Long Door to door Poems
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Justice Is Crying In the Street
Oh my soul what hails you?
Oh my soul what awaits you?
Oh my soul why are you in despair?
Oh my soul I have not deserted you
Oh my soul I have something to share
Oh my soul I...
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Categories:
door to door, anti bullying, conflict, courage, desire, discrimination, education,
Form:
Free verse
Peace Prayer
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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Categories:
door to door, beauty, blessing, love, nature, peace, prayer, time,
Form:
Free verse
The Moon As a Metaphor For Your Mouth
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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Categories:
door to door, candy, love, metaphor, moon, romantic love, sweet,
Form:
Sonnet
Once Upon a Halloween In the 50's
The excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I became a...
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Categories:
door to door, nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
The Plague
as the PROPHETS of profits, WE lead and WE’re fair
while WE’re living the life of the poor BILLIONAIRE
– silver yachts, pearly castles, cash (plenty to spare) –
with the world on OUR backs... ah! the burdens...
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Categories:
door to door, society,
Form:
Quatrain
Christians for Public ReLigious Health
Last night I dreamed I was Donny's sexy Secretary
of Public Health Education,
charged with training health therapists
who traveled from home to shelter
with a one question survey,
"Which do you experience as healthier
for yourself,
those around you,
for your...
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Categories:
door to door, culture, earth, education, health, love,
Form:
Political Verse
Once Upon a Christmas 1954 - Part One - a Short Story From My Memoir
Each year as Christmas rolls around, as I buckle under the pressure and stress of shopping for gifts for people that already have everything, I find myself remembering that Christmas of 1954.
Dad had joined...
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Categories:
door to door, christmas, nostalgia,
Form:
Narrative
Human Being With a Soul
We are human being with a soul
We were taken from the North and South Pole
And left in a basket at the flagpole
If all the relics in history were unfold
You would discover that the real threshold
Is...
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Categories:
door to door, body, bullying, change, community, conflict, faith, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Let the Drums Speak
Listen the drums are rumbling and the pots are bubbling
Listen, the drums are rolling and pretty girls are dancing
Listen the drums are speaking and my heart is singing
Listen the drums are beating and I am...
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Categories:
door to door, africa, age, business, education, encouraging, farm, growth,
Form:
Narrative
JIMMY
After my young wife died tragically, I decided to move away
Memories we made in our house were painful; I couldn’t stay
I’d often remember that phone call from her doctor who’d said
"John, you need to get...
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Categories:
door to door, america, boy, death, death of a friend,
Form:
Narrative
Old and New Halloween Poems
No Halloween Candy
I can't get no Halloween candy.
I can't get no Halloween candy.
But I try, and I try, and I try, and I try.
I can't get no. I can't get no.
Well I'm walking door...
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Categories:
door to door, fear, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme
The Murderers Cry
Haven’t you had enough blood from the beginning of time?
Haven’t you taken enough lives before they should have died?
All around I can hear their cry
They want to escape from the under world
You spill blood...
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Categories:
door to door, betrayal, break up, bullying, conflict, death of
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Do You Remember
I woke up this morning feeling vigorous and strong
Even though I had lost some sleep, I could still feel my heartbeat
I took a shower, and got dressed and stared at the morning sky
I gazed...
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Categories:
door to door, dance, environment, friendship, leadership, love, moving on,
Form:
Narrative
My Three Prayers
Here I am sitting in the chair
Staring at the ceiling above my head
Contemplating life's meaning and testing my deep feelings
If a pin drops I can hear the sound
If a dog moans I can...
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Categories:
door to door, abuse, angel, blessing, care, celebration, courage, culture,
Form:
Free verse
Connections
I can feel this thread running all over me, it’s like I am connected to the deep blue sea and the current is pulling me into the deep dragging me towards an unplanned destiny; the...
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Categories:
door to door, appreciation, beautiful, business, caregiving, confidence, courage, emotions,
Form:
Narrative
Look no further than the nose on your face
Look no further than the nose on your face...
for Mutualism among Homo sapiens
long thought to be a pipe dream
case in point sited by a couple of recent
purportedly natural events possibly
exacerbated courtesy global warming
namely present conflagrations
include...
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Categories:
door to door, america, anger, anti bullying, celebration, environment, film,
Form:
Free verse
Lavender
Ramapo, New York, a small town
Was rural ... to say the least
Where simple folks lived a simple life
And most residents could rest in peace
But, tonight was prom night and
The summer evening was unusually cool
As...
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Categories:
door to door, dance, girl, high school, mystery, new york,
Form:
Quatrain
The Devils Army
See them coming they are possessed
See them coming they are obsessed
See them coming they are undressed
Their blood filled eyes stares at us in disgust
And big guns protrudes from their sides, they are...
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Categories:
door to door, betrayal, break up, bullying, conflict, confusion, death,
Form:
Free verse
The Stricken Corridor
Fall tumbles relentlessly on our door steps
young winter birds inducing provoking sounds scamper in trees
Watching winter crawling slowly under our feet.
The night rain wet the ground with sadness
washing away the environmental stench
purging...
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Categories:
door to door, dream, education, environment, water, weather, wedding, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Ready To Go
People are wandering around the town
With their heads pointing to the clouds
People are wandering about the town
Looking like fearful clowns
Nasty men with hard backs
Are walking about the park
Harassing the women in the boiling...
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Categories:
door to door, confidence, endurance, england, environment, friendship, journey, meaningful,
Form:
Narrative
The Midnight Crown
The silent night walks like a freighted man in boots, and penetrates the head of the living dead while they lay down in silence to sleep. Not a sound could be heard except for the...
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Categories:
door to door, absence, adventure, beach, beautiful, beauty, celebration, community,
Form:
Free verse
Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and quite casually made mention of contra dancing, which inopportunely, inextricably,...
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Categories:
door to door, 12th grade, addiction, adventure, appreciation, body, community,
Form:
Free verse
the Portal That Opens Doors
Dear Father Our God Our Saviour full of grace and mercy and our intimate
Friend Jesus Christ We humbly ask for a granted mercy completed plan of destiny inheritance. Dear God of Glory the...
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Categories:
door to door, anxiety, appreciation, change, cheer up, confidence, courage,
Form:
Free verse
The Day When Harry Told the Truth
Now Uncle Harry, me old Uncle, who’d been a scallywag I’d say,
told outlandish stories to us kids and we became his perfect prey.
For he’d see our eyes wide open as we took in every word,
believing...
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Categories:
door to door, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Life Through a Child's Eyes
finding shapes in clouds
or four-leaf clovers in fields . . .
the child’s eye searches
What does it mean to view life through a child’s eyes? For me it means searching for things of wonder to revel...
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Categories:
door to door, child,
Form:
Haibun