Long Asks Poems
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Dragon Stew
On an early morning just before school
My tummy is churning my head hurts too
My feet are cold my forehead is hot
I have a runny nose and a tongue with blue dots
“Mom come quick!” I helplessly...
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Categories:
asks, 4th grade, 5th grade, adventure, anxiety, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation redux revisited
Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation... redux revisited
Upteenth instance where yours truly
experienced assault upon hindquarters.
A worse hellish fate than perdition
and the closest in the throes
of agonizing death scene rendition
stabbing sphincter muscle spasms
wrench yours truly...
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Categories:
asks, abuse, adventure, anger, angst, body, humorous, obituary,
Form:
Free verse
Blue Sky, Why
"Blue Sky, Why?"
stories speak to us.
inside our heart
is crying.
Blue Sky, Why?
why do children
holding sunflowers
watch their parents die
why do sweet children,
now war torn,
some the battle's orphans,
daily lose their lives
lying in their sick beds
bombed in...
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Categories:
asks, courage, humanity, leadership, light, peace, truth, war,
Form:
Narrative
Two Lovers V - Convenience Store
She looked at him concerned
"Oh my God, we forgot the buns!"
A barbeque happening
Guests arriving
Coals flaming
Food prepared
But nothing to put burgers on
For their housewarming
Hasty instructions and some cash
From his Lover and her roomies
Then he starts to...
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Categories:
asks, first love, happy, relationship, romance, romantic love,
Form:
Free verse
Medieval Poems Iv
Medieval Poems IV
IN LIBRARIOS
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.
Brut (circa 1100 AD, written by Layamon, an excerpt)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R....
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Categories:
asks, angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
Form:
Rhyme
Caregiving Stories Reprise
Wounded Sacred Dementia: Part Two
Dementia's derelict WinLose SocialWorker
suboptimizingly hesitates
when I tell her
I have not changed my mind
about not adopting Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
into my vulnerable home
with a seven-year-old AfricanAmerican boy
blind
and unable to defend himself,
or even run...
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Categories:
asks, caregiving, culture, earth, health, integrity, love, parents,
Form:
Political Verse
Urbane History Lessons
I have a hardbound copy of
"The City of Hartford 1784-1984"
although most of this coffee table story
of unfortunate events
takes place between 1850 and 1950s,
before and after the UnCivil War,
and,
like the U.S. Catholic Church
and many MainLine Protestant...
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Categories:
asks, caregiving, city, health, integrity, meaningful, universe,
Form:
Political Verse
Sarah’s Origin
My eyes stare straight,
fixated on something in the distance,
humming a song that would send chills,
if you ever got the chance to listen.
A padded cell and a straitjacket,
the doctor giving one of his ‘visits,’
his moans...
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Categories:
asks, dark, death, gothic,
Form:
Epic
How I Got Richer and What I Did Next
How I Got Richer and What I Did Next
I struck a sly deal with some Wall Street investors.
I shorted 'em stocks that didn't exist!
But they got me back (those post-empty-nesters)
by making fake deals I couldn't...
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Categories:
asks, allegory, funny, heaven, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Canto Xxi Hell Translation
So bridge to bridge, of other things speaking
Of which my comedy does not take care,
We walked; and reached the top, when seeking
For watching the next slit, then we stopped there
Malebolge to see and crying vain;
And...
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Categories:
asks, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 74
“There,” Lumi said suddenly and Joulupukki looked through the trees, seeing a small house.
“Wait here said Joulupukki, I'll be right back.”
He made his way to the house and called...
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Categories:
asks, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
A Lovers Toil
Once upon a time there was a heartless man, he didn’t care for others and compassion he couldn’t understand
His heart was cold there was no love inside, although to the outside world he carried on...
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Categories:
asks, fantasy, heartbreak, i love you, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Over and Over Agin
sometimes i talk to myself,
my mind is racing,
i dont know what to do...
so hard to explain.
depression isn't a stage
or a faze some kids go through
it shatters you...
i saw it all.
she cried silent in...
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Categories:
asks, childhood, dark, daughter, death, depression, forgiveness, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Canto Xix Hell Translation
Simon wizard, you poor under his sway
That all things of God, which then of good will
Must be always brides, and you birds of prey
For gold and silver adulterate still,
Now it's time that the trumpet sounds...
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Categories:
asks, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Interview - For Contest
This situation has no basis in reality; in fact, it is ludicrously unreal. However, the likes and dislikes shown of its author are completely true!
Scene: A comfortable office where Andrea Dietrich is finishing up with...
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Categories:
asks, fantasy,
Form:
Prose
A Day In School, Thru Autistic Eyes
alarm goes off*
I sit straight up startled and scared
Just my alarm, I hit the button
Get up and go to the bathroom
I brush my teeth with my toothbrush
Scratchy, painful bristles
Toothpaste that makes me sick
With the strong...
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Categories:
asks, child, childhood, emotions, feelings, loneliness, pain, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
Inside the Great Halls of Us
“Inside the Great Halls of Us”
Inside
The Great Halls of Us,
there resides a ghost
IT hides in plain sight,
waiting quietly, alone,
in our dark
there, IT holds ITs light,
to draw us further in,
we nervously laugh IT...
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Categories:
asks, i am, science fiction, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Beary Tales Episodes 1-6, Poet's Notes
(Remembering Innocence)
Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are new tales, improvements to previous verses, and improved...
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Categories:
asks, adventure, best friend, blessing, innocence, love, mentor,
Form:
Quatrain
A Glimpse In a Life
A Glimpse In A Life
By James Hackett Jr
Grasping Sand
The harder i try to reach you, the gap seems to expand.
Its like grasping at sand the harder I squeeze the more slips through.
I do not know...
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Categories:
asks, beauty, betrayal, conflict, death, family, growth, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
In My Room
(His version of Room 123)
I’ve laid here on this bed dreaming of being with her for many days and nights, and tonight she agreed to meet me here, the stars finally aligned
Either I was too...
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Categories:
asks, angst, conflict, heartbroken,
Form:
Rhyme
Two Lovers Xi - Carefully Chosen Words
He is looking at her a bit sanctimoniously
He is about to mansplain again
"Am I spooking you?" he asks grinning
"I'm not trying to propose, Cutie.
God no. Could you imagine?
I just think it's possible, you know?
I'm just...
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Categories:
asks, discrimination, lost love, love, relationship, romance, romantic
Form:
Free verse
I'Ve Been So Lucky In Life 1,2
I’ve Been So Lucky in Life! (1&2)
(Only Raped 5 Times Metaphorically)
Poem’s Introduction
My poetry has always been about transparency. It’s about letting go of an effort to be liked by others, and allowing others to gravitate...
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Categories:
asks, abuse, angst, faith, humor, love, pain,
Form:
Rhyme
Hope For Respect
My thought for this day,
although still early,
is respect for hope.
Respect for our interdependence
and respect for our challenging differences,
important, yet hopefully not as powerful
as our interdependent love for healthy life.
Yesterday
I noticed a brown cardboard box
in the...
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Categories:
asks, bible, caregiving, culture, health, hope, integrity, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
Branded
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pentopaper41
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Message Follow
I am a mom, an artist, and an office monkey.
14 contests • 2 lists • 1...
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Categories:
asks, change,
Form:
Free verse
The Pedicure Virgin
I don't know what came over me that day - an instant of weakness after years of resistance, I suppose.
My beaming spouse leads me, a dog on a short leash, into the forbidden citadel, the...
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Categories:
asks, humor,
Form:
Prose