Long Disapproved Poems

These are peace poems, prayer poems, hymns and lullabies I have written for family, friends and the world over the years ...

Peace Prayer
by Michael R. Burch

for Jim Dunlap

Be calm.
Be still.
Be silent, content.

Be one with the...

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The Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch

When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a...

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A funny thing happened this evening
My littlest daughter sat too far back on the toilet, slipped in and was stuck
(Have we all been there? I remember my experience well...)
She found it hilarious and shouted for...

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In the fry oil of your frustration,
You've turned into someone stranger than fiction, by your callous action 
A heartless love affair had it your way and I was having a good day
Until you and I...

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2024.4.28
It was our third and final day trip.
We visited AI on The Great Ocean Road.
For the first time, you admired the scenery was great,
While standing at a cliff, looked down to the coast line.
The blue...

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Henry Morgan was an admiral of the Royal Navy
In his time, commissioned, but most found him crazy
Such that the Spanish called him a pirate rebellious
Whilst he considered himself with the truth not hazy

He took Campeche...

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It was February 2002 (WWF Raw, WWF SmackDown!, and WWF No Way Out), that Jessica McCord and her then-husband, Jeff, killed Alan Bates and his new wife, Terra. Before their deaths, Alan "A.B." was in...

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When we pleasantly stroll down
the streets or boulevards
of any historical city or town,
we  stops pensively and reflect deeply
by the magnificent monuments erected for the great;
and reading the engraved words,
we are astonished by the accomplishments
of...

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I've put on a watch
Yet i ask you the time
You ask me if i'm okay,well thank you I'm  fine
My life's in a pit,it's all too confused
And all of this is my fault..i am the...

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I had to say good bye to my beloved kitty, Sydney.  Syd-Syd as I called her, loved 
to be held.  Her favorite spot was on my shoulder, as if I were burping a...

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Once upon a time there lived,
A beautiful girl and a man she loved.
So true was such their love,
There wasn't anyone who disapproved.
 
It had been love at first sight,
A fairy tale since that day.
The maiden...

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Sunday afternoon my grandmother decided to take me down with her to the memory lane.
She seemed  excited like a  child traveling first time on an aeroplane.
"Those were the days,
when everything was fresh and...

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Extra committed; yet excommunicated. Highly dedicated; yet not facilitated.                          ...

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He was a sort of a king, a man at the top of King Hill.  He had the most food, and the most guns. He had servants at first, but they were too hard...

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Friendships may thrive and blossom in spite of disagreements.                          ...

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I first noticed the black crow sitting on the lower branch of the old oak tree/ In front of 
my house, ten yards out; it's eyes seemed to follow me/ No matter what I was...

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Cut from the same cloth, certainly didn't apply
I'd lived twenty places, was born to improvise
You had one home, parents, sister, two nephews 
Persistance forced my flighty spirit to accept you


Invited to hang with your family...

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We were excited by our recent inheritance and decided to move
We packed up and drove to our new home, some family disapproved
We were thrilled, the old Victorian home was everything we wanted
Ignoring the rumors, not...

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(Inspired by the humorous short story, "Angel Of The Odd", by Edgar Allan Poe.)



This young man had just been visiting his mother,
His wife disapproved of spending his time with another,
He grabbed his coat and hat,...

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Today's lesson..

Pastor Jason couldn't understand it, he had heard about his father's upcoming wedding a week before the event, though he disapproved of the bride to be,a glaring age difference, he still would wish his...

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I was once captivated by the seduction of darkness. Not realizing it would destroy 
all the I was. My life crumbled at the seams, every area of my life was affected by 
this insanity that...

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From the time of Washington to today,
We have been in a "severe and constant struggle"
For America to be America again.
We have been hindered, but not stopped, 
Chained but not bound,
Beaten but not killed, dying, but...

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The acrylic line pulled taught as he bit down.
The lake was so still as to mimic a black oil slick -
She suddenly breaks away and churns like an overcooked pot -
Ripples glide along the boats...

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A warning

The picture of my mother that hangs on the wall
opposite where I try to work, fell down
I took this as a warning not to stray too far to 
the right and end up in the...

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I tried to write a song like John Denver would have done
Thought the way to do it was to emulate each one
Went to Colorado for a Rocky Mountain High
Found heaven near Shenandoah, but inspiration still...

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