Long Eons Poems
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Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tripped wordsmith to splutter forth
forthwith the following lines.
Back in the day
quaint...
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Categories:
eons, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Rejection Slips 2Rejection Slips 2
The Shape of Mourning
by Michael R. Burch
The shape of mourning
is an oiled creel
shining with unuse,
the bolt of cold steel
on a locker
shielding memory,
the monthly penance
of flowers,
the annual wake,
the face in the...
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Categories:
eons, beauty, death, desire, life, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Rejection Slips 3Rejection Slips 3
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:
eons, death, desire, family, heart, life, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Chinese Translations IiChinese Poets: English Translations II
These are modern English translations of poems by the Chinese poets Tzu Yeh, Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo and Huang E. These are poems about love, passion and beauty.
Tzu Yeh (circa...
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Categories:
eons, body, desire, love, lust, night, time, wind,
Form:
Free verse
Adieu - Part 2The tears flowed and I still smiled,
My body and spirit and mind,
Were still in that state of residual bliss,
Soaking in your sweet smile,
And savoring the moonlit skin before me,
But my soul was being torn asunder,
And...
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Categories:
eons, heartbreak, love, passion, true love,
Form:
Free verse
Freezer Mice: RepostedThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
eons, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
A Walk On the BeachI went again today ... to that place, the allurement overwhelming ... the one
we called "ours" so tritely, "mine" before you, "mine" again now, (tho' others
have doubtless staked claimed - ages before and since). I...
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Categories:
eons, heartbreak, lost love, ocean, passion, solitude, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Freezer MiceThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
eons, adventure, fantasy, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 42Rian sat puzzling in his suite in the Keep. His thoughts in disarray, jumping from one concern to another without any logical order. He sat before a desk that once was...
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Categories:
eons, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
The Daily Star Tuesday IssueThe daily star Tuesday issue...
announces Summer Solstice 2023
regarding ray zing planetary earthlings
Wednesday, June twenty first
at 10:57 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates
most daylight hours of the year for
people...
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Categories:
eons, age, angel, appreciation, beautiful, creation, england, summer,
Form:
Free verse
The OutlanderI am an Outlander
Who lives on a high hill
Overlooking a man-made lake
That once was a rapidly rushing river
Along whose banks the Ozarks Bluff Dwellers and the Osage and then Delaware
Hunted, fished, and created shelter
For their...
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Categories:
eons, change, childhood, community, history, home, journey, remember,
Form:
Ballad
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 14Despite his impatience to show me his hell,
He waited for me in my rest,
Lying upon the ground, I awoke in prayer,
Thanking God above and asking Him for guidance
“My heart is Yours, always,
From the moment...
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Categories:
eons, adventure, anxiety, conflict, courage, dark, holocaust, horror,
Form:
Epic
A Free-Verse EpicThus it begins—
A free-verse epic
Into the mind of
A writer and an idiot—
A romantic and,
Often a pessimist
Conjoined in arbitrary glory
Are the thoughts and words
Of one overly-worked mind—
Charismatic and, of course,
On the pushover, pitiful
And usually...
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Categories:
eons, beautiful, confidence, conflict, courage, deep, freedom, love,
Form:
Free verse
Long In the Tooth Male Doth Recount Reflect ReimagineLong in the tooth male doth recount, reflect, reimagine...
his woebegone damn dental daze today May 5th, 2021
No particular rhyme nor reason
garden variety indentured flunky (me)
revisits his salmagundi salad days,
when oral blight smote
left...
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Categories:
eons, 2nd grade, absence, age, body, cinco de
Form:
Rhyme
Love Has a Southern FlavorLove has a Southern flavor: honeydew,
ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spout
we tilt to basking faces to breathe out
the ordinary, and inhale perfume ...
Love’s Dixieland-rambunctious: tangled vines,
wild clematis, the gold-brocaded leaves
that will not keep their order in...
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Categories:
eons, desire, longing, love, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Sonnet
Children Are Why We Need Higher TaxesSteven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for improvements.
Some of...
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Categories:
eons, child, education, school, , 9th grade,
Form:
Prose
Did You Ever NoticeDid you ever notice
our vampire legends
are almost always patriarchal,
sometimes even princely
and excruciatingly royalist,
elitist?
While witches plot and evil plan
in coven craven circles
more undershadow than legendary.
Wizards might be BullyVampire Princes
while witches may be victimized and therefore victimizing...
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Categories:
eons, courage, green, health, humor, tribute,
Form:
Political Verse
Trial of Red and White FireCenturies ago
In ancient Hermopolis
A debate roared loud
Between a proud Christian priest
And a strange shepherd
Who was a Manichaean
Wearing ragged clothes
And who was looking for sheep
“Flames will consume you”
The priest roared at the shepherd
Because their debate
Was going...
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Categories:
eons, beautiful, fire, religion, religious, spiritual, symbolism, visionary,
Form:
Choka
The Present and Future Madame PresidentOn a magnificent morning, in the fragrant month of July,
I was heading to a new job, amidst the golden butterflies.
For I had been hired by Nasa's, Langley Research Center,
To work on new projects, and to...
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Categories:
eons, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, imagery, political, time,
Form:
Couplet
The Daily Star Announces Summer Solstice 2022The daily star announces Summer Solstice 2022
Tuesday, June twenty first
at 5:13 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates
most daylight hours of the year for
people living the northern hemisphere.
Just shy...
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Categories:
eons, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration, creation, devotion, june,
Form:
Rhyme
The Cover-Up -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationI've long wondered about that so-called - "Moon landing"!?
Everything went smoothly on the morning that we launched and headed off to make our flight through space.
And we’d now been receding from the earth for...
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Categories:
eons, space,
Form:
Narrative
Great Shakespearean StageIt has been said
by Shakespearean wit
All the world's a stage.
And so it is, I actively and fluidly suppose,
One Great Transitioning Stage
of diverse seasons
and eons of becoming cooperatively larger
and, especially under climates of crisis,
competitively smaller, too...
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Categories:
eons, destiny, dream, green, health, integrity, peace, spiritual,
Form:
Political Verse
Onerous Task Confronted Teachers and ParentsOnerous 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:
eons, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
AwenTo witness no trace of a step, that has lingered beneath the dewy lush grass.
Then to gaze upon greatest glory! While creation unfolds right in front of you.
Revealing its treasured secrets, while you stand stunned,...
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Categories:
eons, creation, mythology,
Form:
Narrative
Light of the Devil's Chord - Day 39KNOWING LESS THAN BEFORE…
That whisper of the night before struck me powerfully,
It affected me more than I intended to admit
Hades—stupid Hades, a follower, loyal enough—
But nothing to compare with the suicidal, lovely
Red glow of...
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Categories:
eons, appreciation, bible, courage, growth, romantic love, words,
Form:
Epic