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EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch
To write an epigram, cram.
If you lack wit, scram!
—Michael R. Burch
Conformists of a feather
flock together.
—Michael...
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Categories:
heroic, bible, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Willy NillyWilly Nilly
by Michael R. Burch
for the Demiurge aka Yahweh and Jehovah
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly,
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
Isn’t it...
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Categories:
heroic, christian, creation, faith, god, spiritual, truth, world,
Form:
Verse
Doggerel IDoggerel I or Nonsense Verse
A$$tronomical
by Michael R. Burch
Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
proved E equals MC squared.
Thus, all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!
Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch
If God
is good,
half the Bible
is libel.
I came up...
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Categories:
heroic, dog, hilarious, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, nursery
Form:
Limerick
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:
heroic, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
heroic, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Come Down, For Harold BloomCome Down
by Michael R. Burch
for Harold Bloom
Come down, O, come down
from your high mountain tower.
How coldly the wind blows,
how late this chill hour ...
and I cannot wait
for a meteor shower
to show you the time
must be...
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Categories:
heroic, books, culture, discrimination, education, extended metaphor, literature,
Form:
Sonnet
What Good Are Our TearsWhat Good Are Our Tears?
by Michael R. Burch
What good are our tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is our concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?
What good, the warm benevolence...
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Categories:
heroic, child, child abuse, children, death, poverty, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Limericks Vi - ReligionLimericks VI - Religion
Pell-Mell for Hell Mel
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a Baptist named Mel
who condemned all non-Christians to hell.
When he stood before God
he felt like a clod
to discover His Love couldn’t fail!
Why I...
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Categories:
heroic, christian, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, religion, religious,
Form:
Limerick
Turkish Poetry Translations IiTurkish Poetry Translations II
Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Was there ever anything like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s mightiest armies pressing Marmara,
Forcing entry between her mountain passes
To a...
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Categories:
heroic, autumn, god, love, sea, time, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
BergfriedI. The Settlement
Hickory bark bluffs
at the blend of two
...
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Categories:
heroic, adventure, allusion, metaphor, myth, native american, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Rejection Slips 1Rejection Slips
With over 5,700 publications if I count poems that have gone viral, I suppose I shouldn’t complain … but I do have some poems that have never been accepted for publication. Here are a...
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Categories:
heroic, day, love, memory, night, rose, seasons, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
heroic, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Heroic Crown of Sonnets - Part Two
(continued from A Year Of Months (January-June)
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/heroic_crown_of_sonnets_-_part_one_772928
A Year Of Months (July-December)
8. July
July now follows summer's song of June;
with sun ablaze, her days are humid, warm.
Great time to languish in the afternoon,
and later, watch an evening...
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Categories:
heroic, earth, seasons, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Deor's LamentDeor's Lament
(Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief.
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen...
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Categories:
heroic, destiny, england, fate, old, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
Amberina BallerinaA born lioness my untamed heart? ha!
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on a dare to be won or lost
till it became...
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Categories:
heroic, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection, memory, metaphor, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Life's Fading Light-Part 2-Heroic Crown of SonnetsAlone
For in the end it's just one soul that's passed.
Alone I'll lie in sod of greenest grass
to answer for the sins that I've amassed
at gates of gold I'll see if I may pass.
In to this...
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Categories:
heroic, age, love,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
gildedThis happened last Fall, during Thanksgiving break.
Lisa and I were at the MET (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), with her family, at an exhibit of Art Deco sculpture. Lisa and I came out of a...
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Categories:
heroic, art, dad, daughter, fashion, fun, humor, vacation,
Form:
Free verse
Understanding Suicide Understanding MeUnderstanding Suicide Understanding Me
Awhile back I had a dear friend contact me to ask if I heard about the young mans suicide at a nearby towns school. I had not. After asking one time on...
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Categories:
heroic, character, childhood, courage, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Love Has a Southern FlavorLove has a Southern flavor: honeydew,
ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spout
we tilt to basking faces to breathe out
the ordinary, and inhale perfume ...
Love’s Dixieland-rambunctious: tangled vines,
wild clematis, the gold-brocaded leaves
that will not keep their order in...
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Categories:
heroic, desire, longing, love, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Sonnet
The CavemenUgg and Ogg, on a rock they sat.
The pair were in hiding from the sabred cat.
They had hunted for a whole week long.
But, recently it had all gone wrong.
The ladies were waiting...
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Categories:
heroic, funny, humor, silly,
Form:
Verse
Zero HeroesEach Zen ZeroSoul
invites a sacredly unique understoried purpose,
enthymematic matriotic meaning
through nurturing Health-Wealth Consciousness.
ZenSoul identity
heroic voice
shadow sacred
yin-suppressed
among LeftBrain Dominant
adolescent RedStates,
monocultural extraction planners.
Red or Blue
and Green
between
depths of social Turquoise personality
for outdoor aquatic conversations,
ebbs and flows,
eggs and...
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Categories:
heroic, caregiving, earth, humor, integrity, nature, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Political Verse
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 28. Transformation
Yielding to those who have mastered the art
Of grasping one's place in existence's grand scheme
Life’s constant challenges never depart
But humble diligence will grow the dream
In passing from childhood to adulthood
Innocence to responsibility
Firm new role...
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Categories:
heroic, spiritual, sports,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Heroic Crown of Sonnets 28.Reading
I see them all rise to an endless sky.
Tumbling burnt pages from raging fire,
To leave ash of closer, to pacify.
A single deep breath near flaming pyre.
To see destruction with a silent face.
My eyes will cry...
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Categories:
heroic, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The Word- Heroic Crown of SonnetsTHE LAW
Yet sacrifice would cover for Love's sake
before that time, the Law was sent to guide
sin offerings appeased man's guilty state
but could not change his rebel heart inside.
The WORD was written down on Torah scrolls
with...
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Categories:
heroic, bible, christian, life, light,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
I Wait With Bated Breath For C Cure T ClarenceI wait with bated breath for... C. Cure T. Clarence
The following crafted
approximately midway
into the administration
of forty fifth president,
whose crass, gutsy, lewd,
repulsive yawping finds
him squarely poised to
nab the nomination as
Republican front runner
come the...
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Categories:
heroic, america, anxiety, appreciation, character, confidence, fate, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme