Long Burl Poems

Standing all alone in the woods;
eyes shut, I feel the lilting light.
Sun dodges needles through the crown,
beams land on my skin softly so.
Brisk breezes quicken and rustle.
Bristlecone pines ever sway slowly,
while pockets of air blush...

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It’s a long long time...of unbearable waiting and piercing sorrow,                         It’s a long long way...of painful journey and overwhelming grief,        ...

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imma, burl, uca, sheon’t, heebie, deygon, fitna, who dat,
cuz, ion’t, dem, whatcha, make groceries, uon’t, boocoo, earl, bouta, weddey, baby…

imma - Imma call you later. You going with her? No, imma go with Lisa
TRANSLATION -...

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We have no control over the passage of time, but much flexibility with our own time. On and on, time goes and flows with no one it knows and stops at the command of ONE....

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Joyce K

There is this Lady I know, I thought I knew.
Could I have been so wrong, from my point of view ?
She perceives herself, a cardboard silhouette of a soul,
a papier mache doll, an image...

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The plus one of the world is 'YOU'                           ...

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YOU are the almighty Creator…
 thus, world without You can’t possibly exist
earth doesn’t have any essence
void of sheer worthlessness surely prevails.

YOU are the compassionate Redeemer…
thus, world without You revolves around selfishness
love becomes narcissistic marked with...

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quatrains

My mom and dad loved one another
They said their “ I do’s” in ’37 
then birthed two girls with their big brother
by their tenth Christmas in ’47.

Jovial times for the five of us
Three well-mannered kids,...

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give it away
give it all
all for what
all for nothing
nothing you bet
nothing yil get
get out there quick
get lost in a ditch
ditch ya wife
ditch ya dog
dog won’t miss ya
dog'll piss ya
ya think yiv got it down
ya haven’t...

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Mornings blushed in dew
replicating your jubilant smile,
love-ladened cupcakes in pink
flavored by your honey-dipped fingers,
fragrance of your jasmine-clad hair
swaying along every time you danced,
exchanging exclusive looks in public
to laugh at shared secrets with coffee,
strumming broken strings...

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Harrowing shifts placating Palestinian patients
Awkwardly healing bones, injuries war caused
Comfort we gave seemed severely insufficient
Soul mates meeting among pain, implausible 

Crutch hobbling boy with copious haphazard grin
Caught both our hearts, we smuggled him chocolate 
You...

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"The World wouldn't be the same without me, 
                          ...

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I always cherish a time for us 
of blazing love divine, ceaselessly prevailing
passionately quenching coldness trying to envelop my heart…
Thank You, my dearest Saviour for Your ardent care that never fails.

A time for us, my...

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There's a swing that is hung from a long oaken tree,
By a string where the young have a longing to be.

Where they fly to the sky, ever higher they go,
Till they cry, "Not so high!...

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Mom’s Tree House Apartment


Step inside, warm feelings greet you…

On the entryway wall, President Kennedy signed a condolence letter
from 1962, addressed to my Grandma, thanking her for Grandpa’s service in WW1.
Below, perched on an old credenza,...

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From seed to sapling it grew non-stop
On the tall majestic Mountain’s top
It spread its boughs and sank its roots
Deep into it’s fertile boots
But fear it did, though strong and stout
“What if the rains cease an’...

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There was a season, precious was that time,
When you were my dawn of ebullient sunrise,
Song of my mornings, exuberance of spring,
Blossoming gleefully life’s verdant prairies
Whispering to dreamy nights hints romantic
Adorning love verses in indulgent promise.

As...

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When we were young, time seemed to fly
Twisting through embraces of mystery and
Promises that were wise and willing to color
The entire world with a crimson hue of hope
Which reminds that there is only one moment
In...

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I wish.. I wish.. I wish..
I wish to envision only your images  
in my dreams..
I wish to chant only your lovely name
in my mind..
I have hidden you like a tender bud
inside my heart..
Oh..My dear:...

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Anida Mann & Baron Ready
April Showers & Wade Rivers
Bertha Saylor & Abel Crews
Bunny Bunns & Wilt Dailey
Burl E Pecker & Phyllis Upman
Candy Cane & Hedon Succor
Chastity B. Lowe & Noah Hoare
Crystal Clear & Robin Blind
Demi...

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Through silk tresses glistening in ember,
I saw you for the first time in December.

Oh sparks could ignite in freezing snow,
a rhythm born in silent hearts I'd know.

Your cherry-dipped voice dwelling upon
my painted canvas on a...

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The alphabet monster
lives under my bed
I know it is true
for it is what it said:
“Gather me blocks of wood!”
He exclaimed
“Colored alphabet blocks!”
He proclaimed
“or say good-bye to your curls, dear girl
or perhaps your little bear named...

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My dearest mom, forty and eight years gone,
   although to me, it seems like yesterday.
You were too young to leave this earth at dawn
   that sad, regretful fall September day.

I miss...

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I gorge on her warm slippery sincere lips,
Hands routinely patting her velvety form down to the hips,
Ingeniously curved behind waste away my mind; I feel the blaze at my hand tips!

I look in depth through...

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heart snapped off hearing the news of my friend's unforeseen scarring mishap


Disclaimer: This unpredicted incident happened in the year 2009 when I was in 9th grade.My friend Vivek met with frightening tragedy while he was...

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