Long Airy Poems
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Doggerel IDoggerel I or Nonsense Verse
A$$tronomical
by Michael R. Burch
Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
proved E equals MC squared.
Thus, all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!
Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch
If God
is good,
half the Bible
is libel.
I came up...
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Categories:
airy, dog, hilarious, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, nursery
Form:
Limerick
SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
airy, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
RipR.I.P.
by Michael R. Burch
When I am lain to rest
and my soul is no longer intact,
but dissolving, like a sunset
diminishing to the west...
and when at last
before His throne my past
is put to test
and the demons...
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Categories:
airy, death, dream, funeral, grave, judgement, sleep, sunset,
Form:
Verse
Sonnets Xvii-XxivSonnets XVII-XXIV
Discrimination
by Michael R. Burch
The meter I had sought to find, perplexed,
was ripped from books of "verse" that read like prose.
I found it in sheet music, in long rows
of hologramic CDs, in sad wrecks
of long-forgotten...
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Categories:
airy, books, poems, poetry, poets, voice, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
airy, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
A Kept WomanDream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine ego quest for affaire d’amour;
her night-loving body
c h a...
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Categories:
airy, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery, love, lust, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 14Despite his impatience to show me his hell,
He waited for me in my rest,
Lying upon the ground, I awoke in prayer,
Thanking God above and asking Him for guidance
“My heart is Yours, always,
From the moment...
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Categories:
airy, adventure, anxiety, conflict, courage, dark, holocaust, horror,
Form:
Epic
MarlinoTwo, perhaps three miles out to sea, beyond the reef to Zapatillas,
Bocas’ dual sand-edged footprint jewels with jungle centre trees,
Francesco’s outboard boat heads out to Caribbean’s deeper blue.
Where sun burns softer gringo skin, but...
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Categories:
airy, fish, fishing, sea,
Form:
Narrative
The Dance of SalomeThe Dance of Salome
Herod bellowed out the night's festive orders..
"Bring the torches, bring the tables..
more wine, that we may rejoice,
for tonight we revel in kindred friendship."
Herod strolled onto the terrace, nearly stumbled in...
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Categories:
airy, dance, daughter, moon, mother daughter, night, sin,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
airy, political, satire, love, power,
Form:
Free verse
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:
airy, autumn, symbolism, winter,
Form:
Epic
This Is No FableI was relaxing in my sunroom, one very peaceful afternoon,
Enjoying the fables of Aesop, and all the flowers abloom.
The view from the many windows, was gold sunshiny delight,
With blossoms and rich greenery, and many birds...
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Categories:
airy, adventure, animal, fantasy, flower, imagery, life, tree,
Form:
Couplet
The Fantastic FlemmingsAs I look back upon a terrific, exciting, and storied career,
I revisit the trove of golden memories, which I hold so dear.
Although some were bad, they have been predominantly sweet;
But the most striking one, still...
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Categories:
airy, adventure, career, family, fantasy, friendship love, imagery,
Form:
Couplet
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 17
Erlenkönig pulled the chair out beside Aisling's and sat on the side of the table. A large, luxuriant and ornate chair headed the end of the table,
several places down from where he sat...
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Categories:
christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Likeness Ssenekil: Part 2*Image of Many Meanings by KWC.
Likeness ssenekiL: Part 2
(HOMONYMS: Homophones & Homographs)
The batter's foul ball killed a fowl that later caused a foul odor.
After painting the room red, he then redd it up and read...
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Categories:
airy, word play,
Form:
I do not know?
Transmigration of the WindThe strong gust of wind was cut off from its source; a frigid early spring blast that swept across a lofty mountain range, high above British Columbia.
It then encircled one of the lesser peaks and...
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Categories:
airy, imagery, journey, nature, sky, spring, water, wind,
Form:
Prose
Fishing Boats On the Beach At Les SaintesFishing Boats On The Beach at Les Saintes - Marie’s-de-la-Mer
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1888), Arles, June...
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Categories:
airy, beach, boat, fishing,
Form:
Ekphrasis
My Winter's WishesIn the May-time of my life
time bloomed each day a prickly boll –
but I, like the softest cotton within such a sharp seed
swaddled in the purity of security
for what seemed like eternity...
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Categories:
airy, age, god, hope, introspection, life, lost, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Approximately Three Plus Days ElapsedApproximately three plus days elapsed...
without yours truly experiencing urge to defecate
Neither bloating nor constipation
arose, but one nondescript anguished
logophile anticipated intestinal blockage,
hence prophesying worse case scenario
I (predicated in direction for an adult)
ingested three Dulcolax tablets
and subsequently...
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Categories:
airy, adventure, america, anniversary, beautiful, courage, family, july,
Form:
Free verse
China Tour ThoughtsChina Tour Diary Moment #1
--------------------------------
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:
airy, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
A Model For Our TimesAs the sun shone in southern skies, I was finally on my vacation,
And I turned the pages of a magazine, with new fashion creations.
I lounged beside the resort pool, in a straw hat and sunglasses,
Sipping...
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Categories:
airy, dream, fantasy, fashion, future, love, magic, people,
Form:
Couplet
Roughly President Trump--Ever so ornamental
...
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Categories:
airy, anxiety, perspective, political, visionary,
Form:
Shape
The Story of the Grand PianoShe was a grand piano: grand in structure, grand in beauty, grand in quality
of sound. She had captured the heart of every pianist who had come to play in
the great hall. Once they...
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Categories:
airy, allegory, betrayal, music,
Form:
Prose
The Grand PianoShe was a grand piano: grand in structure, grand in beauty, grand in quality
of sound. She had captured the heart of every pianist who had come to play in
the great hall. Once they...
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Categories:
airy, analogy, love,
Form:
Narrative
The Monroe MoonIn glamor-light of sunset
a new crowd of cumulus clouds arrive
and revive a sepia sky-scene—
unworldly woolgatherers gather
spinning fantasy fluff into quixotic yarns
of debutantes dancing with honeymoon hunger;
their dewy eyes blurred by the sawdust of stardust
pseudo-princess-pleasure-seekers
—drama daring...
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Categories:
airy, age, beauty, lust, moon, romantic love, sensual,
Form:
Free verse