Long Fireflies Poems
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Open Oceans
"Open Oceans"
Kneeling on pearls
wisdom preys
praying
preying
hungry hearts
count the days
wasting away
in all that preying
for prayers
to be answered
children become
strangers
reading
strange words
finding
themselves puzzled
genuflecting to a deity
they do not know, nor wish to
fumbling
mouths closed,
swallowed hole
in the...
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Categories:
fireflies, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
Modern Sonnets IMODERN SONNETS I
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
Maker, Fakir, Curer
by Michael R. Burch
A poem...
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Categories:
fireflies, art, freedom, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
BergfriedI. The Settlement
Hickory bark bluffs
at the blend of two
...
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Categories:
fireflies, adventure, allusion, metaphor, myth, native american, remember,
Form:
Narrative
History's Greatest Miracle PlayHistory’s Greatest Miracle Play
Let me tell you a story - Prologue
Actors gather to play their parts
To set the stage – backdrops and props –
In history’s greatest miracle play
Called to speak their lines
On redemption’s stage
In a...
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Categories:
fireflies, jesus,
Form:
Narrative
Love Poems IiLOVE POEMS II
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating and marriage. On an amusing note, my steamy Baudelaire translations have become popular with the...
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Categories:
fireflies, desire, love, lust, marriage, passion, romance, sexy,
Form:
Rhyme
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's LibraryToddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles and Squeaks,
Moo! Quack! Giggles tumble and bump.
Flaps flapping, bright colors...
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Categories:
fireflies, adventure, books, childhood, imagination, literature, mystery, teen,
Form:
Narrative
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:
fireflies, change, childhood, community, history, home, journey, remember,
Form:
Ballad
Such Tenderness, For the Mothers of GazaSuch Tenderness
by Michael R. Burch
for the mothers of Gaza
There was, in your touch, such tenderness—as
only the dove on her mildest day has,
when she shelters downed fledglings beneath a warm wing
and coos to them softly, unable...
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Categories:
fireflies, angel, arabic, baby, caregiving,
Form:
Sonnet
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:
fireflies, desire, longing, love, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Sonnet
Mahmoud Darwish English TranslationsMahmoud Darwish English Translations of Arabic Poems
Palestine
by Mahmoud Darwish
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
This land gives us
all that makes life worthwhile:
April's blushing advances,
the aroma of bread warming at dawn,
a woman haranguing men,
the poetry of Aeschylus,
love's...
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Categories:
fireflies, allah, arabic, judgement, race, racism, rights, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Fireflies - Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationDriving down a country road one sultry summer evening, with headlights sweeping through the little clouds of dust ahead,
Caused by cars that led the way…or met me in the night…I scanned the ditches, left...
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Categories:
fireflies, sky, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Eyes of the Orient(oh, mercy ... )
amazing eye whites,
perfect and pure as glacial ice -
they draw me in,
like diving into a clear Caribbean lagoon,
fluid and cool ...
brown iris so dark in contrast,
that they're lost in the inky black...
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Categories:
fireflies, beauty, metaphor, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
The Ghost Dance Part VThe Ending at Wounded Knee
This is what happened:
Two worlds collided,
And the elder one died.
Pony soldiers and Indian police,
Triggerhappy and jumping at shadows,
Killed Sitting Bull at Pine Ridge;
His horse pawed the...
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Categories:
fireflies, betrayal, history, humanity, native american, remember,
Form:
Free verse
Oye, Karin - I Will Never ForgetEveryone was gone, and the pool beckoned -
one-piece bathing suit, on your perfect petite form ...
...
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Categories:
fireflies, passion, romance, sensual, soulmate, true love,
Form:
Free verse
Slow Hand - An Erotic Romance
Walking past each other and just by chance
My heart skips a beat and my knees turn weak
Your eyes lock with mine in a fleeting glance
In a ricochet of emotion I just cannot speak
Our time...
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Categories:
fireflies, lost love, lust, romance, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Rhyme
A Flirtation With Love - Parts 1, 2, and 3 FinisA Flirtation With Love (Parts 1, 2, & 3 finis)
#1 Sue's Legacy (Has A Home In My Heart)
Sure, each touch that enjoins us to life has Love's sparks,
one less photon (warms retina), dies but informs
that...
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Categories:
fireflies, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Far Away, Far AwayFar Away, Far Away
Children when you dream at night you may see an awesome sight!
Magic fairies in the dew near trilliums of snow white hue.
You must search within your dreams by the light of midnight...
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Categories:
fireflies, childhood, fairy, fantasy, imagery, nature, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Rhyme
Letter To My UnbornThough my heart was broken because I never knew you, my unborn, unknown, unfamiliar thought, the one that was much more than an inkling, yet never as familiar as the whisper of a hope. Though...
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Categories:
fireflies, baby, beautiful, birth, blessing, child, children, emotions,
Form:
Haibun
Memories of Youth and Nature, Were a True Blast, In Collaboration With Robert LindleyMemories Of Youth And Nature, Were A True Blast
In collaboration with Robert Lindley
Beautiful dawn a Nature walk would do one good
Across the flower filled pond, into the woods
With hearty breakfast, soul could be truly blessed
This...
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Categories:
fireflies, creation, dedication, deep, emotions, inspiration, memory, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
The Night ClubFor years I was an aspiring singer, performing in trendy nightspots,
And I sang my heart out each evening, in all of the local hotspots.
Among the enthusiastic locals, at long last I'd made myself a name,
As...
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Categories:
fireflies, bird, career, fantasy, nature, night, rose, song,
Form:
Couplet
Despite Every Crime, He Is MineSounding like the goosebump tickles,
on the edges of naked breath,
awaiting the solace of prickly feelings
hesitant as the gossamer gentling
each hue of delicate blossoms and blooms,
each bud caressed by the night’s quiet dew…
Glistening like the star...
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Categories:
fireflies, appreciation, christian, god, inspirational love, jesus, life,
Form:
Free verse
Why I WriteI write…
Because my heart feels, pounding
Away, breathless, filled with enthusiasm
For the moments that bring joy, hope, peace
The wonders of a light drowning in liquid sweetness
Syrup, raining flavors of elation, imagination, inspiration
Through the feelings that bring...
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Categories:
fireflies, muse, passion, poems, poetry, words, write, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Freak Accident ProneI was a diligent safety engineer, modifying the hazardous work practices,
Like the thrilling festive celebrations, when you open up pretty packages!
I took my work very seriously, and my motto had long been safety first,
Like waiting...
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Categories:
fireflies, blessing, confidence, dedication, faith, fantasy, people, work,
Form:
Couplet
What Fascinates Meart inspires me, Van Gogh fascinates me!
...
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Categories:
fireflies, art, sky, stars,
Form:
Ekphrasis
SolsticeI want more solstice evening silhouettes.
And nights of rhapsody filled with rental stars.
To explore blurred mornings when the sun rises.
With transitions dripping through the trees.
I want to know how the seasons change.
Who makes time a...
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Categories:
fireflies, imagination, relationship, romance, seasons, sun, sunset, winter,
Form:
Romanticism