Long Forsook Poems
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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:
forsook, education, extended metaphor, farewell, first love, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
Roses and LilacsWinter
by Michael R. Burch
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
The lilac of devotion
has felt the winter hoar
and shed her dress;
companionless,
she shivers—nude, forlorn.
Published...
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Categories:
forsook, desire, longing, love, nature, romance, rose, roses
Form:
Verse
Medieval Poems IiiMedieval Poems
Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by grief.
He endured countless troubles:
sorrows were his only companions
in his frozen...
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Categories:
forsook, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
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:
forsook, birth, confusion, crush, dream, joy, kiss, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Early Poems IiJuvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
Desdemona
by Michael R. Burch
Though you possessed the moon and stars,
you are bound to fate and wed to chance.
Your lips deny they crave a kiss;
your feet deny they ache to...
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Categories:
forsook, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
forsook, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's Poem Asai Mugam By T WignesanTranslation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
...
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Categories:
forsook, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Juvenilia: Early Poems XiiJuvenilia: Early Poems XII
Because You Came to Me
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
Because you came to me with sweet compassion
and kissed my furrowed brow and smoothed my hair,
I do not love you after any fashion,
but wildly,...
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Categories:
forsook, boy, child, childhood, poems, student, teen, teenage,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Poems IvLOVE POEMS IV by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about love, passion, desire, lust, sex, dating, romance, relationships and marriage.
She Was Very Strange, and Beautiful
by...
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Categories:
forsook, desire, love, lust, marriage, passion, relationship, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
Excerpt From Fake Encomium Given Years AgoExcerpt from “fake” encomium given years ago...
at Lake Wobegone High School (my alma mater),
and recently discovered ridiculous rough draft
amidst plethora of junk emails
while practice reading some lines
regarding Midsummer Night's Dream
upcoming performance.
Arch...
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Categories:
forsook, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, america, angel,
Form:
Free verse
The Stranger*Image of Thunder & Lightning by Pixabay.
The Stranger
My life warps by its beasts of woes
depression dogs my day
at night, stress drains my restless soul
the wrongs have no delay
Myself am I, forsook decreed
hope laid by things...
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Categories:
forsook, allegory, encouraging, faith, meaningful, missing, mother son,
Form:
Rhyme
By George Burning Hard, I Shaw Tried To PlaywrightBy George (burning hard), I Shaw tried to playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like
a professional ballet dancer
to stand out from other pedestrian applicants
seeking...
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Categories:
forsook, adventure, age, angel, appreciation, beauty, celebration, character,
Form:
Free verse
I Relished Being Hungry For Thanksgiving Pop Slop Gloppy GrubI relished being hungry for Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grub
whereby the missus didst potchke
created whirling dervish hubbub
after enjoying repast,
(fit for a tarnished king),
yours truly able, eager, and ready
to soak my ego freezing carcass in...
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Categories:
forsook, abuse, adventure, appreciation, autumn, blessing, drink, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
Do the Dead See With Their Own EyesDo the Dead see with their own eyes
for Thadchayani, my poetry-loving doctor sister : 28/08/1929 – 26/10/2014
...
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Categories:
forsook, bereavement, brother, death, sister,
Form:
Elegy
I relished being hungry for leftover Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grubI relished being hungry for leftover Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grub
(a poetic partial fiction
blended, diced, fricaseed,
marinated, mixed, pureed, sautéed,
stewed... with fact)
Hmm... on second thought
lemme join anorexic club
until rib cage protrudes taut and...
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Categories:
forsook, america, appreciation, blessing, celebration, family, food, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
Why What Reason Have IOften times I wonder if I may have missed
a greater calling or purpose in my life.
As a young man I was frivolous and non-sensical
when it came to asking the most important questions:
“Why am I...
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Categories:
forsook, allusion, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Soul Contract - Part 2
"Soul Contract (Part 2)"
If God created us? Who created God? And who created that God’s God?
This is like throwing a pebble in a Pond
the waves perpetuate spreading outward ever on.
Residual image of the Soul
handed free-will...
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Categories:
forsook, dark, destiny, freedom, god, heaven, light, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
The Answer To Complaint Part 4Nor Usman’s treasure-chest you own, Nor Ali’s empty bowl,
With spirits of such great forbears, What kinship has your soul?
The honoured of their times, they lived, For theirs was true iman,
You live disgraced, as having left...
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Categories:
forsook, allah, faith,
Form:
Heroic Couplet
An Editorial Review On PronunciationI felt my name slip off his tongue
Before he even thought to consider
Whether to pronounce it
Ashanti Asante or Asanti
Oh Queen Nanny, let them be
Pitch black warriors
made night their playground...
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Categories:
forsook, africa, culture, history,
Form:
Free verse
Living On SomedayIf raindrops rise in leu of fall
would you seek the meaning overall?
Would spectacles endow with a clarity of fog
would you follow tangled lines of a rearward call?
Inevitable advance to stepping backwards
and dreams which mock to...
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Categories:
forsook, confusion, desire, dream, hope, love, prayer, rain,
Form:
Rhyme
Mocking Dance of the DeadWritten: September 19, 2023
Mocking The Dead Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Silent One
"Do not be afraid of death. Death transforms to something wider. Death is...
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Categories:
forsook, analogy, bereavement, death, giggle,
Form:
Rhyme
Father Thomas Byles, Martyr of the TitanicYou may have heard the 3rd class would dance
and many among them did not stand a chance
to be rescued out of the tragic Titanic disaster
but have you heard more of their heroic pastor
Who in 1912,...
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Categories:
forsook, hero, memorial, prayer, sea, sorrow, sympathy, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
New Dog In TownMy son had come back home to stay for just a little while.
He brought with him his terrier friend; a lively, puppy child.
The skinny, little half grown dog came bounding through my door.
I couldn’t...
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Categories:
forsook, dog, fun, love,
Form:
Narrative
Bound Hands Holding a Crushed HeartI hear it though a friend
and my knees begin to bend.
"It's Sasha"
My eyes grow,
the world begins to slow.
my heart stops beating
logic is fleeting
Hands quiver,
a gut-wrenching thought
clings hold in my chest
Vision blurrs,
tears well up,
lungs get tight.
8...
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Categories:
forsook, best friend, death of a friend, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Ten Hut12/20/21
Ten hut!
Can't let up
Even though, it can get messed up
Really F'd up
Do not get fed up
Keep your head up
Stay sharp, don't get set up
Careful where a disagreement ends up
Heads up!
Many fast to wet up
From the...
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Categories:
forsook, dark, deep, life, poetry, rap, sad, truth,
Form:
Rhyme