Long Dismissed Poems
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The Hardships of Honesty - Neither Will II often surprise many people in many ways
With the words I say…with the actions I make…
It’s extraordinary how many seek high praise
With the words they say…with the actions they fake…
Neither will I…
Assume the worst in...
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Categories:
dismissed, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance, faith, hope, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Employment TraumaMy protagonist today,
a Gay Black Religious Mature Male,
not quite ready for silver-grey Obama temples
Is off this morning
to a new full-time job,
8 to 5,
Monday through Friday.
He has been out of his calming,
regular custodial collared routine,
for over...
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Categories:
dismissed, betrayal, caregiving, culture, health, prejudice, religion, work,
Form:
Political Verse
ObservanceObservance
by Michael R. Burch
Here the hills are old and rolling
carefully in their old age;
on the horizon youthful mountains
bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
By dying leaves and falling raindrops,
I have traced time's starts and stops,
and I have...
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Categories:
dismissed, loneliness, lonely, longing, loss, lost, seasons, time,
Form:
Sonnet
Various Heresies 2Various Heresies 2
You
by Michael R. Burch
For thirty years You have not spoken to me;
I heard the dull hollow echo of silence
as though strange communion between us.
For thirty years You would not open to me;
You remained...
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Categories:
dismissed, atheist, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, religious,
Form:
Verse
Water's WeaknessThere is nothing weaker than water
But none is superior to it in overcoming the hard,
For which there is no substitute.
(Laotse, "Nothing Weaker Than Water", Lin Yutang, trans.)
That weakness of mind and body overcomes strength
And uniting...
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Categories:
dismissed, power, psychological, water, western, wisdom,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
8 Little EgyptsSomething strange
and unexplainable comes this way,
this way, it comes to us sly and fast,
some say, perhaps,
it has already arrived,
it walks unseen, in the midst of all, of us
we go about our...
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Categories:
dismissed, easter, humanity, words,
Form:
Narrative
The Depths
"The Depths"
From the depths
silence.
Where
are the voices
of other
women?
In that other place,
the monsters violate,
they take and take
bloody all, what they want
the dreams of women
are torched, murdered,
next to them,
the sweet dreams of lives...
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Categories:
dismissed, children, humanity, women,
Form:
Narrative
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 42Rian sat puzzling in his suite in the Keep. His thoughts in disarray, jumping from one concern to another without any logical order. He sat before a desk that once was...
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Categories:
dismissed, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Living With Uncertainty, Chaos and CorruptionThe world is constantly changing
People are steadily rearranging
Life seems to be a gigantic nightmare
Keep moving, but never getting there
This country was built on the backs of slaves
Our ancestors buried in...
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Categories:
dismissed, confusion, corruption, spoken word,
Form:
Free verse
MY Collaboration with Actor, Singer: Ricky Nelson in the Mid Winter of ''80: PART IMY Collaboration with Ricky Nelson in the Last Days of 1980
The eventful news of that day about what was found on board that crashed plane, won't replace that particular memory of Mr. Rick Nelson's hearty...
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Categories:
dismissed, appreciation, celebrity, girlfriend, imagery, lost, peace, wife,
Form:
Narrative
Please Remember You Had Nothing To SayPlease Remember You Had Nothing To Say
...
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Categories:
dismissed, betrayal, conflict, emotions, heartbreak, hurt, inspiration, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Remain SaneDo you recognize me anymore?
Do you realize that my heart is sore?
Let me memorize your heart’s melody
Let me see right through your…melancholy…
Do you ever wave goodbye to yesterday?
Can’t bear the thought of you leaving me...
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Categories:
dismissed, deep, depression, desire, feelings, life, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
Love Lesson PlanningFirst, imagine, if you can,
"Love" is not just a many splendored thing,
although it is that,
but behaviorists and existentialists behavioralize
the complex of emotions and consciousness
wearing that synergetic label
as active, sometimes spontaneous
"cooperation,"
an antonym for "competition."
Now,
Imagine you grew...
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Categories:
dismissed, conflict, culture, discrimination, health, integrity, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
The Twisting Tale of An Avian Apparition"The discrepancies are many, the dalliances are few,
both pitched against one dynamic, lifelong achievement"
Poking through the woods of the Mill Grove Audubon Estate,
suddenly came upon an ivy-covered studio shed
tucked away amongst foliage near Perkiomen Creek,
apparently...
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Categories:
dismissed, america, appreciation, art, bird, books, dream, history,
Form:
Blank verse
PrologueWhether you have come to possess this compendium of doggerel confessions by chance or by choice, should you decide to venture beyond this page, I politely suggest you consider the contents to be nothing more...
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Categories:
dismissed, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Bad ass beauty brought bedlam, and begat bastard childBad ass beauty brought bedlam, and begat bastard child...
courtesy booty call minus preemptive measures
while plugg naughty bits of tarnished knight
while he took tea and crumpets within mistress's boudoir
The following verses typed out some years...
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Categories:
dismissed, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, gender,
Form:
Free verse
In America June 14th Equals Flag DayIn America June 14th equals flag day
and in Pennsylvania a federal holiday.
"...I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god...
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Categories:
dismissed, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
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:
dismissed, culture, gender, health, humor, integrity, math, seasons,
Form:
Political Verse
More Than Race-FDespite the day-to-day signs of man’s bitter degradation, there were many in the South who somehow still failed to see the endless pain of segregation. From the viewpoint of those who never lived there as...
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Categories:
dismissed, america, family, race,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 82 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Children, the Adults ExcursionDate October 2040
The children were in the dining
Room and having a meeting of
Their own. Amadeus spoke
"We need to be honest with
Ma Auntiema and Dad and tell
Them when we don't like
Something...
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Categories:
dismissed, confidence, devotion, family, fashion, women,
Form:
Alliteration
This Is DangerThis is dangerous
said pirates to their vampire allies
about losing past regeneration fees
and bloodline contributions.
I'm being treated unfairly,
said pathological hurt
to self-redeeming anger,
loss of sacred winning patience.
I've lost something precious,
said virginal grief
and sacred matriarchal refugees
of WiseElder
wombed through...
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Categories:
dismissed, culture, education, green, health, integrity, peace, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
The RantGone now are the wondrous minds of old,
whose era treasured learning over gold,
And humble were the thoughts and words of these,
who, trothed to truth, would now be left displeased,
by hurried tempers bent on winning wars,
neglectful...
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Categories:
dismissed, people, philosophy, political, society, truth, universe, wisdom,
Form:
Didactic
Chapter 89 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and Polly: School ShowdownDate: Friday March 2041
The day started off calm at
Harley PHigh. DJ and Damali
Had two classes scheduled
Together. They had one class
Together at 1 afternoon. That
Was the last class before final
Dismissal. One class was...
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Categories:
dismissed, creation, dance,
Form:
Alliteration
One God, Under SupremacismPlease don't share this
pledge to inter-religious allegiance
with your straight white monotheistic worshiping
friends and family,
But, just between us panentheistic ecofeminists,
sometimes,
not often enough,
we would be healthier and wealthier
to reflect together upon
Internal polytheistic integrity communications,
bilaterally organic both/and dipolar
internal/external...
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Categories:
dismissed, god, health, joy, light, passion, peace, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Self Help Addict Needles Unsuspecting ReaderSelf help addict needles unsuspecting reader
Expounded late today April 27th, 2023
since being written
countless years ago
maybe a baker's dozen
as thee doodling cock doth crow
scouting about for carrion
scavenging for dead animals
and rooting about...
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Categories:
dismissed, 12th grade, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, april,
Form:
Rhyme