Long Encompassed Poems
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Poems About Mothers
Poems about Mothers
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."
So more than "much, " much more...
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Categories:
encompassed, child, children, love, mother, mother daughter, mother
Form:
Rhyme
Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost
Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost...
~ May fourth, 2005
wedded bliss nearly fifty years
half a century almost
me not most favorite grown offspring,
she (when alive) did boast,
about youngest sister and her family,
unlike me – severely...
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Categories:
encompassed, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation, bereavement, cry, dance,
Form:
Free verse
Nowhere Else To Go
Nowhere Else To Go
Welcome to Israel: Land of Hope.1
(The land of Zion and Jerusalem.)2
Where prophets walked and prophesied,
For their God, our God:
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.3
And the Lord spoke to Abram, and he...
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Categories:
encompassed, bible, education, history, jewish,
Form:
Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 77
“Who...what are you?” His gaze moved from Joulupukki to Lumi. Lumi offered,
“I am an elf of the Village Clan, and this is my companion Joulupukki.”
...
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Categories:
encompassed, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Anticipation of Reality
So cramped ...
Strain to move,
Flex and budge in tiny increments ...
That's the limit.
Constantly testing, trying,
Pushing, pressing ...
Constrict, exert, constrict, struggle,
Spin slowly, push ...
That's it. That's all.
Nothing more.
But it helps ... relief,
A body sigh ...
But only...
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Categories:
encompassed, birth, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Onerous Task Confronted Teachers and Parents
Onerous task confronted teachers and parents
As prospective students
ably ready themselves to matriculate
and/or first set little feet
inside halls of learning,
I rebroadcast a poem crafted
at the height of Covid-19.
A couple years gone back educators
adaptation regarding coronavirus...
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Categories:
encompassed, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th, 2004
Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004
Often these days
(closing in on the eighth
anniversary of eighth orbit
around mister sun),
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share
how one and only...
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Categories:
encompassed, absence, anger, atheist, courage, death, fate, may,
Form:
Free verse
After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about
After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about...
I decided to title my piece
a concatenation of a few different notions
incorporating fictional romance
alluding to myself and spouse
in conjunction with hybridization
stemming from vague references
to tried...
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Categories:
encompassed, adventure, age, allegory, allusion, angel, baby, fairy,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 78
“One completed, two to go,” Lumi said to Joulupukki as he lifted the mud guard in front of them. He wanted to give Joulupukki the chance to talk if he wanted to. His weary...
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Categories:
encompassed, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Today August 29th 2021 Sluggishness Dogs Yours Truly
Today August 29th, 2021 sluggishness dogs yours truly
Forecasting to thunderous applause
fast as greased lightning draws
upon futuristic atmospheric gewgaws
hot air emanates out these slackened jaws
spluttering courtesy indentured maws
armed with four footed tall paws
gesticulations resembling horizontal seesaws....
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Categories:
encompassed, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
A Memory of Death
The day Karen died you instantly became mine. A five-year-old golden retriever in need of a new mumma to call his own. So, I wrapped you in my arms and gave you the warmest bed...
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Categories:
encompassed, death, dog,
Form:
Haibun
I Heard the Universal Sound of Aum Pronounced Ohm
I heard the universal sound of aum (pronounced ohm)...
while being quarantined inside our own invisible bubble
Transcendent meditations
while athwart oblate spheroid
allow, enable, and provide
deft capability deciphering
snap, crackle and pop
accepted as mere static
to the untrained ear.
Each inaudible...
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Categories:
encompassed, allah, appreciation, birth, devotion, flying, happiness, identity,
Form:
Free verse
As We Imagine Gods, Venus and Mars
As We Once Imagined The Gods, Venus And Mars
Universe eternally unending
expanding space infinity sending,
vast emptiness, separating its stars
as we...
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Categories:
encompassed, art, creation, humanity, meaningful, philosophy, stars, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
All In the Name of Progress
All In The Name Of "Progress"
The wrecking ball long since
demolished boyhood house zen
located at 324 Level Road,
a once nonagricultural,
pastoral, rural residence,
which soulful yen
I called home while
veritably sequestered, quarantined, positioned...
sprawled atop spaciously shingled roof
countless years (B)efore...
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Categories:
encompassed, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Mediocre Son Me Crafts Letter To His Papa
Mediocre son (me) crafts letter to his papa
Impossible mission to escape end of life woe
visit courtesy grim reaper
inevitable for every mortal,
whether he/she alive
yesterday, today or tomorrow
quintessentially senescence tabled
upended wrested status quo
belief, dogma, faith...
(i.e. Unitarian...
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Categories:
encompassed, 7th grade, abuse, anger, environment, family, father
Form:
Free verse
Out In the Deep
Somewhere beyond the deep young girls are crying out in their sleep.
Cries that span beyond decades wounding the hearts of weeping mothers
And breaking the souls of desperate fathers.
I can hear those cries...
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Categories:
encompassed, angel, dream, future, grief, hope,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Denouement
Her m a d n e s s was the result of an unfortunate series of events. The epilogue came to a halt as she was b r o k e n...
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Categories:
encompassed, anxiety, sick,
Form:
Narrative
Through storms, the sea of the bridge shivers
Through storms, the sea of the bridge shivers,
Silken curves of titanium on pillars of ancient stone,
Dust gathers in my fists like onyx under veils of rusted gold,
And in the cosmic silence, my thoughts float like...
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Categories:
encompassed, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
I Was Born At a Very Early Age - Part 1
"I was born at a very early age",
this, along with many other immortal sayings, from dear ole dad, will always have a way of sneaking into my everyday life. He'd come into the room, unannounced,...
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Categories:
encompassed, dad,
Form:
Bio
Haven
She was my SANCTUARY.
My safe harbor during the wicked storms life offers when you are so young. She always knew exactly how to make me laugh. Smiles were always worn when we were together....
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Categories:
encompassed, death, sister, suicide,
Form:
Haibun
Lost Pantheons
“Lost Pantheons”
Alexandrine tragedies
Racine diamond-edged
come and go
French letters
blown like leaves
straight up
into the rarefied air
scattered like lovers
against a body
of purple vain poetry
written invisible
on the skin of
Miss Chance
Cocteau
spoken with
joie...
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Categories:
encompassed, freedom, poets, romance, romantic love,
Form:
Free verse
Screeching Cornered Animal Synonymous With Banshee On the Loose
Upon exiting side door nearest
to our single bedroom
(few dozen strides to access way
out apartment - complex edifice),
I unexpectedly encountered
(on August 30th, 2021 ~10:15 pm -
née namely heard but did not see),
a small screeching creature
whose anatomical...
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Categories:
encompassed, 12th grade, adventure, angst, anxiety, autumn, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
Enchanting - Prologue
She smiled at him, from a distance.
Imagination, betraying trust.
Mesmerized; he moved towards her.
His heart was racing, his mind.
Looked liked she landed from heaven.
Wearing a yellow skirt, red tops.
And a laced white jacket over her,
Perfect bosom
Her...
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Categories:
encompassed, desire, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 10
Only a moment had passed as he stood in the street before a familiar head appeared through the doorway, Lumi, called softly to him,
“Come inside, quickly,” he said.
The Man’s stone...
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Categories:
encompassed, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
When I Look Into the Mirror
When I look into the mirror
I don't see who others see, I dont see who I want to be.
Their are two vacant eyes staring back at me in wonder
...
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Categories:
encompassed, devotion, faith, happiness, inspirational, life, love, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative