Long Hard up Poems

Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. 

"I'm going upstairs," Hubert tells Ruth as he hoists himself out...

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New Year Poetry

Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch 

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?

For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...

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I.
Luther Deits was a good friend of whiskey,
not fond of cutting herds or pushing plows,
a young buck full of juice, barely twenty,
he lived only for the thrill of the now.

His home, a town in the...

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Before it’s too late

Distant bells clatter on cloud fed weathered skies where
darkness creeps past low light vestibules, faded beams flicker 
Short skirts wave in a winter wind, breezy attributes
revealing fishnet thighs calling to the next...

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A is for Ant (and for ass, your dad is an example of an ass)
B is for Bee (and for b*stard, your dad is a bast*rd - first class)

C is for Chicken (and for a...

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The Bees Knees

She was the buzz between the feathery blossom
The flutter midst buds and petals in cloak of fur
Rapturously delving the gene laden pollen
To trap the powdery wonder upon her hairy legs
And transfer to elsewhere...

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Am I in control?
Or is this force beyond my grasp?
Things slipped out of my hold
But didn't expect to fall so fast
Wanted to let it go
But the problems fell with me, too
Wanna stay in the sky
If...

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Another long night ahead, into the creeping dawn.
 
Consumed with literary prowess screaming expletives behind my eyes,

 Lit solely under humming tungsten vibes, worlds collide with brillant violence.

 Seeking sweet serenity of all possiblities; lay...

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Life way back then when i was ten,
   From wartime days, to peace again.
   Few luxuries on ration books,
   Not even scraps for feeding ducks.
   But more...

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Since the day I first saw light
I was so tough and hard up for the fight
I learnt the hard way as my rule
The school of hard knocks made me no-ones fool
But whats a poor boy...

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In pastures of green hue and lavender
We breath in the rich aroma of fresh mountain air
What do we really care about the matter or decision
Through bullwark torn rhetoric circumstance intact

Our claim to fame
A hero within...

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I wonder if she really feels the passion in my hand
When I touch her, and in my lips when I kiss her
I wonder if she notices the pride in my voice when I say that...

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They want to reach out through Freedom Of Speech,
contaminated minds reject and preach.

So many only see it their own way,
not on the whole,
individual points of view, they say away,
like detectives with evidence unavoidable,
but they're selective,
forget...

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“did you see what gaga was wearing
when…did you hear that justin & selena
were…do you know that angelina & brad
have…how about jay-z & beyoncé with 
the new…still, taylor swift she’s gonna…
then on saturday johnny’s got a…don’t
pretend...

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Results of Isis Actions

Why does it sound like the same old song
Isn't anything sacred which was wrong?
Like to her parents continually humiliating
What we may need is much educating.

Their darling dear to heaven she has gone
All...

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Humanity i love you
because you would rather black the boots of
success than enquire whose soul dangles from his
watch-chain which would be embarrassing for both

parties and because you
unflinchingly applaud all
songs containing the words country home and
mother...

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I could hear the cold winds blow
     from the corner of my room,
I'm wrapped up in by bedding
     and I feel like a cocoon.

I've been here for...

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Out of ideas? I laugh in my soup. Vegetables, taters, peas, corn.
Out of ideas? I drink my coffee. Pancakes, waffles, new ideas are born.
Out of ideas? My muse smacks me hard up the side of...

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Appleby Fair
Don't go to Appleby fair
you'll be upset at what you see there,
young ponies in harness
driven hard up the road,
men ignorant of horses
and their welfare.
crowds at the riverside
watch plunging horse
being driven to exhaustion
by rough young...

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