Long Cruse Poems

dust had gathered on her many memories in outlines and heaps

had sheltered her from full on attacks of pain and self lacerations

the broom with razors attached right next to the end of the stick


inside lay...

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The late night storm rushed into the valley,
Pouring down, 
Creating the sleepy ambiance only a mountains lull can provide.  
The crisp damp air crackles to life at lights first caste over the mountain,
into the...

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Unlikely Mike
by Michael R. Burch

I married someone else’s fantasy;
she admired me despite my mutilations.

I loved her for her heart’s sake, and for mine.
I hid my face and changed its connotations.

And in the dark I danced—slight,...

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April 2 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 17-19

Key Verse –1Kings 17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD,...

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I was going through the year feeling just fine, while writing my rhymes. Not a worry not a care, nothing to bear. Then here comes spring such a wonderful thing, didn't have an idea of...

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There is a great epidemic
sweeping across the land,
that convinces foolish minds
they are bold and grand,
convinces them mere existence
makes them legendary,
I’m talking now about the cruse
of unearned self-esteem.

You see it in the young folk,
most still under...

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The hustle of the
Khyber pass
Dusty 
Dirty
Traffic chaotic 
Pori’s border
Like the ground
Soaking up my foot prints
We move beyond
The bus is silent
In this barren landscape
I look upon the discarded
Shells of war
Interesting
I identify shells
From many wars
Like a walk
Along...

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Love is the Key to Jesus and whatever Love In life brings
All this stuff on earth is not worth nothing 
If you have not someone you love to share it with
Even then the stuff is...

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BIKER 
The night sky is made of black tar, and broken glass,
And the moon, if you melt it in a spoon, once was an old hubcap.
So by the light of night, ride the Milky Way’s...

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Could it be that im crazy in love?
Are you what my dreams are made of?
Ive fallen into you head first.
With one simple kiss you broke my cruse.
From this day forward ill never leave your side.
This...

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hey pete
by Michael R. Burch
 
hey pete,
it's baseball season
and the sun ascends the sky,
encouraging a schoolboy's dreams
of winter whizzing by;
go out, go out and catch it,
put it in a jar,
set it on a shelf
and then...

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a warm summer day seen 
a sea-scene of rolling glass
a boat and passengers
sun and sunglasses
fishing rods and cameras 
out for a peaceful cruse
when tide and
a storm far away made a rogue wave
that nearly split the...

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What was the crown of thorns fore ?

Why was it hammered to Jesus’ brow ? 
Like forcing a nail through a piece of wood.

Was it a badge of mockery toward the Jewish leaders?
 Fore pressing...

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Farewell, au revoir, goodbye, convivial summer. 
The day is late now, and the breeze is warmer. 
A vacant ocean-side barricaded motel. 
Wild geese are soon flying in lines as well.

Vacation homes drop their literate barricades. 
This rich sweeping green...

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Draupadi's Mahabharath
Blinded by thoughts I have sunk into a corner
Unlikely and hasty thoughts seep into my heart
Maybe as I knew that I was the silent mourner
Of one noble soul, that destiny has tone apart
Clad in...

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Oceans apart
In a sea of love
Are these battered hearts
Plummeting into a deep blue dive

In my mind’s eye..
Project your instagram
Through tears I cry
Your living hologram

And now..
Your thoughts are with me
And I drown
In memories of who we...

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No matter how hard I try 
No matter how much I suffer
No matter how many prays I pray 
No matter how many nights I spend 
No matter all this
My prays never get answered
My suffering gives...

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feral lotus focus
ferocious locus
hocus pocus proportions
bogus contortions
notions that are hopeless
clueless and helpless caution
careful not to touch my foolish Johnson
useless toothless rush of jarring jargon
ill gotten fruit rotten loot bargains
a fierce farce thrilling scar gardens
watered by...

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A hot day and a smelter

Is it in Qatar, or in Dubai a friendly aluminum 
smelter for sale, the one in the picture on a TV add
looks ok
Now that my wife is on holiday with her...

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Secrets are what kill us, hidden down deep within, 
Locked away in shadows, the harbor place of sins, 
They fester, and they grow, like germs in the night, 
A burden on our souls, until they’re...

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The celestial mists reveal 
Something surreal
Stars with thousands of kaleidoscopic shapes that any illness can heal
Beautiful and mesmerizing to the soul they appeal

Through porcelain skies thunder will cruse
Painting the sky with wider range of hues
That...

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Tired of frolic
and the beaming sun,
the snow and ice retreat;
returning the pond nation
to its peaceful co-existence.

Toads once again sit
majestically upon their naked 
rock thrones—no lily pads here.
A lone insect glides by
and is slap from the...

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i like the way you do girl, 
Like your moves and your thing, 
I’m taken to your way, 
It breaks me, makes me sing. 

You are my height, 
With you, I’m might, 
We are in...

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Space is final frontier 
Like through ocean in age of sail
Spaceships cruse through space
Of course some dangers they also face

Math is fundamental to everything 
Whoever possesses most of knowledge is a king
But math that we...

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Don't dangle me by the third finger
Nor dress me in fear's death robes
I am a speck of dust in ghastly winds
That still hope to cruse in steady flows

If pyjamas are the night's necessities
Make my plans...

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