Long Fortunate Poems
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An Uppercut I Remember
Dad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
fortunate, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
State of the Art Iii
State of the Art (III)
These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work.
Come Down
by...
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Categories:
fortunate, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poems Vi
Poems about Poems VI
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood?
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the Muse
with reprimands of Dr. Seuss.
The...
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Categories:
fortunate, extended metaphor, heaven, muse, passion, poems, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Various Heresies 3
Various Heresies 3
Breakings
by Michael R. Burch
I did it out of pity.
I did it out of love.
I did it not to break the heart of a tender, wounded dove.
But gods without compassion
ordained: Frail things must break!
Now...
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Categories:
fortunate, america, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, usa,
Form:
Verse
Snapshots
Snapshots
by Michael R. Burch
Here I scrawl extravagant rainbows.
And there you go, skipping your way to school.
And here we are, drifting apart
like untethered balloons.
Here I am, creating "art,"
chanting in shadows,
pale as the crinoline moon,
ignoring your face.
There...
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Categories:
fortunate, divorce,
Form:
Free verse
Dear Republicans For God and Country
Thanks for your letter
asking for a free Taoist consult
on how to bring God talk
and experience
back into our Big Agri-MilitantIndustrialized Busyness Schools
and possibly our extended family lives,
on into our inside Holy of Holies,
our Climates of PanEntheistic...
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Categories:
fortunate, caregiving, education, happiness, health, integrity, leadership, parents,
Form:
Political Verse
Sonnets Xc-Xcvii
Sonnets XC-XCVII
Artificial Smile
by Michael R. Burch
I’m waiting for my artificial teeth
to stretch belief, to hollow out the cob
of zealous righteousness, to grasp life’s stub
between clenched molars, and yank out the grief.
Mine must be art-official?zenlike Art?
a...
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Categories:
fortunate, art, grave, grief, life, night, pain, smile,
Form:
Sonnet
God's Return Ticket
God's Return Ticket
Did you ever wonder about the Almighty’s criteria or selection process for reincarnation of souls back on Earth? Just think some famous politician, movie star, sports figure,criminal, dictator, and so on could use...
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Categories:
fortunate, beauty, creation, earth, emotions, god, heaven, judgement,
Form:
Narrative
Terror Bugs: Part 5 - A Freezer Mice Adventure
[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 4 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________
A water cannon screeched around the corner on two wheels
Four and twenty Terror Bugs were nipping at its heels
Their acid blistered paint work but it...
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Categories:
fortunate, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
The Depths
"The Depths"
From the depths
silence.
Where
are the voices
of other
women?
In that other place,
the monsters violate,
they take and take
bloody all, what they want
the dreams of women
are torched, murdered,
next to them,
the sweet dreams of lives...
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Categories:
fortunate, children, humanity, women,
Form:
Narrative
Uncle Arthur
‘She’s on again - the annual campin’ trip regatta,
and we’ve got ourselves together for our plans to Wonnangatta.
The high country; you can’t beat it for the peace and quiet
unless of course some plans get...
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Categories:
fortunate, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Badboy Monotheists
Where do we think all this economic and politically empowering
cooperative
nutritional
organically luscious imagination
and ecologically exegetical orthopraxis
started?
George Lakoff speaks of strictly straight stern paternalistic God the Universalist Fathers,
vertically Winning over an otherwise Loser, yet highly competitive, ecopolitical...
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Categories:
fortunate, games, health, integrity, math, peace, political, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse
An Epic Love For Women
I know you're not here
but you are in my heart
so
you are always with me
i'll just slip into you
with these words.
I know
there are mountains
dwarf the cities below
peaks that stride above the...
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Categories:
fortunate, beauty, celebration, dream, heart, love, magic,
Form:
Epic
I Cry
I cry at baptisms, funerals, and touchy movies. There are more ...
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Categories:
fortunate, change, family,
Form:
Verse
The Providentiality of Farming In Giantvillism - Page 1
The Providentiality of Farming in Giantvillism
Eccentric people with their characteristics and ways must move forward to a more defined place.
The climate enriches the Earth and science is formed for the vegetation to bloom.
By being...
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Categories:
fortunate, adventure, art, best friend, birth, language, leadership,
Form:
Narrative
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:
fortunate, america, graduation, high school, humor, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Gloriously luxuriating in eternal sleep
Gloriously luxuriating in eternal sleep...
versus being alive
predicated victory videre licet lunatic
if Trump trumped Kamala Harris
and stole 2024 presidential election,
(whereat Musk bribed
significant number of voters
handing out wads of cash)
courtesy underhanded modus operandi
and...
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Categories:
fortunate, absence, america, angst, beautiful, courage, death, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Urdu Translations
Last Night
by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
translation by Michael R. Burch
Last night, your memory stole into my heart
as spring sweeps uninvited through barren gardens
as morning breezes revive dormant deserts
as a patient suddenly feels better for no...
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Categories:
fortunate, desire, hindi, longing, love, nature, passion, urdu,
Form:
Verse
Poems About Poets Vii
Poems about Poets VII
Gallant Knight
by Michael R. Burch
for Alfred Dorn and Anita Dorn
Till you rest with your beautiful Anita,
rouse yourself, Poet; rouse and write.
The world is not ready for your departure,
Gallant Knight.
Teach us to sing...
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Categories:
fortunate, christian, dance, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Question
True love is unquestionable.
What is true love?
To me; it is more feeling based rather than definitively worded.
Emotional attached, formed mentalities that are equally paired with an immaculate physical connection.
Collected bi-gender, shared love—
She’s...
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Categories:
fortunate, conflict, confusion, fun, true love,
Form:
Free verse
Psychotic Trip
PSYCHOTIC JOURNEY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Feeling really beat, I went to bed early last night
Suddenly awakened feeling something’s not right
There was total darkness, I was not in my room
Lying on a cold flooring, with a feeling...
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Categories:
fortunate, allegory, allusion, dark, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Rhyme
That Was Random
There are actual people
half woman half man
running mornings and
dream people in movies
half language half light.
Tomorrow is John’s funeral.
* * *
This is my minute
my moment
Oops, gone!
Anything can happen
if you don’t resist
Resist!
* * *
But who am I? You think bullets won’t
kill?...
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Categories:
fortunate, angel, death, dream, river, spring, women, write,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
fortunate, art,
Form:
Shape
By George burn hing hard, I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright
By George (burn hing* hard), I Shaw tried to be a stinking 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...
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Categories:
fortunate, adventure, appreciation, art, encouraging, fun, inspirational, new
Form:
Free verse
Dialogue: Follow No One, Trust Yourself
[Characters: Thomas, Jesse, Mark]
In a small town of Athens, Thomas and his disciples served the town well, with their Wisdom and Knowledge, by helping out the less fortunate, feeding the homeless, teachings, and gaining more...
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Categories:
fortunate, community, freedom, growth, inspirational, peace, social, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse