Long Dire Poems
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Translation of Eric Mottram's Poem 33 In Interrogation Rooms 1980-82 By T Wignesan Translation of Eric Mottram’s Poem 33 in Interrogation Rooms by T. Wignesan
33. on a vu un homme courir/ de la scène de crime un homme est maintenant en train d’aider/ la police avec...
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Categories:
dire, america, conflict, culture, , literature,
Form:
Free verse
Various Heresies 3Various Heresies 3
Breakings
by Michael R. Burch
I did it out of pity.
I did it out of love.
I did it not to break the heart of a tender, wounded dove.
But gods without compassion
ordained: Frail things must break!
Now...
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Categories:
dire, america, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, usa,
Form:
Verse
Let Us Speak ClearlyLet me speak clearly with you
dear religious and atheist Trumpians,
A fool in executive office
is a leader
only in foolish directions.
A rich thief
is the worst thief
as survival motives
are absent,
so self-thrival motives
remain piratically rampant.
An intellectual prostitute
to feel-good AmericaFirst...
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Categories:
dire, caregiving, culture, education, health, integrity, love, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
If I FalterIf I Falter
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
If I regret
fire in the sunset
exploding on the horizon,
then let me regret loving you.
If I forget
even for a moment
that you are the only one,
then let me forget that the...
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Categories:
dire, desire, engagement, fire, for her, friendship love,
Form:
Verse
Visit To AntietamAlone 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:
dire, america, conflict, history, together, war,
Form:
Ode
Adieu - Part 2The tears flowed and I still smiled,
My body and spirit and mind,
Were still in that state of residual bliss,
Soaking in your sweet smile,
And savoring the moonlit skin before me,
But my soul was being torn asunder,
And...
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Categories:
dire, heartbreak, love, passion, true love,
Form:
Free verse
The massive convoy of threatsBegins with Hyundai's my stalker fatal attraction
rushing in front of our disabled vehicle then rams break
hard causing us to panic my spouse and I both disabled
this has cause severe discrimination and victimization...
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Categories:
dire, anxiety, depression, discrimination, health, husband, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
Smooth Big Cat
"Smooth Big Cat"
He was one of those guys you just knew would be a dud. "Be nice", she said to herself.
She met him on the upswing from the abyss of a dismally closed final chapter....
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Categories:
dire, adventure, muse, mystery, romance,
Form:
Narrative
The Witch At InvernessPlease take this time to steer your thoughts
To a wretched land of lochs and glens.
Where a village was tasked and the people fraught
At the woe and sadness life could send.
With the Dragons gone and the...
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Categories:
dire, adventure, children, magic,
Form:
Rhyme
Insecure, Illuminating Ill-Tempered, Invigorating Icicle I Once WasI’m stronger than I realize,
I’m not alone
And I’m not a failure
I am focused on the prize -
God’s Kingdom today, though I’m on my own
Feeling like a Jailure
I was brave enough
Life can be quite rough
I was...
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Categories:
dire, appreciation, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
SPECIAL AGENT GONE BADSPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE I ALWAYS KNEW SOMETHING WAS OFF WITH ALAN I MEAN AFTER ALL HE WAS ACTUALLY WORKING FOR WANNABE MOBSTERS CIRO GARGANO WHO TRULY BELIEVED...
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Categories:
dire, america, anxiety, military, thank you, write,
Form:
Free verse
Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RINGLegacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING
uninvited GUESTS linkedin as the themes of mein kampf.
Despite countless factorial permutations
& combinations, this cyber surfer
avails left and right alm
seeking succor Out Of Human Bondage
invisibles shackles bind head,
shoulders, knees and...
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Categories:
dire, abuse, age, angst, anxiety, city, depression, earth,
Form:
Free verse
The Frog Prince - Part 1A funny frog called Mr Snog,
once lived beside a slimy bog,
he was a most peculiar fellow,
his hat was red, his boots were yellow,
his waistcoat was an olive green,
the strangest sight you’ve ever seen,
no matter where...
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Categories:
dire, allegory, fairy, humorous, metaphor,
Form:
Light Verse
Megan's Quest Part 2of7Now Regan and Megan were down on their luck
and faced with little or no choice.
So with a quiet trepidation... a deal was struck
and from now all would...
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Categories:
dire, adventure, funny, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth - With New FootnotesGod Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!
God bless each day's magnetic field on Earth (1) that shields the human race
from cosmic rays bombarding Earth and us (from...
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Categories:
dire, love, science, space,
Form:
Rhyme
THE PEPPERMAN IN THE GALLERY OF PUBLIC OPINION
I opened a door in the Universe
and found myself in the gallery
of public opinion.
A serious debate was taking place
over Freedoms
and God given rights.
On one side several thousand people
proclaiming Slaves have No...
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Categories:
dire, america, atheist, crazy, freedom, future, identity, political,
Form:
Free verse
The Children of Gaza Lyrics: I"The Children of Gaza" Lyrics: I
These lyrics were written by Michael R. Burch and were adapted in places to the music by Michael R. Burch with input from composer Eduard de Boer.
World premiere, April 22,2017,...
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Categories:
dire, child, child abuse, childhood, mother, mother son,
Form:
Lyric
Dante's Divina Commedia Translation Canto ViiiI tell, to follow, that long trait before
We reached the back foot of the tower tall,
Our eyes went up to the top core
For two little flames we saw install,
And another responding from so far
That...
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Categories:
dire, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Geese, Goslings and the BridgeGeese, Goslings and the Bridge
Sometimes, when you least expect it, Mother Nature makes a u-turn and draws you into the ridiculous. Such was the time recently as I was returning from a friend’s home...
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Categories:
dire, bird, family,
Form:
Metrical Tale
Inxs of Poison From Iron Maiden Scorpion Mamma and Ac Dc Charged Aries PapaInxs of poison from iron maiden scorpion mamma and ac/dc charged aries papa
Although gainfully unemployed
(fate now finds me receiving
social security disability –
for approximately
the last baker's dozen years -
the yeast divine intercession...
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Categories:
dire, 12th grade, abuse, anger, anxiety, atheist, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Was Versus NowI’m stronger than I realize,
I’m not alone
And I’m not a failure
I am focused on the prize -
God’s Kingdom today, though I’m on my own
Feeling like a Jailure
I was brave enough
Life can be quite rough
I was...
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Categories:
dire, anxiety, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
Dystopia Town Will Be Damaged By Ascended FrownWhere’s a hero when we need one?
Get rid of the villain with a silly, little gun
I ricochet like the bullets that hit Superman,
But he was shielded best he can…best he can…
Driving through dystopia town, dystopia...
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Categories:
dire, angst, dark, emotions, grief, happiness, hope, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's Time Sight Unseen, Part Two By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s TIME SIGHT UNSEEN, Part Two by T. Wignesan
"Instead of an item in a school of rhetoric, the poem could have variety of articulations, continuity and discontinuity, sentence and parataxis, and an...
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Categories:
dire, art, creation, literature, philosophy, word play, writing,
Form:
Free verse
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CRISIS TEAM IDENTITY FRAUD AGAINST CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCESCRISIS TEAM: HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: HELLO I'M AGENT BROWN IN DIRE NEED OF THE FBI HELP AFTER I CONTACTED THE FBI ABOUT THE ARSON MURDERER OF 9 CIRO GARGANO AND HIS...
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Categories:
dire, america, analogy, anxiety, military, passion, poems, remember,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Quest of the Heart: Chapter FourGrey Bane and the Dark Lord
Perched on a stalagmite jutting up from the floor
Hugo was staring at length across the cave
My eyes accustomed to the glow followed his gaze
Frozen in ice was my Love whom...
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Categories:
dire, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme