Long Earn Poems

It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too much ravioli."

At first, no one could remember who started the...

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Rejection Slips 3

Rejection Slip
by Michael R. Burch

Whenever my writing gets rejected,
I always wonder how the rejecter got elected.
Are we exchanging at the same Bourse?
(Excepting present company, of course!)

When editors reject my poems, did I slip...

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Come Down
by Michael R. Burch

for Harold Bloom

Come down, O, come down
from your high mountain tower.
How coldly the wind blows,
how late this chill hour ...

and I cannot wait
for a meteor shower
to show you the time
must be...

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What Good Are Our Tears?
by Michael R. Burch

What good are our tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is our concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?

What good, the warm benevolence...

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No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie's number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worked hard,...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems IV
I wrote this around age 17.



Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch

If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.

I read the Bible from cover to cover at age eleven, ten chapters per day, at the suggestion...

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~ Seek  The Lord  Everyday~ 
(Double Tanka) 


Extend God's  Love now 
Show to  others the right way 
In  bad  times  just  Pray 
Don't let  worries ...

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This is the 2nd THIRD of my 3-part poem - see Mark Stellinga on Poetry Soup for the other 2 THIRDS - couldn't be helped.



“What about neighbors,” I carefully pried...“do any of them check on...

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Moon sprites dotted the sky like lilies at dawn
    in a ballet meant to cause nocturnal delight.
While Fairies and Pixie Dust covered the lawn
    in a dance that would...

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~ With All His Love ~ 
(Acrophora) 


L o ve  and  Care with all of your heart and soul 
O n everything always  Seek the Lord 
V alue  Love, all you...

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~ With  The  Lord ~
( Magic  9 )


~O~


 With Jesus we can all attain salvation, all
 He reinforces all the good and great things that I know
 He picks me up for...

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Open Your Heart 
(Linked) 



Open your heart 
O 
Heart needs the Lord 
P 
Lord  you can  Trust 
E 
Trust all  your life 
N 
Life is but one 
Y 
One you live here...

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~ Pray  for  the Lost ~
(Linked)



Pray for   the  lost
P
Lost  in  this  World
R
World  Needs  Prayers
A
Prayers, Love,  God
Y
God  sent  His Son
F
Son  to ...

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~ You Lift Me Up ~ 
(Trine) 


When troubles blow my way and just come 
You help me see better and then some. 

You lift my spirit up and my soul like no one can...

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~ The Mark Of The Beast ~ 
(Free  Style ) 



The Antichrist is coming 
People on Earth be prepared 
Do not take the mark 
The mark of the beast 

Do not let him mislead...

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~ In  His   Light~
 ( Mirrored Hourglass )




 Love   Worship  and  Trust the Lord

 Lord won't leave you alone

 His mercy will show

 When with Lord stay

 In...

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~ Prayers For All ~
(The Minuet)



Pray for  All  the Lost  in this  World
World  needs   Prayers
Prayers,  Love,  God
God  can  Save  All

~0~

The  Lost, ...

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~My Best Friend~
 (Whispers Style)


 There's a friend who is dynamite
 Each day brings His Love, Light
 Know Him for long  time, yes  I do
 Hope one day you  do  too
...

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~ Borrowed  Blessings ~
( The  Chain Style )


When  all our dreams seem somehow to go wrong
Wrong can motivate us  all the time to be just strong
Strong when need to be in...

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~ Have Faith ~
 ( Egg Timer )


 Just trust in the Lord
 Have Love Faith Hope
 Enjoy Peace
 Always
 Too
 Too
 Always
 Enjoy Peace
 Have Love Faith Hope
 Just trust in the Lord

~0~

 Believe...

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~ Prayers   For   All ~
( Minuet )



~O~


Prayers  for  all  in this  whole World
World  needs  prayers
Prayers, Love,  God
God can  save all

~o~

The lost, blind, confused...

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Hey…did I ever tell you ‘bout the greatest baseball game,
Or should I say…the one that gave “Ol' Babe” his famous name?

Like several other great ones, there were many hits that day, 
And if it hadn't...

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~ God Is Love ~
 (Candle of Hope)




 God
 Is Love
 Enjoy Life
 Embrace Love Dreams
 Be the best you can Be
 Seek within Heart
 Believe have
 Love Faith
 Hope

 I Know with God I...

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~Through His Grace~
(Star Of David)




*
*
*
Christ 
Came and 
Died for your
Sins and mine God 
Sent his only Son 
***From  Heaven to save us all and give us life***  
He died for us and did...

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~ Sing  Him Praises  Forever~
 ( Free Style )



 Sing Him  Praises and songs  forever

 Never stop  Loving and  Worshipping the Lord

 After all He has  created it...

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