Long Compass Poems
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Sonnets Xlii-LiSonnets XLII-LI
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.
Footprints on beaches
now flooding with water;
the small, broken ribcage
of some primitive slaughter...
So near, yet so far.
A Surfeit of...
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Categories:
compass, bereavement, death, death of a friend, funeral,
Form:
Sonnet
A Vain WordA Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under moss-stubbled oaks, full of whispers, complaining
to the darkening...
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Categories:
compass, autumn, beauty, extended metaphor, grief, heartbreak, moon,
Form:
Sonnet
Worship and Praise - the Pantoum Style~ Worship And Praise ~
( Pantoum )
~O~
Worship God, pray each day, all way.
Keep the Lord always in my life.
Surely follow Him every day.
Worship and Praise, in good...
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Categories:
compass, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Tiny Town Events - 1st Half -- Text With IllustrationNOTE: THIS IS ONLY THE 1st half of this piece-- its 2nd half is posted separately due to Poetry Soup's poem-lengths-limitation. Be sure to check out the balance of this poem = "Tiny Town Events"...
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Categories:
compass, love,
Form:
Narrative
Modern Sonnets IiMODERN SONNETS II
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
In Praise of Meter
by Michael R. Burch
The...
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Categories:
compass, art, romance, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
A Small Bouquet of My Word Groupingsyou were an infant
i would sing a song i created for you
'there's a baby in my arms
there's a baby in the mirror
but honey
there's not really two
the child in the mirror
is only
an image
of...
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Categories:
compass, appreciation, celebration, childhood, daughter, encouraging, faith, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Resonating Rightbrain PoliticsSays Csikszentmihalyi,
"Social scientists
(Abraham Maslow, Lawrence Kohlberg, Jane Loevinger, [Ken Wilber, Edward Podvoll, Julian Jaynes, Jack Kornfield, Richard Dawkins, Clare Graves, Carl Jung] and James Fowler)
describe a dialectical motion
between [Yang-ego-form] differentiation
and [Yin-eco-logical function] integration,
between turning attention...
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Categories:
compass, beauty, environment, health, political, psychological, religion, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth - With New FootnotesGod Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!
God bless each day's magnetic field on Earth (1) that shields the human race
from cosmic rays bombarding Earth and us (from...
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Categories:
compass, love, science, space,
Form:
Rhyme
Quest of the Heart: Chapter TwoBrave Shadow Mane
Falling free at a tremendous velocity
Cursing my decision for acting in haste
Through clouds and frozen rain I could not see the ground
Losing consciousness, in my mouth blood I could taste
Now this was indeed...
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Categories:
compass, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Strange Creatures and the Forest of Egregore
“Strange Creatures and The Forest of Egregore”
Where do we go -
when our rosebuds
stop still in the cold,
unwanted,
along the unopened road?
we walk into the
forest alone,
there we meet
strange creatures -
some say
they...
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Categories:
compass, dark, light, love, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: L 50 - Tongue-Teasing EpigramsUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: L (50) - Tongue-Teasers
The « early bird catches the worm » only because the worm has not woken up yet.
« I don’t love you ! I hated your father ! » - must...
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Categories:
compass, art, humor, irony, women, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Accumulating Anger: My Love Was SerpentineMy love was serpentine to the touch
I can't quite explain it...the love of mine
Had gone away from my sight and such
I can quiz my mind to say otherwise, my bittersweet sugar wine…
Why am I extremely...
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Categories:
compass, angst, longing, lost love, love, love hurts,
Form:
Rhyme
My Fruitful Flight During NightfallI’m getting tracked down by nightfall
Hear me…hear me…out as I fall…
Hear my call; my heart’s pounding in appall
I fall down – hear my pleas and answer my call
Don’t hang up on me at all!
I’m...
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Categories:
compass, beauty, betrayal, deep, desire, hope, passion, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
My Mind a Ship In DarknessMy mind a ship in darkness ...
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Categories:
compass, adventure, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
The Calming of Her Storm
"The Calming of Her Storm"
My mother gave me solace
I fell into her deep hollows
to kiss the wisdom of her
breath chanting quietly
I still hear her
nightingale birdsong caressing
the soft fluttering
of her tireless...
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Categories:
compass, love, mirror, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Cocoons Hibernating In SummerI made a U turn at dusk as dark night creeps upon me
I tried to catch my breath from the horrible smell that was stifling me inside
I did not know which way to turn...
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Categories:
compass, america, angel, christian, community, environment, insect, truth,
Form:
Narrative
Mockingbird - Crown of Sonnets#1
"It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird.
While playing games with rocks or guns, defray,
them, please, ...shoot old tin cans. Each whispered song
from Mockingbirds, can heal the wounds of the day"
Virtues are...
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Categories:
compass, children, discrimination, integrity, prejudice,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Dream On“Dream On”
Hm, my heart as it slips out of my reach
Like the waves of the sea, flowing passed the palm of my hand
Do you know what I mean? You’re eyes are as blue and playful...
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Categories:
compass, beauty, betrayal, change, dark, deep, hope, uplifting,
Form:
Lyric
Letter From a Son To His Late MotherMa,
Why do I need to apostrophize you? Why did you flew away into the celestial regions so earlier? Is it because you are from a land where ‘twenty is plenty’ for women? And hence, ignoring...
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Categories:
compass, emotions, family, loss, mother son,
Form:
Prose
dichotomy -
yeah, right ...
do you really think I believe that?
that I'll swallow that pill?
look at the damn lines on this brow ...
do you think they were etched
by happenstance??
not even CLOSE, sweetheart
I earned those ragged rivulets one-by-one
and...
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Categories:
compass, analogy, break up, conflict, forgiveness, love, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
The Truth Is Here Somewhere:1: Echo PoemAn Echo Poem
Original: This Much I Know – Poem by Lora Colon of PoemHunter
Reprinted here with permission.
Soon the sun will set in this valley
Where I’ve roamed for many a year,
So many questions left unanswered,...
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Categories:
compass, betrayal, loneliness, love, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
The Volunteer, a Poem Inspired By Hrh Prince George of Cambridge'We have a future king to make,'
Said the deep, resounding voice.
'But it is not a proper fit for everyone.
For a king must know first how to obey than to command,
And to abide rather than reign.'
'And...
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Categories:
compass, baby, baptism, birth, child, england, london, patriotic,
Form:
Free verse
And What To ChooseCoffee or tea?
Fragmented frogs frolicking fruitlessly freeing flavoursome fairy freckles,
But what of the speckled hound in the bin?
Well he growled,
He snarled,
The sole paw pilot pivoting,
How interesting was it to note though that the frogs although...
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Categories:
compass, bangla,
Form:
I do not know?
Reversals of Fortune - 6 SharingsReversals of Fortune
I. Most think luck’s just what happens, though love groks luck’s seized
by each seed that sticks (somehow) in less stone-filled ground
(which its siblings blow off or press past). That’s less luck
to my brain...
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Categories:
compass, fun, life, science,
Form:
Rhyme
HiroshimaHIROSHIMA
I remember it well, that first day in Hell
So long ago, I know
As the sirens sounded our Yankee foe
Decided that now his...
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Categories:
compass, war,
Form:
Ballade