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Poems About Poems ViPoems about Poems VI
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood?
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the Muse
with reprimands of Dr. Seuss.
The...
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Categories:
falter, extended metaphor, heaven, muse, passion, poems, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Enheduanna TranslationsEnheduanna is the first writer we know by name. She created the first poetry anthology and hymnal, circa 2250 BC, in ancient Sumer. She was the daughter of King Saragon the Great.
Lament to the...
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Categories:
falter, god, moon, poems, poetess, poetry, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
If I FalterIf I Falter
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
If I regret
fire in the sunset
exploding on the horizon,
then let me regret loving you.
If I forget
even for a moment
that you are the only one,
then let me forget that the...
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falter, desire, engagement, fire, for her, friendship love,
Form:
Verse
No Matter What - the Trinet Style~ No Matter What ~
( Trinet )
~O~
Embrace Life
No matter
What start with heart full of
Love Faith Hope never let anything
Steal your
Dreams tomorrow
New day
~0~
The best
For you
May still come embrace...
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Categories:
falter, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViiJuvenilia: Early Poems VII
These are early poems I wrote as a boy and as a teenager.
The Leveler
by Michael R. Burch
The nature of Nature
is bitter survival
from Winter’s bleak fury
till Spring’s brief revival.
The weak implore Fate;
bold men...
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falter, boy, child, childhood, fear, high school, poems,
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Rhyme
A Dream of a Rainbow Coloured FamilyA dream of a Rainbow coloured family
In the ocean there is a raging storm
And a lot of boats
With rudders that are shattered,
Compasses lost, sails that are torn.
And dreams that are faded or tattered
With...
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falter, anger, conflict, humanity, inspiration, love, motivation, rainbow,
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Rhyme
StevenHe has the biggest heart.
He enjoys doing things for other people
Just because it’s the right thing to do, and
Knowing he made someone happy makes him happy too.
He’ll do whatever he can to satisfy
Everyone around him.
But...
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Categories:
falter, addiction, anxiety, drug,
Form:
Free verse
When You Call the Lord - the Pirouette Style~ When You Call The Lord ~
(The Pirouette )
~O~
In Lord find Love, Hope, Peace
In trouble call His name
He'll respond Your call
Come in heart, live in you
When you...
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Categories:
falter, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Quest of the Heart: Chapter TwoBrave Shadow Mane
Falling free at a tremendous velocity
Cursing my decision for acting in haste
Through clouds and frozen rain I could not see the ground
Losing consciousness, in my mouth blood I could taste
Now this was indeed...
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Categories:
falter, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Ali's SongAli's Song
by Michael R. Burch
for Muhammad Ali
They say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.
They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.
A man can be more beautiful, more wild.
I flung their medal to the river,...
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Categories:
falter, boxing day , butterfly, discrimination, race, racism, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Lament To the Spirit of WarLament to the Spirit of War
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
You hack down everything you see, War God!
Rising on fearsome wings
you rush to destroy the land:
raging like thunderstorms,
howling like hurricanes,
screaming like...
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Categories:
falter, allegory, analogy, conflict, death, soldier, storm, war,
Form:
Free verse
Celebarating the Adventure of Advent: a Collaboration With Kai Michael NeumannUniversal elegy grieves and yet embraces shifts of paradigm
New beginnings consciousness initiates comprehends and thus proceeds from
Illusion’s delusion collusions misconceptions in the irritating
Vortex whirlpool immanent void of false containment
Enlightenment modern postmodern retro visionary futuristic aspirations
Resound...
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falter, adventure, community, universe,
Form:
Sestina
PART OF ME: A FALLEN CHILDPart of my soul severed by their ruthless oppression, demoralization and exploitation of a frightened and abandoned child.
Part of me drowning in detrimental sorrow as a 10 yr. old coerced by the evilness on the...
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Categories:
falter, abuse, anti bullying, child abuse, childhood, for
Form:
Free verse
I CANNOT DIE TONIGHTI cannot die tonight
I dog-eared a book
Of pages I haven't perused
You know how long that took?
Scent of pages
Frayed and yellowed
Always get me
Calm and mellowed
The spine cracked and worn
Each page a promise, a tale untold
In the...
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Categories:
falter, death, farewell, introspection, repetition, sad, sorrow, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
Celena, Brave Celena- Part 2Their rending cries, when all is still, reecho in the moonlight;
They lie about in fitful slumber on the ground at noonlight,
Their virgin hair spread in the dust; for nothing really matters:
Who then will see their...
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Categories:
falter, assonance, bible, courage, daughter, farewell,
Form:
Narrative
God With UsIn the Last days of January 2016 father Antony was wondering where he could find a person or persons who would be able to clear the badly overgrown Church garden He had inherited just two...
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Categories:
falter, god,
Form:
Narrative
Insecurity Part ThreeI thought to please a man/boy you were to give and never take, that you use your body to make them happy, to put that smile on their face
It’s sick I know and twisted that...
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Categories:
falter, abuse,
Form:
Rhyme
Scantily-Clad In the Garden of S W EdenSCANTILY-CLAD in the GARDEN of S W EDEN
Here I stand, all alone, scantily-clad in the garden of S W EDEN.
Wondering if the Original Garden still remains untilled and uneven.
Wondering how that Serpent knew of the...
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Categories:
falter, adventure, beauty, betrayal, bible, nostalgia, symbolism, trust,
Form:
Verse
The Mountain PeopleDaylight breaks through the gate and a bright light shine intensely on my face from a distance. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but I fold one arm and held on tightly to the...
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Categories:
falter, best friend, books, business, change, childhood, community,
Form:
Narrative
Flight......Flight......
Enter into the mind of madness, as it sets itself free
This is the only way that I see..
Take a trip through the universe,, called the mind..
Set yourself free leave all behind. .
Thoughts are currents of...
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Categories:
falter, body, dream, emotions, endurance, environment, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
Workshop Poem - Winds ForgiveTurning my back on typhoon skies,
a pestilent past, I pitch my mistakes
into a forgiving wind. Standing barefoot
at the edge of apologies,
coastal tides carry hope, tomorrows stir
on a mariner’s horizon. I search...
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Categories:
falter, change, faith, forgiveness, memory, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
Manchester United 1958-Part 1 of 3Manchester United 1958-Part 1 of 3
by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015
I remember the 6th February, in 1958,
the day before my 16 birthday, everything was great
I was working at the CIS, an Insurance mob in...
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Categories:
falter, death, funeral,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
His SorrowWe presume to know of a far better way
But our devices will falter somewhere, someday
Surely there will come a time, a time to pay
We don't care, our chosen course we shall stay
In light of His...
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falter, christian, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
Blessed Through FaithAround five years ago, I was hit with the news I had breast cancer. I kept waiting for news of this and that, and everytime I turned around, I would get more negative news. First,...
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Categories:
falter, faith,
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Haibun
Letter To My SonI know you're sick of the cussing and fussing, idle discussion, and running from Hell's suction.
Spending all day doing nothing but stressing.
Just know, every question turns into a lesson, manifested into a blessing.
And even though...
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Categories:
falter, black african american, blessing, conflict, father son,
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Rhyme