Long Adrift Poems
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Family PoemsFamily Poems
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."
So more than "much, " much more than...
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Categories:
adrift, child, childhood, family, father, father son, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About ChildrenPoems about Children
The Desk
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a mess
of things sometimes.I wonder how
he learned at all...
He...
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Categories:
adrift, boy, child, childhood, children, daughter, family, son,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About IcarusSouthern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching embrace,
you climb, skittish kite...
What do you know of the world’s despair,
gliding in vast solitariness there,
so that all that remains is to
fall?
Only a...
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Categories:
adrift, analogy, angel, bird, butterfly, extended metaphor, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
The Sleeper and the Supernaturalist
"The Sleeper and The Supernaturalist"
The Sleeper
shone as she walked
through the Woods
shining alive
like nothing
natural could
caught
in the moonlight
unaware
the innocent
red-caped roses stared
the trees whispered,
"beware, beware"
barefoot softly
the Supernaturalist
transfigures instead
from under shine
she bares...
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Categories:
adrift, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Some PoemsA Stolen Memory
A Mirthful Chorus
By Sy Roth
We surrounded him
Asked to let go.
She stared at the misshapen face,
Unshaven sandpapery skin
Eyelids a tabula rasa
Fluttery sere skin
And we could see the humor blossoming in his...
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Categories:
adrift, dream, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers II
All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch
for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
Grandfather,
now in your gray presence
you are
somehow more near
and remind me that,
once, upon a star,
you...
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Categories:
adrift, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Lifeboat the SinkingAs to the this and the that and the how and the why,
I pass no judgement on the tale at hand.
And leave it to scribes to much later decide
...
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Categories:
adrift, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Randomlings 1-34Randomling 1: Matthew Macfadyen
I believe I'm in love with Matthew Macfadyen
He inspires in me a terribly bad yen
But as poetry goes
His name 'spires woes
Cause nothing rhymes with "Macfadyen”.
Randomling 2: Birthday Wishes
For my birthday,...
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Categories:
adrift, cat, deep, depression, dog, emotions, funny, love,
Form:
Verse
The Ghost Dance Part IiiWovoka in the Feverland
In the Dying-Grass Moon came another winter to claim the old and sick.
This was when the first messengers came
To the desolation known as Pine Ridge.
They came riding in at the end of...
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Categories:
adrift, emotions, heartbreak, native american, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Selected Lyrics From the Imaginary Invalid After graduating from UF, in the early '80s I wrote the book, lyrics and score for a musical adaptation of Moliere's farce Le Malade Imaginaire ("The Imaginary Invalid") and have decided to post five...
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Categories:
adrift, funny, humorous, parody, satire,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Categories:
adrift, history, native american,
Form:
Free verse
Quest of the Heart: Chapter OneOf Ghosts and Fiends in Twilight
The sun sank low on the darkening horizon
Grey mist hung adrift over the land thickening
A cold, brisk autumn wind held and embraced me
With my horse’s pace and that of...
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Categories:
adrift, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Asked and Answered - An Echo PoemHOW I WOULD DESCRIBE MYSELF
People often say to me
“What can you tell me about yourself”
guess it’s my duty to explain to them
and so I look them in the face and reply
My...
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Categories:
adrift, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Fall
"FALL"
I wrap
my Autumn world
around you
Calliope turning
raising the
season’s poetry,
I am she
returning
dancing
with Summer’s
dying leaves
Twirling you up into
my warm golden brown
symphony
hear me sing,
whispering notes,
holding keys
towards you
you're approachable
reaching...
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Categories:
adrift, autumn, symbolism, winter,
Form:
Epic
I'Ve Got To GoI’m on my way, I’ve got to go
(the reasons why you’ll never know),
whisked away in winter’s winds, your sleeping sighs remind me.
And I’ll ramble where I please,
sometimes slipping to my knees,
phantom memories a’ chasing close...
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Categories:
adrift, cute, farewell,
Form:
Rhyme
Rum N Raisin 9 - France Or BustRaisin gave the globe a tap to make it slowly spin
“Rum,” she said, “it’s quite a big wide world we’re living in.”
Rum looked up from lapping milk and wiped some from his face,
“Use your nose...
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Categories:
adrift, adventure, animal, cat,
Form:
Narrative
The FeelingsOnce in a great while your soul stands up and takes notice of someone and your inner voice screams yes that one. So loud your sure others heard.
When you are apart you can feel your...
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Categories:
adrift, love,
Form:
Free verse
Fireflies - Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationDriving down a country road one sultry summer evening, with headlights sweeping through the little clouds of dust ahead,
Caused by cars that led the way…or met me in the night…I scanned the ditches, left...
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Categories:
adrift, sky, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Lifeboat the Hippo's TalePart 4
Now by the end of the day, it was easy to say,
The Hippo was gracious and kind.
With no desire to offend, it seemed a genuine friend
And...
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Categories:
adrift, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
China Tour ThoughtsChina Tour Diary Moment #1
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KUNMING THOUGHTS
Sunday morning flight to Kunming city;
East bound to explore vignettes of China;
New vistas to sight, postcard memories;
Feast visual galore on tour agenda.
Yunnan province greets our earthly landing;
Brisk clearance and we...
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Categories:
adrift, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
Precious TimeMy mother always took the bus. I never understood why. We had a car, but she insisted on taking the bus uptown. I think she did it because father would not let...
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Categories:
adrift, growing up, , cute,
Form:
Narrative
The Raven Has Fled“The ribbon is cut
The die is cast
The cement is dry
Yet nothing lasts
The brazen rewarded
The hero a fool
All reason outdated
New fury the tool”
A journey presented
Your ship to go far
With...
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Categories:
adrift,
Form:
Rhyme
Gerd's DreamThe Medicine was harsh
Never promised to be good
Just enlightening.
In luicid dreaming
A giant becomes a Self
So did Gerd follow
To rule too, soon
As his father before him
Leading his people.
...
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Categories:
adrift, adventure, deep, dream, fantasy, history, life, philosophy,
Form:
Haiku
Categories:
adrift, angst, body, cancer, confusion, dark, health, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Whar Art Thou Dame of My DreamWhar art thou dame of my dream?
Eagerness readily overtakes me prior
to succumbing to nightly slumber.
Tis boot a blink when eyelids become relaxed
adrift abed invariably occurs counting backwards
from one hundred –...
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Categories:
adrift, absence, addiction, allusion, angel, appreciation, celebration, red,
Form:
Rhyme