Long Blisters Poems
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CurrentsCurrents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the clapboard slap of tide,
the clockwork shock of wave on rock,
the...
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Categories:
blisters, assonance, extended metaphor, language, metaphor, music, poetry,
Form:
Verse
VacuumVacuum
by Michael R. Burch
Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...
leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are unable to know
that once intrigued us so.
Come then, let us...
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Categories:
blisters, education, extended metaphor, farewell, first love, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
blisters, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About IcarusSouthern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching embrace,
you climb, skittish kite...
What do you know of the world’s despair,
gliding in vast solitariness there,
so that all that remains is to
fall?
Only a...
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Categories:
blisters, analogy, angel, bird, butterfly, extended metaphor, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
Whats Behind the CurtainI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
blisters, anxiety, dark, dream, imagery, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
BehindI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
blisters, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form:
Blank verse
The Bone Idol[First posted in 3 parts. Intended novel: time never allowed]
Prologue
This, Sir, is the prologue from before our tale begins
About the day our father did succumb to mortal sins
And left behind a man who would...
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Categories:
blisters, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Growing Up, La - Part 2- - Chapter 2: Adult Responsibility (With Some Breaks) - -
By ten years old, no weekends off,
Or Saturday cartoons,
Although I did have cash to spend,
I felt my...
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Categories:
blisters, life, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Identity ApplesIdentity Apples
iam a fat skeleton, resurrecting
from the sad memories of dada
and dark mysteries of aminism
iam buganda
i bleed hope
i drip the honey of fortune
makerere, think tank of africa
i dance...
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Categories:
blisters, africa, analogy, anxiety, assonance, bangla, bereavement,
Form:
Didactic
The Spirits of CullodenThe Spirits of Culloden.
This is like a pilgrimage, a try tae come every year,
Gather at the cairn, meet old friends, wipe away a tear.
Standin on that moor, that once with blood was sodden,
Paying respects...
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Categories:
blisters, anniversary, death, dedication, memorial day, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
MonofilamaniaIt is so hard to let go of love,
lovingly.
It sharks,
unpeels more gut more quickly
than reel or reeler ever lost
in all those years of lazy inches
in and out:
casting,
winding in and playing out,
hardly fishing, rarely catching
anything
from...
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Categories:
blisters, allegory, passion, woman, memory, sea, fish, lust,
Form:
Free verse
Resurrected HeroeRESURRECTION OF A HEROE:
CHORUS:
Far from comparison, far from fear.
Failure part of the journey; shed no tears.
Man...do... the best you can do.
Talents in your hand's only for you.
No body cares...what you goes through;
When you succeed,...
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Categories:
blisters, beautiful, beauty, hero,
Form:
Lyric
Chaos Theory
"Chaos Theory"
The Message is sent on a breeze
Fire eats the wounds of a Mother
Her skin blisters
cracks and peels
Her children inhale a different pollen
Drones bark messengers like Bowie's Diamond Dogs
Tables now turn
machines are giving orders...
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Categories:
blisters, future, humanity, world,
Form:
Free verse
That Was Not a ComplimentCertain appearances make me question our fufillmentship
I’d bet my life that I’d find more comfort in a rock bottom
Than in you
Your mood swings are my fill of thrills for the whole year...
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Categories:
blisters, addiction, angst, friendship, grief, missing you,
Form:
Free verse
Die Another Day“Die Another Day”
“Your mission, should you so deem it,
Is to infiltrate ALL Fluff Clusters in K.A.O.S. Headquarters
And bloody well steam it!”
“The Place is a hazardous mess of a trap
Over run with Double Agents, ulterior motives
Amorous...
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Categories:
blisters, fantasy, fun, imagery, imagination, parody, woman,
Form:
Free verse
When death had nestled, a lady overwhelmed by sleepWhen death had nestled, a lady overwhelmed by sleep,
Between the chasms of my being, like a butterfly in a cocoon,
I embraced her to my chest that whispered seraphic tales,
And...
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Categories:
blisters, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
The Malkavian Part 1 Perfect VersionHis mind has all the meaning of a madman that is screaming
Tortured and tormented, a life lived to be lamented
Drained and defeated, his family finally retreated
Leaving him believing that he was beyond redeeming
The...
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Categories:
blisters, confusion, corruption, dark, lonely, sad, violence, drug,
Form:
Alliteration
Icarus, ResurrectedFinally to Burn: Icarus, Resurrected
by Michael R. Burch
Athena takes me
sometimes by the hand
and we go levitating
through strange Dreamlands
where Apollo sleeps
in his dark forgetting
and Passion seems
like a wise bloodletting
and all I remember
upon awaking
is: to Love sometimes
is...
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Categories:
blisters, desire, dream, fantasy, flying, god, joy, magic,
Form:
Verse
An Unlikely DuoWatching her board bathed in fog at the station
Spectacles slide down the bridge of his nose
Usually a blur, not in this situation
Smudges can’t hide every beauty she shows
Lugging a satchel in high heels and cotton
In...
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Categories:
blisters, adventure, fun, imagination, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
Shielded In LoveI don’t have asbestos fingers and my blisters come from the garden
Toiling the soil and growing fine ingredients for such gourmet cuisine
Like ‘throw it all in the one pan dishes’ and crystal ball cooking galore
Never...
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Categories:
blisters, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Second Shingles Shot SuccessfulSecond shingles shot successful...
slight prick, but otherwise... positive pitch
re: without a hitch
the first innoculation approximately
five months prior also nary glitch.
Preemptive needling measure
regarding getting fully
immunized at CVS
(Zieglerville, Pennsylvania)13:08
military time May First
2020 bruised left arm...
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Categories:
blisters, age, appreciation, confidence, faith, health, may, miracle,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Scarecrow‘so glad ya made it out alright,’ she says.
‘i’m feelin’ a whole lot better knowin’ that the crops’re bein’ taken care-uh.”
you nod, smile politely
and step out of your car straight into drying mud.
‘i just don’t...
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Categories:
blisters, autumn, horror, imagery, sun,
Form:
Free verse
Garden Pathas if Monet had planted water lilies in Babylon
hanging gardens at the heart of a canvas of joy
...
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Categories:
blisters, depression, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
Welcome My Braveheart Child‘Come on, you can do it! Take a deep breath, gulp the pain and push it down,...’
The young would be mother bore the labour with a ray of hope in her tearful eyes
Clasping her hands...
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Categories:
blisters, birth, blessing, hope, inspiration,
Form:
Ballad
Picking LemonsI’ve sorted spuds at Cora Lynn, picked asparagus at Vervale,
Cherries in the Dandenong’s, beans on the Thompson close to Sale,
I’ve picked apples out at Labertouche and made a tidy quid,
But I’ve never picked an...
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Categories:
blisters, humor,
Form:
Rhyme