Long Bulging Poems
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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:
bulging, 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:
bulging, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form:
Blank verse
Zen Death Haiku IiToday, catching sight of the mallards
crying over Lake Iware:
Must I too vanish into the clouds?
—Prince Otsu translation by Michael R. Burch
This world—
to what may we compare it?
To autumn fields
lying darkening at dusk
illuminated by...
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Categories:
bulging, death, imagery, life, nature, symbolism, visionary, world,
Form:
Haiku
The JourneyOnce upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.
It was summer, but in mom's grey eyes
Was winter, when all around us dies.
I...
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Categories:
bulging, appreciation, child, daughter, devotion, family, forgiveness, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
MEMORY THERAPY-You Have Entered the Twilight Zone Poetry Contest~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nick Tipton lived a quiet life,
west Kentucky, in rolling hills;
been farming there for ten years,
all according to his own will.
This simple life would’ve have kept on,
‘til one night, age thirty-three,
a nightmare burst into his mind,
so...
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Categories:
bulging, memory, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
This World of DewTHIS WORLD OF DEW
This world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane's bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Dewdrops beading grass-blades
die before...
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Categories:
bulging, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form:
Haiku
Once Upon a Halloween In the 50'sThe excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I became a...
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Categories:
bulging, nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
Where Do We Come InWhere do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what...
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Categories:
bulging, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership, people, rights, sports,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
2 Versions of 4 SeasonsThese 2 different versions are separated by nine years
Part 1
MUST BE SPRING
Small speckles of wild grass
Looking like tiny green drops
That had fallen to the earth
Were the very first sign
Waving in the...
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Categories:
bulging, lost love, seasons, time,
Form:
Prose
Territory TrampleHeadlights messaged through midnight windows
Curtainless glass unable to subdue the urgency
Car obtained in street nearby was theirs temporarily
Three hour drive to ship leaving island next morning
Two sixteen year old girls barely registered surprise...
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Categories:
bulging, 11th grade, change, conflict, for teens, journey,
Form:
Bio
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 92“So, you do not wish to present your daughter to me in joining,” Joulupukki looked directly at Raðulfr and spoke in a serious tone. “Well, this may change things. I thought she was...
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Categories:
bulging, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems Ii - Bertolt BrechtWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems II - Bertolt Brecht
The Burning of the Books
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
When the Regime
commanded the unlawful books to be burned,
teams of dull oxen hauled...
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Categories:
bulging, books, holocaust, race, racism, war, world, world
Form:
Free verse
The Peasants TruckEverybody moved out of the country to get a taste of the shining city
Ripe banana, ripe plums, are perishing in Uncle Sam’s broiling sun
I cannot stand the scorching heat that is swelling up from the...
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Categories:
bulging, angel, blessing, business, character, confidence, earth, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
Vacation In New OrleansWalking down the alley behind the buildings on Royal street the Mandevilla and Jasmine vines line the sidewalk calming my stressed nerves. The sweet fragrance of the flowers intoxicating my senses. My luggage...
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Categories:
bulging, dark, evil, scary,
Form:
Haibun
The Stupid SoldierI cannot stop laughing at the soldier acting
I cannot stop laughing at the soldier gasping
Every time I turned around he is looking on the ground
Hiding under the communist cap with the features of a pussycat
If...
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Categories:
bulging, angel, confidence, desire, encouraging, endurance, faith, judgement,
Form:
Narrative
Halloween Poems IiiNo One
by Michael R. Burch
No One hears the bells tonight;
they tell him something isn’t right.
But No One is not one to rush;
he lies in grasses greenly lush
as far away a startled thrush
flees from horned owls...
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Categories:
bulging, angel, dark, eve, evil, fear, gothic, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Dramatic Dreams Dare DingosMalnourishment is the song from the pans whose empty hold could offer no more products to be boiled and whirled. They were quite sad having been bought then hung. Hung. Sparkly signalling stale sales. Stale...
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Categories:
bulging, appreciation, art, bangla,
Form:
I do not know?
When I Consider Life Without YouWhen I Consider Life
As a baby, I was laying in my bassinet when a rifle bullet was shot through
our living room window and passed through right under my bassinet not hitting me.
...
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Categories:
bulging, blessing, dedication,
Form:
Narrative
When I Consider Life With YouWhen I Consider Life Without You
As a baby, I was laying in my bassinet when a rifle bullet was shot through our living room window and passed through right under my bassinet not hitting...
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Categories:
bulging, appreciation, blessing, devotion,
Form:
Narrative
Blood Stained On Market StreetThere must have been several of these incidents
Occurring in towns and cities all over the country
From month to month and from year to year
But to experience one at such a close range
Was enough to cause...
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Categories:
bulging, anger, bereavement, city, death, environment, farewell, heart,
Form:
Narrative
Spring Equinox Arrives March 20th, 2023 At 5:24 PmSpring equinox arrives March 20th, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Despite what outside temperature registers
(even absolute zero), the official arrival
of spring occurs, when thee eel hip tic
of coe phish hunt holy Mackerel
becomes tangential to barenaked ladies
barren...
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Categories:
bulging, 12th grade, appreciation, beautiful, butterfly, celebration, daffodils,
Form:
Free verse
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots VSpawned from the loins that
Perpetuated the loyal serfs mongrel
Seed:-
These peoples of a conditioned and
"Resigned-To-it-all" breed.
Born into the enveloping tedium
Of interlocking days...Interwoven
With interlocking days -
Victims of stark circumstance
And vague promises unmade.
Gregariously living out their lives
When...
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Categories:
bulging, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 82“Thank you again for your hospitality, Raðulfr.” Joulupukki stood and lifted Jessica to her feet.
“Do not argue with me child,” Raðulfr knew he was starting a battle when his...
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Categories:
bulging, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
The Last Thoughts of a Fallen ChampionTHE LAST THOUGHTS OF A FALLEN CHAMPION
This one time I know I was caught below the belt
No doubt I got it wrong and I'm far from my best
My last chilling and coin now I've...
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Categories:
bulging, death, desire, fate, history, memory, remember,
Form:
ABC
The Village On the Water IvThump-thump of stiffening fish contorting
In the bilge beneath the gunwale;
Lidless, bulging, reddened eyes, swivelling upwards,
Protruding horribly from the straining sockets,
Express stupefied amazement at inconceivable
...
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Categories:
bulging, appreciation, culture, dedication,
Form:
Free verse