Long Committee Poems
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Pandemic-Climate Recovery TeamsIn Colchester, CT,
and possibly in your town too,
we have a LongTerm ReCoVery Committee
looking at 20/20 prevision
for post-pandemic climate health revisions
for wealthy local and global EarthJustice.
So, what have I noticed
that might be economically
and ecologically win/win useful?
In...
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Categories:
committee, community, earth, health, integrity, peace, political, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Watering Gaian GraceOne of the least talked about,
yet most problematic issues
for regenerating
Global
social-psychological
mental and physical
health and public safety
movements
Well fed and watered
to empower and enlighten interfaith
action and reflection,
song and dance
liturgical and fire-circle
contemporary-indigenous wisdom
Is to explore together
how and...
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Categories:
committee, caregiving, community, earth day, education, health, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - Vi - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich FriedWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - VI - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried
After My Death
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
translation by Michael R. Burch
Say this when you eulogize me:
Here was a man—now, poof, he's...
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Categories:
committee, holocaust, race, racism, truth, war, world, world
Form:
Free verse
The Thc OrdinanceI am fairly new to this Norwick community.
If I recall correctly
we have about forty thousand households here
where the Connecticut River
conjoins the Mohegan and Iroquois Rivers;
originally deep rich virgin eco-forest
of and for harmonic rhythm and...
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Categories:
committee, community, earth, family, growth, health, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
A Snow Queen TalePart 1: FORE SIBERIAN FATE
silk wings wet -
angel on the lake.
starlight glitter
separates from
the golden wheat.
her docile hair,
prophecy of ice.
winter pink,
pinched cheeks.
ice skate scrapes -
flecks of flakes.
the snow queen
before her relentless
reign, a pretty thing.
her smile warms
the...
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Categories:
committee, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
...
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Categories:
committee, celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Happy Fourth of July, Or Happy Independence DayHappy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day
On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in...
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Categories:
committee, america, birthday, celebration, firework, food, freedom, fun,
Form:
List
Translation of 'The Story' By Kama NasserThe Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story that comes from the world of tents.
It is a story...
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Categories:
committee, arabic, betrayal, christian, conflict, courage, devotion, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Starlight and Moonlight IiStarlight and Moonlight II
These are poems about starlight and moonlight, moons and stars, dreams and visions, illuminations and intimations …
Deliver Us...
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
The night is dark and scary—
under...
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Categories:
committee, dream, love, moon, night, sky, star, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's Poem Asai Mugam By T WignesanTranslation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
...
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Categories:
committee, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Sustainable SanctuaryI'm in the process of joining a Unitarian Universalist Green Sanctuary
communion of All Souls,
in Connecticut.
This is not my first time joining a new intentional good-faith community,
but it is the first time I have signed a...
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Categories:
committee, community, destiny, green, health, humanity, integrity, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
The ParatotallynormalThe problem with trying to prove clairaudience, clairsentince, out-of-body, and Near Death Experiences to a Mudblood is not as simple
as it could have been.
Is it because Para-science is totally unsubstantiated?
Not in MY family.
Scientifically un-sound?
Sure, by...
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Categories:
committee, adventure, cute, emotions, encouraging, fantasy, feelings, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Now's As Good a Time To Start As Any -- Both Audio and TextGaylord Laryngitis was a monstrous human being.
They say he weighed…at ten years old…at least 400 pounds,
But standin’ 6 foot 7…and because he exercised…
he actually didn’t look real “fat”…despite the way it...
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Categories:
committee, friendship, love,
Form:
Narrative
Laughing Pines, Part TwoWill you, won’t you join the dance,
We like to dance here every night,
Moving slowly at the speed of light.
Won’t you give yourself half a chance,
Even two left feet are alright.
The Bipolar Coaster is an excellent...
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Categories:
committee, adventure, allusion, analogy, imagery, imagination, metaphor, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Operating At a LossI
How long have I been doing this
Throwing my time & money
Into a hole
Filling up notebooks
Mining overheard conversation
For lines
Squeezing the sponge
Of my wine soaked
Mind
Into the bucket
Of poetry
And now here we are
Gulping down the
Lead tainted water
Like Romans
Romans
Forced...
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Categories:
committee, anger, destiny, political,
Form:
Free verse
Pride and Prejudice: the Lacking MarginsPride and Prejudice: The Lacking Margins
Pride and Prejudice, a passionate novel by Jane Austen, published anonymously in three volumes in 1813. A masterpiece of English literature, composed with penetrating wittiness and exquisite character delineation, it...
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Categories:
committee, marriage, meaningful, men, muse, sister,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Wound That Never HealsScience can’t save you, neither can religion,
at least Popper and Niebuhr, philosophers and poets,
are entertainers, which is why actors and athletes
are paid so much. Thanks for the summaries.
I was teaching Shakespeare’s 92nd ridiculous sonnet
to my...
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Categories:
committee, christian, husband, mother, music, night, prayer, snow,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
committee, war, time,
Form:
Free verse
Common ColdAchooo!
It begins, almost always, with a sneeze,
Which, in some cultures,
Invites blessings,
But, in some others, a curse,
As it’s held to be ominous!
Blessing or curse, soon the frequency
And the decibels increase—
Incredibly, irritatingly, inconveniently, and...
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Categories:
committee, funny, irony, philosophy, psychological, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and PerestroikaWhatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squelched cusp of progressivism,
now most likely
experience bitterness at the...
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Categories:
committee, absence, angel, atheist, beautiful, betrayal, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Moral Mortgage of Mice and MenThe moral mortgage of mice and men
Yours truly quite astute,
especially regarding cute
little field mice, also known
as meadow voles,
which imprecation one doth emote,
when aforementioned animal burrows inside
leaving pellet size poop in their wake
suddenly presenting...
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Categories:
committee, adventure, animal, appreciation, august, bible, cat, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
My Democratic Party TownIn my New England town
our local Democratic Party runs everything.
Some would argue these local celebrities
and self-promoting treasures
to posterity
rather over-run everything,
and surely we could find some truth
in this way of seeing,
but we are learning a spirit...
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Categories:
committee, community, earth, education, health, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
John 3: 16 RewriteIf John 3:16 is read as,
For God so loved Earth
that S/he gave up Her only begotten-beloved Child,
so all future regenerating generations
might have eternal timeless love lives.
it doesn't feel quite right.
It doesn't even sound rational,
nor consistently...
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Categories:
committee, destiny, earth, gender, god, health, war,
Form:
Political Verse
Annual Fair PreparationEvery year our community gets together at the annual church fair. This year they have changed the format with some new events and dropping some of the old events that appeared a little dangerous. How...
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Categories:
committee, community, games,
Form:
Rhyme
Please Show Me the Faces of the Children Who Need MeYou know that fun song “Grandma got run over by a reindeer?”
I was doing some paranormal research tonight, when it hit me.
Of course they believe; they lived it!
If you live it, it’s pretty impossible to...
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Categories:
committee, inspirational, introspection, perspective, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse