Long Entreat Poems

It's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch

If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;

if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads

uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!

If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;

if birds give...

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It's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch

If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;

if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads

uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!

If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;

if birds give...

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The Dance of Salome
Herod bellowed out the night's festive orders..
"Bring the torches, bring the tables..
more wine, that we may rejoice,  
for tonight we revel in kindred friendship."
Herod strolled onto the terrace, nearly stumbled in...

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Ma,
Why do I need to apostrophize you? Why did you flew away into the celestial regions so earlier? Is it because you are from a land where ‘twenty is plenty’ for women? And hence, ignoring...

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The Stars and Moon had long been friends
    but this was set to change.
As the Moon just up and walked away
    moving swiftly out of range.
And what was left...

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By Stanley Collymore

Never speak ill of the dead we’re constantly and solemnly
exhorted regardless of who they are or the life that
they freely chose to live, as they’re no longer
around, is the lame and unconvincing excuse
that’s...

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Day in, day out… I’m here
softly walking down 
the corridors of your mind
a seductress in search of the room
where you hide your heart

The train of my lace gown trails behind me
my bare feet hardly making...

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(continued from 'Son of Amattai - 1 of 2')

in the belly of the fish
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord, his God,
Deep from the belly of leviathan.
“I cried out to you, Lord, in my distress,
For I...

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The story behind this poem
The curiosity of many of my readers (many of them women) was excited in my previous poem ‘Passion in Black and White’ POTD 6 March. They wanted to know more about...

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Oh soothsayers   of        Beth El
who prophesy in the name             of Jehovah
but disregard  ...

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"Sing to me, Muse, of the wrath of Achilles." - Iliad, Line 1

Western dreams were born in wrath,
Overmastering all the noble aims of reason.
The bloom of youth, cut from its proper path,
Fallen wasted in full...

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Might it be a pool or wishing well
with rainbow ripples round it wound
within an enchanted cosmic dell
of a fabulous world newfound—

or perhaps a spacetime passageway
that tunnels through regions yonder
to place where poets come out to...

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Chaos 

I try to love others,
With the hope of loving myself.
I cry when alone,
Because I feel so unloved.

My heart is bleeding, torn
Lost in unclear emotions.
I pretend to be happy to get by,
So that the world...

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by Sashi.Prabhu

I cried & cried until my eyes, they dried,
Could not stop and I  cried & cried ,
From my heart I cried in utter despair,
I cried till all was unsure and pain uncompare. 

It...

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Cobalt storms; not azure skies,
       predict changing seasons.
      Vague ambiance of lies,
       waltz with fated reasons.
  ...

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“Past Old Strangers”



I met a man with piercing eyes,
Whose cool façade was mere disguise,
Whose soul reflected sadness there,
The like of which I can’t compare.

Whose massive frame seemed somehow small
For one whose stature stood so tall,
Whose...

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January 20 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 8-10

Key Verse – Exodus 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people...

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FALSE CAUSE

Elite few for their political reasons & scheming

in deception drew many feeble fellows with a tint of religious emotion

Men who do evil in the name of good and serve the devil in the name...

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In 1994 I was at a crossroads in my life. I felt desperate-desperate for a job and for work that impassioned me; desperate to change my routine and surroundings; desperate for adventure; desperate to do...

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Nothing boot toe till rot and duff feet...

concerning yours truly
poor righteous leftist sole.

Great way to begin the new year
mine little feet about size nine wear
sneakers acquired At Ian's Boots
not for profit business 
origin of said...

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O! Frankenstein you were lost for a century
 Nobody could tell wherever you have been,
 But you are here now, a stranger to paradise,
 Loneliness has become your friend 
 Your other name is Friday,...

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By mercy and truth iniquity is purged.
Righteousness' and peace's lips together merged.

Into the great ark animals marched in pairs,
as Noah continued in obedience and prayers.
 
In Peleg's day, men's years were cut to half.
Two nations...

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Written: January 25, 2024
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Amidst this idiocy of guess and hear, 
a dulcet note I caught is quite clear.
An epiphany is...

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June 15 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 119:41-104

Key Verse – Psalm 119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY...

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Oh Lord, Our Heavenly Father of all creation
We rely on you in all tribulations of life
Hope you will come down to touch and heal 
Our bleeding hearts, for your mercy exceeds all bounds
You cannot turn...

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