Long Campus Poems
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LimericksLimericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride?"
"Nevermore!" bright-eyed Raven replied.
The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus,...
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Categories:
campus, giggle, light, nonsense, parody, silly, smile, word
Form:
Limerick
Self ReflectionsSELF REFLECTIONS
These are poems about mirrors, images, self-image, reflections, impressions and self-reflection.
Self Reflection
by Michael R. Burch
for anyone struggling with self-image
She has a comely form
and a smile that brightens her dorm ...
but she's grossly...
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Categories:
campus, identity, image, imagery, metaphor, mirror, self, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Limericks III - Grab BagLimericks III - Grab Bag
Being a peace activist, I once wrote a limerick in an attempt to stop needless wars:
Of Tetley’s and V-2's
(or "Why Not to Bomb the Brits")
by Michael R. Burch
The English are very...
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Categories:
campus, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly, war, writing,
Form:
Limerick
Limericks I - Relatives and RelativityLimericks I - Relatives and Relativity
The Cosmological Constant
by Michael R. Burch
Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
said E equals MC squared.
Thus all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!
A$$-tronomical
by Michael R. Burch
Relativity, the theorists’ creed,
says mass increases...
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Categories:
campus, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, science, space, time,
Form:
Limerick
Juvenilia: Early Poems VJuvenilia: Early Poems V
Poetry
by Michael R. Burch
Poetry, I found you
where at last they chained and bound you;
with devices all around you
to torture and confound you,
I found you—shivering, bare.
They had shorn your raven hair
and taken both...
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Categories:
campus, poems, poets, teen, teenage, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
BeckoningBeckoning
by Michael R. Burch
Yesterday the wind whispered my name
while the blazing locks
of her rampant mane
lay heavy on mine.
And yesterday
I saw the way
the wind caressed tall pines
in forests laced by glinting streams
and thick with...
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Categories:
campus, anxiety, break up, change, confusion, sleep, time,
Form:
Verse
Poems about Poems IIIPoems about Poems III
Radiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus?hard toil?
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes?dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but...
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Categories:
campus, poems, poetry, poets, visionary, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Healthy Politics, and Sex, and ReligionI hope I know what is healthy sex,
in an experiential kind of way,
in a biblical swell of stay,
and I can imagine a world with healthier,
more cooperative, political empowerment,
but I am clueless about healthy religion,
which most...
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Categories:
campus, health, humor, philosophy, political, religion, sensual, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Week 3 - Brian's Poet Of Note - 'Richard Wilbur Part 1'Imitation! Creative Compliment, Lacking in Originality, or Plagiarism?
This week takes me back to college days. I was taking a graduate course (as a Physics major) in 'Modern Poets' at the University of...
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Categories:
campus, love, poetry, poets, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
Legend of the Red October RunDedicated to the 2000 National College Football Champions, the Oklahoma Sooners
--------------------------------------------------------------
Over fifty years, boy and man, I’ve been a Sooners fan
Watched and reveled in their glories, every one;
But there’s no more glorious “Sooner Magic”...
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Categories:
campus, adventure, autumn, desire, football, games, heart, history,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
campus, angel, blessing, business, character, confidence, earth, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
My First Love ExperienceIt was in the early days of our lives
We met
She was so beautiful
My eyes could not stop admiring
My heart kept racing
Every time it sensed
her good-looking approaching
But we were too young
To give full...
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Categories:
campus, lost love, memory, beautiful, me, heart, woman,
Form:
Free verse
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:
campus, angel, confidence, desire, encouraging, endurance, faith, judgement,
Form:
Narrative
Let Your Imagination Take Flight
Dear budding poet,
Modern poetry is an evolutionary process. A poet never really stops growing and learning. Even the most seasoned of poets can discover and master new forms. I wish you a happy journey...
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Categories:
campus, encouraging, inspirational, meaningful,
Form:
Prose
Dearest EgoWhen Oliver dropped out of high school, after his sophomore year, he went to UConn. We never understood why, other than the obvious, that the main campus was our back yard, and he didn't like...
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Categories:
campus, leaving, life, loneliness, longing, loss, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
HISTORY OF HAVARD YARDOkay. So, according to her license plate, Sarah had something to do with the name “Welbeck Street” and had once asked if the Journal would consider using “Harvard Yard” in her name. Also according to...
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Categories:
campus, america, people, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
The Stricken CorridorFall tumbles relentlessly on our door steps
young winter birds inducing provoking sounds scamper in trees
Watching winter crawling slowly under our feet.
The night rain wet the ground with sadness
washing away the environmental stench
purging...
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Categories:
campus, dream, education, environment, water, weather, wedding, winter,
Form:
Free verse
A Girl and A BoyThe music more or less acts as a sequel to the poem.
Please click onto the music when cued in the poem and continue enjoying it.
The Girl
She looks down at her shoes, they’re nice
An...
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Categories:
campus, anti bullying, anxiety, love, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
As We Imagine Gods, Venus And MarsAs We Once Imagined The Gods, Venus And Mars
Universe eternally unending
expanding space infinity sending,
vast emptiness, separating its stars
as we...
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Categories:
campus, art, creation, humanity, meaningful, philosophy, stars, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Remembering Atari - Part 1(Unsigned, Sealed, and Delivered)
Part 1:
Oh I worked several years at Atari (1)
Always thinking, "It's too good to last,"
Bushnell's (2) leaving - hand writing on rampart -
Though momentum would carry us past.
Nolan's (2) vision was not...
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Categories:
campus, career, journey, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Living in the Middle EastYou put him in a cage
That pilot you shot down
Pour gasoline on him
And set him ablaze
And the world is silent...
That seventeen year old girl
Writhes on that soiled bed
As you let all those other men
Rape her...
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Categories:
campus, violence, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
DOUBLE LIMERICKSThe Platypus: Double Limerick
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus, myopic,
is ungainly, not erotic.
His feet for bed
are over-webbed,
and what of his proboscis?
The platypus, though, is eager
although his means are meager.
His sight is poor;
perhaps he’ll score
with a...
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Categories:
campus, cheer up, fun, funny, funny love, giggle,
Form:
Limerick
Sorority SymphonyReturning unto the college campus and our exclusive Sororities House...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *...
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Categories:
campus, love, passion
Form:
Free verse
The story of a man that won't be namedFirst year, it was Mary,Bola and Rose
Each of them called upon my ministry of offspring-making
Ofcourse I yielded. I was like, no one knows.
All of them are good girls and none of them had snoring issues
Not...
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Categories:
campus, betrayal, feelings, heartbroken,
Form:
Narrative
pouch poetry 14 - 1714.
after the dry leaves of the winter
fall in innumerable drops
the spring comes
the cover-face of spring means
a note-book of the rain-tree
letting float in the sun-water
and mr harry says that
this question...
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Categories:
campus, romancespring, light, body, light, spring,
Form:
Prose Poetry