Long Appearances Poems
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The Tender Weight of Her SighsThe Tender Weight of Her Sighs
by Michael R. Burch
The tender weight of her sighs
lies heavily upon my heart;
apart from her, full of doubt,
without her presence to revolve around,
found wanting direction or course,
cursed with the thought...
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Categories:
appearances, creation, depression, divorce, farewell, goodbye, sorrow, sorry,
Form:
Sonnet
Heat LighteningHeat Lightening
by Michael R. Burch
Each night beneath the elms, we never knew
which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance,
then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up
like searchlights seeking contact in the distance . . .
Quiescent unions...
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Categories:
appearances, car, crush, desire, love, lust, sexy, teen
Form:
Sonnet
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A new day begins and new promises made
The child guiding his way
Finally warmed he seemed less afraid
As through the snow they slowly made headway
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Who is this child?” he whispered to...
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Categories:
appearances, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Starlight and Moonlight IiStarlight and Moonlight II
These are poems about starlight and moonlight, moons and stars, dreams and visions, illuminations and intimations …
Deliver Us...
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
The night is dark and scary—
under...
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Categories:
appearances, dream, love, moon, night, sky, star, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 31They had only been practicing for a few days but DynDoeth was not surprised when he was made aware that elves were on their way to escort him to Rian. He had his spies...
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Categories:
appearances, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Understanding Suicide Understanding MeUnderstanding Suicide Understanding Me
Awhile back I had a dear friend contact me to ask if I heard about the young mans suicide at a nearby towns school. I had not. After asking one time on...
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Categories:
appearances, character, childhood, courage, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Love Poems IvLOVE POEMS IV by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about love, passion, desire, lust, sex, dating, romance, relationships and marriage.
She Was Very Strange, and Beautiful
by...
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Categories:
appearances, desire, love, lust, marriage, passion, relationship, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
An Oyster's RevengeThe Sun was acting rather strange
With the Moon and Stars concerned.
As it was not content to share the sky...
And not prepared to wait its turn.
So the sea was simmering and boiling hot
Without the night's return.
But...
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Categories:
appearances, funny, humor, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
ApologyYou spoke of Love in the kingdom to come
Where the works of hatred would be undone
you bid your disciples to follow whats true
to demonstrate its power in the actions they do
But I have seen...
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Categories:
appearances, abuse, betrayal, childhood, evil, love hurts, truth,
Form:
Verse
New Year's Eve 2022New Year's Eve 2022
Yours truly riddled with social anxiety,
hence (billy me) he will idle away
December 31st, 2022
sequestered (with the missus)
hunkered down in his mancave
while madding crowd
entertains reckons partition of time
into...
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Categories:
appearances, adventure, celebration, dance, december, holiday, january, new
Form:
Free verse
AppearancesThe distress... fatigue, combined with restlessness, tossing, and turning. Assuming I possess more energy than I truly do because what is worse, exhausting oneself or lying there, depleted? Many of us meet our end wishing...
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Categories:
appearances, city, cry, dark, death, depression, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Ledger of Love: PART I
Ledger of Love
In the dim-lit chambers of the Victorian home,
Resides a wife, her heart a silent tome.
Once, love’s flame burned bright within her breast,
But now a thin whisp, a ghostly jest.
Her gaze averts from her...
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Categories:
appearances, confusion, desire, heartbreak, longing, love, marriage, sad
Form:
Narrative
Sonnets Xcviii-CSonnets XCVIII-CII
Willy Nilly
by Michael R. Burch
for the Demiurge aka Yahweh/Jehovah
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly,
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
Isn’t it silly, Willy...
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Categories:
appearances, bible, christian, god, heaven, judgement, lost, sin,
Form:
Sonnet
At the Golden Dawn of Understanding PotdIt was late in gorgeous springtime, and I was teaching my class,
A lesson in African history, and the events of time's hourglass.
My fourth graders were very attentive, as I recounted the glory,
Of tales such as...
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Categories:
appearances, africa, christian, education, history, jesus, magic, school,
Form:
Couplet
Headstones and ChattelsHEADSTONES AND CHATTELS
‘Twas pure chance that I discovered
Just the other day,
A place passed
Countless times,
Never had the thought of calling in,
Inner thoughts and misplaced fears
Oh there must have been countless other reasons
For one to...
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Categories:
appearances, meaningful, society,
Form:
Free verse
The Snowflake That Sank the TitanicThe Snowflake That Sank The Titanic
It all begins with a single snowflake
(Each one in itself is unique)
Brought about through evaporation,
And returned by the force of gravity
In the form of snow to the planet,
To rest on...
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Categories:
appearances, education, fate, history, remember, western, world,
Form:
Verse
Fan of a FanChorus
Sights are far but our minds are close
two hearts share one inhale with one nose
stage acts are for her even the pose
smiles from down she wishes for a rose
ten out of ten is her loyal...
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Categories:
appearances, celebrity, fairy, i love you, i miss
Form:
Lyric
A Letter in Forewarning of Melancholy--Part Ii(continued from, "An Epistle Warning against Melancholia: an Allegory--Part I," where somewhere in late 18th-century Europe a friend, Laetitia, by way of a letter warns her beloved girlfriend, Euphoria--a young, gay and unsuspecting mistress--against the...
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Categories:
appearances, depression, friend, metaphor, philosophy, psychological, uplifting, wisdom,
Form:
Prose
Princess Psychiatric AppointmentSo, Yang,
who would you like to meet
your psychotropic doctor today?
[no answer]
I'm hoping Princess Yang
will speak with us today,
because she is my favorite,
I must confess
this PositivEnergy bias
for conserving nutritional activities,
nurturing co-relationships,
cooperative ZeroZone centering balance.
Hi,
I'm Princess Yang,
and...
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Categories:
appearances, caregiving, daughter, earth, education, health, humor, mental
Form:
Political Verse
The Witches BroomIt is a witchy tradition to pass down your first broom to
The next generation, but poor dear sweet Mable inherited an eye
Sore from her elder granny, the handle topped end was crooked
In a twisted...
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Categories:
appearances, adventure, halloween, holiday, humorous, imagery, imagination, international,
Form:
Free verse
That Was Not a ComplimentCertain appearances make me question our fufillmentship
I’d bet my life that I’d find more comfort in a rock bottom
Than in you
Your mood swings are my fill of thrills for the whole year...
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Categories:
appearances, addiction, angst, friendship, grief, missing you,
Form:
Free verse
Society Has ChangedSociety has changed over the
past decades, centuries even.
What was once a peaceful
world that followed one rule
Is now full of hypocritical and
power-hungry people,
Who act all high and mighty
with their fancy suits.
Setting laws...
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Categories:
appearances, change
Form:
Free verse
Self-KnowledgeOh, Apollo,* son of Zeus,
How could, a simple man as I, your divine command- to know myself-
Will ever be able to realize
When
Fruitless, so far, any efforts of mine have turned out to be,
Even though- ashamed...
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Categories:
appearances, self, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
PoortownI grew up in Poortown
A mile down the road
From hard topped streets
Where Miss Eleanor lived
She sat on the front porch
Smoking ready rolled
Eating brought on peaches
And she would hide...
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Categories:
appearances, america, community, growing up, poverty, relationship, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
Building Wisdom's TempleOh, Apollo,* son of Zeus,
How could, a simple man as I, your divine command- to know myself-
Will ever be able to realize
When
Fruitless, so far, any efforts of mine have turned out to be,
Even though- ashamed...
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Categories:
appearances, god, men, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse