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Premium Member Potpourri of silly poems
In most of my verse, my simple aim
is just sorta to enter tame.
Then, once inside ~
go completely hog wild ~
showing no reserve,
showing absolutely no shame.

"What do you think of my pup?",
I asked a cop as...

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© Rio Jansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: bard, giggle, poetry, silly, writing,
Form: Light Verse



Falling Into Place: Solace Solitude
Let me take a little sip
Of your blessed, breathtaking brilliance that will numb...
This pain I have in this heart of stone
The voices in my head won't leave me alone
I thought I was on my own,...

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Categories: bard, deep, desire,
Form: Lyric
Poem Revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 At 1500 Hours
Poem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours

Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior 
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women, 
based upon a character 
in The Impertinent Curious Man, 
a story within a...

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Categories: bard, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Poems About Poems I
Poems about Poems (I)



What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch

What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~underwater~~~
watching the shoreline blur
sees through his breath’s weightless bubbles...
Both worlds grow obscure.



Muse/Goddess
by Michael R. Burch

“What will you conceive in...

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Categories: bard, creation, god, muse, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form: Rhyme
Fate decreed sexting or texting while married abominable
Fate decreed sexting/texting while married abominable

Therefore karma caught up to me big time
and delivered yours truly sent to purgatory
(figurative speaking) by casting a spell,
whereby the government issued Safelink
Tracfone got permanently disabled
and all the data
(including contact...

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Categories: bard, adventure, animal, anxiety, appreciation, black love, dream,
Form: Rhyme



Song of Amergin: Translation
The Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations

The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...

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Categories: bard, ireland, myth, mythology, song, storm, visionary, war,
Form: Free verse
Sonnets Xc-Xcvii
Sonnets XC-XCVII

Artificial Smile
by Michael R. Burch

I’m waiting for my artificial teeth
to stretch belief, to hollow out the cob
of zealous righteousness, to grasp life’s stub
between clenched molars, and yank out the grief.

Mine must be art-official?zenlike Art?
a...

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Categories: bard, art, grave, grief, life, night, pain, smile,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member 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: bard, fantasy, proposal,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Beary Tales Episodes 25-33, Poet's Notes
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 GEMS, improvements to previous verses and improved footnotes...

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Categories: bard, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form: Rhyme
February 29th, 2024
February 29th, 2024

Alternately titled: 111th leap year since 1582
the year Pope Gregory XIII world leader
(i.e. essentially paterfamilias among
Roman Catholic flock)
timely maneuvered around calendrical rock
and hard space implementing
viable system tracking years ad hoc
out of sync and...

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Categories: bard, 12th grade, age, birth, celebration, fate, february,
Form: Rhyme
The Heat of the Moment
I’m powerless over my addiction
I’m relentless in my sweet infliction
The heat of the moment showers
Upon me truly hours after hours

I lie here on your stone
In distress, on my own
I lie here on your stone
I express...

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Categories: bard, addiction, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member On the Need To Avoid Being Envious: Canto Xvii, K161, K162 of the Thiruk-Kural
On the need to avoid being envious: Canto XVII, K161, K162 of the THIRUK-KURAL, Translation with Commentary

[ ENVY, of course, knows no racial nor ethnic boundaries, but I wouldn't be wrong, I dare say, ...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: bard, evil, hate, jealousy, racism, tamil,
Form: Couplet
Beware the Ides of March 2023
Beware The Ides of March 2023
 
Ides simply referred to first new moon, 
which usually fell between 
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.

The following events all occurred
fifteenth of March 
across span of millenniums.

One:...

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Categories: bard, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal, conflict, crush, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Raven and The Bard
The Raven and the Bard
-Daniel Henry Rodgers

The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night,
Its haunting words, a melody of fright.
The Bard's natural lines, like "Evangeline's" fair hair,
Shed history's warm light to chase away all care...

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Categories: bard, philosophy, poets, psychological,
Form: Dramatic Verse
In America June 14th Equals Flag Day
In America June 14th equals flag day
and in Pennsylvania a federal holiday.

"...I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god...

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Categories: bard, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pulse of the Poet's Abyss
In my chambers where phantasmagoria undulate
    not as vigilant watchers but as mnemonic parasites
    I ruminate—
        no longer a singular entity but...

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Categories: bard, emotions, gothic, halloween, imagination, muse, poets,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Comparison Between Byron and Me On Francesca
I was pushed to write this comparison after reading the poem on Byron by the souper poet Gary Bateman.
Wandering on internet I found the Byron's version of Francesca's words in CANTO V of Dante's Hell...

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Categories: bard, fantasy, poetry,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Lord of Long Shadows, Master Poe and I
Lord Of Long Shadows, Master Poe And I 

Lord of long shadows had invaded hearth and home
sauntered in amidst cracklings of hot fireplace flames
Saying, " I like this sad place, may I freely roam
you know...

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Categories: bard, art, fantasy, imagination, judgement, surreal, symbolism, writing,
Form: Rhyme
The Aura of Time: Don'T Ask Why I'M An Ambivert
***I KNOW IT'S LONG...please don't tell me to shorten my poems or songs because I'm expressing myself through poetry. Thank you ahead of time. I did write concise poems. Check those haikus I wrote on...

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Categories: bard, angst, deep, depression, emotions, feelings, hope, how
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Bard of Ancient Smyrna
After enjoying a pleasant walk, I then spent an hour at a park,
And I relished the dulcet sounds, of cheery airborne skylarks.

The blooms were so lovely, all sultry in the fervid sunshine,
And the hummingbirds were...

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Categories: bard, adventure, age, fantasy, history, imagery, poetry, time,
Form: Couplet
Up and About, Feeling Empty
I feel rather empty…
Flushed, confused, free me?
I’m feeling kinda dirty
To be honest, I’m fake happy

Wearing a smile like the rest of us
But, there’s a million rivers and fires between us
So, don’t throw me under the...

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Categories: bard, abuse, adventure, anger, angst, anxiety, appreciation, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
I Got Friggin Heebie Jeebies
I got friggin heebie jeebies

Cuz buzzards circle o'er me
eyeing these lovely bones prithee
id est Roy L. T. Canard, Si
hence impossible mission 
to be lovey dove vee.

Vague remembrances of dream  
which recurred with frequency
transfixed by...

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Categories: bard, angst, anxiety, betrayal, community, environment, faith, how
Form: Rhyme
The Devastation of the Broken
Sudden movement of my heart, a shattered piece of art, 
Broke me apart from the start…rolling in the inner death-cart
Heartrate going sky high — I won’t lie nor can I deny that life cuts deep...

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Categories: bard, angst, betrayal, conflict, deep, depression, endurance, hope,
Form: Lyric
Onerous Task Confronted Teachers and Parents
Onerous task confronted teachers and parents

As prospective students
ably ready themselves to matriculate
and/or first set little feet 
inside halls of learning,
I rebroadcast a poem crafted
at the height of Covid-19.

A couple years gone back educators
adaptation regarding coronavirus...

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Categories: bard, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Yet More Than a Brother
Moods oscillate in cadences of peaks and valleys
Music to fractious emotions on greasy dance floors
Mistimed cues of flares smouldering relationships

Angst of redundancy seethes from within as lava
Anger is camouflaged with the cloak of reticence
Ardour suffocated...

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Categories: bard, allusion, analogy, appreciation, brother, character, feelings, friend,
Form: Bio

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