Long Bred Poems
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Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine
("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered
after assassinating Julius Caesar.
Alternatively...
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Categories:
bred, 10th grade, adventure, allah, anger, appreciation, birth,
Form:
Free verse
Below the Horizon - Shallow Shame
Agony be to society's demise
Labels are for fools, not for the wise
Play the familiar tune of in-unison serenity
Fatality won't come any time soon, thankfully...
Homeless people were on the news not to long ago...I weep...
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Categories:
bred, cute, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Urbane History Lessons
I have a hardbound copy of
"The City of Hartford 1784-1984"
although most of this coffee table story
of unfortunate events
takes place between 1850 and 1950s,
before and after the UnCivil War,
and,
like the U.S. Catholic Church
and many MainLine Protestant...
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Categories:
bred, caregiving, city, health, integrity, meaningful, universe,
Form:
Political Verse
FireGod Speaks Out
Angry FireGod sneers sarcasm,
"Not warm enough yet?"
"Still too much clean water and air
and other healthy stuff,
like sun-baked red chili peppers?"
Excuse me,
I was under the impression
that I invited you for my interview,
which would involve me asking...
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Categories:
bred, culture, destiny, fire, health, religion, science, universe,
Form:
Political Verse
No God of Mine - 2021 Edit
[This poem 'No God Of Mine' was seemingly confounding readers as
to its meaning. Ordinarily, if I felt a poem wasn't cutting it, I'd delete
it, but on this occasion, I've been asked to explain it... so here goes.]
By...
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Categories:
bred, evil, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part ii
Highlight of Goofus and Gallant
bred within the survival instinct
of hungry hordes of prey,
when Earth in the balance
against an uncomfortable truth
smug smurf like scavengers.
Punishment meted...
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Categories:
bred, absence, adventure, africa, america, angel, anniversary, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Gold Political Nutrition Standards
If political scientists study power relationships,
could economists study interior and exterior communications
for cooperative/competitive nurturing for/against
empowerment/disempowerment
integral win/win health association
through disintegrating
pathologica win/losel
dissociation trends?
Both political and economic researchers,
one and all together,
of sound neurologically wealthy
monotheistic AnthroMind
and ecologically healthy...
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Categories:
bred, beautiful, culture, health, political,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
The Plague
as the PROPHETS of profits, WE lead and WE’re fair
while WE’re living the life of the poor BILLIONAIRE
– silver yachts, pearly castles, cash (plenty to spare) –
with the world on OUR backs... ah! the burdens...
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Categories:
bred, society,
Form:
Quatrain
Delight
At once she paid a visit. In her colorful dress, so revealing and appealingly suited to her slendern torso. I to gaze the door way, mine heart pounded viciously, a death knock. I was...
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Categories:
bred, appreciation,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Such Tenderness, For the Mothers of Gaza
Such Tenderness
by Michael R. Burch
for the mothers of Gaza
There was, in your touch, such tenderness—as
only the dove on her mildest day has,
when she shelters downed fledglings beneath a warm wing
and coos to them softly, unable...
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Categories:
bred, angel, arabic, baby, caregiving,
Form:
Sonnet
Being American
I live in America, as in the United States of America, and that used to mean something. At least to me it did. And it’s not so much in how I was raised but in...
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Categories:
bred, america, class, how i feel, introspection, patriotic,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Mother of the Age
Stately stood Princess Amber in all her finery,
Emerald tunic over a crimson gown,
With gems inlaid in her rustling gown,
Her arms bangled in intricate gold slowly rose,
Her slender fingers rested on her heaving bosom,
Listening to unstopping...
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Categories:
bred, anger, beautiful, emotions, forgiveness, imagery, jealousy,
Form:
Epic
How Huxley Sees the World
"How Huxley Sees the World"
He composes his world -
dream extractions
simulated from
the surreal reality of man
colour cognitive from the dead moments
we phantomise to life in sleep
electric light colour bursts forth
from a perspective unique
a hare...
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Categories:
bred, art, future, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
bred, betrayal, god, racism, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Increase In Head Size
Increase In Head Size
impossible mission to encapsulate notion
flitting hither and yon, to and fro
within cranium attached to mine body,
whereby irrefutable proof prevails
predicated when yours truly
scrutinizes other people visibly aware,
I a modest married male
blessed,...
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Categories:
bred, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
A Mom, Three Girls, Two Cigarettes, and a Sparrow
Part I.
Harvest time was winding down,
I was taking lunch in town,
After spending six long hours plowing stubble.
Washing up I met a man,
Guessed he was a harvest hand,
His combine crew, he said,...
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Categories:
bred, faith, loss, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Deal With It
I don’t know how to feel
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know how to deal
With this shame somehow
I don’t know how to feel
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know how to deal
With this...
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Categories:
bred, angst, deep, depression, emotions, encouraging, endurance, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Bad ass beauty brought bedlam, and begat bastard child
Bad ass beauty brought bedlam, and begat bastard child...
courtesy booty call minus preemptive measures
while plugg naughty bits of tarnished knight
while he took tea and crumpets within mistress's boudoir
The following verses typed out some years...
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Categories:
bred, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, gender,
Form:
Free verse
A Place Not Meant To Be: Part I
A Place Not Meant To Be
PART: I (810 of 1487 words)
#1: A Day...
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Categories:
bred, analogy,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Rum n Raisin 14 Pt 2 - The Flight Before Christmas Pt 2
Soon, the sun was lying low, a bright full moon was now on show
Santa switched on Walnut’s glow… “Ho Ho Ho and away we go.”
Walnut played along and led the team of reindeer and their...
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Categories:
bred, cat, christmas, dog,
Form:
Narrative
Mahmoud Darwish English Translations
Mahmoud Darwish English Translations of Arabic Poems
Palestine
by Mahmoud Darwish
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
This land gives us
all that makes life worthwhile:
April's blushing advances,
the aroma of bread warming at dawn,
a woman haranguing men,
the poetry of Aeschylus,
love's...
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Categories:
bred, allah, arabic, judgement, race, racism, rights, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
like a breath of fresh air
like a breath of fresh air...
and all things considered,
broadcast on national public radio
Frequency: 90.9WHYY-FM,
I (a liberal democrat)
counted myself as an avid fan
particularly listening to
the prairie home companion
during half life of mine
arbitrarily referenced yardstick
of one measly...
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Categories:
bred, absence, adventure, america, appreciation, blessing, community, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Enduring Spinning: Agriculture, Culture and War
You can feel it spinning
...
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Categories:
bred, culture, environment, farm, future, history, peace, water,
Form:
Verse
Unscrupulous Man
You crawled out of her innocent womb
Kicking , begging and screaming
But it is too late for you to be redeemed
You were born evil and corrupted
and you have a very dirty...
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Categories:
bred, betrayal, conflict, courage, creation, earth, encouraging, women,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
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:
bred, angst, betrayal, conflict, deep, depression, endurance, hope,
Form:
Lyric