Long Confounded Poems
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Psychologically still thirteen
Psychologically still thirteen
Ordinarily meaning pre Internet days
familiarization with me would entail
bringing the avid listener
into my private mancave hideaways
less a physical place than a juncture in relationship,
(whereby one or the other of us)...
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confounded, 7th grade, age, angst, birth, blue, family,
Form:
Rhyme
Inception: Tears of Bittersweet Sentiments - Collab With Mikey Part 5
He lifts me up on cloud nine
I’m a lost sheep in godly sleep
He nurtures me like His child – I’m feelin’ fine
I’m a joyful sheep in godly sleep
Dead leaves of dried hope and fervor-lacking faith...
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Categories:
confounded, betrayal, emotions, encouraging, words, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke: Second Elegy Translation
This is my translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's second elegy from his Duino Elegies, which he began composing at Duino Castle in 1912.
Second Elegy
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Every angel...
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confounded, angel, art, desire, eulogy, god, love, passion,
Form:
Elegy
The Only Sovereign God
"In The Holy Bible""Jehovah" and Lord references who "The Only Sovereign God is by name. Lord God Almighty is very clear and plain to understand no matter what "Holy Book any body reads from! The...
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Categories:
confounded, 12th grade, 1st grade, 8th grade, america,
Form:
Blank verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 2
I awoke the next day, with a soft smile,
Not awakened by the screeching and the moaning of the demons beside,
But of the intense breathing of my collaborator,
Crouching above me, glaring me down with eyes abhorred
Though...
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Categories:
confounded, adventure, beauty, change, confusion, courage, deep, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Burnt Aqua
"Burnt Aqua"
I can taste the sun
on my tongue
it spills down
my throat
like burnt aqua
healing the beating frisson
I am ebony inside
shading in my shadow world
some somnolent soul
waking from slumber’s dream dance
a small death in life...
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Categories:
confounded, death, dream, life,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Mat Pokora's Je Suis Tombe By T Wignesan
Translation of Mathieu POKORA’s « Je suis tombé, tombé, tombé » by T Wignesan
(NOTE : I just thought I’d translate the lyrics (see the French original herebelow) of this lilting catchy tune not just because...
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Categories:
confounded, french, happiness, love, love hurts, romantic love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Heavens's Poker Game
In the beginning after God had finished creating this land.
Satan boldly challenged the heavens for the absolute control of man.
Gods’ architectural blueprint stretched for ages across the sky
He watered the...
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Categories:
confounded, bible, christian, conflict, emotions, encouraging, god, satire,
Form:
Rhyme
Sometimes: a Random Poem, Part I
Sometimes I think I should have started this prose
With a disclaimer of sorts
To my readers, many of those
Who may think me out of my gourd
Sometimes I think this disclaimer should be
Short and sweet, honest and...
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confounded, allegory, allusion, analogy, fun, mental illness, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots V
Spawned from the loins that
Perpetuated the loyal serfs mongrel
Seed:-
These peoples of a conditioned and
"Resigned-To-it-all" breed.
Born into the enveloping tedium
Of interlocking days...Interwoven
With interlocking days -
Victims of stark circumstance
And vague promises unmade.
Gregariously living out their lives
When...
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Categories:
confounded, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
The In-Between
"The In-Between"
I ripped the pages of
that tired old story
from the heart, a body of work
buried the misdiagnosed slanders
then wiped their mouths
with the back of my spoon
the feed they found,
passed the disingenuous time;
some found...
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Categories:
confounded, imagery, life, muse, poets, psychological, symbolism, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Papyrus, Lapis Lazuli and the Valley of the Kings - Part 2
"Papyrus, Lapis Lazuli and the Valley of the Kings - Part 2"
Rush...
the sound of the wind
licks her ears, bites her neck, stings her lips
the deep heat caresses her hips
brandishes, burns into her skin
travels...
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Categories:
confounded, adventure, dream, fantasy, imagery, mystery, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Poems about Science 4: Birth and Evolution
POEMS ABOUT SCIENCE 4: BIRTH/EVOLUTION
Simultaneous Flight
by Michael R. Burch
*The number of possible connections [brain] cells can make exceeds the number of particles in the universe. — Gerald Edelman, 1972 Nobel Prize winner for physiology and...
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confounded, bird, flying, light, science, song, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Eighteen Years Too Late: Echoes of Regrets
In the tapestry of time, a story is spun,
Of hearts entwined beneath the sun.
It began in the halls of youth's embrace,
Where two souls met, face to face.
In the halls of Primary, their eyes did meet,
A...
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Categories:
confounded, 11th grade, 12th grade, boyfriend, crush, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
A Futuristic Christmas 2044
My feet felt like frostbite had got them,
Even though I had my suede boots on,
I had just jovially returned from,
That successful Christmas shopping trip,
With no other reason to feel got at...
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Categories:
confounded, christmas, computer, friendship, future, home, november, technology,
Form:
Free verse
Death's Kiss
A cold dark night, whispers muttered, I fought for light, and then I uttered,
"Awake me from this nightmare, a black haunting I CANNOT BARE!"
opened my eyes jumped out of my bed, caught my breath, and...
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Categories:
confounded, deathlife, death, me, pain, peace, dark, dark,
Form:
Narrative
Mandatory Journey
Upon this path my spirit leads and I have a life time journey to complete
You have me confounded in this barren place and blocking me from mingling with the human race, the spirit of freedom...
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Categories:
confounded, adventure, beach, books, business, change, courage, friendship
Form:
Prose Poetry
Still Thirteen
a ma lingering effect from angst riddled adolescence
written some years ago, the psycho social mental events
indelible imprint etched psyche ova this pa on a win tree day hence
though a survivor of self starvation i...
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Categories:
confounded, age, angst, crush, depression, emotions, grief, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Underdogs Have Their Days
Well, well, well!
The whole world knows by now, impossible dreams can come true,
In the game of professional soccer, it has just been proven at Leicester,
Starting the season with a laughable 5,000 to 1 odds of...
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Categories:
confounded, appreciation, community, encouraging, football, inspiration, sports,
Form:
Free verse
Poems about Science 6: Evolution
POEMS ABOUT SCIENCE 6: EVOLUTION
Singularity
by Michael R. Burch
Are scientists confounded like the ostrich?
Heads buried in the sand, they shout, *Preposterous!*
This universe, so magical, they say,
proves there’s no God. But let’s look anyway ...
He said, *Let...
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Categories:
confounded, earth, life, light, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
A Letter To My Mom
To my dear Mom,
I’m writing this letter
A lone entreaty to forgive my sins
So far what I misdemean and you wept mutely
Yet you never moaned and you never whomped
All the way you consoled by the warmth...
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confounded, love, mothercare, me, care, cry, love, me,
Form:
Free verse
My Strand of Pearls 2
OH
It is her…she…who parades around in a crown of glory
Compassionately hearing the abused one’s wounded story
Her smile, yes, it is that
Luring, forever enduring smile that
Ensnares, then it cares, is always there, even as it...
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Categories:
confounded, lost loveme, love, me, smile,
Form:
Free verse
Watered Down
What clears the thoughts of grief?
Will it ever release me out if this confounded chamber of no relief?
With a sour taste of pride,
Your castle has been watered down
Will I ever find myself a thrilling bride?
My...
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Categories:
confounded, adventure, angst, art, confusion, dedication, food, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
Undaunted: Song of Myself
I stare in wonder at this unfamiliar creature,
She runs back and forth, playing a game of tag with the sea.
She flirts with the danger of the crashing waves...
but is in love with what it holds...
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Categories:
confounded, change,
Form:
ABC
Cold
In the collected fleece
Soft white dappled against a crisp blue sky
Morning broke to its light of passion
As the phantom shades
Bowed their acquiescence
To the brush works of beauty
All came to nothing
Rolled beneath the rubber
Black...
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Categories:
confounded, lifewords, love,
Form:
Free verse