Long Cavorts Poems

Prose Poems II
by Michael R. Burch

These are prose poems (is that an oxymoron?) and experimental poems...



briefling
by Michael R. Burch

manishatched, hopsintotheMix, cavorts, hassex (quick!, spawnanewBrood!); then, likeamayfly, he’s suddenly gone: plantfood.



bachelorhoodwinked
by Michael R. Burch

u are charming...

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 After graduating from UF, in the early '80s I wrote the book, lyrics and score for a musical adaptation of Moliere's farce Le Malade Imaginaire ("The Imaginary Invalid") and have decided to post five...

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It is a fever.

  
The poet

They found the poet outside the park

His steps spoke many words of wine

His upper half seemed half asleep

And his feet walked a crooked line

His arms were spread as if...

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Epigrams/Epitaphs

Childless
by Michael R. Burch

How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.

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Laughter’s Cry
by Michael R. Burch 

Because life is a mystery, we laugh
and do not know the half.
Because death...

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Speechless at Auschwitz
by Ko Un
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

At Auschwitz
piles of glasses
mountains of shoes ...
returning, we stared out different windows.

Ko Un speaks for all of us, by not knowing what to say about the...

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Descending,
  I manipulate and manoeuvre for the updraft
  Spluttering,
  I spiral down, then briefly up again, to glimpse a glowing sky
  Flapping,
  I fall forever faster, flat-eagled
  Plunging, 
...

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transmitted trashy talks
(partially presented pablum pertaining 
     particularly - president penis (PAC -
     phallic action cum mitt tee)   
     portfolio playboy...

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Ennui hath taken my very soul,
 listlessness abounds me, 
dissatisfaction ravished my heart, 
no one around me. 
The sun lurking behind the cloud,
 breaks away, blazing down, 
trying to melt away my tears,
 but is...

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Fear feasts on our insides
And wrecks decision-making
Evil jumps in with glee
And another one loses trust

And another one down
And another one down
And another one loses trust

Evil grins
At what might have been
As another one loses trust

Housing fails
Markets,...

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Dancing upon the shifting crystal stage
The leaf is destined to dance the dance of the river
Aimlessly floating, turning, twirling

Its petiole dampened by the clear water
Washing over the cheerful green blade
Filtering through its veins

Exultant, is it...

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The calm of day brings a tranquil presence.
So superficial, her existence hides in her tips of black.
      Lonesome she flies with reminding that life is to thrive.
Her point of ecstasy...

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Night time awakes, sunset’s rays enfold,
heavy breathing naught amiss, 
oasis flooded, idleness abounds. 
Melancholy waltz, sweet accords naught, 
sea of amber filled with anxiety. 
Love sweet love, tender heart broken, 
melted with remorse, 
insensible one...

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Torn Skin

Sitting in the darkness 
harmony of crickets chirping their mating call,
 muffled, time consumes life whence blazing blade,
 dazzling as it is, seduces body’s fair skin, 
powerless senses emotions out of control.
 Answers gone...

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Waxing Lyrical



‘Tis true
Thou arte more fair than this high ridden morn
More enamoured of you ‘pon a suns corona
This heart beating is

And with mirth does it rise
Its resuscitation on a break-ed light
Bandies nought with shade
But cavorts...

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She hugs Him tight on this frigid night,
 Vedi Dolorosa Mater.( Latin meaning: I saw the most sorrowful mother.)
Some shepherds shout as the sky about
becomes angels to honor His Father.
  CHORUS:
Sweet,sweet are his cheeks...

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Taking the proffered ancient torch in hand
In Altamira, Santander and Lascaux
I am the fire, the flickering, burning brand
That leads the artists' hungering below.

Where forms of deer and bison billow in the dark
Etched in charcoal and...

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Fall dances in with attitude,
Determined to have his way.
He's watching as Summer packs her bags,
Making sure she does not delay.

He begins at once to paint the leaves
Of  all the deciduous trees,
And mixes the paint...

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After every shower comes a rainbow,
After every tear there is a smile,
After every being comes a shadow,
And after every progression there's a mile

In every fraudulence there is validity,
In every sunbeam glows the moon,
In every adult...

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The Gardens* had some houses,
Teeny tiny ones they'd made,
Hidden next to pots of flowers
Quite adorably displayed.

Twigs and acorns, fruits and berries
Formed the roofs, the doors and walls 
Of these little homes just waiting 
'Til a...

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