Long Bated breath Poems
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WonderlandWonderland
by Michael R. Burch
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the pen’s
sincere religion. Magnified, the lens
shot back absurd reflections of each...
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Categories:
bated breath, allegory, allusion, analogy, crazy, fantasy, imagination, magic,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers I
I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his life by not taking dialysis …
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
bated breath, father, father daughter, father son, fathers day,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViiiJuvenilia: Early Poems VIII
These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school and college student.
Moon Lake
by Michael R. Burch
Starlit recorder of summer nights,
what magic spell bewitches you?
They say that...
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Categories:
bated breath, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
I Wait With Bated Breath For C Cure T ClarenceI wait with bated breath for... C. Cure T. Clarence
The following crafted
approximately midway
into the administration
of forty fifth president,
whose crass, gutsy, lewd,
repulsive yawping finds
him squarely poised to
nab the nomination as
Republican front runner
come the...
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Categories:
bated breath, america, anxiety, appreciation, character, confidence, fate, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Whippy-Dip - 2nd Half Text Plus Full Audio W-IllustrationHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece, like several of my story-pieces, had to be posted in 2 parts....
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Categories:
bated breath, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
An Introduction: An IntroductionConsidering how many times I set out to pen a small,
Master piece of art, a gem that might underwrite,
The utter liability of being just that stamp,
Or tramp, or whatever other denomination one might reliably take...
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Categories:
bated breath, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Visitor - POTW- A Collaboration With July MorningPOTW 28 January 2018
Prologue:
A beautiful extra-terrestrial female researcher is sent down to a remote island to observe earth and beam her findings back to her planet. She’s strictly forbidden to make any human contact. She...
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Categories:
bated breath, adventure, romance, science fiction,
Form:
Narrative
The Poetic WorldAfter the creation of things
They where all created
But in the world of imagination
Many live as creators
Existing in weird
The created creator,
The poet, I've never imagine
As a child
I've ever thought of treasure
Never discover the new world
The...
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Categories:
bated breath, age, art, best friend, universe,
Form:
Ode
My Auntie WinterMy auntie winter's icy breath wacked my bare face hard, when I step out earlier on
She gave me the cold shoulder and iced me out with a frosty glare for no reason at all
it's...
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Categories:
bated breath, beautiful, beauty, blessing, environment, growth, nostalgia, weather,
Form:
I do not know?
An Early Morn Stroll Into Heavenly Sent BlissA New Light, Bright Rays That Are Sent To Heal
New light, brighter rays bequeathed to heal
those deep aching fears, terrors of the night,
those wicked world uses to sweet joy kill
in its evil nature uses to...
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Categories:
bated breath, art, creation, deep, dream, love, romance, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Universe Is ImmenseHow many people with foreboding palpitations
have I seen slip from middle age and slide into old age?
They slither into their last refuge, the dirt hole,
and ignorantly nestle into the forever unknown life stream
The ones who...
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Categories:
bated breath, death, life, metaphor, peace, political, truth,
Form:
Prose
Your Words PaleI thought you the Master of Expression
Your verbal dexterity
Word play, a rarity: perfection
...
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Categories:
bated breath, passion, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Free verse
Falling Into BooksAnd I disappeared back into the books,
Whirling in a seamless stream of context,
By whose scarlet blood I assumed some looks,
Forevermore ready for what was next.
From this moment on I could not assume,
That what I had...
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Categories:
bated breath, books, identity, inspirational, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Marigold MorningTwinkling stars were receding rapidly, as I had always known they would,
When rouge sun touched the eastern sky, to color a whole neighborhood.
The timid alabaster moon was in hiding, taking with him, his native luster,
As...
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Categories:
bated breath, appreciation, beautiful, fantasy, flower, morning, sun, yellow,
Form:
Couplet
DanielYou loved her with all your being, but then she left you wounded
Now you look at life without seeing, you feel your world has ended.
Young at twenty five and twenty three, but hope for you...
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Categories:
bated breath, betrayal, lost love, love, moving on, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
EntrapmentI am dressed in Scarlet , upon my head a crown
parade myself like royalty in an embroidered gown
but my insides are hollow am emptiness within
my bones are dry and...
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Categories:
bated breath, bible, judgement, nature, philosophy, self, sin, truth,
Form:
Verse
Workshop - DanielYou loved her with all your being, but she left you wounded
Now you look at life without seeing, you feel your world has ended.
You were twenty five, she was twenty three, young and strong yet...
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Categories:
bated breath, betrayal, life, lost love, love, love hurts,
Form:
Rhyme
Duel of DeathThe coldness of the night had past,
The light was set the die was cast,
A pair of mortals faced each other,
Neither thinking of his mother.
Each with an evil glint in his eye,
Each one determined the other...
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Categories:
bated breath, anger, betrayal, death, england,
Form:
Free verse
Premature Irrelevance of Donald TrumpPremature irrelevance of Donald Trump?
Heartfelt congratulations
to Raphael Warnock,
now slated to become
first Black senator of Georgia
cuz he defeated Senator
Kelly Loeffler quite a shock
as troopers fuel related headlines
Jon Ossoff also declared victory
over Republican Senator David Perdue
arrows drawn...
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Categories:
bated breath, 11th grade, 12th grade, conflict, dark, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
Another Pesky MosquitoA Pesky Mosquito….. Again
Here I am, palms and fingers slightly raised and finely poised to pen enthralling verses of prose….
Netbook computer nestled snugly on this messy table top that’s a bag lady’s treasure trove…
Creative juices...
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Categories:
bated breath, anger, animal, confusion, insect, senses,
Form:
Light Verse
Ku Kops KlanWith fascist fist, white CHAUVINist (whose christian name is Drek)
hailed pearly Knights in Kevlar tights who spurn the ebon fleck,
and joined the Kops enforcing stops which keep black pawns in check.
Floyd feared the Kops (most...
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Categories:
bated breath, society,
Form:
Rhyme
This Thing Called Love - POTD - With Winged Warrior
POTD 19 September 2017
Apprehensively I tramp with my lamp - through a path shrouded in gloom
Silvery shafts of light entwine and fight through foliage as they creep
Gnarled branches twist as I resist their sinister outstretched...
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Categories:
bated breath, love, mystery, romance, woman,
Form:
Rhyme
Stripclub SteveAn enormous pole
made of chrome
A table set
Steve, knew he was home
With a tiny leather thong,
he swung around,
in a world he did belong,
with the rythm of the sound
Around...
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Categories:
bated breath, funny,
Form:
Ballad
Akin Twin Invisible Presence Coaxing ParanormalAkin twin invisible presence coaxing...paranormal
Action across ouija board
herald Faustian bargain
as fingers of left hand appear to move
planchette of their own accord...
inexplicably, silently, and verily
along a barely traceable minuscule chord
dance, with some spatial force
from outer limits,...
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Categories:
bated breath, adventure, anxiety, body, courage, dark, grave, journey,
Form:
Rhyme
Akin Twin Invisible Presence CoaxingAkin Twin Invisible Presence Coaxing...
Action across ouija board
fingers of left hand appear to move
planchette of their own accord...
inexplicably, silently, and verily
along a barely traceable minuscule chord
dance, with some spatial force
from outer limits,
perhaps a dimension unexplored
of...
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Categories:
bated breath, allusion, dark, fantasy, mystery, psychological, raven, riddle,
Form:
Free verse