Long Advisory Poems

Where art thou anonymous benefactor...to offer me succor?

Ah... methinks legal tender 
could be a boon to help me bolster 
mein kampf with necessary material equipage,
which prospect to acquire essential 
commodities sabotaged 
at the altar of...

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Rosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Seven

The Final Days:  Rosalia’s Death and Destruction
In the wake of such evil, debauchery and depravity what can be said now in the case of...

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The mind doesn't passively await impressions, no tabula rasa,
The mind is active, understanding, not just a passerby.
He had bete noire towards Christianity, a Scottish Nominalist,
David Hume, born in Edenborough, was a philosophical skeptic.
Born in 1711,...

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Silence reigns supreme in my reich

No don (except me)
doth trumpet within the aborted
barren reach of freedoms within expansive realm,
I annexed courtesy manifest destiny,
which peoples now inhabiting said jurisdiction
circumscribed by following coordinates -
Latitude: 40° 16' 22.20"...

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This brisk, sunny March morning, I return from delivering my son to his adult daycare van.  

Upon opening The Norwich Times, I delight to read the new Center for Safe Futures "will be taking...

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This October  5th of 2046
Desharah has finally achieved her
Aspiration her enchanting 
Graduation from 16 years old to
17. She thought she'd have more
Freedom make grown-up choices.
She'd have a voice in. "Desharah 
Smiled to her self...

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All my favorite on-line EarthJustice
and Transformation
and Compassion
and Global Peace resources
are scientifically
and inter-religiously sure
we have all the information
and physical resources needed
for optimizing global healthy wealth,
polyculturally
and multiculturally
resilient.

Yet, at yesterday's municipal youth and family services
community advisory board gathering
I...

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Espousing irreverent greed

Crafted one year ago today
yours truly – hopefully self plagiarism okay
worse case scenario, 
I would meet ill fate re: kenway
named after Assassin Creed 
Black Flag's protagonist. 

"Yo, I totally Kenwayed that guy." 
by...

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Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian – Photographer

Shadows to Light-Reader Advisory:  The following narrative depicts domestic abuse and its aftermath. Proceed with care.

Reflections of Pain

When you're...

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Espousing irreverent greed

Passive stance, but aye agreed
and did promise to pledge troth
faster than greased lightning airspeed
once the missus temporarily
ceased menarche regarding monthly bleed
became in family way with child
thee eldest, whom one day may breed,
when permanently...

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Extra...extra...Trumpasaurus Extinction...
iz only wishful thinking

Political polls whether advisory still consider 
forty fifth president 
dangerous, hazardous, lymphomatous...
known to wield violent blows,
his delusional perception analogous 
to fable regarding emperor without any clothes
best to handle beast with more'n...

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EGBERT THE ADORABLE OCTOPUS & OTHER NONSENSE VERSE

Egbert the Octopus
is so damn cute
& smarter than u
(the point is moot) 
'cause he doesn't pollute
when he commutes, 
only, perhaps, 
when he (ahem)  "poots"! 
—michael r. burch



Monarch
by...

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These heretical poems on the subjects of God, religion and Christianity explain why I “left” the Religious Right.

If one screams below,
what the hell is "Above"?
—Michael R. Burch

Religion is regarded by fools as true, by the...

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Though the starry eyed corona sporting sun dance 
cosmic phenomena (stealthily slated to describe mid expanse
night during broad daylight), this astronomical event common at a glance. 

Said Hal lens neigh saying Trojan Horse 
 ...

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Why am I missing you in Wyomissing

In Wyomissing where WiFi waves warp Whitman's words
I'm wiki-wishing scrolling through digitized déjà vu
Mississippi .mp3s Mississauga .gifs Missy Elliott remixes
Mishmash of missed   misplaced hyperlinks missing persons

Y-chromosomes yearning...

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hi I'm Baxter Belknap Mandible IV
the Ninth Earl of Burneydick
I'll be heading your inner assault team
would you like the wine list
we have a nice Retaliation 666
somewhere over the rainbow
where every two-bit overheard whisper is an...

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Evening skyline
Glow of last light;
Dark shadows creep

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Green moss
Zen garden stones;
Calmness charms

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Antique shoppe
Old proprietor;
Living antique

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Cemetery visit
Angel statues stand
Guardians of death

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Newspaper vendor
Hazards early rain;
Prompt delivery

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World news broadcast
So many conflicts;
Violent humanity

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Children's playground
Noisy little people;
Fun screams and shouts

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Empty taxi...

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One fist in the air 
With a candle in the other
The wax melting status 
Of the lives that were smothered
Lining along with the march
If the cowardice was unseen
Then it was sure 
There was nothing left...

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Nothing is ever time wasted, 
just the interlude to the rest of the album. Soon it becomes nostalgia. To think you almost pressed the skip button..
It's all about trying new things. 
Slowing were briding the...

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(alternately titled:
this stoned temple pilot ready for Styx)

I hate tubby a nuisance
     boot ma checking account...
suffered a major hit strafed
     with a shock king
   ...

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It was after chores were done near the end of day.
In the fading light, the cowpoke rode away.
The ranch was far away as his horse rode up the hill.
A gust of strong wind came from...

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HELL BEGGING HEAVEN FOR RAIN:  
IT’s TOO HOT FOR FIRE

Here’s your advisory, 
Aim it in the bin’s trajectory 
If you’ve already heard it 
(But best not spurn it it):

I sat on a wall,
The wall...

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Only God Knows So Here Goes

If you  read my poems  half-cocked;
you must have had your lips locked;
Further exploring;
Found her adoring;
Found her nude and each small pock.

God is only one who my  poems...

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I chanced to look upon the world, through current
Channels..And much unfurled; I noted the various
Decades passed, wars on terror legalising grass..'
Wars on waste, the slogans did run, my mind reeled
Them off one by one.' I...

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SPRING FORWARD --> slipping & sliding ---> sneezING away ------))!!!
looming wet yellow haze : *SEVERE* outages : FUTURECAST
lIbErAtIoN Day/Daze! ; all ?|^devouring^|? (PM—AM) / gargantuan STORMS ; 
breaking singing stinging\\\\springing toward////springing stinging shaking
a THREAT !!!!-------------wildfiring...

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