Long Firm Poems
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Fairer, IndeedWOMEN ...
Truly amaze me ... they possess the super-human
strength to birth a child - one of the most painful
and demanding physical and emotional feats of end-
urance known to our species - yet they have the
self-confidence...
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Categories:
firm, appreciation, humanity, love, wisdom, woman, women,
Form:
Free verse
Oak
"Oak"
The guardians
stood around and
shook their heads
great thoughts
quivering
from the ground, roots up,
as if to walk
confidently
with great armies
yet hesitation
was witnessed
in their waving gestures
perplexed
and touching
green crowns,
there they...
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Categories:
firm, dark, journey, light, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Two Lovers V - Convenience StoreShe looked at him concerned
"Oh my God, we forgot the buns!"
A barbeque happening
Guests arriving
Coals flaming
Food prepared
But nothing to put burgers on
For their housewarming
Hasty instructions and some cash
From his Lover and her roomies
Then he starts to...
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Categories:
firm, first love, happy, relationship, romance, romantic love,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers III
Success
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;
there is no time for a ticker-tape parade
before bed, no award, no bright statuette
to be delivered...
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Categories:
firm, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Peace In the Nowhere
"Peace in the Nowhere"
Ghosts remain in this place
they read their words
marked each day on walls
like prayers, it gives them
peace in the nowhere
someplace relevant to go
Ghosts commune in this place
disowned long ago or walked
off the...
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Categories:
firm, muse, poems, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Poems About Children IvPoems about Children IV
Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch
Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the...
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Categories:
firm, child, childhood, children, dad, father son, grandfather,
Form:
Rhyme
Pursuit of Infinite Knowledge and Understanding(In a Lush Garden Somewhere Out There)
The student stands where shifting sands of thought,
Once firm with reason, now elusive truths are sought.
Its splendor wanes, a threadbare, fading strand,
A quest for wisdom, in this digital land.
Sage:...
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Categories:
firm, journey, passion, philosophy, psychological, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Cooperative Family PoliticsI think he's talking about a cooperative bicameral political system,
with "How to talk to the other side".
And what could that possibly mean, dear Yang?
Well,
I was watching this Ted-talk from Marin,
by Robb Willer, as I anciently...
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Categories:
firm, culture, earth, family, freedom, health, humor, parents,
Form:
Political Verse
Chapter 21-- Dolly Damian and Molly: Cascades Continued IiDolly was beside herself with thoughts
Of this powerful man, Damian Possessing
Her. She wandered around his
Spacious apartment before
Returning to his bedroom
to sit on his bed.
Damian was ready and dressed...
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Categories:
firm, emotions, feelings, love, lust,
Form:
Alliteration
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:
firm, jesus,
Form:
Narrative
Free Verse IiiSalve
by Michael R. Burch
for the victims and survivors of 9-11
The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering images,
sometimes we still touch,
laughing, amazed,
that our flesh
does not despair
of love
as...
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Categories:
firm, body, desire, kiss, love, together, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Missed By a MileHaving been avid antiques collectors for nearly 4 decades, my wife and I met our share of rascals like this sneaky dealer -
Damp and chilly winds were blowing, leaves would paint the ground,
As me...
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Categories:
firm, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Declaration of InterdependenceWhen in the Course of Earth’s climatic events,
it becomes necessary for cultures to resolve political bands
which have connected Her with human nature,
and to assume among the powers of Earth,
separate and equal...
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Categories:
firm, freedom, health, independence day, life, peace, political,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Reluctant Serpent - a Fairy TaleOnce Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia
This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them.
Why they hang about, instead of scurrying off.
A reluctant snake...
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Categories:
firm, fairy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
We Need a Savior - the Prose Poem Style~ We Need A Savior ~
( Prose Poem )
~O~
Sometimes when we think so much about tomorrow we get so concerned n stressed about it. In minutes or in...
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Categories:
firm, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Lifeboat the SinkingAs to the this and the that and the how and the why,
I pass no judgement on the tale at hand.
And leave it to scribes to much later decide
...
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Categories:
firm, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
...
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Categories:
firm, celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Stay Focus On the Lord - the Cross of Salvation Style~ Stay Focus On The Lord ~
( Cross Of Salvation )
~O~
Stay focus till you
Reach your dreams goal
Just watch soul
And you'll be fine
Know with God's Love...
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Categories:
firm, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
No God of Mine - 2021 Edit[This poem 'No God Of Mine' was seemingly confounding readers as
to its meaning. Ordinarily, if I felt a poem wasn't cutting it, I'd delete
it, but on this occasion, I've been asked to explain it... so here goes.]
By...
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Categories:
firm, evil, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Worship and Praise - the Pantoum Style~ Worship And Praise ~
( Pantoum )
~O~
Worship God, pray each day, all way.
Keep the Lord always in my life.
Surely follow Him every day.
Worship and Praise, in good...
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Categories:
firm, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Boys Get In Trouble Again - the Narrative Style~The Boys Get In Trouble Again~Part 1-
(A Narrative poem)
Beth! Beth! Almanzo called out aloud for Laura upon entering their home., very late that afternoon, after so many long hours of work, since...
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Categories:
firm, beautiful, books, family, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Tower RebuiltI shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and rough;
Upon which stands...
Crumbled stone walls
With an exposed slate roof in
Some...
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Categories:
firm, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
On the Trail, Meeting the Centaur, Chiron IAt Wild Spirit’s Door I
At what Gate am I
Such magnificance as met
With hard road ahead.
I am but a man
Manifesting desire
For understanding
Wisdom’s not enough
Hard living even in dreams
Brings me to this spot
Where legends meet real
And singing...
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Categories:
firm, adventure, dream, fantasy, growth, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
LegendLook up in the sky ! It’s a bird ! It’s a plane.
It’s Superman !
More powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This fearless...
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Categories:
firm, courage,
Form:
Narrative
Reunited -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationMany of us have a favorite possession from when we were young, and this
93-year old gentleman is no exception.
...
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Categories:
firm, childhood, relationship,
Form:
Narrative