Long Downpour Poems
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Below the Horizon - Shallow ShameAgony be to society's demise
Labels are for fools, not for the wise
Play the familiar tune of in-unison serenity
Fatality won't come any time soon, thankfully...
Homeless people were on the news not to long ago...I weep...
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Categories:
downpour, cute, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IiPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds
Flying
by Michael R. Burch
I shall rise
and try the bloody wings of thought
ten thousand times
before I fly...
and then I'll sleep
and waste ten thousand nights
before I dream;
but when at last...
I soar the...
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Categories:
downpour, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Free Verse IiiSalve
by Michael R. Burch
for the victims and survivors of 9-11
The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering images,
sometimes we still touch,
laughing, amazed,
that our flesh
does not despair
of love
as...
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Categories:
downpour, body, desire, kiss, love, together, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
My Sweetest Gift, a Childhood MemoryMy auntie came to visit when I was three, but nearly four.
I proudly and lovingly wore her name gifted to me, a sweet legacy.
I...
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Categories:
downpour, angel, childhood, love,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 37I heard two distinct voices in the night,
Conversing amongst themselves most eagerly
They whispered like children in excitement
Their sardonic mouths sung many savvy tunes
It was Death I could perceive, defending me,
And he, a strange, distant friend
Seemed...
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Categories:
downpour, change, death, gothic, grave, literature, romance, war,
Form:
Epic
Chinese Translations IChinese Poets: English Translations
These are modern English translations of poems by some of the greatest Chinese poets of all time, including Du Fu, Huang O, Li Bai, Li Ching-jau, Li Qingzhao, Po Chu-I, Tzu Yeh,...
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Categories:
downpour, children, heaven, moon, sorrow, spring, water, wine,
Form:
Free verse
The Daily Star Tuesday IssueThe daily star Tuesday issue...
announces Summer Solstice 2023
regarding ray zing planetary earthlings
Wednesday, June twenty first
at 10:57 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates
most daylight hours of the year for
people...
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Categories:
downpour, age, angel, appreciation, beautiful, creation, england, summer,
Form:
Free verse
The Bailout Ballad - the Layman's LamentOne day not long past our economy faltered
And wouldn’t improve if our course were unaltered.
'Cause we buy stuff at Wal-Mart (where things are dirt cheap)
'Cause they buy from China (treats workers like sheep
(So farmers left...
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Categories:
downpour, business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
In the Islands Far, Far AwayMission Control, this is Flight Z924693744, do you read?
We're having some technical trouble. How should we proceed?
We have spotted a planet, that appears to be suitable to abort;
But, to return to earth, we will need...
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Categories:
downpour, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, planet, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet
Young Brilliant Poet That Left Us Far, Far Too Soon Second Poet In Dedication SeriesNote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Born 4 August 1792
Horsham, Sussex, England[1]
Died , 8 July 1822 (aged 29)
Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Occupation Poet, dramatist, essayist, novelist
Alma mater University College, Oxford (no degree)
Literary movement Romanticism
Spouse Harriet Westbrook
(m. 1811;...
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Categories:
downpour, appreciation, art, assonance, beautiful, blessing, encouraging, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 12His words stung me, as the cries from the maelstrom seem to retort
Their scattered, foreign words and wails retching their say
I listened, almost mesmerized,
Pulverized
“Come,” Said he,
With threatening authority
Upwards, higher than the balcony from which we...
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Categories:
downpour, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, conflict, hope, muse,
Form:
Free verse
StormThe day was fine and sunlit,
Decorated by several clouds
drifting aimlessly in the radiant ocean-blue sky.
Chorused by gentle puffs of the morning breeze,
Sending leaves on the streets twirling like
ballerinas in a dazzling and mesmerising dance.
and...
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Categories:
downpour, courage, fear, metaphor, natural disasters, school, ,
Form:
Imagism
Storm ConcreteThe day was fine and sunlit, Decorated by several clouds drifting
aimlessly in the radiant ocean-blue sky. Chorused by gentle
...
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Categories:
downpour, school, storm,
Form:
Concrete
Halloween Poems IiiNo One
by Michael R. Burch
No One hears the bells tonight;
they tell him something isn’t right.
But No One is not one to rush;
he lies in grasses greenly lush
as far away a startled thrush
flees from horned owls...
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Categories:
downpour, angel, dark, eve, evil, fear, gothic, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
The HeroThe thunder struck and the heavy rains came,
He struggled for survival, fought hard.
The downpour wouldn’t stop, the streets now flooded,
the man now lay unconscious on a boulevard.
The next morning, the Sun couldn’t rise,
the clouds overpowered...
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Categories:
downpour, angel, blessing, courage, god, hero, inspirational, strength,
Form:
Rhyme
Hands Down Unto the FloorOpening the Drawer
Letting out my there's-my-phone Roar
Destined to live life to the fullest
Relevant determination of the writer flows in my good blood
Envy not, competition - so be it
Amphibious animals corner me as if I'm...
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Categories:
downpour, crazy, deep, depression, desire, emotions, encouraging, how
Form:
Free verse
What Was, Was What Is, IsAre you ready? Hold your breath, because I am about to explode and cause a torrential downpour, of emotions on you that you thought from someone, could never cause any harm
Well that sweet, genuine, innocent,...
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Categories:
downpour, anger, heartbroken,
Form:
Rhyme
Geishapitty-pit-pat, pitty-pit-pat ...
dark attic, echoing ... tenderly
rain on tin roof above,
her nana's voice, ages hence -
lives ago, really ... calling …
"Little Tea Pot, Little Tea Pot -
...
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Categories:
downpour, imagery, longing, memory, metaphor, nostalgia, old, passion,
Form:
Free verse
April Show-ErsI was a zealous meteorologist, which I had been for a long time,
As the roving years work diligently, to create a very fine wine.
So content in my fond vocation, many deemed me tops in my...
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Categories:
downpour, fantasy, flower, happiness, nature, rain, weather, work,
Form:
Couplet
Beautiful HalvesYou rock me wildly
To the black rhythms of juju music from the radio;
Drinking horn in hand.
Not too drunk to tread
The course of blue, warmth
And moaning shadows behind batiste curtain.
Waves...
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Categories:
downpour, romance, romantic, romantic love, sensual, silly, smart,
Form:
Free verse
A Basket CaseI was a private detective, and I was deemed one of the best,
As the colorful tulip fields, are forever attracting guests.
My skills seemed often in demand, and indeed kept me moving,
As gold days seem to...
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Categories:
downpour, career, fantasy, friend, mystery, nature, people, summer,
Form:
Couplet
Victory Is ContagiousVanity and insanity
Is who I was and am - victory is contagious but has its pros and cons...its negative and positive effects in the long run - sometimes, you don't win 1st place, but...
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Categories:
downpour, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Acrostic
Asian Epicurean QuestAsian Epicurean Quest
At the heart of China Town, Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia) is Petaling Street.
Domain of hustlers, hucksters, cheap-jacks and diblers; purveyors of street food, rude t-shirts, and rubber sandles to put...
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Categories:
downpour, food,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Narrow MarginPlaced Second in:
This or That, Vol. 23 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh
...
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Categories:
downpour, feelings, god, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
WhispersMy whispers fall like drops of rain in silver streams.
revealing a secret in the dark of night.
Your secret, but...
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Categories:
downpour, betrayal,
Form:
Narrative