Long Frightening Poems
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Fully Employed NowHumanity keeps looking forward, toward the coming of a birth,
and we’re all deemed as equals on our first day on this earth,
but as the years go quickly by our lives become our own;
we’re seen as...
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Categories:
frightening, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About the Coronavirus IPoems about the Coronavirus I
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote...
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Categories:
frightening, absence, anxiety, bereavement, caregiving, death, depression, fear,
Form:
Haiku
Open Oceans
"Open Oceans"
Kneeling on pearls
wisdom preys
praying
preying
hungry hearts
count the days
wasting away
in all that preying
for prayers
to be answered
children become
strangers
reading
strange words
finding
themselves puzzled
genuflecting to a deity
they do not know, nor wish to
fumbling
mouths closed,
swallowed hole
in the...
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Categories:
frightening, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
The Payload
"The Payload"
The payload
came crashing down
like rain expelled
from the fat belly
of a ruinous pregnant cloud
bilious with buxom promise
it came crashing down
like school fish released
from the tight confines
of a course rope...
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Categories:
frightening, fantasy, muse, mystery, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
THE LAST GOODBYEThis is for the Contest - 'Titanic - Fare Thee Well' Sponsored by Tom Woody.
...
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Categories:
frightening, death, inspirational, loss, love,
Form:
Narrative
Epigrams VEpigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...
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Categories:
frightening, giggle, humor, humorous, irony, literature, word play,
Form:
Epigram
ErinErin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...
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Categories:
frightening, ireland,
Form:
Sonnet
In the WildIN THE WILD
Early morning, we go for a drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At 6 o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that we have missed...
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Categories:
frightening, adventure, africa,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Wild Re PostIN THE WILD
( Re Post)
Early one morning, we begin our drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At six o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that...
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Categories:
frightening, animal,
Form:
Free verse
The Old Dark HouseThe Old Dark House
This tale of “The Old Dark House” is one that’s replete with a
most horrid sense of pure evil and macabre, and is worth being
retold each year during the deep-dark hours of All...
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Categories:
frightening, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
- the Old Dark House -This tale of “The Old Dark House” is one that’s replete with a
most horrid sense of pure evil and macabre, and is worth being
retold each year during the deep-dark hours of All Hallows’ Eve
before the...
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Categories:
frightening, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Inner ChamberTHE INNER CHAMBER
Please. Stop holding back on me.
Like a child standing at the neighborhood ice cream truck, arm outstretched, eyes huge, mouth watering.
I stand here longing to slip underneath your decades of cold-rolled steel...
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Categories:
frightening, betrayal, courage, devotion, love, love hurts, relationship,
Form:
Prose
The Old Dark HouseThis tale of “The Old Dark House” is one that’s replete with a
most horrid sense of pure evil and macabre, and is worth being
retold each year during the deep-dark hours of All Hallows’ Eve
before the...
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Categories:
frightening, dark, dream, evil, fantasy, god, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Dante's Divine Comedy Translation Canto IxThat color vileness painted on my face
When coming back my duke to me I saw
His new squeezing inside much more took place.
He heedful stopped as man hearing to draw;
Because his eye could not reach...
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Categories:
frightening, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part TwoRosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Two
Rosalia’s Instruments of Evil and Debauchery
Rosalia needed certain tools or instruments of evil and debauchery to successfully pursue her nefandous plans of bringing the people...
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Categories:
frightening, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Phoenix I feel so damn trapped in rage
Like a rainbow lion in a cage
I feel so much pain in my brain
And it's driving me quite insane
Numb my solace shame
Get me feeling more...
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Categories:
frightening, 11th grade, 3rd grade, 6th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Eros and CupidPOEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID
These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub...
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Categories:
frightening, cute love, desire, god, heart, love, lust,
Form:
Epigram
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 87“I don't know anything about that. I just do what I must.”
Bréagán's smile was sad but understanding. He knew what it was like to be pushed to do what seemed impossible. He...
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Categories:
frightening, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
SPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOISYOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARSON MURDER 8 ELDERLY PERSONS PARISHES PROCLAIMED MY EX HUSBAND...
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Categories:
frightening, chicago, city, i love you,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Listening For FirestormsAlways respect this combination of fire and wind,
she tentatively said,
after having listened for healthy and pathological winds
regenerating and degenerating,
investing in and divesting of,
yeasty flames of fertile dopamine.
They, like you,
co-arise of and from the landscapes
in which...
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Categories:
frightening, absence, blessing, happiness, health, humanity, nature, science,
Form:
Prose Poetry
From Seed a Promise, Treasures To Flourish On EarthBlog, On Poetic Contrast, Between Dark And Light
(My two poems composed -one of dark, one of Light.)
(from my new blog)
(1.)
The Horrid Night, The Terrible Nightmare
In a dance of serpents the long fangs drip
poison...
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Categories:
frightening, art, creation, dark, deep, light, meaningful, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Halloween Night In the Apple OrchardYoung Timmy saw Jim walking down the street. Timmy considered a quick retreat, but steadied himself with a shrug. Timmy dreaded the sight of Jim, a teenage bully and wanna be thug, who...
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Categories:
frightening, children, fear, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Half MeasuresThis is how it starts
the decline of who we are, the decline of something more
the start of wars
Installed in us is confidence
confidence, a blessing or a curse
Without confidence we stand degraded, disenchanted, alone
while with too...
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Categories:
frightening, suicide, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
A Bohemian Maze of True EvilOnce so loyal and always true the gargoyles watch everything now
During their stony slumbers with their careful one-eyed open view,
As evil red-eyed demons rain down upon us in their dark-sprit forms,
Whilst our unsuspecting mortal Earth...
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Categories:
frightening, dark, evil, fantasy, god, horror, metaphor, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Liquor of Lament: My Phase of Craze/^Inspired by "Someone Else" by Miley Cyrus, "All of Me" by John Legend and many other awesome songs^\
(Spoken)
Hold me close
Stop pretending that I'm not aware of what's happening
Anything goes
So, quit trying to be...
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Categories:
frightening, addiction, confusion, crazy, cute love, deep, depression,
Form:
Lyric