Long Gnarled Poems
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When It Struck 11
When it struck 11, I sighed in relief
When it struck 11, I haven't felt grief
The time kept ticking on and it wasn't brief
And I'm so… patiently shaking like a leaf
Vigorously feeling vital everyday...
Every minute...every second...come...
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Categories:
gnarled, angst, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, courage, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Impossible Mission To Captcha Infinitesimal Moment
Impossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment
alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck
seconds elapse imperceptibly
leaving me dumbstruck,
how quickly fleeting tempus fugit;
ofttimes imagined as time thief.
Hence following vignette: quiet as a mouse lurks the time thief...
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Categories:
gnarled, 12th grade, analogy, butterfly, death, farewell, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Self Reflections
SELF REFLECTIONS
These are poems about mirrors, images, self-image, reflections, impressions and self-reflection.
Self Reflection
by Michael R. Burch
for anyone struggling with self-image
She has a comely form
and a smile that brightens her dorm ...
but she's grossly...
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Categories:
gnarled, identity, image, imagery, metaphor, mirror, self, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Radiance, For Dylan Thomas
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 feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
gnarled, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Dylan Thomas
These are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
gnarled, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan Thomas
Myth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
gnarled, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
Once Upon a Halloween In the 50's
The excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I became a...
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Categories:
gnarled, nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
The Angry Black Woman
She stood with her back turned to me
Leaning slightly towards where the light tapered off into darkness
Her faced buried deep inside her cupped hands
Her own shadow towered over her seemingly at odds with her...
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Categories:
gnarled, africa, anger, beauty, betrayal, black african american,
Form:
I do not know?
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 76
The night sky was dark but for the beam of light that glared through the trees before them as they walked into the woods. Joulupukki and Lumi were careful not to get to close...
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Categories:
gnarled, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Unquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxi Part One
Unquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, the Sereno and the Hausgast – XXXI Part One
Be they so named or not in these here parts, visions of shrieking furies with Gorgon heads and...
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Categories:
gnarled, care, city, horror, rights, urban,
Form:
Quatrain
Of Winks and Wings - Part 3
"You see this here spot on the bench, where it's all worn away?" Clarence asked.
"Yeah, I've noticed that a few times, and wondered why they didn't paint it again." I...
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Categories:
gnarled, autumn, life, lost love, nature, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 14
Despite his impatience to show me his hell,
He waited for me in my rest,
Lying upon the ground, I awoke in prayer,
Thanking God above and asking Him for guidance
“My heart is Yours, always,
From the moment...
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Categories:
gnarled, adventure, anxiety, conflict, courage, dark, holocaust, horror,
Form:
Epic
Quest of the Heart: Chapter Four
Grey Bane and the Dark Lord
Perched on a stalagmite jutting up from the floor
Hugo was staring at length across the cave
My eyes accustomed to the glow followed his gaze
Frozen in ice was my Love whom...
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Categories:
gnarled, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Woods of Four dimensions
Washed ashore on the lost island
Skin already peeling on the beach
Burning from the hot green summer sun
Meat melting off to become bone
Jumping back into the water
Cooling off with the clams and fish
Washing the sand...
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Categories:
gnarled, appreciation, creation, happy, mountains, sun, sunshine, teen,
Form:
Free verse
Kingdom of My Embrace
"Years” and “Distance”, phantoms of the dark that do their evil
in the quietude of the everyday, coming and going without so
much as a footprint or a whisper, and taking the most valuable
possessions of the heart,...
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Categories:
gnarled, absence, appreciation, children, family, love,
Form:
Free verse
And Still I Drive - Part Two
Stars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
But stars do not cry.
Into Ochs valley, through the Vale of White Horse...prancing
besides a Dragons Hill;
It was here that a Roundhead - did a Royalist Cavaliers blood in...
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Categories:
gnarled, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Black Town Fort Myers Florida threatened by Donald Trump face Fbi confidential human source
Black Town Fort Myers Florida Living in hiding for many years after the fbi relocated my family to Ohio after a very long investigation in corrupt officers selling drugs in the city of North chicago...
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Categories:
gnarled, allah,
Form:
Rubai
My Friend Calamia
Remembering our friendship
how we'd talk for hours about
any topic family love kids life
how it hurt not to hear from
one another sending cards
pictures letters remember that
I remember so well that achy
lonely...
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Categories:
gnarled, allah,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 20
It was a bitter morning, the ground hotter upon my flesh
I kneeled at the center of the pit on the twentieth day,
Remembering a tune sung so long ago,
A great song grieving for the incessant wars...
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Categories:
gnarled, growth, heart, life, loss, mystery, pain, war,
Form:
Epic
My Sorrowful Soul
“Sometimes, a hug can mend a sorrowful soul like mine” – J W M Earnings
What’s the point of sorrow when I have tomorrow to look forward to?
What’s the big deal with people who just don’t...
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Categories:
gnarled, angst, anxiety, deep, depression, grief, lonely, words,
Form:
Free verse
Stressors
*last winter break*
I woke up abruptly, my chest gripped and tight. My face felt hot but my arms stung as if frostbitten. I gasped for air that wouldn’t come, as if I had a plastic...
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Categories:
gnarled, brother, christmas, dream, growing up, sister, teen,
Form:
Free verse
Gnarled Shadows
Through shadowed trails beneath the moon’s cold stare.
Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace in my gut
No slumber dreamt; no...
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Categories:
gnarled, conflict, dark, emotions, gothic, horror, pain, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
Dare To Be Alone and Together
Sitting atop a large flat stone in an open field
Brushing aside his long silver locks
Bringing to his lips a long clay pipe
Steadying for a light, his gnarled knuckles make this a fight
His sandals dusty, brow...
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Categories:
gnarled, hope, love, relationship, romance, soulmate, true love,
Form:
Narrative
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 25
I was restless all the night,
The demoness softly singing a haunting tune
The Holy Spirit sifted in swirls around me,
And she touched with her claws its essence with strange wonder
I awoke to his songs strong and...
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Categories:
gnarled, courage, gothic, heart, light, lost, love, truth,
Form:
Epic
Dark Reflection
...and the Demon spoke,
its voice deep and mellow like smooth satiny chocolate,
"There is more, much more than good and evil,"
the words thunderously whispered.
The verdant emerald green of the forest quivering at the sound,
drawing in upon...
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Categories:
gnarled, dark, evil, imagery,
Form:
Free verse