Long Climbs Poems
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The Payload
"The Payload"
The payload
came crashing down
like rain expelled
from the fat belly
of a ruinous pregnant cloud
bilious with buxom promise
it came crashing down
like school fish released
from the tight confines
of a course rope...
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Categories:
climbs, fantasy, muse, mystery, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Salvage
"Salvage"
Salvage the fixating salvation
unfurling from the wreckage
of a numb world twisted inside
treasure climbs swimming
the ladder from the deep of all things
reaching upwards travelling in a new time
of melting morpheme moments overlapping
dissolved...
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Categories:
climbs, muse, paradise, poets,
Form:
Romanticism
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:
climbs, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form:
Haiku
Oncle Albert - Part 1Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...
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Categories:
climbs, flying, history,
Form:
Narrative
No God of Mine - 2021 Edit[This poem 'No God Of Mine' was seemingly confounding readers as
to its meaning. Ordinarily, if I felt a poem wasn't cutting it, I'd delete
it, but on this occasion, I've been asked to explain it... so here goes.]
By...
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Categories:
climbs, evil, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Beary Tales Episodes 25-33, Poet's NotesNote to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are new GEMS, improvements to previous verses and improved footnotes...
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Categories:
climbs, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Children IiiPoems about Children III
Miracle
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart beat, you were mine,
and I see
infinity leap in...
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Categories:
climbs, adventure, child, childhood, children, dad, father son,
Form:
Rhyme
TozzathPellucid pachyderms wade across
the purpling River Manjees
and Tozzath watches from the bank,
the seat of his maroon pantaloons soaked with mud,
his nostrils flaring with the fragrance of ombadalias,
whose lacey petals flutter
like the wings of long-dead...
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Categories:
climbs, death, fantasy, girl, magic, word play,
Form:
Free verse
Beary Tales Episodes 7-14, Poet's Notes7. Playing With Fire
My mom IS quite clear on the dangers of fire,
But if boy'S hooked on flame, then it'S hard to obey,
There'S a longing for “MATCH GUN” (6) that most boys acquire,
Small'S the chance...
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Categories:
climbs, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form:
Quatrain
MonofilamaniaIt is so hard to let go of love,
lovingly.
It sharks,
unpeels more gut more quickly
than reel or reeler ever lost
in all those years of lazy inches
in and out:
casting,
winding in and playing out,
hardly fishing, rarely catching
anything
from...
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Categories:
climbs, allegory, passion, woman, memory, sea, fish, lust,
Form:
Free verse
Heart
"Heart"
Deep fissures formed
in the cracks of
the nowhere place
where time leeched
bleeding claret
through the green
veined blues
protean bit by bit
the flesh disappears
prematurely 6ft under
mulch for rebirth
the subcontinent
conscientious conscience
inward reaching
the divine central tableau...
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Categories:
climbs, muse,
Form:
Free verse
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:
climbs, anxiety, christian, fun, humor, life,
Form:
Quatrain
The Faces of Man
"The Faces of Man"
The faces of Man
transformative
held in the hand
of Mephistopheles
blood sells white and red
pontificating with two fingers
consuming greed for
want of everything
they meld into the
curves of their crooked bends
he’s come to...
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Categories:
climbs, dark, humanity, psychological,
Form:
Epic
Categories:
climbs, conflict, dance, history, native american, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Beloved Femme Fatale
“Beloved Femme Fatale”
Musk and Neroli satin skin spoons
Naked feet ‘neath The Pillars of Petra
She towers majestic above you, colours your grey skies
You are worshipping her on your knees
What does it matter, anymore? Before your eyes,...
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Categories:
climbs, love, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
A HeroOnce upon a time there was a brave man
he loved the princess and she returned his love
the king saw a chance to test the young man
he set him three tasks to complete to win her...
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Categories:
climbs, adventure, fantasy,
Form:
Epic
Dear Seven Emotions Eating Feast! Stop!Dear Seven Emotions
Help me to speak your truth to bring the good news glad tiding just what a Master of all masters said to do speak to the flesh in understanding my desires my...
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Categories:
climbs, anxiety, appreciation, courage, emotions, feelings, heart, sweet
Form:
Narrative
Bobby's DadMy favorite song that I chose was "Cat's in the Cradle".
By Harry Chapmin. I hope you enjoy my flight of imagination.
See link to the original song at the end of my lyrics.
Bobby's Dad
When...
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Categories:
climbs, beautiful, dad,
Form:
Lyric
In the obsidian abyss, I melt, feeling the warmth that embraces meIn the obsidian abyss, I melt, feeling the warmth that embraces me,
Awaiting the flight deep within me, a dream without any hope to measure.
Beside my own self, inseparable in this boundless world,
In an eternity without...
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Categories:
climbs, bird,
Form:
Free verse
Conversation Between Widower and Only ChildSCENE: Paul, a grief-stricken child walks into parent's bedroom at 1:06 am, climbs into bed with Dad.
Father: Hey, Paul, what are you doing up so late?
Can't sleep?
Child: *nods*
Father: What is it? What's on your...
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Categories:
climbs, father son, grief, imagery, loss,
Form:
Free verse
Creatures In NatureCREATURES IN NATURE
Creatures Fishes ...
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Categories:
climbs, animal, appreciation, bird,
Form:
Footle
A Night With MicThe scent of musty, truly ancient fine books,
Waifs seductively behind the impossible doors,
As they swing wide, out into L.A.’s balmy air,
I enter, a shiver, over what lies therefore.
There they are, the true Hollywood stars,
Scaling...
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Categories:
climbs, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, community, happiness, poetry, success,
Form:
Carpe Diem
Got Me On the Edge Known-Deep Hits Tour 2020Got Me on the Edge known
It was the evening of March 5th on a Thursday pre evening I left my job and just approximately two blocks away at the Baxter Arena convention hall it was...
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Categories:
climbs, analogy, appreciation, celebration, community, engagement, inspirational, meaningful,
Form:
Narrative
The Golden PenLightly the rain falls upon the lamp lit streets, the shabbily dressed figure
Walks with an air of uncertainty down the cobbled stone streets, leaning,
On his rickety cane, the elderly gentleman huddles beneath his umbrella Of...
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Categories:
climbs, celebrity, dark, farewell, fear, halloween, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Got Me On the Edge-Known a Toby Mac Concert 2020Got Me on the Edge known
It was the evening of March 5th on a Thursday pre evening I left my job and just approximately two blocks away at the Baxter Arena convention hall it was...
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Categories:
climbs, analogy, culture, engagement, environment, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue