Long Axle Poems
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Sonnets Xxxiii-XliSonnets XXXIII-XLI
The Folly of Wisdom
by Michael R. Burch
She is wise in the way that children are wise,
looking at me with such knowing, grave eyes
I must bend down to her to understand.
But she only smiles, and...
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Categories:
axle, child, childhood, children, death, life, time, world,
Form:
Sonnet
Modern Sonnets IiMODERN SONNETS II
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
In Praise of Meter
by Michael R. Burch
The...
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Categories:
axle, art, romance, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
The Car Club Meeting Lament - Text - Part 2 of 2Note: This is the 2nd half of one of my MANY long story works, and the 1st half can be accessed, of course, at "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the soup.
My wife and I were...
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Categories:
axle, car,
Form:
Narrative
Doppler Radar Killed Our Classic Car - 1st Half As Text Plus Full AudioHere's the scoop, friends...
This is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way...
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Categories:
axle, car,
Form:
Narrative
The Car Club Meeting Lament - Text - Part 1 of 2This is the 1st half of a pretty long piece, the 2nd half, as usual, is @ "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the Soup...
OK everybody…could I please have your attention?
I’ve got some real important...
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Categories:
axle, car,
Form:
Rhyme
Shade Your past, your romantic past, is a shadow. Like all towns, Port Angeles was a combination of rain and clouds, sun and mist, with a chamber of commerce, barrooms and boards of directors, the known...
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Categories:
axle, anger, deep, history, humor, money, romantic, wife,
Form:
Verse
Acute Advice To Those Who Would Be King From the Thiruk-Kural: Valiarithal K475Acute advice for those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL: Valiarithal - K475
[*like presidents, prime and chief ministers, dictators or even modern-day "emperors" under the guise of revolutionary leaders of oppressed peoples]
Note: In this...
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Categories:
axle, abuse, political, power, tamil, , cute,
Form:
Epigram
A fanta see overrides realityA fanta see overrides reality!
Hello?
I like to get positioned for sixty nine.
Are you looking for a scheming,
schlepping, and schvitzing writer?
natural body and laid-back vibe??
I'm all about therapeutic touch via
bolts, nuts, screws
and...
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Categories:
axle, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, age, angel,
Form:
Free verse
The Village On the Water VShowering white light illuminates
Bright-Moon Bay;
In the overlooking Moon-Inviting Pavilion,
Li Bai had raised his twinkling, rich amber
Coloured wineglass
To invite the same reticent Moon. ...
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Categories:
axle, appreciation, beauty, places,
Form:
Free verse
Odyssey From Africa 11fChapter 11 The Island Kingdom (f, continued...)
Near the north-most cape they passed, there
Lay the kingdom’s foremost city
By the name of Cannabarro
Here was found the royal palace
Of Ptolemy the Second.
In our time this city has the...
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Categories:
axle, adventure, africa, history, mythology, nature, science, voyage,
Form:
Narrative
A Fantasy Over Rides RealityHello?
I like to get six + 9 ??Are you??????
schlepping writer,?? natural body and laid-back vibe??
I'm all about therapeutic touch via nuts and life of bee dogged trees!
teasing with idealism beef hoar
illusory vision fades away
whatever ur...
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Categories:
axle, beauty, creation, desire, fantasy, girl, heart, kiss,
Form:
Romanticism
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Bang! Bang! Who shot and killed
Jeanette and Harvey Crewe?
By whose hand was their blood spilled?
The cops they surely knew.
Two fatal shots rang out that day
...
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Categories:
axle, murder, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Spaceploitation 1With looks of celestial damsel
On mission of mystery unravel
A fairy flies from foreign land
Fabulously to discover dreamland
With colourful feathers silky
Plumage so soft as cream milky
With a huge brain and physique
Seemingly bereft of travel unique
Marches with...
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Categories:
axle, angel, appreciation, art,
Form:
Couplet
One Speaks AloudSoul stripped.
Flesh ripped.
Hope lost.
Time moves on not heeding the cost.
Hurt buried aside in the ditch.
Anger flares like a flip of the switch.
Fist tenses,
Wrenching blood from within.
Fingers pawing at the line of life,
White with streaks...
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Categories:
axle, abuse, anger, betrayal, child abuse, evil, forgiveness,
Form:
Narrative
Flat Tire Did Not Ply Deflating Psi LanceTrue add verse situation,
whereat me mission
trans send dint state didst ache
after yours truly nearly
did nearly break
chassis 'pon took drastic
...
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Categories:
axle, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, funny,
Form:
Free verse
Many of ThingsMany of things I long for, desired nature
Dwells like the thick, I strive
Perfection, excellence, that is not me
Nor do I desire such of me
For those I surround, wishes none but what I will
Shall fall upon...
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Categories:
axle, happiness, imagination, inspirational, life, passion, peace, philosophy,
Form:
I do not know?
Can Somebody Please Give This Uber Muff Fuller a LyftCan somebody please give this uber muff fuller a lyft?
alternately titled: jump starter for clunky, junky,
quirky, xyz mechanic wanted in tow tow -
chassis what I mean?)
As the proud graduated
honorably rolled 2009 Hyundai
Sonata vehicular property
belonging to...
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Categories:
axle, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Free verse
FrankensteinO! Frankenstein you were lost for a century
Nobody could tell wherever you have been,
But you are here now, a stranger to paradise,
Loneliness has become your friend
Your other name is Friday,...
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Categories:
axle, science fictionearth, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Look At Em CrawlingLOOK AT EM CRAWLING...
At the old Darreel pub out near Mungindi....
Trapper Joe he rode up, he come from Boggabri...
The DTs were bad with this poor old bugger Jack...
Look at em crawling he did mutter ...
And...
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Categories:
axle, funnyold, horse, old, cancer, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
Between Things and Colors1The sun sank into rusty chains
Ancient Mesopotamian constellations begin to spin
Shadows in the bushes
Sidewalks walking from the back
Cetoniinae trapped in glass
Your gaze runs through the sky
yes, like Schelling's rose
Tesla cars crossing the border
The dust of...
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Categories:
axle, abuse, africa, allah, allusion, america,
Form:
Ballad
Gentle CreekA gentle stream flows out of Glenburne pond,
north bound waters feed the Susquehanna.
Meandering highway six eleven,
through Dalton, Factoruville to Tunkhannock.
Timely announcements keep informing us,
"Beware! Alert! The dam may break! Alert!"
From the...
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Categories:
axle, natural disasterswater, water,
Form:
Verse
An ArrangementThe new 'Betagrain' produce store,
advertised for a manager.
The directors were more than pleased,
with the regime of Teddy Tiesler.
Ted’s to have two understudies;
Robby James and old Billy Syme.
Also Rex Collie, ‘though a mite slow,
would be his...
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Categories:
axle, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Master MechanicI like to sit and watch them boys
Tinker with their toys
Hood up, hands grimy
Sweat pouring down handsome faces
Oil spots in weird places
I like to sit and watch them work with a master’s poise
Those car loving...
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Categories:
axle, allegory, devotion, funny, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Rain On My WindowRain beat on my window it’s a sound that makes me feel good, it makes me feel safe,
Drops racing down the glass changing direction, getting even bigger as they all clash,
Reminds me of when I...
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Categories:
axle, nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
Broken Front Tooth Gum Shun Onebroke left front tooth
(true anecdote circa late 1960's early 1970's) prithee
which cold wintry temperatures re:
wheely jogged unpleasant event in axle all let tea
aye rem member inxs of cold playing air
froze natural on gull din pond,
...
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Categories:
axle, blue, health, hurt, identity, lost, memory, missing,
Form:
Free verse