Long Enlists Poems

Heat Lightening
by Michael R. Burch

Each night beneath the elms, we never knew
which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance,
then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up
like searchlights seeking contact in the distance . . .

Quiescent unions...

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POEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID

These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub...

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War and Peace: That Midst Nations And Nationals

War and Peace, a classical fiction by Leo Tolstoy, first published as Voyna I Mir in 1865–69. This picturesque reflection of early 19th-century Russian culture saw as its...

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Preposterous Eros
by Michael R. Burch

“Preposterous Eros” – Patricia Falanga

Preposterous Eros shot me in
the buttocks, with a Devilish grin,
spent all my money in a rush
then left my heart effete pink mush.


These are poems about Eros, the...

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The archangel turned imposter,
sought a rival reign to foster.
Through a scheme steeped in deception,
he received a good reception.

With his hosts of loyal subjects,
his newfound muscle he did flex.
The rebel force was put to rout,
and God...

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There on the threshold of the dawn
when lights of night of had been outdone.
His chariot was slowly drawn
before the Mistress of the Sun.

Her sable breath was caught by day
locked in his snare, their paths aligned
Diluting...

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Arrows of anger pierce my heart with their hate...one spark on the tip sets a nuclear blaze
Lost in a homicidal haze I'm looking for love
I'm surrounded by ravens...Where are the doves?
Now I twist and I...

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A little boys poem
                     by BambiLynn'14

Hi Mama! I'm up here looking down upon you!
I didn't...

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My hand hangs from the stirring wheel, 
Insensible, to the mind noosed reasoning work
and nature’s clock repressing the other wrist of a confined ideal
My eyes declare thru the windshield an undemonstrative lurk
and conscience waterboarded by...

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All I can do this day
Is watch the pouring rain
As its march beats odes of war parade

And enlists an army of my imaginations
As out of the window
I can’t help but set the stage

To watch the...

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Broken-Hearted Caressing Sorrow



Where do you bring a broken heart, damaged dreams that won’t depart?
Where do you go when things fall apart, serving silent screams a la carte?
What do you do with a saddened soul, within...

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Numbness is what I'm feeling,
But I don't know how to explain,
Other than it currently seems
I'm being sucked down the drain.

It's hard to put on a smile,
Even though it's fake.
For now feeling happy
Is something I can't...

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Whether it’s Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines,
The men and women in service protect your rights.
For some, it’s a job… for others, it’s a dream.
To be part of a group that helps you sleep at...

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Fashion and shape
Tale or story;
Let lines live well

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Words on a page
Ink in e-world;
Tell in a yarn

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Go beyond fact
Align sure act;
Words echo tact

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Look for that twist
In simple gist;
Thought now enlists

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Be beyond blame
Niche nurtures name;
Spell sensuous same

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Time...

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The Conundrum

It is the noblest honour to serve,
But the most natural thing to love, 
I present to you this conundrum,
Which is better to love or to serve?
To love is natural, to serve is noble,
Yet there...

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Positivity Optimism Prayer and Meditation
Positivity has a wide-open arena in which to execute miracles
When we learn this, we will be able to spin our life into gold
We will be able to fly without wings, when...

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The house exists near a river that rolls
The river moves quickly under the knolls
Around the bend that seems to flood often
The house has life that seems to happen

Working within the sections of delight
Fishing comes often...

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Cruel World seeks hope within lies
We turn our heads as Mother Earth cries

Like birds, hope may fly when confronting lies.
Wee butterfly gives a try
to bring Hope back unscathed.

It flits over meadows, purple hills;
stops for a...

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Seems to me a veteran from when he enlists, to when he falls,  shouldn’t be asked, once again, to wait  behind any redlines. Understand that order must be maintained ,  that of...

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