Long Forty Poems
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Childhood Dreams Part 1When I was a child
Everything was magical
Full of mystery and the unknown
I read hundreds of books
The library my haven
My home
Hours upon hours
Night and day
I read and got lost in text
They supplied me with adventures
Secret journeys
Fun...
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Categories:
forty, childhood, cinderella, dream, fairy,
Form:
Free verse
King of Kings??1 Kings 5:3-5 NIV??
[3] “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the...
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Categories:
forty, faith,
Form:
I do not know?
Enola GayEnola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under the blaring floodlights filmed for posterity,
Maneuvers' the ‘Enola Gay’, chosen...
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Categories:
forty, education, history, usa, war, world, world war
Form:
Verse
ObservanceObservance
by Michael R. Burch
Here the hills are old and rolling
carefully in their old age;
on the horizon youthful mountains
bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
By dying leaves and falling raindrops,
I have traced time's starts and stops,
and I have...
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Categories:
forty, loneliness, lonely, longing, loss, lost, seasons, time,
Form:
Sonnet
Zen Death Haiku IiToday, catching sight of the mallards
crying over Lake Iware:
Must I too vanish into the clouds?
—Prince Otsu translation by Michael R. Burch
This world—
to what may we compare it?
To autumn fields
lying darkening at dusk
illuminated by...
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Categories:
forty, death, imagery, life, nature, symbolism, visionary, world,
Form:
Haiku
An Affective Disorder, the Doctor SaidNo, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie's number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worked hard,...
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Categories:
forty, anxiety, mental illness, , 8th grade, ,
Form:
Prose
The Thc OrdinanceI am fairly new to this Norwick community.
If I recall correctly
we have about forty thousand households here
where the Connecticut River
conjoins the Mohegan and Iroquois Rivers;
originally deep rich virgin eco-forest
of and for harmonic rhythm and...
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Categories:
forty, community, earth, family, growth, health, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Veronica Franco TranslationsVeronica Franco translations
Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.
Capitolo 19: A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I)
by Veronica Franco
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
"I resolved to make a virtue of...
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Categories:
forty, desire, french, joy, love, lust, poetess, poetry,
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:
forty, humor,
Form:
Narrative
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried not to retract,
but after so many tears
I have...
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Categories:
forty, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal, children, confusion, family,
Form:
Free verse
Oncle Albert - Part 1Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...
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Categories:
forty, flying, history,
Form:
Narrative
Veiled"Lizzie Borden took an axe,
gave her mother forty whacks,
when she saw what she had done,
gave her father forty-one,
she washed herself from a watered pail,
she claimed their lies and vicious tales,
she pled not guilty and moaned...
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Categories:
forty, allusion, analogy, evil, father daughter, imagery, murder,
Form:
Narrative
Tips For Modern PoetsDear Novice Poet,
Welcome to the wide open wonderful world of poetry! Today more than ever before, a poem can easily be whatever you want it to be. The rules are simple. There...
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Categories:
forty, write,
Form:
Prose
Sophisticated Lady - Small Town Girl - Both Audio and Text Versions“Sophisticated lady” gropes the table at her bedside, blindly taking random swipes to kill the morning scream
That shatters little privacies she shares with no one else, and steals, with full impunity, her one recurring...
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Categories:
forty, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
The Alaskan Oil PipelineThe Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A west to east Northern Alaskan mountain chain.
An area forty miles wide...
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Categories:
forty, education, environment, history, technology, tribute, usa,
Form:
Prose Poetry
MemorabiliaMy wife and I met more than a few of this type of “shifty wheeler-dealer” during our many years dealing in antiques and collectibles.
...
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Categories:
forty, sports,
Form:
Narrative
Sophisticated Lady, Small Town Girl“Sophisticated lady” gropes the table at her bedside, blindly taking random swipes to kill the morning scream
That shatters little privacies she shares with no one else, and steals, with full impunity, her one recurring...
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Categories:
forty, loneliness, sorry,
Form:
Rhyme
Growing Up, La - Part 2- - Chapter 2: Adult Responsibility (With Some Breaks) - -
By ten years old, no weekends off,
Or Saturday cartoons,
Although I did have cash to spend,
I felt my...
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Categories:
forty, life, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Ol' Babe - Both Audio and Text Versions - W-IllustrationHey…did I ever tell you ‘bout the greatest baseball game,
Or should I say…the one that gave “Ol' Babe” his famous name?
Like several other great ones, there were many hits that day,
And if it hadn't...
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Categories:
forty, baseball,
Form:
Verse
Nowhere ManNowhere Man
Star dust, the stuff of a fool’s dreams.
Oh !!!, to travel upon star dust streams
- that glorious, never ending journey -
into the realms, the space of many.
This old spirit, seems, not to fit into...
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Categories:
forty, history,
Form:
Rhyme
The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For WarThe Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand,
To face the other tribe across...
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Categories:
forty, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
Classified Part ThreeThe photograph that Tim had shown me a few hours earlier certainly did not do it justice.
From what I could see it was a large triangular shape on three legs which were all at a...
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Categories:
forty, science fiction,
Form:
Prose
Brave New World(based on Aldous Huxley's book "Brave New World")
Human hatchery
Clink clink clink clink...
Test tubes prattling past
along the chrome plated production line.
Glistening under fake fluorescence
humming in harmony
with the magnetic motors
of conveyors, centrifuges and camshafts.
Biological blobs of gamete...
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Categories:
forty, confusion, depression, heartbreak, humanity, introspection, political, science
Form:
Free verse
When I DieWhen my life has finally left me and my last breath has been shed
And the silver cord is broken and my bodies firmly dead
I shall hover near the body, download the scenes of this past...
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Categories:
forty, bereavement, christian, death, heaven, inspiration, inspirational, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Watch That Gas Gauge - 1st HalfThis is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way I could manage to make it...
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Categories:
forty, humor,
Form:
Narrative