Long Forsaking Poems
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Poem Revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 At 1500 HoursPoem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours
Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women,
based upon a character
in The Impertinent Curious Man,
a story within a...
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Categories:
forsaking, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, black african american,
Form:
Rhyme
CurrentsCurrents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the clapboard slap of tide,
the clockwork shock of wave on rock,
the...
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Categories:
forsaking, assonance, extended metaphor, language, metaphor, music, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Poems About FlowersLady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch
May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.
The...
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Categories:
forsaking, flower, june, rose, roses are red, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
VacuumVacuum
by Michael R. Burch
Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...
leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are unable to know
that once intrigued us so.
Come then, let us...
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Categories:
forsaking, education, extended metaphor, farewell, first love, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
forsaking, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About IcarusSouthern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching embrace,
you climb, skittish kite...
What do you know of the world’s despair,
gliding in vast solitariness there,
so that all that remains is to
fall?
Only a...
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Categories:
forsaking, analogy, angel, bird, butterfly, extended metaphor, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Poems VLOVE POEMS V
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch, about life, the dream of love, virtue, a first kiss, a first crush, the birth of a first relationship, the joy of a first love...
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Categories:
forsaking, birth, confusion, crush, dream, joy, kiss, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem of RuthThe tears well up, and scarce could she not moan
When father, brother, husband, all have died.
She now has no possessions, neither home,
But travels to a distant, unknown land:
Once so secure, yet now compelled to roam;
Once...
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Categories:
forsaking, bible, devotion, faith, journey,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
forsaking, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Unidentified Flying Object Abducted Yours Truly,Unidentified flying object abducted yours truly,...
a willing experimental subject
to escape untenable married life.
Upon falling into a deep slumber,
the following subconscious
somnambulant scenario arose
allowing, enabling, and providing
temporary alleviation from
outa harried...
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Categories:
forsaking, absence, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, courage, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Ground Level Entry
"Ground Level Entry"
“She fits the bill”,
they say it
insouciantly
visions of being
carried in the beak
of a bilious pelican
where it builds
its rudimentary nest,
it uses sticks and debris
no stones, yet,
from irreverence
thrown at it
no higher...
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Categories:
forsaking, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Captivated By the MusicI loved my job as a librarian, and today I was walking to work,
In the warmth of a summer morning, when golden butterflies lurk.
I had some extra time, and it happens I took the scenic...
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Categories:
forsaking, beauty, fantasy, imagery, music, nature, song, summer,
Form:
Couplet
- the Demons Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror -The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror
This tale of “The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror”
lives on in the mountain village of Gpeth Tor in the outlying
region of the “Dark Forbidden Forest”...
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Categories:
forsaking, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Demon's Shrill Cry of Dread and HorrorThe Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror
This tale of “The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror”
lives on in the mountain village of Gpeth Tor in the outlying
region of the “Dark Forbidden Forest”...
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Categories:
forsaking, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Demon's Shrill Cry of Dread and HorrorThis tale of “The Demon’s Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror”
lives on in the mountain village of Gpeth Tor in the outlying
region of the “Dark Forbidden Forest” known for evil, death,
and lost souls. This...
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Categories:
forsaking, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Out of the Way*Image of Hikers Warning by Pixabay.
Out Of The Way
As a self-proclaimed ruler of my person, I am mindful of the internal convictions, external constitutions as Lord overseer of my spotless realm,
Upon my own free will,...
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Categories:
forsaking, death, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
Gloriously Luxuriating In Eternal SleepGloriously luxuriating in eternal sleep
Forlorn; bereft of golden
(slippered) opportunities I weep;
Three score and four years
replete with mailer daemons,
hence mindset adrip
with self denouncing expletive filled bleep
unwritten expressed recriminations
wielded upon figurative head of wimpy blip;
decades elapsed at...
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Categories:
forsaking, age, angel, anger, angst, anxiety, autumn, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Isis Staind 26 Plus Years of MarriageIsis staind 26+ years of marriage
Yes, believe me you,
I (also considered the best karaoke singer
for the go-go's)
putting Shabrina Leonita to shame
back in two thousand and twenty one
once flew high as the eagles
a...
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Categories:
forsaking, adventure, age, america, anniversary, appreciation, betrayal, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
My Silent HouseI.
GRAIL OF TIDES
from the brewing storm’s steeping chalice
the breath of death’s journey awakens in quiet tides
beckoned by the stirring whisper of mortal winds
furrowed by stoic angels in pallid temporal skies
on wings they dance with...
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Categories:
forsaking, death, feelings, humanity, identity, inspiration, loss, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Isis staind 27 plus yearsIsis staind 27+ years...
of scorpion stinging poison us marriage,
whereby the missus and I,
nevertheless experienced genesis as
mama and papa respectively.
(jest kibitizing)
thus explaining why I
(a beatle browed
sixty five year young adult)
joined blue...
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Categories:
forsaking, adventure, angst, anniversary, appreciation, celebration, divorce, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
When a Poet Dates a PoetessWhen a poet dates a poetess;
They all go insane of words to use,
They may have no time to make love.
Poet here, poetess there, back to back
Without anyone believing each other.
Dinning is personified and oxymorously planned;
The...
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Categories:
forsaking, abortion, abuse, anti bullying, art, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
Fraught With Ibs Irritable Bowel SyndromeFraught With IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome...
today – late morning of November 4th 2022
sudden onset experienced whereby
whooshing waste naturally flushed out
ala mine body electric performed colonoscopy
diarrheal gangbuster instigated
maybe Machiavellian microbe
with powerful rectal surge
analogous to invisible plunger
forcing...
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Categories:
forsaking, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Rhyme
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpationEminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...
Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland
before onset of Holodomor,
a policy of the Soviet Union
aimed at the destruction
of the Ukrainian nation,
the 1932–1933 genocide...
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Categories:
forsaking, abuse, age, anger, bereavement, bullying, corruption, grandfather,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
forsaking, anger, conflict, death, history, murder, war,
Form:
Free verse
Ambrosial AphroditeO beloved chevalier,
cloaked in shimmering champagne armor,
tonight I long to feel your sultry skin,
embroidered with emerald embellishments
and twinkling teal topaz,
tailored to tempt,
veiling these tanned desires.
My soul sways to a chained string
of...
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Categories:
forsaking, devotion,
Form:
Alliteration