Long Battering Poems
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Psychologically still thirteenPsychologically still thirteen
Ordinarily meaning pre Internet days
familiarization with me would entail
bringing the avid listener
into my private mancave hideaways
less a physical place than a juncture in relationship,
(whereby one or the other of us)...
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Categories:
battering, 7th grade, age, angst, birth, blue, family,
Form:
Rhyme
Ono No Komachi Translation: AutumnWatching wan moonlight
illuminate tree limbs,
my heart also brims,
overflowing with autumn.
—Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
As I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono...
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Categories:
battering, age, autumn, death, depression, desire, heartbreak, women,
Form:
Tanka
Ono No Komachi TranslationsAs I slept in isolation
my desired beloved appeared to me;
therefore, dreams have become my reality
and consolation.
—Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Submit to you—is that what you advise?
The way the ripples...
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Categories:
battering, desire, life, longing, love, nature, woman, women,
Form:
Tanka
If I FalterIf I Falter
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
If I regret
fire in the sunset
exploding on the horizon,
then let me regret loving you.
If I forget
even for a moment
that you are the only one,
then let me forget that the...
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Categories:
battering, desire, engagement, fire, for her, friendship love,
Form:
Verse
The Children of Gaza Lyrics: I"The Children of Gaza" Lyrics: I
These lyrics were written by Michael R. Burch and were adapted in places to the music by Michael R. Burch with input from composer Eduard de Boer.
World premiere, April 22,2017,...
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Categories:
battering, child, child abuse, childhood, mother, mother son,
Form:
Lyric
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Categories:
battering, change,
Form:
Free verse
More Iffy Coronavirus Haikuyet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote this poem after having...
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Categories:
battering, america, death, eulogy, health, humanity, natural disasters,
Form:
Haiku
The Truth Of This MagnitudeThe Truth Of This Magnitude”
Obstinate defiance from an indignant child
Consummate reliance on the spirit of the Wild
Intricate compositions of meticulous art
A syndicate of derision that is waiting to depart
The honorary commemoration...
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Categories:
battering, creation, humanity, life, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
My Winter's WishesIn the May-time of my life
time bloomed each day a prickly boll –
but I, like the softest cotton within such a sharp seed
swaddled in the purity of security
for what seemed like eternity...
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Categories:
battering, age, god, hope, introspection, life, lost, winter,
Form:
Free verse
The SentinelTHE SENTINEL
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I took the elevator to the lobby of the small hotel
I’d been here six days the ennui was starting to tell
I’d been sent to cover an international gathering
Sessions so long and dull...
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Categories:
battering, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Lego Narcs - Under the Cover of Night
Night!
It’s around nine thirty
maybe ten.
The phone rings.
The voice is irritating, the words frightening.
Within minutes I’m in a car with my mate.
Within minutes I arrive at my own ground zero.
Exit...
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Categories:
battering, abuse, angst, betrayal, bullying, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 29DynDoeth managed to blurt out,
“Well done Joulupukki, that is enough,” over the growing din that surrounded him. “Put your magic away.”
Joulupukki was reluctant to stop. It felt...
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Categories:
battering, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Reflection of Rain
October Rain
Is it
simply a case of precipitation,
moist warm air condensation or
are they God’s tears showering us with love,
as rain washes away our sorrows,
in the hope of brighter tomorrows.
Gloomy grey skies conceal a shy sun
with murky...
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Categories:
battering, analogy, metaphor, rain,
Form:
Free verse
The Elysian Baby Feels Lament The Elysian Baby Feels Lament…
for Katy Perry……with manifold marigold “feels”
...
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Categories:
battering, adventure, angel, appreciation, art, baby, beautiful, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliationPariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation
Outward slovenly appearance bespeaks volumes
wordsworth their weight in gold
(exhumed from the pith
of these lovely bones -
beclothed with mottled skin)
presages afterlife of hellish horror
(think Dante's inferno),
nevertheless a respite from...
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Categories:
battering, 12th grade, absence, age, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form:
Free verse
Reflections Upon Mine Gender Identity ReduxReflections upon mine gender identity redux
Although heterosexual
predilections punctuated
physiological pulsations
about five inches below
innie belly button of mine
showcasing undersize
male member, when fully erect
not much to crow
about, contributed
diminished masculinity within
body electric regarding
wordsmith...
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Categories:
battering, age, analogy, anxiety, atheist, birth, boy, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
The Will To Survive
"The Will to Survive"
It was a peaceful time
back then in the dreams
that were once
our prepossessing future.
sands of time
dragged under our bare feet
while the crystal clean warm ocean
of life that once was,...
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Categories:
battering, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Examples-I Call You The World can be
Bruising, to the flesh,
...
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Categories:
battering, brother, sister, spoken word, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Dancers - XxiiiUnquotabe quotes: Dancers - XXIII
Dance like Cassius Clay, Sting like Muhammad Ali.
The dancing Dervish’s ethereal trip makes the Sufi’s Qawwali breathlessness sound like the radio-astral waves dashing on the beaches of their consciousness.
The only unlicensed...
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Categories:
battering, body, dance, joy, music, senses, sensual, uplifting,
Form:
Epigram
I Hate It That I Love Your Poem- An Echo PoemI Hate It That I Love Your Poem - An Echo Poem
By Lewis Raynes and Brian Johnston
Original Poem by Lewis Raynes of PoetrySoup.com
Reprinted here with the permission of Lewis Raynes
Fake me is better than real...
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Categories:
battering, life,
Form:
Quatrain
The Stillness of SilenceFor few days between the shaking and shattering of my consciousness,
The soft arms of Silence
Wrap around my aching torso
And pretend to soothe the ever-rapid
Battering of my heart.
In those few days,
Between...
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Categories:
battering, anger, bible, body, change, death, freedom, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
I Hate It That I Love Your Poem - An Echo PoemBy Lewis Raynes and Brian Johnston
Original Poem by Lewis Raynes of PoetrySoup.com
Reprinted here with the permission of Lewis Raynes
Fake me is better than real me
It’s odd how we all have a persona,
An image we’d like...
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Categories:
battering, beauty, blessing, life, poetry, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Agreement By The SeaThe ship has been rocking from shore to shore
battering over rough waves and endless seas
that came to the restless shores more than fifteen years ago
the temperature has risen to over a hundred and fifty...
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Categories:
battering, america, animal, community, endurance, england, fate, international,
Form:
Narrative
Luna Viatour TarisFrigoris Sereni verses Crisium Lu Atis
both combatants were hyped up
and the crowd seemed to be in it.
to the surprise of the regional promoters
who put these talents on exhibition to
show the Big City Promoters
who were on...
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Categories:
battering, creation, inspirational, sports,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
The Slave's Tale: RevengeExracted from Gerald Nforche's Epic, The Slave's Tale
-Across the Atlantic, 1793-
And as days tumbled away, we staggered
Along, knock-kneed, dead beat and haggard.
Our bodies singing to the tune of the whip
Whizzing on morsels of flesh, so...
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Categories:
battering, abuse, africa, anger, betrayal,
Form:
Narrative