Long Highland Poems
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The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray
The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray
Apalachee High School,
located in Winder, Georgia
witnessed an active shooter,
whereby the alleged lone gunman
(actually just a teenager of fourteen years)
killed four people and injured nine more
the latter hospitalized with...
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Categories:
highland, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Free verse
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:
highland, 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:
highland, 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:
highland, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
Journey Companions: the Friend Sonnets Part Ii
HEROES
Near somber guards, units of children heap
dead leaves, naive to any else fallen.
Friend, you chuckle, but your posture speaks
of duty on this day of contradictions.
Firefighters bow heads in silent paean,
while polished trucks stand...
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Categories:
highland, friend, hero, places, poetry, integrity, , memorial,
Form:
Sonnet
June 12th 2017 Transition Revisited and Revised Today 4 2 2021
June 12th 2017 TRANSITION revisited and revised today 4/2/2021
While scrolling over outdated docs
(i.e. namely OpenOffice documents)
derrière seated upon hard backed chair,
yours truly came upon following poem
to share with anonymous readers,
whereby slight modifications
got made to...
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Categories:
highland, adventure, angel, anxiety, blessing, conflict, husband, july,
Form:
Rhyme
The Spirits of Culloden
The Spirits of Culloden.
This is like a pilgrimage, a try tae come every year,
Gather at the cairn, meet old friends, wipe away a tear.
Standin on that moor, that once with blood was sodden,
Paying respects...
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Categories:
highland, anniversary, death, dedication, memorial day, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Doing absolute zero endeavors
Doing absolute zero endeavors
Earlier today March 28th, 2025
(thee hour now fifteen minutes
after eight o'clock at night, cuz
yours truly & wife paced back
and forth from one room to the
other wearing out rugged groovy
Tuesday (three day) experienced...
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Categories:
highland, absence, adventure, angel, angst, humorous, joy, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near Reality
Half a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality
Countdown to homelessness –
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register
pyrrhic victory won.
10…9…8…3..2..1…
Found me linkedin at the end of...
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Categories:
highland, age, america, anger, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
Rather than be a day late
and dollar short, I opted
to post poem acknowledging
the second of February,
where eponymous groundhog
gets his (most often male)
foretelling...
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Categories:
highland, adventure, america, animal, celebration, confidence, february, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Captain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again updated
Captain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again - updated
Steely Dan sing queen (me)
outdid himself on sixtieth anniversary
after Grahame Wood
determined to meet
the evolving needs of the community
opened the first Wawa Food Market
in Folsom,...
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Categories:
highland, america, anger, anniversary, april, baptism, birthday, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Highland Lassie
Inspired by the painting "Highland Lassie" (1871) by Thomas Faed.
(Verse One; In introduction to Cailin)
Walkin' on the highways, searchin' down the byways,
Tromps a lonely figure on the Highland roads;
Peerin' from the Highdown, breezin' through the...
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Categories:
highland, girl, mountains, sea, travel, wisdom, youth,
Form:
Lyric
Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shadow of a doubt. Aforementioned site chosen for...
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Categories:
highland, adventure, animal, anniversary, birth, february, immigration, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Off fish hill Daylight saving time 2025
Off fish hill Daylight saving time 2025
min(no) newt effect on me.
As part and parcel of terpsichorean repertoire,
one whirling dervish
flaps his wings at the speed of sound.
With twenty three hours
Sunday March 9th, 2025
essentially 2:00:00 to...
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Categories:
highland, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Free verse
A trunkful of recyclables patiently awaits,
A trunkful of recyclables patiently awaits,
(and cries out long day's journey into night,
no...not for Eugene O'Neill),
but rather being distributed
in their respective bins at Wegmans
Under the Elms
Dressed up in our Sunday finery,
(which attire frankly looks no...
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Categories:
highland, adventure, america, anger, appreciation, car, environment, husband,
Form:
Free verse
Please come join me in spirit if not in body
Please come join me in spirit if not in body...
regarding my resumption
of daily/mostly nightly constitutional
I accompany my dark shadow...
(small number of hours
before edge of night,
where twilight zone evokes night gallery -
drawing...
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Categories:
highland, absence, animal, autumn, celebration, friendship, happiness, peace,
Form:
Free verse
The Missus Served Me High Test Coffee
The missus served me high test coffee...
Ah... tis nothing more heavenly
(to one borne again devout atheist)
then a spring like January 18th, 2023
here at Highland Manor apartments
picturesque green covered landscape,
where intrepid dandelions
dare to defy...
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Categories:
highland, angel, appreciation, atheist, blessing, dedication, drink, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Spirit and sponsor sane sexagenarian scribe and his spouse to a Utopian country
Spirit and sponsor sane sexagenarian scribe (and his spouse) to a Utopian country
He seeks (in tandem with the missus)
legal asylum in Canada...
New Brunswick, Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia, et cetera,
or any other socially
progressive European country,
and...
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Categories:
highland, america, angst, anxiety, betrayal, courage, crush, grave,
Form:
Rhyme
Ah Tis Nothing Greater Than
Ah... tis nothing greater than...
malfunctioning heater
on that brisk winter day
recorded here as proof positive
regarding following reasonable rhyme.
While scrolling thru
poems crafted yesteryear,
I chanced to jog my memory where
there
occurred power outage necessitated
more than divine...
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Categories:
highland, 12th grade, angst, dark, environment, faith, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Reaping Short Terms Benefits
Reaping short terms benefits...
before marital savings bond matured
as a then quinquagenarian.
Courtesy gerontologists medical practitioners
allowing, enabling, and providing
the elderly population to live
longer and healthier lives.
Linkedin with longevity loosely translates
to resurgent libido spurring
older folks predilection
to participate in...
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Categories:
highland, absence, abuse, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, betrayal, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme
A healthy dose of invective flourishes at Highland Manor asylum
A healthy dose of invective flourishes at Highland Manor asylum
I hate to be curt,
but welcome to the monkey house
at 2 highland manor drive,
where all manner of imbeciles go berserk.
I and the missus
(thee unfortunate recipient
of poisonous...
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Categories:
highland, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, bullying, conflict, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Today August 29th 2021 Sluggishness Dogs Yours Truly
Today August 29th, 2021 sluggishness dogs yours truly
Forecasting to thunderous applause
fast as greased lightning draws
upon futuristic atmospheric gewgaws
hot air emanates out these slackened jaws
spluttering courtesy indentured maws
armed with four footed tall paws
gesticulations resembling horizontal seesaws....
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Categories:
highland, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Daylight savings time more'n minute effect on me
Daylight savings time more'n minute effect on me
In 2024, daylight savings time will begin at two o'clock ante meridiem on Sunday, March tenth. That will mean losing an hour of precious sleep and moving the...
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Categories:
highland, adventure, age, appreciation, creation, imagination, march, time,
Form:
Rhyme
I Posit Picayune Propensities Prevail Among Pesky Management
I posit picayune propensities prevail among pesky management
Most favored renter status imposed on us
i.e. meaning myself;
(one tarnished prince of Highland Manor)
and the missus, his princess consort
who must abide by rigorous writ
of tidiness, whereby
every flat surface...
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Categories:
highland, abuse, america, angst, anxiety, blessing, community, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
Alexa echo rocks ages of generations!
Alexa echo rocks ages of generations!
The species and genus
known as Homo sapiens
predominated across the webbed wide world
for tens of thousands of years
until many brain children teamed together,
(though nevertheless select individuals
such as Fred Flintstone and Barney...
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Categories:
highland, adventure, age, allusion, america, appreciation, atheist, humorous,
Form:
Free verse