Long Devoured Poems
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Childhood Dreams Part 1When I was a child
Everything was magical
Full of mystery and the unknown
I read hundreds of books
The library my haven
My home
Hours upon hours
Night and day
I read and got lost in text
They supplied me with adventures
Secret journeys
Fun...
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Categories:
devoured, childhood, cinderella, dream, fairy,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About the Coronavirus IiPoems about the Coronavirus II
This World's Joy
(anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 14th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters...
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Categories:
devoured, fear, loneliness, loss, natural disasters, scary, social,
Form:
Rhyme
Radiance, For Dylan ThomasRadiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil—
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes—dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
devoured, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Chapter 65 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Xiv 2 : the Family VacationIt was at this point 11 o'clock
At night. Damian Left Molly and
Checked on the seven. Everybody
Was fine. He returned to
Business. Molly was no longer
Afraid she knew she was in the...
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Categories:
devoured, 7th grade, beach, beauty, child, grandmother, parents,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 119 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Damali Desharah DJ: Desharah's and Sedanah's New DigsDesharah woke early morning 8 am.
She wanted to check out her new
House. But she waited for Sedanah
To come out of her dreams.
"WAKE UP SEDA." They roomed
Together. That's what her mother
Wanted....
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Categories:
devoured, absence, confidence, voyage,
Form:
Alliteration
Poems About Dylan ThomasThese are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
devoured, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan ThomasMyth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
devoured, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
After School Jam SessionHow was school today?
Fine.
Did you learn anything important?
Maybe. I'm not sure yet.
Really? What are you considering?
We talked about Howard Odum's natural trinity
of altruism.
Maybe I skipped that day
way back in premillennial times
before Permaculture Design had taken...
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Categories:
devoured, culture, earth, education, environment, health, humor, science,
Form:
Political Verse
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CONFIDENTIAL HUMANS SOURCE CRISIS TEAMCRISIS TEAM:HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: HELLO I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN THREE OR FOUR AM I CANNOT BREATHE PANTING HEARING MY FETUS HEARTBEAT SO LOUDLY
CRISIS TEAM: YOU ARE...
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Categories:
devoured, america, analogy, anxiety, art, career, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 36I sung all the night with the Devil,
It seemed harmony had found itself spooning with dissonance
Not indeed needing to be one or the same
Yes—the light indeed could sustain itself in the midst
Of what then was...
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Categories:
devoured, appreciation, dark, desire, endurance, inspiration, literature, meaningful,
Form:
Epic
The Stela Epic, Part 1 of 8The Stela Epic by DR. Mohammed F A Alrazak
The grains of sand, the drops of rain, makes the stage for souls to play
The prints of feet on rocks were wonders and arts as the...
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Categories:
devoured, culture, freedom,
Form:
ABC
Used As An ExperimentUsed As an Experiment
THE SILENCE IS BREAKING MEEEE….CAN’T YOU SEE?
V.1: Strong AS STEEL, wrapped up with silver, heartfelt ribbons
Give it to me – the rope of hope
You smoked me out like a cigarette…
Used like I’m...
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Categories:
devoured, angst, beauty, betrayal, blue, emotions, freedom, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Travel Light* This poem was written for a contest originally, but was used by Professor Anne-Marie Thornton of Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, to teach her WAR POETRY class in the spring semester of 2017. My...
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Categories:
devoured, child, children, loss, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 14Despite his impatience to show me his hell,
He waited for me in my rest,
Lying upon the ground, I awoke in prayer,
Thanking God above and asking Him for guidance
“My heart is Yours, always,
From the moment...
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Categories:
devoured, adventure, anxiety, conflict, courage, dark, holocaust, horror,
Form:
Epic
travel light -Her small angelic face ...
Once a place where broad smiles bloomed like butterflies on marigolds,
is streaked with the furrows that countless tears have etched into the
layers of dust and dirt and explosive residue that now...
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Categories:
devoured, child, conflict, courage, war,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 81 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Leo Legends AgeDate August 10, 2040
Damian roused Molly from her
Pleasant dream just because
He wanted to make love. She
Drowsyly responded to his
Belly caressing, "Yes, Damian
I'm sleeping, soo... tired."
He said, "ooh, that's alright."
He...
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Categories:
devoured, birth, black love, confidence, emotions, family, father
Form:
Alliteration
The-Hour-GlassPlease, save me!!
Solitude is speaking, oh so lonely...
We have plenty of gain
In our pockets, overflowing with light
You are like an airplane,
Landing safely from a fantastic flight
My beating heart can't take this anymore
The moment...
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Categories:
devoured, betrayal, deep, depression, desire, lost, passion, time,
Form:
Lyric
LightingaleHow come you're so indifferent?
My opinions sting my noggin with discontent
Don't you ever feel overwhelmed with the songs on the radio?
Well, no words can describe this feeling I feel...yeah nobody will know
Oh lightingale, you...
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Categories:
devoured, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Lyric
I Was So LostI Was So Lost
I had been raised in church but a religious church.
They did acknowledge there was a God but
His Son was pictured as dead upon a cross. This
was the picture that I carried...
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Categories:
devoured, appreciation, baptism, truth,
Form:
Narrative
The Night Before Christmas By Edgar Allan PoeOn the night before Christmas, alone in my house,
Sorrow gnawed at my soul, like a ravenous mouse.
Entombed in my blankets, I struggled to sleep,
Ready to snap if I counted more sheep.
I rose at the...
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Categories:
devoured, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
Quest of the Heart: Chapter One, ContOf Ghosts and fiends in Twilight, Cont.
A thought flashed in my mind from the old tales told
The lore of the beast and I had felt his foul breath
I had seconds to act or be devoured...
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Categories:
devoured, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
You Hurt My FeelingsFather, you hurt my feelings
It looks as if you don’t care that I’m alone
Melodic, hopeful bird sings,
So I listen and feel at home, all on my own
The tune of tranquility will drain away the...
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Categories:
devoured, angst, courage, emotions, faith, feelings, strength, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Surviving Chronic EclipsesI was on my ambivalent fence
about who to watch watch the solar eclipse,
my alcoholic allies
or the designer THC corporate investors.
Wherever it was,
we read excerpts from two permaculture designers,
to get our minds ready for this great...
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Categories:
devoured, culture, gender, health, humor, integrity, math, seasons,
Form:
Political Verse
Fixated FreefallFalling away,
Away from your embrace
Day by day,
Washing away my face
In the mirror before me...
I ran the race with determination and fury...
I took the correction that God had in mind for me all along...but yet, I...
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Categories:
devoured, corruption, courage, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
The Odium of SodiumLike a Phoenix, I rise up from the ashes of my past
Your beautiful tune mended the Earth with exquisite mirth
Like a runner, I'm running forward to the finish line oh so fast
You're...
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Categories:
devoured, betrayal, crazy, dark, deep, depression, desire, encouraging,
Form:
Verse