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Polypathic Political Scientists
I have had a highly redundant,
one might even choose polypathic,
graduate studies experience
spanning my adult life to date.
This began with a semester of Philosophy.
Just enough to learn I wanted something more experiential,
a more embodied communication environment...
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Categories:
arcane, beauty, culture, health, political, religion, trust, truth,
Form:
Political Verse
Currents
Currents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the clapboard slap of tide,
the clockwork shock of wave on rock,
the...
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Categories:
arcane, assonance, extended metaphor, language, metaphor, music, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Poems About Flowers
Lady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch
May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.
The...
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Categories:
arcane, flower, june, rose, roses are red, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Verse Ii
Nucleotidings
by Michael R. Burch
“We will walk taller!” said Gupta,
sorta abrupta,
hand-in-hand with his mom,
eyeing the A-bomb.
“Who needs a mahatma
in the aftermath of NAFTA?
Now, that was a disaster,”
cried glib Punjab.
“After Y2k,
time will spin out of control anyway,”
flamed...
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Categories:
arcane, angel, child, childhood, children, family, time, world,
Form:
Free verse
Love Poems V
LOVE POEMS V
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch, about life, the dream of love, virtue, a first kiss, a first crush, the birth of a first relationship, the joy of a first love...
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Categories:
arcane, birth, confusion, crush, dream, joy, kiss, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 1
[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.
But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...
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Categories:
arcane, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Divine Comedy, Second Canto
The day was going off, and the brown air
To the terrestrial animals gave rest
For their labors; and only me was there
Just ready to withstand the war at best
Both of the journey and of the torment,
Which...
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Categories:
arcane, fantasy, proposal,
Form:
Terza Rima
Strangers In Peoria
I met a proper woman in a proper pub on a Monday in Peoria. It was noon, time for lunch, and we were sitting stool to stool over very large burgers at a long mahogany...
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Categories:
arcane, break up,
Form:
Prose
In This Taoist's View
Could we be doing our best
to invest in Earth's cooperative health markets?
While you sell our most competitive killing machines
to our Saudi Arabian cousins.
Referencing this touchstone as an ecopolitical WinWin,
unlike Parisian multicultural investments in climate health,
as...
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Categories:
arcane, destiny, earth, fear, hate, health, love, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Two
Rosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Two
Rosalia’s Instruments of Evil and Debauchery
Rosalia needed certain tools or instruments of evil and debauchery to successfully pursue her nefandous plans of bringing the people...
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Categories:
arcane, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
New Year Poems I
New Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
arcane, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetic Encryption Like Ancient Egyptian
Poetic Encryption Like Ancient Egyptian
This terror and threat to poetic clarity,
Becomes a pet rock for some poets.
Words do count for sure, but so does
Clarity unless poets put a mask on.
Encryption can be used to mask...
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Categories:
arcane, allegory, analogy, emotions, imagination, metaphor, passion, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Mask of Tourmaline
Twice the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Yet again awoken by winter when the third was three in number.
I sense that a silence doth sneak ‘tween cracks of weathered wood,
Conniving with that which shadows...
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Categories:
arcane, anxiety, horror, imagination, mystery, myth, night, psychological,
Form:
Couplet
The Mask of Alabaster
Once the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Whence the winter woke me when the third was three in number.
I sense that a wince doth lurk and wear which wicked gaze,
Of conniving shadows cast between...
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Categories:
arcane, anxiety, confusion, deep, dream, education, fantasy, fear,
Form:
Couplet
The Mask of Labradorite
Thrice the night—the day!—both fell to sleepless slumber,
But now in Spring, though yet again: The third was three in number.
I sense a wince remind itself,
Of what it means to be,
Instead to beg for booked...
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Categories:
arcane, corruption, imagination, judgement, life, mystery, myth, psychological,
Form:
Rhyme
When All Is Set and Done, Make Sure You Leave Living
WHEN ALL IS SET AND DONE, MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE LIVING:
Chorus:
We're all dreamers chasing dreams,
But does the dreams we chasing rightfully gleam?
Trends and hypes many yearn to keep,
We're all dreamers chasing dreams,
But does the dreams...
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Categories:
arcane, destiny, life,
Form:
Lyric
Original Mask of Alabaster
A wince doth lurk wearing which wicked gaze,
Of conniving cast shadows ‘tween my windowpanes.
Gazing through the window’s diaphanous gelid glass,
I see a flushing fluorescent misty haze of frothy brass.
It floats aloft the frost of...
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Categories:
arcane, addiction, allusion, confusion, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Couplet
The Enchanted City of Dual Realms
The Enchanted City of Dual Realms
In the sprawling labyrinth of concrete towers and spectral glass,
where skyscrapers, like ancient obelisks, pierce the celestial veil with unyielding ambition,
serpentine rivers of fortune murmur in arcane tongues, their secrets...
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Categories:
arcane, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Laughing Pines, Part Two
Will you, won’t you join the dance,
We like to dance here every night,
Moving slowly at the speed of light.
Won’t you give yourself half a chance,
Even two left feet are alright.
The Bipolar Coaster is an excellent...
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Categories:
arcane, adventure, allusion, analogy, imagery, imagination, metaphor, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
In a tribal life where beauty and desire intertwine
In a tribal life where beauty and desire intertwine
like celestial bodies in an eternal dance,
those who shone with outward grace,
man or woman, found themselves in the waves of passion,
their nights a symphony of carnal delights,
their...
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Categories:
arcane, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Crow Fights The Raven
Beneath the pall of an eldritch moon,
...
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Categories:
arcane, betrayal, bird, gothic, horror, metaphor, murder, night,
Form:
Free verse
The Mask of Black Spinel
Frice the week along with night had fallen to sleepless slumber,
Trapped again 'tween times when thirds are three in number.
I sense a grimace gurgle in these halls of boned wall,
The aching whims and shaking limbs:...
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Categories:
arcane, angst, dream, evil, horror, imagination, mental health,
Form:
Couplet
Hubs Of Heaven
Catalytic cascade of mirror gleam relish on sleep encrusted eyes,
such sylvan surreal therapy aligned to dulcet bird lilt,
garnish to the willow weave wayfarer of iridescent poetic inkling,
vernal vivid verse drought a derelict damnation for...
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Categories:
arcane, beautiful, beauty, celebration, city, deep, engagement, environment,
Form:
Free verse
The Human Adventure
The birth of a kid is just an adventure
Which has its start about nine months before
After an instant of joy or of venture,
When seed of man is reaching up its score
In the twisty...
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Categories:
arcane, adventure, birth, life,
Form:
Terza Rima
Hand-Picked Berries and Sun-Dried Tomatoes 2
“Physics asserts that there are four fundamental forces: electro-magnetism, gravity, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. These gentlemen have made a compelling argument for the existence of a fifth, desire.” Dr. Howard Pollison, National...
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Categories:
arcane, mythology,
Form:
Prose