Long Battering ram Poems

If 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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"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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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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DynDoeth 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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Frigoris 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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They channelized the news
the quick zapped flash of fact undeniably
taking the opportunity by storm
by the contortions of varsity
they proclaimed so devoutly
the new acceptable norm
of an already butchered normality

And who with applause
with the legalized blurb
of an...

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Ideally yours truly prefers 
a she/her who never got prosecuted for a felon, 
yet who most deaf fin knit lee  
possesses sound blinding killer instincts
think miracle worker Anne Sullivan
signifying rendering phenomenal success 
with one...

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Day by day we grew up faster,
We're pea grains on palms of master,
We are gathered willy-nilly,
You can take and eat us really.

But you should know, you should remember,
We have no conceited temper,
We are raised and...

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I gently beckon inspiration
for dalliance with mother tongue
English Language, each
singular lettered manifestation
familiar to yours truly symbolized
by panoply, sans twenty six letters,

whereby this patient scrivener
luxuriates, when writer's block
yields sudden gush,
nee burst of creativity
dissolving impenetrable wall
mental log...

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I've dug my nails down into the ground
Broke them down to the tiniest of nubs,
Digging in the lowliest mines of the African continent just to find the hardest diamonds,
The sharpest crystals just to build a...

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i just killed a dirty demon with a double edge crucifix
i can hear lucifer howl and hissss
he's driven mad with wrath and rage
i seek and i find the dark and deranged
i seek to save in...

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I just killed a demon with a double edge crucifix
I can hear Lucifer howl and hiss
He's driven mad with wrath and rage
Still I seek and I search for the dark and the deranged
I seek to...

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Amidst the Snowflakes

Like thousands of soldiers in parachutes
they come out of the winter sky

One by one hitting the pavement
to claim victory for the season now unfolding

At first they are vanquished almost instantly
a price paid for...

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You think you know me,
but you don't
You feel you got a handle on me,
and can turn me ...
but you won't
Bet you thought I would be putty in your hands,
that I was an easily manipulated, malleable...

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I have forever thought about death
Living my life was such a threat
so when I decided to write this poem
I thought long and hard about what could go wrong
the way people interpret things
Makes the poetic thought...

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Take a battering ram to the other side
The recoil will do me harm
A knife and spoon will suffice
Break the gates violently with arms
It will seal itself again and entice
It will swallow my body with charms
It...

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-
James Foley a rebelious man within his clan 
Lends a hand to his neighbour's eviction and land 
Decided in a church yard chat of alarm  
A process served on a man is evil and...

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He was mad, all riled up.
A brother of few words, but always angry.
We two sisters were too much for him.
We did not let up because it was our goal to make a man of him.

Besides...

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I often wonder
are you even slightly aware
of what you're doing to me?
How you're reaching inside me, 
touching me, and where?

Your words inflame me and then
Sometimes they're not enough
I want more, need you in me
like a...

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Am old fashioned you dare say,
But am I as guilty as to inherit the title.
A handshake is modest enough to make your acquaintance,
I reserve hugs to those that go with me way back. 
Did they...

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Building walls around my heart secluded 
a second helping of worldly prevalence. 
Stunting evolving insight, purposely eluded,
to falter the pain of such an incidence. 
 
Finely crafting a masterpiece, a show
to entertain the ones who...

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Holding back...
I'm holding back
AFRAID
My feelings dammed up
but the torrent pounds against the dam
I'm holding back
passion's turbulent flow gains momentum
holding....back
I'm tired of holding back
you agitate the waters
you play with the currents
you wreck havoc with my feelings
you...

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there is a sudden wrath
my one supposed rage
but this is all i have
and it doesn't go away
an emotional hollow
resounds in my head
one voice tells me
i wish you were dead
well that voice is mine
distinctive as it...

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To you my precious Valentine,

   I raise my glass of wine!

      Tho' you have driven me to drink,

         'Tis you...

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