kept in my enticed mind. 

I tried to feel the tempting touch 
of...

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I heard the birds sing, brushing me the breeze blew, 
for you as the sunburst sky flushed your face in hue. 
How adorably you bloomed for me you had no clue, 
if only you knew....

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I heard the birds sing, soared when the breeze blew
for you, as the sunburst sky flushed your face with hue.
How adorably attractive you were to me you had no clue,
if only you knew.

After drooping dull...

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That was an extraordinary Christmas for Santa Claus,
his twentyfifth year of wintry journey without any pause.
He decided to make it a special celebration of gifting on his part
to the children adorably unique presents, he’d carry...

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You are a Venus of beauty multiplying at night,
As your City Lights adorably carpet each mountain,
The moon smiles above you with its gleam so bright;
A breathtaking view which a repertoire cannot even contain
In admiration of...

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Remember when we were incomplete?
When we stayed up late and we fought sleep
We still smiled because of our injuries...
Ignored moving forward cause the floors creaked
My way of inconvenices is that “forward” is to steep...
I know...

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(Is this better than ChatGPT did yesterday? We're having a contest.)

dormant as naked
shivering trees
falling before me

yearning
for warmth
and companionship 
in neverending 
cold cruel 
winter
Armageddon

solace at
the Grand 
found it
in a hot toddy
and hugs from
Angela and Shelby
my favorite...

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Adorably cute
in my hand-tailored suit...
searching for my Cinderella missing her shoe;
among the prettiest faces, someone will stand out
with eyes that are somewhat blue...
and running into a handsomer guy,
it won't discourage her from finding her delight...
hiding...

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The scent of red roses wrapped me as the breeze blew
with the charm of your flushed face laced with floral hue,
how adorably you blossomed for me you had no clue. 
 
In sunburst dawn in...

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Dream Girl
She comes to me by night
As dreams
In the day as memories
She haunts my hours
every where I go, everywhere
I see her.
I remember the way speech
Trembled adorably off her
lips
The way her heart was a
Bottomless pit because
Her...

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A long time ago I had an endearing pet, 
a black cat, his name I lovingly gave, was Billy. 
He liked to lie on the sofa, often making it wet, 
the feline stupidity, I thought,...

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Auburn lady envious of the blue night with its gleaming, capturing stars;
those rare diamonds, belonging to the silent and vast Universe,
you've stolen to adorn your undulating hair,
brushed by the July's harebrained breeze,  
so temptingly...

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I look at that dress and with a smile, I pass on...
That house is beautiful, says my heart…
My mind harshly replies, be content with what you have!
You don’t need all that luxury,
What you have is...

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Butterfly kisses on his head
On that beautiful, early morn,
Welcoming him into the world,
My adorably, sweet first-born.

Butterfly kisses on his neck.
He'd giggle at feathery touch.
Butterfly kisses told him that
His mama loved him very much.

All through his...

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One Day Soon
One day soon when we’re covid free
there'll be fun for both you and me
Able to hug someone again
as we did in those bygone days.

Oh the joy when freedom has come 
to kiss the...

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Uh-Oh, I think im falling for you,
the way your lips are always turned upwards in a smile,
how you can make me blush without even meaning to.
I think Im in love,
with the way my heart races...

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Rongali bihu

Rong cascading down
the days around April fifteenth
jotted over the almanac
(Rong bihu or Rongali bihu, the Assamese gala)
luring New Year for the Assamese peeps and their culture 

Rong gleaned from Vishuvam - the Sanskrit word
Rong...

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