Long Gull Poems
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VacuumVacuum
by Michael R. Burch
Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...
leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are unable to know
that once intrigued us so.
Come then, let us...
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Categories:
gull, education, extended metaphor, farewell, first love, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
Self ReflectionsSELF 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:
gull, identity, image, imagery, metaphor, mirror, self, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IiPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds
Flying
by Michael R. Burch
I shall rise
and try the bloody wings of thought
ten thousand times
before I fly...
and then I'll sleep
and waste ten thousand nights
before I dream;
but when at last...
I soar the...
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Categories:
gull, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Radiance, For Dylan ThomasRadiance
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:
gull, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Arthurian PoemsAt Tintagel
by Michael R. Burch
That night,
at Tintagel,
there was darkness such as man had never seen...
darkness and treachery,
and the unholy thundering of the sea...
In his arms,
who is to say how much she...
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Categories:
gull, england, romance, romantic, true love, violence, visionary,
Form:
Verse
Athenian Epitaphs IiAthenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night:
his owner's faithful Maltese...
but will...
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Categories:
gull, animal, best friend, death of a friend,
Form:
Epitaph
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 2[Now ShallowMan is quite content
receiving FactoidMan’s consent
to quibble and express dissent
as long as keeping covenant
with fingers crossed and belfry bent
when viewing Facts in sealed cement:]
SM
“The Facts you give me circumvent
those ‘truths’ your chuckles supplement;
although they...
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Categories:
gull, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Dylan ThomasThese 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:
gull, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan ThomasMyth, 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:
gull, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
Starlight and Moonlight IiStarlight and Moonlight II
These are poems about starlight and moonlight, moons and stars, dreams and visions, illuminations and intimations …
Deliver Us...
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
The night is dark and scary—
under...
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Categories:
gull, dream, love, moon, night, sky, star, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
The Pictish FaeriesThe 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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Categories:
gull, fairy,
Form:
Verse
A Mom, Three Girls, Two Cigarettes, and a SparrowPart I.
Harvest time was winding down,
I was taking lunch in town,
After spending six long hours plowing stubble.
Washing up I met a man,
Guessed he was a harvest hand,
His combine crew, he said,...
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Categories:
gull, faith, loss, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
SplatSplat
Explosions do not always signify combustion but often combustion arrives after many years of layering the layers and tightly packing. Thus meaning that a fried piece of fat could slip and burst out of the...
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Categories:
gull, africa, animal,
Form:
I do not know?
Ah Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious SleepAh...Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep
Aye sandman, I surrender to yar supreme governance
surreal spectacular soiree gifts subconscious sphere
soothing (analogous to natural palliative), ah...REM
member nought, asper exquisite entertaining cerebral
kaleidoscope replete with nonpareil visual trappings
aesthetically tantalizing unforgettable..., but...
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Categories:
gull, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation, celebration, dance, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
A Psalm To Solemnize Pure Tin Forefathers MothersA psalm to solemnize pure tin forefathers/mothers...
Who didst unknowingly, unquestionably,
and unwittingly script vitality
and the prologue to Thanksgiving,
(which theme poem initially written)
about three hundred and ninety seven years,
and nine months after February third 1621,
yet...
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Categories:
gull, adventure, africa, age, america, animal, autumn, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Grant This Civil Yankee To Doodle Till Lee Gets Blue In the FaceGrant this civil yankee to doodle till Lee gets blue in the face
blowing 99 red balloons April 9th, 2023
will signal 158 years since Appomattox
plus what would have been ninety sixth birth
of the late...
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Categories:
gull, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, america, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Cybersurfing Netizen FloundersCybersurfing netizen flounders...
analogous to a fish out of water
Ever since being a little gull hubble buoy,
I bobbed (while donning square pants)
like spongy flotsam and jetsam at sea.
Now as one decrepit
humble lumpenproletariat neopoet,
I experienced existence
with pronounced...
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Categories:
gull, 12th grade, adventure, age, angst, animal, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
High School Sadness Sans Shana Aubrey Harris - Part One HalfSubtitled: A Quiz Sic Hull Emotionally Test Ting Senior Event
Valedictorian treads across makeshift platform
i.e. most likely auditorium stage
marked by pronounced hushed audience,
who exude a collective sigh...
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Categories:
gull, celebration, class, dedication, father daughter, february, freedom,
Form:
Ballad
I Just Have To Let It Be SaidI JUST HAVE TO LET IT BE SAID
Never ending steps,
leading down this cliff side.
...
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Categories:
gull, appreciation, beach, bird, nature, ocean, solitude, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Elasticated Red Cabbage“Everybody duck, everybody run, and everybody hide. Quickly now. Hurry. IT is happening now. All run run run” In haste the message spoke. Radiating booming voice from the tissue box placed in the middle of...
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Categories:
gull, analogy, animal,
Form:
I do not know?
True Fake Story of a Vita Man JunkyTrue "FAKE" Story Of A Vita Man Junky
(any resemblance between this poem,
and living persons...iz purely coincidental.)
Ruthlessly abuzz in my mind
loosed another idea
for a poem asper
(wren)...
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Categories:
gull, 12th grade, 9th grade, magic, men, smart,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
A Write To My Husband My Hero In IraqEntry for Mystic Rose’s Contest~A Write to Our Heroes~Written by Gwendolen
Rix~8-28-14
To My dearest Sweetheart,
Hello dear. It’s me again. I haven’t slept well since you left for Iraq. I don’t think I’ll
ever sleep well...
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Categories:
gull, absence, best friend, betrayal, christian, emotions, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
Fake Dread Locked Dumpster Diver“FAKE” Dread Locked Dumpster Diver
Not by choice this average
bonehead configured Earthlinked
Bozo went kicking, and screaming
into refuse bin
naturally (no questions asked,
...
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Categories:
gull, 8th grade, absence, america, food, hilarious, parody,
Form:
Free verse
Peril Us Aye Grant This To Be a Civil Yet Hurried Lee Red(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)
Armageddon wold be a morbidly amazing,
concluding (reign of Homo Sapiens)
fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
dog gull to accompany
...
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Categories:
gull, 10th grade, 12th grade, future, howl, image,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Grant This Civil Yankee To Doodle Till He Gets Blue In the Faceblowing balloons signaling 158 years since Appomattox
(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)
Armageddon would be morbidly amazing,
concluding (reign of Homo Sapiens)
fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
dog gull...
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Categories:
gull, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, april,
Form:
Prose Poetry