Long Huggable Poems

Poems about Poets VII

Gallant Knight
by Michael R. Burch

for Alfred Dorn and Anita Dorn

Till you rest with your beautiful Anita,
rouse yourself, Poet; rouse and write.
The world is not ready for your departure,
Gallant Knight.

Teach us to sing...

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Poems for Poets X
Poems about Poets X



Sinking
by Michael R. Burch

for Virginia Woolf

Weigh me down with stones ...
   fill all the pockets of my gown ...
      I’m going down,
...

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My candle burns at both ends.
It will not last the night.
But, ah my foes, and oh, my friends,    
it sheds a lovely light.

Author:  Edna Saint Vincent Millay
Her very first published poem…..
“First...

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When I was 4 1/2 years old, 
as abrupt as a spanking, 
my once reliable mother brought home 
a hospital surprise 
with an alien face and 
a blood-darkened eerie belly clip 
that was to suddenly...

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Depth of the Darkness

Where I am
Unknown even to me
The dizziness
Dis-orientations linger here or
Maybe there

I am not quite sure
Other than I have drowned
Emptiness overcomes even
The sadness
Eyelids, do I have them?
Emptiness you see is a blindness
Seeping into...

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A new day, a new exercise, a new function. Yesterday they said I resemble a bouncing ball, today I am, skimming and skipping. All round and affectionately kickable.

Somehow I have always known I am one....

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Captain America
is looking flagpole beautiful
in his wavy red, white and blue 
body-fitting uniform
But, Manifest Destiny hero worship
don’t even come close
to his citizens A-love for the gun ...
Trigger huggable sidearms
Hot steel aficionados
got a love that’s real
Giving...

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this poem just happened to be posted on Father's Day, it is about my father but is 
not a *warm glow*  or huggable feeling about a beloved father:


I look at him, a balding, wrinkled...

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A WELCOMING AUTUMN ARRIVES AT OUR DOORSTEP BRINGING AN ARMLOAD OF COLORS RICH AND BRIGHT. THE MYSTIFYING COLORS OF THE SUN GIVES WAY TO THE RUSSET LEAVES OF BEAUTY AS WE SPOT THE SUNLIGHT TINGED...

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I recall, bringing you home, quite small and cuddly 
Bouncing around eyes flashing, ears floppy.

Your passion: chewing all and making mess around
Put your head down as you heard my foot sound.

But were my security guard...

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How does it feel to have children?
It feels insanely crazy sometimes, but it also feels blissful.
For five years you do not get to go to the bathroom by yourself.
Because a child is poking fingers under...

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What a Dad Should Be.
Steve L. Siegel
July, 2015
~:~
In case you didn’t know this, 
A Dad should be always a bit radical…
He should love you even more when you’re unlovable
Hug you tighter when you’re un-huggable
And bear...

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January is the incunabula of the year
I embrace hugely like my huggable teddy bear
With my new life’s portmanteau inexorably handed over
On that last starry night of a very cold and joyful December

A new portmanteau of...

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Darling,

I can't stand the state
my heart is in
every time she speaks
your limbs trot away
and I feel so alone 
in my poetry,
words barely comfort me

So take them, dear
I don't want the language
of my pen to speak...

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It’s odd how you feel, inside of your skin,
you seldom feel fat or think you can’t win
that dreamiest girl or beautiful time filler, 
until you walk past an uncovered mirror.

That cannot be me, there’s too...

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Dearest Santa, lovely to see.
You wear a white, satiny suit.
How lovely you are!
With golden gloves and golden
boots.
Your face full of merriment.

Quite the sporty guy you are,.
Driving an Oakland A's sports car!
You are huggable, too.
Soft and...

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Remembering being a newyled.
Having our very own, first humble
Christmas tree.
And that special red dress you
were so very sweet to buy for me.
Better a dress, than a sled!

Very little money did we have,
But love a-plenty, I...

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Not every toy for girl or boy
Is fun to own or share.
One has need of blood for feed --
The snugly, cuddly were-teddy bear.

This beast you see, cute as can be,
With children unaware,
Leaps up to bite...

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If your think of getting a huskies you better think again
because huskies get hair in your  mouth and they get wet again an again
They moult every winter and it gets on your nerves
 ...

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Dearest cat, who died suddenly!
My heart left with yours, so utterly.

Luvey, so huggable, warm and loving.
My feelings for you are eternal and tugging..

Soul sisters,indeed, we always shall be.
Till I once again join you in eternity!

There...

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