Long Fig Poems
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Poems About Adam, Eve, Lucifer, Eden and the Fall
Poems about Adam, Eve, Lucifer
Eden
by Michael R. Burch
Then earth was heaven too, a perfect garden.
Apples burgeoned and shone, unplucked on sagging boughs.
What, then, would the children eat?
Fruit indecently sweet,
redolent as incense, with a tempting aroma...
Outcasts
by...
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Categories:
fig, bible, christian, creation, god, heaven, paradise, sin,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween Poems Iv
the Horror
by Michael R. Burch
the Horror lurks inside our closets
the Horror hides beneath our beds
the Horror hisses ancient curses
the Horror whispers in our heads
the Horror tells us Death is coming
the Horror tells us there’s no...
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Categories:
fig, dark, death, evil, grave, halloween, horror, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Tawfiq Zayyad Translation: Here We Shall Remain
Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.
Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...
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Categories:
fig, arabic, poems, poverty, prison, race, racism, song,
Form:
Free verse
People of Faith
It's hard to say where and when our town's People of Faith Cooperative started.
After all,
we have all emerged together,
and are still emerging
people of TaoGod,
right?
Our faith includes defining our still humanizing species
as among those not capable...
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Categories:
fig, culture, earth day, education, health, humor, nature,
Form:
Political Verse
Chapter 15 -- Damian and Polly: 2025 Another Year With Polly
A cool February evening Damian was
Asleep. He felt somebody rubbing
His chest. "Leave me girl." Polly
Rolled out of bed and announced
"Damian, you should move in with me!
I want you to move in! Wake up...
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Categories:
fig, friend, good night, happiness, passion, women,
Form:
Alliteration
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 1
[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.
But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...
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Categories:
fig, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Eldritch Hysterical Annihilation Syndrome
I walk o u t...
I am lost in unapproachable light—a spectral broth
I am tasting the screaming silence—the archetypal observer
dissects my essence-fossil Passion
a seismic rupture between life/death/rebirth
gnaws at my marrow This dilemma-kudzu
coils tight, constricting tomorrow's breath
Death...
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Categories:
fig, halloween, horror, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Packed Up Pachyderm
You know when I think about it now and what I have to do,
a lot of you folk out there would have a bit of envy too;
you see I'm a 'lacky' for a vet, well...
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Categories:
fig, humorous,
Form:
Epic
FICTIONAL BIO:
FICTIONAL BIO:
The missus asked me
(hitherto known as her bozo)
just mere moments ago
to craft humorous poem to glow
nsync with the shiny nose of Rudolph
keeping syncopated metrical flow
thus methought to crow
about being equally as foolish
streaking naked outside...
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Categories:
fig, adventure, allegory, courage, cute, hair, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation of Dante's Hell Canto Xv
Now we along one of hard rims are brought;
And a thin spray on the brook is fixed,
So shield to rims and water is begot.
As Flemings, Cadsand and Bruges bewixt,
Fearing the high waves pouncing...
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Categories:
fig, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Trial of Red and White Fire
Centuries 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:
fig, beautiful, fire, religion, religious, spiritual, symbolism, visionary,
Form:
Choka
Is Joss Whedon 'I Am' - Christ Reincarnate
Is Joss Whedon ‘I AM?’ (1) Christ Reincarnate?
I Think That That’s Doubtful!
More than Trump ‘IS’ (1) (by...
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Categories:
fig, america, graduation, high school, humor, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 17-- Molly and Dolly and Polly: Damian
First week of March 2025
Last week of March
Melancholy Molly and her sister
Dolly stopped by for a chat with
Eat some pizza Polly
(nick name due to her Appetite for...
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Categories:
fig, character, confidence, growth, house, identity, imagery, romance,
Form:
Prose
Desert Rose
I was driving to Utah, because I had gotten a promotion;
And chose the scenic route, so as to put things in motion.
I had been traveling from Los Angeles, to Salt Lake City;
And the scenery along...
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Categories:
fig, beauty, faith, fantasy, inspiration, lost, purple, rose,
Form:
Couplet
The Bard of Ancient Smyrna
After enjoying a pleasant walk, I then spent an hour at a park,
And I relished the dulcet sounds, of cheery airborne skylarks.
The blooms were so lovely, all sultry in the fervid sunshine,
And the hummingbirds were...
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Categories:
fig, adventure, age, fantasy, history, imagery, poetry, time,
Form:
Couplet
Overarching Genocide
Overarching Genocide
Noah built the wooden Ark in his homeland instructed by God
to save his wife three sons and their wives from drowning a life
raft rescue boat of sorts with three decks and only one...
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Categories:
fig, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To a Tree - Synopsis - Epic
I.
Espy, distinguish divinely made lively, lovely Trees
Unisex Trees, inhales carbon dioxide, then breathes
out for us humans, life given clean oxygen
Stout roots run deep, holding God's earth
Also, with you we were taught our first lesson
II.
Animals take...
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Categories:
fig, adventure, beauty, earth, earth day, introspection, nature,
Form:
Ode
Bees Under Milk Wood : a Spell
"Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting." Robert Frost
"Bees Under Milk Wood : A Spell"
Spider Web glistens wet
in the spoilt lies of...
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Categories:
fig, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
Frustration
Frustration
These days my frustration is digital in that `Brave New World'
...
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Categories:
fig, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Swing Sets and Jungle Gyms
(or swing sets and monkey bars)
A pitch perfect spring day
such as today April 8th, 2022
within quaint hamlet
of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
in close proximity within mind's eye
to Lake Wobegon, Minnesota
finds me reminiscing...
When, scads of light years ago
(half...
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Categories:
fig, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Free verse
An Interview with the Color Purple
Hello, everyone. Today we welcome the famous color Purple to our show.
Hello. I’m so happy to be here.
So, tell me, Purple, Why do people refer to prose sometimes as purple?
Ha! I’m sure you know...
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Categories:
fig, color,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
fig, inspirational, life, motivation,
Form:
Quatrain
Rib of Man
God not wanting to be alone
From breath to dust, life was blown
From the dust, birthed a living soul
Man full of life, never to grow old
A garden created by God's own hands
Much to offer, a promise...
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Categories:
fig, betrayal, bible, faith, god, religious, sin, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The Waitress
We came walking blind bends at dusk,
An overhanging fig picked fresh.
No pavements, just a nervous trust
that drivers would skirt our single line.
Hugging the roadside with torches lit,
Phones swung glowing to the ground...
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Categories:
fig, memory,
Form:
Narrative
Damn Bad Reputation Counts 500 Plus Paw Whet Tick Stints
Damn bad reputation counts 500 plus paw whet tick stints
The following fictitious poetic vignette attempts a feeble tale of one ordinary day in life of anonymous miscreant.
"I don't give a damn
about my bad reputation."
I...
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Categories:
fig, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Free verse