Long Completed Poems
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Polypathic Political Scientists
I have had a highly redundant,
one might even choose polypathic,
graduate studies experience
spanning my adult life to date.
This began with a semester of Philosophy.
Just enough to learn I wanted something more experiential,
a more embodied communication environment...
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Categories:
completed, beauty, culture, health, political, religion, trust, truth,
Form:
Political Verse
Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa
“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tripped wordsmith to splutter forth
forthwith the following lines.
Back in the day
quaint...
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Categories:
completed, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poems Iv
Poems about Poems IV
The Toast
by Michael R. Burch
For longings warmed by tepid suns
(brief lusts that animated clay),
for passions wilted at the bud
and skies grown desolate and gray,
for stars that fell from tinseled heights
and mountains bleak...
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Categories:
completed, allegory, allusion, appreciation, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Nemesis, Confrontation and the Rejoined Battle, Now Completed
Nemesis, Confrontation And The Rejoined Battle,
Now Completed
(Nemesis) - Part One
O'lord of blight dare thee to now abide
Leaving thy abode to earthen realm ride
As punisher with dark universal might
As grief bearer, humanity to smite!
Dar'est thee enter,...
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Categories:
completed, art, creation, faith, humanity, light, meaningful, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
This Is Feminist Us
It's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.
I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.
A veteran,
about...
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Categories:
completed, anger, fear, humor, integrity, mental illness, military,
Form:
Political Verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems Ix
Juvenilia: Early Poems IX
These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school student and during my first two years of college.
Shock
by Michael R. Burch
It was early in the morning of...
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Categories:
completed, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 92 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Family Affairs
Next day new school day.
Amadeus was the first to
Wake then he woke DJ and
Damali And all three went for
The showers. Twenty minutes
Later they woke everybody else
Including the adults. The Hakim
Children...
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Categories:
completed, beach, christmas, emotions, family, first love, leadership,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 86 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Young Solomons Exclude Desharah
Date December 31. 2040
Damian Stood on the ground floor
Of the new Mansion while
GrandDad Hakim rested In the
Living room watching TV. The
First level was half complete.
Damian thought the pace needed
Quickening. He would have...
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Categories:
completed, angst, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 73 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Historical Hakims' Hit the Road
10 o'clock am the morning
Quest: A country side bike ride.
Molly woke Dolly and Damian.
Woke Everyone on that July
Morning of 2038. They had a Bicycle
Expedition to tend to plus a newly
Minted swimming pool...
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Categories:
completed, cancer, missing you, nonsense, rude, scary, visionary,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 108 -- Damian Dj Delilah Mallory Damali Cj: the New Temple and Djs Birthday
Date: January 4 2046
Damali and DJ were active in the
Small house sprucing up for their
Day. "Hey happy birthday partner!"
Damali jostled DJ. In the main house
Now 11 morning time. Damian had
Plans...
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Categories:
completed, color, confidence, deep,
Form:
Alliteration
Visit To Antietam
Alone I arrive, walking from Frederick
over the gaps, across gentle hills
out onto a knoll
overlooking this burnished landscape.
Before me I see countless writhing rows
of indiscernible shapes gathered
in terrible rituals mid fire and smoke
darkening the sun.
From distant...
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Categories:
completed, america, conflict, history, together, war,
Form:
Ode
Fadwa Tuqan Translations
Fadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic.
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by...
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Categories:
completed, allah, culture, earth, love, nature, voice, writing,
Form:
Free verse
The Poet of Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan
English translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine"
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Enough for me to lie in the earth,
to be buried in her,
to sink...
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Categories:
completed, allah, arabic, culture, nature, poetess, poetry, writing,
Form:
Verse
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A west to east Northern Alaskan mountain chain.
An area forty miles wide...
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Categories:
completed, education, environment, history, technology, tribute, usa,
Form:
Prose Poetry
FENTANYL CRISIS CHICAGO
BEING A CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE SURVIVOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM CORRUPTION FOR THE FBI GOING INTO HOSTAGE SITUATIONS THERE ARE SOMETIMES CASULTIES
MY...
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Categories:
completed, allah,
Form:
Qawwali
Random Excerpts From Ice In My Eyes, Smoke In Yours - a Novel
"Hey, you philosophysing Hindu. Give me a break, Buddy. I was just pulling your leg. [...] I want the rest of the story. Really, I mean it.” Theson said nothing. [...] “I can see you’re...
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Categories:
completed, fantasy, growing up, lost, nature, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 84-- Damian Delilah Mallory: Quest
Date: December 2040
Damian is on the phone speaking
With architects. He made
Airline and hotel reservations.
Soon Afterwards he went
To Molly and caressed her away from
From a sweet dream. "Hey, baby girl."
He sat on...
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Categories:
completed, africa, age, allusion, beauty, black love, boy,
Form:
Alliteration
Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek
The sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All the store fronts were decorated; it was a colourful sight...
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Categories:
completed, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Used To Go To This Bar
Red light, the neon beer sign on the distant wall reflects off the long expanse of polished bar top, overpowering the quiet brown wood. It’s after lunch, only a few people in to stir the...
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Categories:
completed, addiction, beauty, drink, religion, society, solitude,
Form:
Prose
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 14
Joulupukki awoke early the next morning and hurriedly dressed. His intention was to catch DynDoeth before the crowds started gathering in the eating hall. He had but one question for him that he...
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Categories:
completed, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Giantvillism and City of the Bean People Part 1
INTRO
A wonderful world it is contemplated Jake as he planted his seed to grow his beanstalk. He knew that this beanstalk would nourish many so he watched it grow. One day he awoke and the...
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Categories:
completed, appreciation, best friend, birth, business, celebration, courage,
Form:
Ballad
Maya 2
Continued from Maya 1
At length, when the womens' screams had ceased
and the sound of the thunder had stopped,
he gathered his courage and withdrew himself
from his hiding place beneath the corn.
He left the hut and prostrated...
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Categories:
completed, allegory, conflict, courage, religion,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
Harriet Harris née Kuritsky...
Despite being a nineteen year old bride
she wed Boyce Brandon Harris
half a decade her senior,
(where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes)
during the month of June 1955,
not quite half...
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Categories:
completed, america, anniversary, celebration, death, emotions, funeral, in
Form:
Rhyme
Bullied to death in America FBI confidential human source
Being bullied to death by JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY IDENTITY FRAUD it all began with my entering Montez Williams poetry contest after suffering severe mental breakdown writing poetry was comforting healing my son encouraged me...
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Categories:
completed, allah,
Form:
Lento
The Stench
I woke up this morning with courage over my back and wisdom in my hat
I was determined to put an end to the sneaky kangaroo rats
No one had done me anything but I was reeling...
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Categories:
completed, america, courage, destiny, encouraging, endurance, england, longing,
Form:
Narrative