Long Furnish Poems

The Pictish Faeries
by Michael R. Burch

Smaller and darker
than their closest kin,
the faeries learned only too well
never to dwell
close to the villages of larger men. 

Only to dance in the starlight
when the moon was full
and men...

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Here's why this was necessary...

   This is, as indicated, the 1st THIRD of a lengthy 3-part poem. The 2nd and 3rd THIRDS had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations....

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To My Valentine

My heart opened like an opened window
like an opened square quivering treu love
from poor dull stare in blind eyes that care
something coming to me I am waiting for it fear fullly
as my head...

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Burn, burn does fables fire, as an impish figure dances,
Around the wild flames of greed, guess, guess my
Uncommon name, by the devil’s hang nailed toe,
Your never guess it mortal woman, and so your
Royal child will...

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Carson’s got a football game at 3 o’clock in Solon, and if he’s going to make it he would have to leave right now…
And Landon’s got a baseball game at 3 in Cedar Rapids…it’s two...

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Danny’s got a baseball game at 4 this afternoon, and Sarah’s playing soccer at 4:30. Holy cow!
Tommy’s in a tournament that starts at 3 p.m., and if he’s going to make it, he would have...

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Call me a pacifist activist deploring insanity of war,
never a Fitbit moon-unit soldier of military industrial
complex, this articulate baby boomer verily stupefied,
openmouthed, dumbfounded at inane ill logic to send
best and brightest, or even those boasting...

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As far as the eyes can stretch
Sand shines and glitters white to torment the eyes
In the ocean of land barren without life
A determined line of black souls 
Forges ahead their efforts
A sole upon sole they...

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When I was a kid, my county was 'dry'; meaning that alcoholic beverages could not be purchased legally. But there was always plenty of it, because there were home-made stills, and the next county was...

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September 18 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Mark 13-14

Key Verse – Mark 13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of...

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Front door brings in nippy chill, 
You step onto the frosty path, 
No pleasant air for you to initial, 
Only a gut fight with the waft.

But friends are warm and bright, 
Neighbours smile by their...

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Hard is the rock, yet it does roll, beneath the oceans
Swift currents its rough edges become smooth, rounded
But it makes no sound; it is the silence of stone.
Gray is granite, as markers grave marker, yet...

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Winter is hiding around the bend and forcing its way towards the center, it is carrying a hundred thousand shovels in a boat and generators pile up to its throat. 

 Hundreds of snow boots,...

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Impressions and confessions are a dangerous deal, after a slap across the face 
and an ice-cold meal. Johnny was a sick little lonely sad boy, his mom pulled his 
hair and his dad broke his...

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The Monstarrette mysterious mountainous  MAVERICK MANSION. 
STILL MAINTAINS its master piece LEGACY. WITH  its 12 bedrooms,
8 bathrooms.  A BEAUTY NO DOUBT.  INCLUDES  its newly added
Attic and  a litany of...

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“Should I leave the feelings”


Should I leave the light I desire

For i know it was equally dark and dry

And leave the happiness i have

When I am about to fly


I pray to God if for him

I...

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To love God* above all is great lesson
That’s to esteem Him with pure heart’s reason
Seeking Him ceaselessly by His very person
As our lives are surrendered to Him every season.
      ...

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I love* You, my Saviour God above all -  and such is by Your grace
While I esteem You, giving You my sincere praise
Trusting You in running along life’s race
As my heart You keep within...

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Peers
Eye remember the last time eye respected and emulated mye peers they peered all over 
mee. While eye jumped from piers with pears and pares the toenails from the edifice of hice 
bewails while jumping...

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To love God* above all is our mission
That’s to esteem Him with pure heart’s passion
Seeking Him ceaselessly through His direction
Yielding our lives to Him along joyful dedication.

To fear the Lord with reverence is truly vital
We...

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To love God* above all is such a great lesson
That’s to esteem Him with pure heart’s reason
Seeking Him ceaselessly by His light’s beacon
As my life’s fully surrendered to Him, I reckon.

To fear the Lord with...

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NB - familiarity with the pronunciation of the British place names in this poem is essential to comprehend some of the lines - and to ensure the tongue twisting effect in parts.

The Seven Siren Sisters...

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There is a video clip of an elaborate setting up of a gadget...
All sizes of screws and nuts, levers and rollers are part of the gadget...

Impossible to believe, but if you believe in the maxim...
Seeing...

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Oh, Lord 

Oh, Lord we belong to you from the pea size of your magnitude
Oh, Lord we are yours lest we fall away swallow by sin and temptation
Oh, Lord there can’t be other gods greater...

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We heavily consider the value of existence,
For a quest of bias, a path of prole resistance,
Assess our inner selves clearly and briefly,
Our goals have gotten us afar deeply.

Skepticism conveys the root of all hatred,
If there...

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