Long Freefall Poems

Juvenilia: Early Poems V

Poetry
by Michael R. Burch

Poetry, I found you
where at last they chained and bound you;
with devices all around you
to torture and confound you,
I found you—shivering, bare.

They had shorn your raven hair
and taken both...

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Poems about Poems III

Radiance
by Michael R. Burch

for Dylan Thomas

The poet delves earth’s detritus?hard toil?
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes?dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.

The poet sees the sea but...

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Pay heed to those deeds from whence the heart must confess...
You're far from Rome Proconsul Caesar...
As they say, "All roads lead to Rome" Ariovistus
and all tresspasses are treated as threats of war...
My recent conquest of...

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Falling away,
Away from your embrace
Day by day,
Washing away my face
In the mirror before me...
I ran the race with determination and fury...
I took the correction that God had in mind for me all along...but yet, I...

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We've been taught the terror of triumph from where the heart looks...
General Caesar Sir, 9th Recon reports that Pompeius Magnus has fled by sea to Egypt,
also, the body of Captain Crastinus has been laid on...

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I am probably not what you’ll like tomorrow
But I can be what you like tonight
I am probably not what you’ll want tomorrow
But I can be what you want tonight
I am probably not what you’ll need...

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Sonnets V-IX



Afterglow
by Michael R. Burch

The night is full of stars. Which still exist?
Before time ends, perhaps one day we’ll know.
For now I hold your fingers to my lips
and feel their pulse... warm, palpable and slow...

once...

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The land of roses of poses 
I roam at home, all alone
Then, I find that you're on your own...I place rainbow roses
On the ground above your deathbed, your-your wretch-tainted tombstone
Watching the ticking bombs of ancient...

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"Invisible"



Trapped
within 
4 Walls 
A ghost 

escapes
it's prison 
through 
unlocked door

beyond
freefall
a bird
now soars

The Ocean 
calls the wild
Sargasso in
Me

Rochester’s 
Mirage 
ecstatic 
Bacchae
 
Maenad 
possessed 
submerged
Blue-Green

(Ladylabyrinth/2020)
for my daughter, 
Georgia






“Come Near Me” / Massive Attack – Ghost Poet
https://youtu.be/KY0TZQTwwbk






“There is...

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The news out Armageddon is upon us and it’s time for all of us to go 
The world's armies have all gathered and they are putting on a show

Heaven is calling and everyone wants to...

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I thought that I was strong enough
To break down your highest walls
I thought I had it all with you in mind,
But it was taken away from me -

My spirit falls...ahhhhh....
Hear my calls...ahhhhh....
I've lost it all...

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https://youtu.be/zz5KauCbjPI
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same Person.
All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the...

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CHAPTER 4 The Eagle (continued)

Swinging up it glanced the raptor
Merely brushing through its wing-plumes
But the eagle lost its balance 
And released its hold on Rosy
 
Who then plummeted in freefall
But the bird regained its rhythm 
And hard turning...

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Sing oh Hummingbird Sing
Sing that beautiful love song so melodiously
The song that made him promise to love her endlessly
And made her fall in love with him hopelessly
He whispered, so luring, the words uttered so softly...

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Seems like the country is in a freefall
Will reasonable people answer the call
Corruptible actions moving through the twilight zone
No way this would be acceptable, if only we’d known

The daily news is becoming so depressing
Hold on...

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DORMANT DREAMS, INTENSE - THEIR YEARNINGS

The night has erupted 
in a thunderous bedlam. 
As it comes crashing, 
an unrelenting downpour,
volcanic its intensity, 
lashing out its love—or 
Is it lovelorn fury—
in sheets of slanting rain

It’s a...

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These Hallowed Halls
by Michael R. Burch

I

A final stereo fades into silence
and now there is seldom a murmur
to trouble the slumber
of these ancient halls.

I stand by a window where others have watched
the passage of time, alone,
not...

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It has become painfully obvious that the only way to be heard
is to pay through the nose to be a lifetime nerd,
the way to be read in on this sight 
is to pay through the...

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That Adam.

Had the pleasure to meet him.

An honest man,
faithful ... trusting, relying in God ... 
He's centered!

Lives his life,
strait from the heart.

Can do the math.

Found him shreding wood today; 
with his thumb.


Stands ...
right smack dab...

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Reach for it Friend!


Come on buddy!


"Yea-pull the shoot"! 


"Yes!" 


"Friend!"


Live-your-life-
inspired! 


Better-is-a-life-
undivided!


""Take care... 

allow-the-hand-of-love-to-lead-you, 
be the warmth; 
open gift... 

passion-too; 
of-yours;

you-share... !"" 


Remember friend... 
you got to reach for it;

"Pull the shoot!"


Because true love is free!...

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I remember your face in the mirror and all
I remember us running in the woods
I recall the moment I caught your freefall 
Hmm...ahh...ooh...

I remember last December when we kissed
I remember the photos - moments like...

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If anyone told me they planned on killing the things inside me,
I know they are lying, everything inside me already feels so dead,
All of my inner self is dangling from a string, it makes my...

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I think friendship breakups are so weird—
From belly laughs and soul-deep chats, moonlit strolls and silly spats,
Yet another slip and the thread of camaraderie is severed,
casting shadows upon the remnants of what once thrived.

You think...

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Be kind to yourself - don't commit no selfish crimes
I'm nice to myself at times...I treat myself with neglect sometimes
Worn out like a pair of jeans
You already spilled out the beans

You knocked me over with...

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Scars will shine in no time, in no time

Soon enough, your joy will be mine 

If you don’t accept me or listen to me

If only you would believe in me sincerely


I bled out remorse today...

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