Long Electrifies Poems

Epigrams by Michael R. Burch



Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
 
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...



Negotiables
by Michael R. Burch

Love should be more than the sum of its...

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Salve
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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Every second, every minute, every single thought about you
Wonders of this still could be too good to be true
Fluttering in my heart, palpitations go amiss
I yearn for the touch of your skin, and I constantly...

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Phantoms

Phantoms, nightly steeds, flared nostrils all aflame 
with their steely hooves thundering on my brain, as they came, 
these apparitions shrouded in blackness, to carry me off, conscious, 
into the darkness, into the mystery of...

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As I wandered about the lush lawn
In the gazing ball I glimpsed
A breath-taking young woman with a touch of innocence
In her soulful, violet eyes.

I was mesmerized by her beauty
And I had to look up to...

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"The Folk Dance"
On the backs of well formed muscular miners 
Working hard in the trenches on a daily basis
For the men who need coal, fat cats and such
Dirty, sweaty and tireless toil try to wear...

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YOUNG MAN BEWARE OF BEAUTY

1.Beauty is a lie
   A fake cloth
   covering one's body
   And the opposite Side 
   Lies the truth,
   Those who know...

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In an old thatched house,
In an inhabitated corner,
Of a ghost village,
Lived an old woman.

Aged not in years, but in struggles and tears,
guised with prematured grey hair,
Empty mouth, wrinkling skin,
And unsupporting nerves.

Every morning she'll place a...

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In the thickets glen beyond the forest wild
Lies the realm of the mystical unicorn,
Beauties elegance in motion, gracefully
Prancing with each delicate gallop forward.
She is queen in this ancient domain
Where man hands have never touched,
This unknown...

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I fell in love with his voice, so confident and 
even tempered 
Adored his laughter and the rich tones that floated 
from his lips 
And yet I have never glimpsed his face 

His honesty stole...

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As my dancing feet hit the floor, my eyes were trapped...fixed on the god of a 
male,who shines a sure smile at me. Appealing to my eyes from the vibes he 
radiates, sending visual cues...

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Sauna Bath of Love


Magic in her hands’ soft touch electrifies
Reciprocating the wobbly clutch of my giddy spirit 
Sailing in the ethereal vacuum of love and bliss;
While lustful heart with vertigo swing and spin:
Ecstatic soul revelling...

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If fear controls your fate,
You'll never be alive, 
Not in the truest sense, 
But only to survive. 

Every single person must
Find their niche in life, 
For purpose makes worthy
All other stress and strife. 

Otherwise, life...

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Thinking of Suzanne – Raised on Radio

Raised on radio, I still listen
to haunting love songs that sadly
remind me of you, lovely Suzanne, 
of times when we couldn’t get enough
of each other, body and soul blazing...

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You love the warrior woman
the one who's in control
you love the sweet seductress
who electrifies your soul

You love the teasing temptress
the woman who knows to please
you love the siren vixen
who makes you fall to your knees

You...

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Summer Storm
 
The wind blows  – quick, hard, fast – the hot stillness is broken
Corn stalks weave wildly as the wind marches through it rows
Dust rises to greet this invading storm
 
Large drops of...

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O, 
how I swoon
in the ruby bliss of your sunset kiss -
your vibrant rays of maturity arouses my fire; 
touching me with urgent rapture,
saturating me 
in sparkles of champagne light - then,
streaming through me in...

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the universe game
if i give to you a universe,
you said to me this morning-
what would you fill it with?
a blank universe,
you coaxed me this morning-
tell me what i'd see.
i said, unwillingly at first-
i would not...

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The evening view reflects a part of me
Somewhere inside the purple clouds a giant sleeps
As I watch them float across a velvet sky
Colored by darkness fading into neon light
Beyond this horizon is a new sunset
As...

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Brave and courageous they know the power of love
Hearts that bleed
Live by the creed of love
Giving their all
Knowing that love is like a tidal wave!


Shadows of comfort sprinkle the faces of those in love
Blades of...

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Hearts that bleed
Live by the creed of love
Giving their all
Knowing that love is like tidal wave!
Brave and courageous they know the power of love

Shadows of comfort sprinkle the faces of those in love
Blades of power...

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Pain paints poetry
Love gives us the victory
The heart breaks through misery
While words are cemented in history

Shadows of comfort will sprinkle your face
Blades of power will hold your mouth
Words of silence can’t escape
The thunderous ploy of...

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She whimpers as the heat of my breath
Enters the orifice of her mind
And she releases the sound 
That only love can describe
A pleasurable, welcome to me
Inviting my touches and control.
She remains, back arched
Awaiting kisses gently...

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Eyes meet and then a smile.
A connection made so quickly that it makes me hold my breath.
Here I am opening up, baring my soul.
Giving my body and mind unconditionally.
Promises being made...must be easy till it's...

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Morning's Glory

Out from
the bowels of night.
Mornings, glory child
begins to 
crown.

 Riding
on wings of honeysuckle 
Dawn radiates her warmth.  
Breaking the silence of slumber
forcing the night to 
step down.

 Ivory
Swatches are whipped
into a cloudy vanilla...

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