Long Almost certain Poems

Kate:
Stand tall,
Light - Line falling
The sun is calling
So lets ride the rain and go
Let’s go

Lets ride, Michelle
Lets ride

Michelle:
Kate took control of every trip,
We took,
Buying into non-conformity,
She drove us,
She rode us,
She saved us
And once we were...

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Science can’t save you, neither can religion,
at least Popper and Niebuhr, philosophers and poets,
are entertainers, which is why actors and athletes
are paid so much. Thanks for the summaries.
I was teaching Shakespeare’s 92nd ridiculous sonnet
to my...

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i wrote this poem in 2007, just found it on Myspace:

I named it: 

*****************************Believe**************************************

As I strive to reach for the sky, 
I come across many people that prefer to lie.

They make up stories, and call...

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Lies are bad, lies are sad,
Lies can kill, lies will make you mad
Lies will find away to come back out
Break your heart, now let's bring you back to the start

Born into a house of lies,...

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Fair Lady Without Peer
by Charles d’Orleans
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Fair Lady, without peer, my plea,
Is that your grace will pardon me,
Since I implore, on bended knee.
        ...

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Clouds of the future, in the present day

Astronomical Lies of would-be Biblical, but Judeo-Masonic deception, 
sleeping world enjoys its enslavement unconsciously, 
as though by default

Majority rule is democracy?
But, the majority insists on immoral high ground
and...

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Viva la Cordillera de los Andes by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan

       Long Live! The Andes Mountain Range!

	I’m seized with a mad rage to yell
	long live the Andes...

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Of Life Unknown

Those nights simply vanishes along
A memory of her only remains now in dreams
In exchange, is of lonesomeness whence love begone
Alike some thoughts, taking upon stolen wings

Somehow time amazes me much still
Little by little,...

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Allow me to introduce myself, I am the Lion that is cowardly.
A puss in boots of the sorts, crippled with anxiety.

At this very moment I am feeling sublime.
For I am laying face-up in a poppy...

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Late one night walking in rain-hit New York,
Full moon kept watch as I measured my way,
shops shut, such silence unknown to city,
world in grip of scary virus menace,
my ears were pricked to every eerie sound,
They...

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There are no truly blue flowers. 
No, not one. 
Hydrangeas or tulips can be green,
an odd color for flowers, I think.
Brown ones are dead. 
Brown and green are the colors of human eyes though,
and blue...

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DEAR YOU, I AIN'T GOT A CLUE

There's got to be someone to come along and do what needs to be done
the good Lord knows I certainly ain't the one
there's a lot of things I don't...

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DEAR YOU, I AIN'T GOT A CLUE

There's got to be someone to come along and do what needs to be done
the good Lord knows I certainly ain't the one
there's a lot of things I don't...

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The dark thoughts in her head
		 would pop,
		and the fear was her enemy,
		that much was said,
		but she didn’t stop,
		she proceeded ahead,
		a young girl, pure,
		feet sure,
		and the grass gave way as it should,
		to this little red...

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One cold,winter's night,so long ago
A man lay frozen,against a church door
His break was shallow and his pulse was weak
The alcohol had sunk to his core
The man lay limp and motionless
His eyes began to roll into...

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The Monsters…


Daddy, check my room for me, because I know they’re there.
I’m frozen in the doorway, I’ve never been so scared!
There’s monster’s in the dresser, and some beneath my bed,
They’re lurking in my closet, can...

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Fate or coincidence
as if we have a choice
constantly at odd
with those who share
a difference in their voice
as if we could change the world
so pretentious for us to concieve
as if only a single soul
still in me...

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I don’t remember every small detail
Some have been lost along the way
But the way you made me feel
From the first bit of time we spent together
There was just something about you
That made me feel some...

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   I am crushing on you !
    Impossible to ignore
            your firm personality alluring attracting me.
   ...

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Self-Realization for Preservation

At 3 and a half I met mom number two
Only after mom number one just wouldn’t do
Nine years have passed, and I survived the abuse
Mom number one took too long to get stable...

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Damn, i'm condemned to live in a world where 
animals talk in advertisements i can't bear
and scantily clad wome, sexy as they can be
try to sell crap to destitute junkies such as me
it's no wonder...

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FarmerJohn took Tractor Weekly
Sat and avidly read it all
Even cut out tractor pictures
And hung them on his wall 

FarmerJohn loved his tractor
Prized possession of his life 
Some said he loved it more
Than He loved his...

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Her Name is Want

By Elton Camp

That “all are equal,” she knows to be untrue
No matter how many platitudes people spew
“Mother won’t let me play with you anymore”
She’s heard such cruel words many times before

Her father,...

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John Jurkowski
September 2017
Has anyone seen my Susan? 

If you hear a voice that melts winter away, 
And is as sweet as any rose bouquet. 
Well that could be my Susan. 

If her melancholy golden green...

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Last night, I had an awesome dream
In it, I was asking God, "How am I, so far?"
And while I tossed and turn, I felt His presence rest
In a breeze, He said "My son, it is...

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