Long Extant Poems
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Psychologically still thirteenPsychologically still thirteen
Ordinarily meaning pre Internet days
familiarization with me would entail
bringing the avid listener
into my private mancave hideaways
less a physical place than a juncture in relationship,
(whereby one or the other of us)...
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Categories:
extant, 7th grade, age, angst, birth, blue, family,
Form:
Rhyme
The Moon As a Metaphor For Your MouthThe Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a...
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Categories:
extant, candy, love, metaphor, moon, romantic love, sweet,
Form:
Sonnet
Chaucer Translation: Merciless BeautyMerciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.
Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...
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Categories:
extant, beauty, heart, relationship, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Roundel
Song of Amergin: TranslationThe Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations
The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...
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Categories:
extant, ireland, myth, mythology, song, storm, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
Translation With Commentary of a Wild West Classic: Summer Wine By T WignesanTranslation with commentary of an archetypal Wild West Classic : " Summer Wine "
(I'd wage my bottom diamond dime future generations will re-discover and treasure this true American classic like only a few others of...
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Categories:
extant, america, angel, betrayal, england, myth, romance, song,
Form:
Ballad
Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RINGLegacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING
uninvited GUESTS linkedin as the themes of mein kampf.
Despite countless factorial permutations
& combinations, this cyber surfer
avails left and right alm
seeking succor Out Of Human Bondage
invisibles shackles bind head,
shoulders, knees and...
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Categories:
extant, abuse, age, angst, anxiety, city, depression, earth,
Form:
Free verse
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:
extant, age, angel, appreciation, beautiful, creation, england, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Beware the Ides of March 2023Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fifteenth of March
across span of millenniums.
One:...
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Categories:
extant, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal, conflict, crush, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
The Great Lakes Acronym Spells HomesThe Great Lakes acronym spells homes
I chose titled topic by a fanciful whim,
nevertheless still consider my knowledge
of aforementioned material slim.
Housing multivarious biomes
register ecological syndromes
whereby constituents of NOAA
Great Lakes Environmental
Research Laboratory writ tomes.
Pellucid...
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Categories:
extant, adventure, america, appreciation, beautiful, boat, creation, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history monthMy jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and respect
crafted with the following words
mostly written January 23rd, 2023,
cuz I, (a...
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Categories:
extant, abuse, africa, age, america, anger, betrayal, black
Form:
Free verse
Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthNascent poetic tribute to black history month...
crafted before onset when people of color
got acknowledged for twenty eight or nine days
depending if leap year occurred.
Though I yam Caucasian,
rightful to honor most bitter
racist genocidal...
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Categories:
extant, abuse, dream, evil, february, grave, hate, history,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
extant, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration, creation, devotion, june,
Form:
Rhyme
Captain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again updatedCaptain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again - updated
Steely Dan sing queen (me)
outdid himself on sixtieth anniversary
after Grahame Wood
determined to meet
the evolving needs of the community
opened the first Wawa Food Market
in Folsom,...
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Categories:
extant, america, anger, anniversary, april, baptism, birthday, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Self Help Addict Needles Unsuspecting ReaderSelf help addict needles unsuspecting reader
Expounded late today April 27th, 2023
since being written
countless years ago
maybe a baker's dozen
as thee doodling cock doth crow
scouting about for carrion
scavenging for dead animals
and rooting about...
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Categories:
extant, 12th grade, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, april,
Form:
Rhyme
My Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthMy nascent poetic tribute to black history month
more apropos and alternately titled:
praise to thee people
of variegated melanin color,
whose immense understated improvements
and enhancement of webbed wide world
worth more than paltry words
of yours truly can...
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Categories:
extant, 12th grade, adventure, africa, anger, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Existential Crisis Still Encompasses Mein Kampf Valentine's Day 2022Existential crisis still encompasses mein kampf Valentine's day 2022
The following lines written disjointed fashion
attempting to mimic strategically
moving pieces erratically on chessboard
ideally yielding ultimate resultant checkmate
opposing men captured for the queen to use.
Jurassic throwback terrible...
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Categories:
extant, angst, endurance, february, how i feel, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
The Moral Mortgage of Mice and MenThe moral mortgage of mice and men
Yours truly quite astute,
especially regarding cute
little field mice, also known
as meadow voles,
which imprecation one doth emote,
when aforementioned animal burrows inside
leaving pellet size poop in their wake
suddenly presenting...
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Categories:
extant, adventure, animal, appreciation, august, bible, cat, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
Urgent Message To Send Mephistophelian Madman Back To Stone AgeThough I wrote no book
attention summoned to look
at following--->>>
Urgent message – to send Mephistophelian madman back to stone age
predicated upon past and present, I gauge
will offer ogre golden opportunity
to rewrite anarchistic playbook...
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Categories:
extant, abuse, america, bullying, conflict, dark, depression, evil,
Form:
Rhyme
While Daydreaming About Timepiece InventorsWhile daydreaming about timepiece inventors...
as the figurative curtain closes on 2022
How arbitrary the assignment
of seconds, minutes, hours,
days, months, years...
to the passage of time,
and I would be hard pressed
to differentiate one moment
from the next without the...
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Categories:
extant, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, creation, december,
Form:
Free verse
Booth Made Famous On April 15th MdccclxvBooth made famous on April 15th, MDCCCLXV...
Sic semper tyrannis ad mortem
("Thus always I bring death to tyrants").
Ever since early forerunners
of twenty first century
mankind (sprinted
across trackless expanse extant
upon planet Earth),
modern Homo Sapiens...
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Categories:
extant, animal, confusion, family, fear, hate, history, men,
Form:
Free verse
Earth's Oldest Love PoemThe Love Song Of Shu-Sin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Darling of my heart, my belovéd,
your enticements are sweet, sweeter than honey.
Darling of my heart, my belovéd,
your enticements are sweet, sweeter than honey....
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Categories:
extant, desire, love, lust, sin, song, wedding, wife,
Form:
Verse
Stricken With Turbulence At About Seventy Two InchesStricken with turbulence at about seventy two inches
Yours truly issuing a deafening rebel yell
bursting forth with such might
courtesy cooking under pressure
analogous to volcanic upswell,
forcing me quickly to flap vestigial wings
(at the speed of sound)
while simultaneously...
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Categories:
extant, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Devil's Advocate Claims Teflon TrumpDevil's advocate claims Teflon Trump...
The demagogue reincarnate
feels gifted to reign supreme
captivates, glorifies, lauds,
renounces, yawps extreme
views bellows dogmatic fulminations
in an attempt to redeem
stolen 2020 capital one bid.
Which hunter (biden his time)
will reap grim...
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Categories:
extant, 12th grade, abortion, age, america, anger, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation: Ech Day Me Cometh Tydinges ThreEch day me cometh tydinges thre
"Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me"
(anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Each day I’m plagued by three doles,
These gargantuan weights on my...
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Categories:
extant, angst, anxiety, death, depression, england, fear, sorrow,
Form:
Couplet
Creative Cerebral Craftiness CoaxesCreative cerebral craftiness coaxes...
Childhood campy chimera curtain call
subsequently hinting (based on accuweather)
the approach of blizzard squall
so burrow under quilted cover y'all
until warm temperatures arrive when springtime
ushers social media platforms
buzzfeeding earthlinked instant karma
jump/kickstarting linkedin...
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Categories:
extant, 12th grade, adventure, age, baptism, business, creation,
Form:
Rhyme