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Haiku 1The Original Sin: Rhyming Haiku!
Haiku
should never rhyme:
it’s a crime!
-Michael R. Burch
The herons stand,
sentry-like, at attention ...
rigid observers of some unknown command.
-Michael R. Burch
Late
fall;
all
the golden leaves turn black underfoot:
soot
-Michael R. Burch
Dry leaf...
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Categories:
hooting, family, heart, love, mother son, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
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:
hooting, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Things That Break IiPoems about Things that Break II
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter.
Water and Gold
by Michael R. Burch
You came to me as rain breaks on the desert
when every flower...
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Categories:
hooting, break up, depression, divorce, emotions, farewell, goodbye,
Form:
Rhyme
White Noise and the Motherload of Dark Matter
"White Noise and the Mother Load of Dark Matter"
underneath the static
what exists
is never seen nor heard
for what it truly is
the eyes and mind
retaliate in the deciphering
the invisible return
each night and...
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Categories:
hooting, dark, muse,
Form:
Narrative
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:
hooting, dream, love, moon, night, sky, star, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Youth's Sweet Friendship Fragments"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"
John Ruskin, 1853
I think of youth’s sweet...
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Categories:
hooting, friendship,
Form:
Prose
Son, You Need A Haircut: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline"A dressed day has disrobed into the depth of a drawer's nightstand."
(Oh, how positively awesome that what can be sorted out in such an explanatory pattern that a difference would maketh a day.)
The muskiness...
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Categories:
hooting, anger, angst, anxiety, conflict, confusion, jealousy,
Form:
Prose
Au Revoir Oh Perilous FreedomAu revoir oh perilous freedom...
Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996
after the comma error
punctuated mein kampf with disequilibrium.
Ever since the notions
of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
coalesced within the mindscape
attributed to one
or more...
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Categories:
hooting, age, america, anger, anxiety, bereavement, best friend,
Form:
Free verse
A Museum Ap-ArtI'd risen from my bed quite early, in the pale silent sunshine,
And I thought to have a day out, and not waste summer's prime.
The world still was sleeping, but the bluebirds sang a tune,
And blooms...
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Categories:
hooting, adventure, art, beauty, color, fantasy, imagery, summer,
Form:
Couplet
Small Mutinies
"Small Mutinies"
So what if my point of view
is not that which wraps
you in comfortably warm
fluffed-up silky
cashmere blankets
of insecure insincerity
simple scribbles
bleating from the
chirping crickets
and frog croaking
symphonies
muddying waters
cutting pristine lines...
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Categories:
hooting, halloween, muse, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
A Narrative of LifeOn this morning after the dogs have been fed and run around the yard barking at the crows and squirrels as they find the morning treats I have left...
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Categories:
hooting, feelings, life,
Form:
Narrative
Skinwalker
"Skinwalker"
That one’s mind
is like a scene from Chagall
dreams flow like blood bleeds
across the cortex page curtain call
an audience with the silent speakeasy
cerebellum with its swift
matter-of-factness
logically guides the fingers
to dance across keys...
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Categories:
hooting, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Daylight savings time more'n minute effect on meDaylight 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:
hooting, adventure, age, appreciation, creation, imagination, march, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Haiku VariationsHaiku Variations
by Michael R. Burch
This is a poem composed of haiku-like stanzas:
Variations on the Seasons I
by Michael R. Burch
Lift up your head
dandelion,
hear spring roar!
How will you tidy your hair
this near
summer?
Leave to each still night
your lightest...
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Categories:
hooting, autumn, farewell, seasons, snow, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Haiku
Coronavirus Microbe Covid19 BegatCoronavirus microbe (COVID-19) begat...
heebie jeebies couple months before March 15th, 2020
More'n three hundred and sixty six days ago,
a pandemic did devastatingly blow
across the webbed wide world
dark shadows spelled glow
bull horror seeds of hell show
did terrify...
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Categories:
hooting, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, anniversary,
Form:
Rhyme
Hickory Dickory, One O'ClockI resided in a beautiful old home, on the sunny side of the street;
And I had friendly neighbors, offering hellos whenever we'd meet.
Often when I was off from work, I puttered in my house or...
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Categories:
hooting, animal, cat, fantasy, home, imagery, nature, time,
Form:
Couplet
Owlology 101This is a poem I wrote last year for my grand children....one loves bird...future ornithologist, maybe?
Owls belong to one of two different families or classes,
Even though there are more than 216 types in their masses,
The...
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Categories:
hooting, bird, education, children, kids, nature, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Coronavirus Microbe Covid 19Coronavirus microbe (COVID-19)
(alternately titled: yours truly doth mutter
asthma bowled dug gutter
pin yon hated chap strikingly and gently weeps,
whereby melts milquetoast like butter.)
Aye reckon eyes aforementioned
entitled microscopic organism
doth strain credulity threatening
Homo sapiens...
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Categories:
hooting, 11th grade, 12th grade, beautiful, husband, leadership,
Form:
Free verse
The Way SideThey left their lovely home to fulfill a promise that was not found, one big happy family board up their house pack their luggage in the back of a truck and went in search of...
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Categories:
hooting, business, community, environment, international, nature, river, voyage,
Form:
Narrative
Daylight Savings Time 2023Daylight Savings Time 2023...
in Pennsylvania will begin at 2:00 AM
on Sunday, March twelfth
and moost likely will impact
min-née-ute effect on me
a run of the mill on the Floss
amazingly gracefully aging
long haired pencil necked geek,
who welcomes...
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Categories:
hooting, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Rhyme
Little RedIt was a waxing, gibbous moon and Cassandra felt calm and at ease
as she stepped out that February night with frost upon the trees..
It was only a mile to grandmothers house, she'd walked it many...
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Categories:
hooting, allegory, dark, emotions, evil, fantasy, mythology,
Form:
Ode
Theater of Utter Charm Part 8the future cannot be but a computation
and that's where all the problems start
one after another all at once
how are your levels of satisfaction arrived at
personally generally universally consistently
how good is your math
how good can your...
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Categories:
hooting, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Untitled 9"You walk away from this disaster unscathed, whilst I
stand next to the wincing tulips that battle Apollo's snapping frost.
Beneath the tweeting birds, unaware of the destruction below,
I stand still. Like a statue. In the spot...
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Categories:
hooting, lost love, me, me,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Rich Man Poor ManHuman tastes vary and so are the desperate cravings to capture the best in human ambition,
A more desperate thirst for fame, riches and for power can be a low, vulgar bitter taste,
I admire the spirit...
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Categories:
hooting, inspirational, happy, men, night, beauty, beauty, happy,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Man In the Mist~~oooOOO The Man In The Mist OOOooo~~
Going to my cousins house, a long drive in the car
Over the moors with dry stone walls, it was very far
The house in the middle of a...
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Categories:
hooting, fear, house, sister, night, light, house, light,
Form:
Narrative