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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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Categories:
el dorado, death, desire, family, heart, life, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems IvJuvenilia: 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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Categories:
el dorado, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
A Sweet Poem In My HeartI discovered a poem longing in my heart, it is for you,
And it is about you, my sweetheart. This poem resembles you.
I wrote it this morning, before the arrival of the auroral shadow.
Her words...
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Categories:
el dorado, beauty, fantasy, i love you, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The ChameleonsTHE CHAMELEONS
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Give credit to the chameleons, they blend right in
A simple maneuver, changes the color of their skin
No matter the surroundings, one thing is clear
You may not see him, despite him being...
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Categories:
el dorado, abuse, analogy, anger, angst, corruption, political, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Wordsmith's VenerationWordsmith's Veneration...
Methinks, I post literary endeavors inxs
but tis with blood, sweat and tears
in case ye did not guess,
who struggles to craft reasonable rhyme
ideally read by a pleasing poetess.
Aye willy nilly understate (trying to)
tantalize, hypnotize, galvanize...
with...
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Categories:
el dorado, 12th grade, america, books, family, flying, garden,
Form:
Free verse
The Devil Has No HornsIn Simple words
The devil has no horns
She wears smaug balm, Oh, Lord of the Rings
She sleeps in El Dorado Street, the Hotels of Svengali
She lives on Babbit lane, and reads Currer Bell
She loves Billy...
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Categories:
el dorado, analogy, , western,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Sharing and CaringI was on me way to Adelaide, to watch the Blues take on the Crows,
it’ll be a super effort winning there, as every Vic here knows,
I could have flown and watched the game and done...
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Categories:
el dorado, food, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Looking For ElvisWhile looking for Elvis
Met Nessie in Loch Ness
Hoarding a leprechauns pot of gold
While getting ready to depart
I tripped over the Lost Ark
In the baggage of a hitchhiking Pharaoh
Thought I had got lost in flight
Stumble into...
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Categories:
el dorado, adventure, friend, lost, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Devision Part 1Masses forming classes boarding:
Corral Gates of slaughter, hauling, sorting- human beings-aborting
our innocent(sons and daughters)
Bishops Queens and Cannon Fodder-
their crop of sheep sacrifice to image of the Beast
es cargo for the Elite Machine; of
Underground in...
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Categories:
el dorado, america, anger, anxiety, art, death, funny love,
Form:
Rhyme
El DoradoEl Dorado
by Michael R. Burch
It's a fine town, a fine town,
though its alleys recede into shadow;
it's a very fine town for those who are searching
for an El Dorado.
Because the lighting is poor and the streets...
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Categories:
el dorado, addiction, city, culture, drink, life, social, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Wordsmith's VenerationWordsmith's Veneration...
Aye willy nilly understate (trying 2)
tantalize, hypnotize, galvanize...
with "FAKE" trumpeting
spellbinding, rambling, quivering...
intoxicating, hallucinating, gyrating,
stop to take a breather...
English Language vocabulary, a
fascination, intoxication, provocation...
upon me ocular, neurological, mental...
faculties of this nattering nabob
from outer limits of...
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Categories:
el dorado, angel, appreciation, crush, education, friend, inspirational love,
Form:
Free verse
' El Toro - Rojo 'Como’ Si’ Yama’, Senor’
Como’ Si Yama’, Por Favor’…
… for Below That Embroidered Sombrero’
Shone Eyes Like El Dorado
He Was A Tall and Handsome Hombre’
Like The Range of Sierra Madre’
…Now, He Sat Center The Cantina
Surrounded by Bonita...
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Categories:
el dorado, adventure, animals, cowboy-western, fantasy, friendship, funny, imagination,
Form:
Light Verse
TestamentMy father's abeng blew up my mother's womb
And I was chained there
Nine months in darkness drinking blood
Longing for my resurrection from the tomb
Longing to break the chains
Holding me before my birth to a carnal earth
Longing...
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Categories:
el dorado, politicalme, history, me,
Form:
Free verse
Fifty-Two Plus One Hike Hypocrisy -Part 1Cotton Lizard yellowhammer Heart of Dixie We dare defend our rights. ...
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Categories:
el dorado, allegory, america, bible, freedom, jesus, political, satire,
Form:
Free verse
The Parlor of Prometheus - Part Four -" She was born in 219 A.D.,
I met her in 235 when she was 16 years old.
I was working hard with her father as a mercenary
from a Belgium territory, trying to persuade a chieftan named...
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Categories:
el dorado, creation,
Form:
Ode
A Trip To LampedusaWe had stopped believing
Because our purple lords were deceiving
Labouring each day in the scorching sun
Our hearts were burning
Our desires started waning
At times we wish that our existence was done
What purpose is there in life were...
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Categories:
el dorado, africa, war,
Form:
Lyric
Dreamy Cadillacs---Colourfication"Dreamy Cadillacs"....COLOURFICATION
Decided one Sunday afternoon to indulge in something I love!
Being "Olde School" with an "e" and a Cadillac classic car buff.
I went to this show and was blown away by all the "Cads" I...
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Categories:
el dorado, car, dream, imagery, passion,
Form:
Free verse
The Ballad of Clifford GriffinIn the spring of 1880 young Clifford Griffin immigrated from England to Colorado.
The death of his fiancee left him bereft and he was searchin' for his El Dorado.
He settled in Silver Plume where he and...
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Categories:
el dorado, death, mystery,
Form:
Ballad
SerendipityI excavated honest heaven for its lens of stars
And found only bright bags of burning air
I caressed the rose and got only scars
From swift thorns more pointed than my tears
And still in the vanity of...
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Categories:
el dorado, love, religion, romanceme, beauty, beauty, hope, me,
Form:
Verse
The Ballad of 'soapy' SmithJefferson Randolph 'Soapy' Smith was the wiliest scoundrel in the west!
He was invited to leave numerous towns since he wasn't a welcome guest!
He swindled gullible dudes throughout the west endin' up in Colorado,
Where he earned...
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Categories:
el dorado, cowboy-western, funny
Form:
Rhyme
I Had a Dream When I Was YoungI had a glistening dream when I was young
Bright as an orange on October tree
Near as the horizon on the rim of the sea
Sweet as mango sweating in the grass
Clear as the crystal of the...
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Categories:
el dorado, imagination, philosophy, dream, longing, dream,
Form:
Free verse
The Ballad of Prospector PeteProspector Pete had roamed the hills fer years searchin' fer gold!
He and his faithful burro, Fred, were both growin' weary and old.
He'd looked fer color in many a mountain and stream in Colorado,
Lookin' fer that...
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Categories:
el dorado, funny,
Form:
Ballad
The Ballad of Prospector PeteProspector Pete had roamed the hills fer years searchin' fer some gold.
He and his faithful burro, Fred, were both growin' weary and old.
He'd looked fer color in many a mountain and stream in Colorado,
Lookin' fer...
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Categories:
el dorado, humorous, irony,
Form:
Ballad
StarsA poem I wrote to my English teacher when she retired.
One amongst the multitude would gaze up in awe
And in his sight he would capture
A moment as unique as it is rare
A hovering globe
Overflowing...
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Categories:
el dorado, inspirational, life, loss
Form:
Free verse
I'D Rather Be In ColoradoI've ventured far from Indiana, the home soil of my birth,
To many exotic and exciting places all about this earth.
I've seen majestic Mount Fuji from the Kanto Plain of Tokyo.
But I'd rather marvel at Pikes...
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Categories:
el dorado, places, old, old,
Form:
Rhyme