Long Demander Poems

Limericks I - Relatives and Relativity

The Cosmological Constant
by Michael R. Burch

Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
said E equals MC squared.
Thus all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!


A$$-tronomical
by Michael R. Burch

Relativity, the theorists’ creed,
says mass increases...

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Grab Bag Poems and Epigrams

POEMS

Less Heroic Couplets: Dark Cloud, Silver Lining, Dupes
from “Love in the Time of the Coronavirus”
by Michael R. Burch

Every corona has a silver lining:
I’m too far away to hear your whining,
and despite...

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Just now I took a minute to myself
reflecting it's going well
re-step well if I'm a belt
I'm holding up but my former self
in stealth hiding in my shadow so now I'm mystealth
a worn version like an...

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Say it loud if that is what thrills you
Say it twice if that is what you don’t want
Say it loud if that is what brings discomfort in you
Cough it out if that will make you...

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Tu le fera, n’est-ce pas, Papa ? – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « Won’t you, Dad ? » by T. Wignesan

Si toutes les jolies mélodies
de ce monde eussent été chantées
et toutes les chefs d’œuvres des...

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I dont like sex 
Yet I have it with you so often 
This is when you caress my body the most
Hold me with such softness 
Like a delicate china that could fall apart with the...

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I am a survivor! The over comer of the worst!
From Cape to Cairo! I know there is east to west!
My destiny is not yet reachable though not perishable
I may look miserable yet i am reasonable
All...

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e temps passe rapidement
Et vient le temps des decisions 
Faut-il quitter ou le Liban
Ou rester a la maison ?
Faut-il travailler
ou continuer mes etudes a l'universite?
je ne sais pas quoi decider
mon cerveau ne peut plus fonctionner
2016,...

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A beautiful woman 
Beauty lies in the eyes 
Of the beholder they say 
Yet her beauty is beyond 
Just for the sake of the eyes 


A beautiful woman
Her humour is her beauty 
Her understanding make...

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Vive l’héro
La chanson voisine des louanges
Et toi-

Tu m’as laissé
Au sommet 
De leur jeu 

Et j’ai pleuré
Tout seul
Sans arrêt, comme une veille chute d’eau 

Mais quand 
Tu n’es pas retourné, pour retrouver 
Ta jeunesse d’antan

Pourquoi 
Personne...

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Longue Bruxelles en direct! 

Nous avons besoin de se battre,
Et pénibilité réagir,
Sans retenue ni hésitation,
Et blâmer dans l'agression.

Islam et la foi doivent aller vers le bas,
Ils doivent se résorber dans la renommée,
L'islamophobie est plus crédible,
En...

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The melody of love becomes our song,
A vibrant tune that carries on the air,
In flames of lust, it’s no genteel affair
That drives our souls to make love all night long,
Despite their cries declaring love as...

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