Long Childlike Poems
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Be of Good, Compassionate CourageDandelions…
They flutter, now I see
Fiery lions…
They're dancing with me
Sunlight…
Come out and shine down
Moonlight…
Shun out my darkened frown
I am the infinitesimal stars in the tranquil, terrestrial night
I am the scars minutes before the sunlit dawn...
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Categories:
childlike, confidence, courage, encouraging, endurance, hope, muse, passion,
Form:
Free verse
An Adverse World Uncurled“I am NOT like my father!!!
You say that again, I’m going to kill you!”
I shrivel up in shame
For, I am not to blame
For the shenanigans you put me through so many times
Sometimes, I wish I...
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Categories:
childlike, addiction, anger, angst,
Form:
Free verse
Sappho TranslationsSappho fragment #155
translation by Michael R. Burch
A short revealing frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!
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Sappho fragment #156
translation by Michael R. Burch
She keeps her scents
in a dressing-case.
And her sense?
In some undiscoverable...
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Categories:
childlike, girl, girlfriend, love, lust, sensual, woman, women,
Form:
Epigram
The Moon As a Metaphor For Your MouthThe Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a...
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Categories:
childlike, candy, love, metaphor, moon, romantic love, sweet,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets Lii-LxSonnets LII-LX
The Endeavors of Lips
by Michael R. Burch
How sweet the endeavors of lips: to speak
of the heights of those pleasures which left us weak
in love’s strangely lit beds, where the cold springs creak:
for there is...
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Categories:
childlike, dream, flower, hair, longing, love, pain, sensual,
Form:
Sonnet
Domestic Abuse and Abuse of PowerAfter witnessing a murder meant for me after surviving a car bomb igniting my skull crushed my face bruising my brain i received threatening calls from my husbands mistress I'd reported break ins strange behavior...
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Categories:
childlike, abuse, anxiety, beautiful, love hurts, peace, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Greener Bodhisattva WorldThis is the third time
I've read Beyond Religion:
Ethics
[non-sectarian, non-partisan, non-violent]
for A (not "The") Whole World
[ZeroZenZone Universe, psychological and politically eco-logical].
In the second, of two, sections,
the Dalai Lama discusses,
in most excruciating therapeutic detail,
emotional positive v negative...
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Categories:
childlike, beauty, green, health, humor, psychological, religion, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
Engaging the Family LaundryPerhaps infertile
incomplete
unwashed memories
of elder v younger,
Goliath v David,
crusades v communion
critical, yet part of chronic, events
speak extended family disengagement truth
to powerful dirty laundry engagement failures.
That disclaimer said,
I have two incomplete conversations
in mind and heart
and what I...
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Categories:
childlike, culture, destiny, games, health, integrity, peace, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
Everybody, Let's Get a Move On By Having Fun At the UniversityK: I'm so not sorry for what I've done
I was in a university, having so much fun
In a university in this splendid city,
J & K: But you don't see me
You don't see me
Everybody, let's get...
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Categories:
childlike, emotions, feelings, happiness, hope, joy, word play,
Form:
Lyric
The Love-Hate RelationshipInstead of building your house on the sand,
You should build your house on a rock
I can hardly make out if you truly understand
That you are making it difficult for me to express my feelings to...
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Categories:
childlike, deep, emotions, encouraging, forgiveness, hurt, longing, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Manic Depressive ClimatesDepression is like dying
without hope this process will end well,
without remediation
at least not for my closely held ego-identity,
and despair
this turning inward
creates a cocoon by avoiding outward.
Focal awareness of ego mortality,
immanent and emanant,
eminent,
turns inward,
returns...
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Categories:
childlike, beauty, culture, depression, health, mental illness, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse
We Are Freedom Destiny{intro}
One step closer to you
I want to fly into your arms,
My freedom park
My daytime lark
You're my freedom destiny
Even when times get scary
You give me childlike cheer
Instead of gullible, childish fear
Bullet...
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Categories:
childlike, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Lyric
TroubleDedicated to the song “Trouble” by Coldplay
(Verse 1)
I didn’t mean to
I didn’t mean to
I didn’t mean to cause you trouble
Oooh ah oooh
I didn’t mean to act so uncanny
I didn’t mean to act...
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Categories:
childlike, angst, change, deep, depression, desire, fear, words,
Form:
Lyric
Au Revoir Oh Perilous FreedomAu revoir oh perilous freedom...
Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996
after the comma error
punctuated mein kampf with disequilibrium.
Ever since the notions
of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
coalesced within the mindscape
attributed to one
or more...
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Categories:
childlike, age, america, anger, anxiety, bereavement, best friend,
Form:
Free verse
Just a Tree - a RequiemSomeone who knows
Said You were an old ancient Tree,
But at the time, it didn’t really matter,
Or seem important to me.
I knew You only for a very short time
and just a little…
You see.
Your transparent...
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Categories:
childlike, conflict, earth, heartbroken, humanity, murder, natural disasters,
Form:
Free verse
Impulsive SwayTriggered by tiredness and strain
Upon my wearisome, impaired brain
My guard is down the strange drain
Refrain from driving me insane
Within me is the pain of betrayal
So impulsive was my actions a while ago
Within me is the...
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Categories:
childlike, angst, anxiety, betrayal,
Form:
Lyric
Remorse With a Touch of Ripened Radiance XdI grieve for your safety, sis, and I pray for you almost every day –
Depression does leave a big impact on us in a negative way
But I think you think I’m crazy…tell me if...
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Categories:
childlike, betrayal, change, freedom, hope, sad, sister, uplifting,
Form:
Verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 33 -Part 1-My dreams were of the dire Queen
I had allowed her reign over me, callousing my heart,
She was inside me, laughing
Having crawled in
My walls closing, as she filled my soul
We were one, yes for a time,...
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Categories:
childlike, adventure, confusion, growth, heart, inspirational, relationship, visionary,
Form:
Epic
Echoes of Mom's Great Earth DayA transitional skill
my Mom taught me,
good to use when I start to feel at-risk,
somehow and anyhow,
whether in my relationship with her,
or with Earth’s more kosmic garden of naturally wild and domestic spirits.
Remember to ask permission...
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Categories:
childlike, beauty, community, earth, humanity, humor, love, mother,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Favorite Recurring Nightmares Part 2 FinalNightmare 8. To Lose the Gift of Feeling Heard
Is each person not poet when he spills his heart?
Has your verse lost its edge if it’s true no one listens,
Or does God mean that no one...
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Categories:
childlike, anxiety, christian, fun, humor, life,
Form:
Quatrain
Essay: Darwin's Theory - Science Or Fairy TaleNot to let the air out of anyone's tire but it's really not fair to compare religious
writings to modern science. Scientific theories for one thing are models of
reality (for example) ...
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Categories:
childlike, appreciation, universe,
Form:
Blank verse
Transmigration of the WindThe strong gust of wind was cut off from its source; a frigid early spring blast that swept across a lofty mountain range, high above British Columbia.
It then encircled one of the lesser peaks and...
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Categories:
childlike, imagery, journey, nature, sky, spring, water, wind,
Form:
Prose
Unprecedented Life - Chapter 1 - I Recall SuddenlyDear God and Creator,
“Sometimes, I wish that I had a pirate ship of my own,” – I recall me saying a long time ago
Crazy of me to have dreams when I am, well, all alone…the...
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Categories:
childlike, deep, words, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Be Appreciative AlwaysHappy is he who isn’t led astray
He walks in happiness in his stride
Tranquility is in His Word today
Here, I lay in silence in which I hide
Blessed is he who doesn’t speak with ungodly men
Blessed is...
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Categories:
childlike, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Four paths of tantra trika1) Preamble
As breath’s created, sustained and destroyed,
we see trika, threefold aspect at play
through life, where we are by ego decoyed,
until we choose to make love our mainstay.
Beyond religions, scriptures and folklore,
let’s explore the direct path...
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Categories:
childlike, spiritual,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets