Long Falstaff Poems

Various Heresies 12

God Had a Plan
by Michael R. Burch

God had a plan
though it was hardly “divine.”
He created a terror: 
Frankenstein.

He blamed death on man:
was that part of the plan
so hard to define,
or did he just...

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Discretion…and Passion

Valour proclaims indifference to safety and
Is kindred spirit to passion, which links
The spirit and body, the soul’s 
Physical manifestation, and drives 
Humanity forward.

Beethoven had passion, that his music
Shouts to all who will hear, though...

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ode to the tomfoolery of 
charlie d.---
i  praise ye 
d.,
sweet falstaff of this postmodern age
who causes us to cachinnate,
stumbling backward in 
ha-ha’s,
be it when you give a guy a box full of 
hornets, aptly...

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Why did it have to be you, it could have been anyone else 
But if it was anyone else, I wouldn't be writing this 
You took something from within me, you still have it clasped...

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Villanelle: French Gourmand once sailed to the Isle of Ewe
  
     Dedicated to the great French actor, Off Course!

French Gourmand once sailed to the Isle of Ewe
Must you invite high...

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I wore my leather jacket for the midnight crawl;
Howled a sonnet at the rising moon.
In a comedy of errors, let the engine stall;
Told my baby she’d be rescued soon.

I’m gonna rock like Romeo; roll your...

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Red Fox is a totem being,
for in true wisdom, he is seeing,
though in dreams, an image fleeting;
it bears repeating, it bears repeating.

Reminds us all, we have to laugh,
have fun, play, be a little bit chaff,
though...

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Poor Prince Hal, just wanted a pal, a friend
Someone to drink and laugh with til the end

Pawning all his hopes on white lies so far
Spending all his coins at Quickly's bar

Playing pranks on Falstaff to...

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Avoirdupois

The endomorph enjoys our affection
as the comic figure of tradition.
Friar Tuck, Falstaff, and Old Toby
recall rotund revels and ribaldry.
Devils are always portrayed as thin.
the clown invariably has a double chin.
Unlike the hero, who's always victorious,
his...

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