Long Herring Poems
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Short Stuff: EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...
Negotiables
by Michael R. Burch
Love should be more than the sum of its...
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Categories:
herring, body, clothes, death, eulogy, introspection, love, obituary,
Form:
Epigram
The Rhine Salmon Complaint Translation of Etiemble S Complainte D Un Saumon Du Rhin By T WignesanThe Rhine Salmon Complaint, Translation of Etiemble’s Complainte d’un salmon du Rhin
For Yvon Belaval
(A lilting musical poem of varying line length in quatrains with a refrain and much internal
rhyming; end-rhyme scheme: alternate rhymes in...
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Categories:
herring, nature,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Lewis Trap
“The Lewis Trap”
Well, of course he's misanthropic
He’s a Misanthropic Man
The Devil’s in the details
Buried deep under the covers
Of bedtime stories, slithers ‘neath loose sand
A Liddell bit of cake
A Liddell bit of julip
Sweets for a sweet...
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Categories:
herring, abuse, addiction, child abuse, imagery, judgement, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
Croquet On the Lawn At Three Pm1 2 1 2 in a tutu playing croquet at three pm
Abracadabra is a giant kilo of horse manure thrown at the head with a boom. But a boom is neither a boomerang nor a...
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Categories:
herring, addiction, america, baseball, basketball, beach, bible,
Form:
I do not know?
Light Verse and Nonsense Verse IiiLIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE III
The Humpback
by Michael R. Burch
The humpback is a gullet
equipped with snarky fins.
It has a winning smile:
and when it SMILES, it wins
as miles and miles of herring
excite its fearsome grins.
So beware,...
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Categories:
herring, fun, funny, giggle, humor, humorous, joy, light,
Form:
Rhyme
50 Words For Poe: Strangelove
"50 Words for Poe: Strangelove"
Strangelove was waiting
in Holdnerness
He was anticipating
with a certain glee
The “Arrival” of
Ms Bon Vivant, her sharpness
and sharing conversation
over Kumquat Jam, Scones and
clotted cream at High...
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Categories:
herring, adventure, freedom, fun,
Form:
Free verse
I Opened Paris' Letter and CryI opened Paris' letter and cry
my heart dropped
my fingers trembled
I opened Paris' letter
mama it's been three days ...
then the dam burst,
not the happy kind
unregretfully
the kind that spells gloom
sobs of tears roll down my face
uncontrollably...
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Categories:
herring, confusion, daughter, growing up, heartbreak,
Form:
Free verse
Please Return To Sendera set of ten thousand eyes in which each individual carefully watches the sky.
the craft of winter is easy enough to master, thus easy enough to recognize.
during life, people get used to the harbingers...
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Categories:
herring, change, introspection, symbolism, winter,
Form:
Free verse
We Are the Ghost Dance PoetsWe Are The Ghost Dance Poets
by David Lee Herring (The Powwow Poet)
We come together from near and far
Like wise men following the star
from the sweet Grass Hills, We come to be...
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Categories:
herring, dance, god, native american, poets, spiritual, spoken
Form:
Lyric
Enchantress (Let Me Chisel Talk You) Part Two(Continued from part one.)
Afire not his thoughts, the Devil sees,
He soars and roars, in his physical might.
His bears’ hug, his warmth, could melt you;
Into joys and tears, in willing submission.
Treat him not, to your portions...
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Categories:
herring, lifecare, sea, care, love, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Pilchard the Penguin Does Blue PlanetPenguin the pilchard leapt onto the ice
He flipped and he flopped and arrived in a trice
He took a deep breath and he held it and then
He bellowed with all of his might… “MEN!”
Pilchard the penguin...
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Categories:
herring, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Homeward BoundHomeward Bound
Land of mango and avocado
Sweet , mild and refreshing
Cassava bread with tea, coffee and hot cocoa
Fresh meaty young coconut
It’s water crisp and refreshing
Glazed peanut, cashew and coconut for a...
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Categories:
herring, childhood, class, community, culture, grandparents, hair, school,
Form:
Narrative
Time MachineTime Machine
I sometimes wonder about migration, is there a moment when doors are closed and the bus leaves the station
Sorry folks, the country is full.
One of the reasons people from Pakistan and there about
try to...
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Categories:
herring, august, creation, england, flying,
Form:
Blank verse
WinnipegWinnipeg
Every day you drive down my street, through my neighborhood, anticipating the day we'll infinitely meet
I tried to ignore the feelings I've felt since the moment I walked into your convenient store but it ever...
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Categories:
herring, allegory, boyfriend, corruption, desire, destiny, feelings, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
The Menu That Built the EmpireDon’t worry about being thinner
Get yourself off down the pub
Then go home to a good British dinner,
Of British traditional grub
Delicious roast beef of old England
Served up with a thick Yorkshire pud
With roast spuds and cabbage...
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Categories:
herring, foodold, nice, home, home, me, nice, old,
Form:
I do not know?
PoetrysoupPoetrySoup …
I Was Heartily Welcomed… As I Sat At Your Table
By: Carol, Sara, Carolyn, Dane Anne, Moses, and Abel
...
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Categories:
herring, allegory, dedication, food, friendship, imagination, life, on
Form:
Free verse
'kimmy's Bliss 2' - More Humorous AddsAdd #8
'Kimmy's Bliss?' Find yours too (on the yellow brick road)!
'Courage' leads to adventure, 'Brain' lightens your load!
But real 'Heart' is the answer we're all looking for,
She's a 'Wizard of Ah's,' (1) you will come...
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Categories:
herring, encouraging, humor, love,
Form:
Quatrain
The Elderly Man's Made a Pass At Herthe elderly man's made a pass at her
i witnessed the saddest thing I've ever seen
in a long time
i hope it's not a premonition
my life playing out before my eyes
there's a couple sitting across each other
eating...
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Categories:
herring, life, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
From Abor To ColumbusGods of my Birthwaters
I carry your heart with me (I carry it in
my soul) I am never without it (anywhere
I go you go with me) and whatever are my thoughts
(you are in the thoughts)
Gods...
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Categories:
herring, adventure, introspection, people, tribute, dark, dark, smile,
Form:
Blank verse
One Day In San FernandoA lady on high street with ah tight pants
And all the men turn and watching she
Well I pretend I didn’t notice
But in the corner of my eyes I look to see
...
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Categories:
herring, introspection, life,
Form:
Light Verse
Yamaguchi Seishi Haiku TranslationsYamaguchi Seishi haiku modern English translations
Grasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt.
—Yamaguchi Seishi, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Ceaseless chaos—
ice floes clash
in the Soya straits.
—Yamaguchi Seishi, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Having crossed the sea,
winter...
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Categories:
herring, animal, earth, nature, seasons, war, winter, world
Form:
Haiku
The Curry Man From TrinidadI leave my home in Trinidad
And I come to live in America
And now I working at Kmart
Whole day at a cash register
But I do have a lot of problems
Every time...
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Categories:
herring, food, fun, funny, life,
Form:
Light Verse
Robert the Hood Knight of the Wood Part 2We enter in the sheriff’s court unnoticed at first ...
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Categories:
herring, allegory, england, fantasy, hero, history, patriotic, war,
Form:
Ballad
Pickle PartyBread and Butter showed up first,
thank God, with bread and butter
(we hadn't any food out yet).
They had flown in from Detroit
on a real time-crunch.
Then the Gherkins arrived
Pushing through and eating
Half the sourdough and...
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Categories:
herring, food,
Form:
Free verse
The Dragon of Dark HarborThere is a harbor, dark and still,
That formed ten thousand years ago.
It lies upon the western sill
Of Grand Manan, in indigo.
Seagulls soar above the cliffs.
Puffins nest on jagged rock.
From...
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Categories:
herring, fantasy, nature, ocean, , western,
Form:
Rhyme