Long Easier said than done Poems

MODERN SONNETS I

I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.


Maker, Fakir, Curer
by Michael R. Burch

A poem...

Read More

Dedicated to the song “Trouble” by Coldplay 

(Verse 1) 
I didn’t mean to
I didn’t mean to
I didn’t mean to cause you trouble 
Oooh ah oooh
I didn’t mean to act so uncanny
I didn’t mean to act...

Read More

I don’t feel good at this
I’m feeling so hopeless
I need some happiness
I’m feeling dread instead
I’ve been consuming sorrowful bread
I’ve been feeling rather dead

I want to repent of being sinful
I want to repent of being resentful
I...

Read More

Purging sin out of my life or attempting to rather,
We had many fun times together…
There are plenty of grapes, strawberries and flowers to gather…
In this garden of We’ll-Get-Better…

My lovely sunshine,
Will you ever be mine?
Someday…on a...

Read More

She always shouted at me
criticized me full day
Told my husband, in laws and kid I am bad
They hated me
and treated me badly
Every moment everyone only told me how bad I am
It seemed as if I...

Read More

When Ricky Nelson said “Hello” to “Marylou” I knew - that rock ‘n’ roll was in my heart to stay,
And no one with a soul can argue Orbison and Presley aren’t among the greatest still...

Read More

Harming myself softly by healing you hardly 
Faithless phase I was in, you knew...without a clue...
Waiting for God's healing rain
To make me be as plentiful as grain and make me grow insane

Save your breath

The scent...

Read More

Relax your mind from any troubles that come your way
Easier said than done…but it’s required of us to have leisure time once in a great while! I have no problem with that whatsoever!
Laze around and...

Read More

No explanations
You left us in the dark...outdated...
My expectations 
Are losing meaning..frankly jaded...
My sensations 
Begin to burst and spark...I hesitated...
My hyperventilations
Have gotten worse than before...emotionally faded 

Ch: There is too much stress and distress on our...

Read More

“Love yourself” Easier said than done,
Part of me does and part of me wants to run.
My mind is screaming:
“I am overlooked, invisible, forgotten,
I am broken, dying, rotten”
“You’re not worth the fight.
You’re not even worthy to...

Read More

OH! Our righteous and holy Lord God Almighty!
How it is true that most of your people belonging
To you? Know the portion of Your prayer when
You instruct us to forgive us our debts as
We forgive our...

Read More

Irritatingly often unnecessarily compliant
to the whims of those about him
endlessly wordlessly wondering
about the many demented subjective qualities
of our ever present mammalian imperative via
a thought balloon filled with candy and bullets
that lingers menacingly overhead
announcing the death...

Read More

Believe in we and me and you
Understand the building blox of progress and of constructiveness
Imagine joy and jubilance everyday...peace and prosperity everyday...imagine love instead of hate...just imagine for a few moments in your own universe...

Read More

"The Seven Rules of Life"

1) Smile
2) Be Kind
3) Don't Give Up
4) Don't Compare
5) Avoid Negativity
6) Make Peace with Your Past
7) Take Good Care of Your Body and Mind
***************************************************************

1)  Smile

"Turn your frown upside down into...

Read More

Once again I lie awake
for your memory remains within my mind.
The moment my eyelids rise to see
another day approaching me,
one by one they sink inside
filling, filling to the back of my eyes.
All the day through...

Read More

"Bat Crazy 5"


Some say

she was batsh** crazy
life hits the windscreens 
in the labyrinth of life
that way

the foot remains pinned
to the metal, fast to the floor
full speed, left brained left hand 
holding hard-gripped the gear stick

an...

Read More

Have you ever been in love? 
How to even answer that question
Those who have been in love look crazy to the ones who have not
Where you don't even know why you love the person your...

Read More

“God like, not so different” 

She wrote, 
“where do you go to my lovely?”

my response, 
“I sink into the screen 
like a scream queen goddess,
I am Lilith most of the time
tap dancing away and 
singing...

Read More

8/3/21


When I get drunk I smoke THC like a chain smoker
Never been able to stay sober
A new day and hangover
Stand in the way and it's game over
It's time I take over
These fools can't even play...

Read More

I know everywhere I've been
And I far from want to be back there again
I have no idea where I'm going
So much for being, over my life, all knowing
I have o more seeds that needs sewing
All...

Read More

Inspired by "First light" 
instrumental.
Green tape instrumentals 
record by Evidence of Dilated 
Peoples.


Plan my escape out the depths 
of inferno
Time wasted as fast as 
cigarettes burning
As a fan of this form of art, 
back in...

Read More

So you thought you were the stuff, ruff, tuff couldn't get enough. Wheeling, dealing, even stealing, trying to get rid of that low feeling. Wanting to be rich but there's a hitch, it's a straight...

Read More

I never thought things would pan out this way
       I figured i'd be alone for ever 
           No friends...

Read More

How can I fall asleep when I have nothing to look forward to tomorrow?
I'm the walking dead drowning in my own sorrow.
When will this nightmare end? I'm sick of pretending everything's all good.
Maybe when I...

Read More

To whom it may concern:

Someone once told me that in order to love yourself on the outside,

You have to love the inside first,

Easier said than done.

Since I know I’ve never done that-  and now-...

Read More