Long Hydrant Poems
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Doggerel Ii
Doggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the...
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Categories:
hydrant, animal, dog, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
Dog Daze I: Poems About Dogs
Dog Daze
by Michael R. Burch
Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops on my chest.
I think Oz was made to love
from the...
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Categories:
hydrant, dog, family, friend, friendship, friendship love, love,
Form:
Verse
Victim 9 checker cab company arson not ruled out Ciro Gargano my abusive ex husband
You still frighten me Ciro Gargano the way you control city officials after committing arson murders of 8 fire chief gene kalinowski was great in calling in that favour even though you and my abusive...
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Categories:
hydrant, allah,
Form:
Masnavi
All Aboard
Who suggests a trip back...rides to this bit of nostalgia in the middle years of the Great Depression aboard a Chicago elevated train, "the El." We hurdle head-long above asphalt blanketed streets that are determined...
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Categories:
hydrant, city, imagery, perspective,
Form:
Prose
What Would You Do If
What if you were born in the 1800's?
...
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Categories:
hydrant, abuse, america, analogy, black african american, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Summer Carnival
He handed me the air-brushed t-shirt
and I thanked him, said I loved it.
He asked, Do you mean that?
I said, What would have possessed me
to utter it otherwise?
Then he kissed me with his sweaty upper lip,
through...
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Categories:
hydrant, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Walking Meditation
Walking Meditation
by Odin Roark
“And I thought marriage was hard.”
Taking Meditation for a walk
nags me with...
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Categories:
hydrant, hope, introspection, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Super Duper Guy and Dragon
Hubby was working, out of town, lately, so we went to pick him up.
And we passed thru the town of Metropolis in our ancient pickup truck.
Now don’t think Dragon didn’t notice, that this was the...
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Categories:
hydrant, fantasy, fun, funny, hero, humor, humorous, imagination,
Form:
Light Verse
Picking Up Hubby
Hubby works in the next town, and I drop him off… quietly each morn.
But when it’s night… and time to pick him up…Dragon comes along.
Dragons there, daily, so crazy things tend to happen, I...
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Categories:
hydrant, fantasy, fun, hilarious, humor, humorous, imagination, uplifting,
Form:
Light Verse
Gone Fishing
The snow so deep… That it was over our heads… Was a melting by the hour!
Give it a day, or two at most… and with this heat… it would all be gone, forever!
But in the...
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Categories:
hydrant, adventure, funny, happy, humor, imagination, smile, uplifting,
Form:
Light Verse
Dawn Forever Rising
Dawn Forever Rising
It starts
Street lights fade
their tiny soft-winged tenants flee
checkerboard facades change
last night's illumined squares now dark
become but yesterday's portals
some polished
some weather streaked
all reaching to reflect first breath
Steam ascends from the city's vacuum
gratings rattle with...
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Categories:
hydrant, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Remote Woman, from THE WOMAN WHO COULD EAT WOOD
Remote Woman
Old Man Jim was 90.
He was simple, caring, and quiet.
He loved watching TV.
He thought some shows were a real riot.
One night he went for a stroll on Oak Street
and stepped on a Remote...
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Categories:
hydrant, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
It's Not About the Salad
Your frustration is bubbling over the pot
I see it, but I’m not sure how to turn the anger off
Arguing is such a turn off
We're headed home from dinner with the music from the radio fading...
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Categories:
hydrant, feelings, for her, for him, night, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Slab City Crisis Tamed
Written: February 26, 2025, for Antony Biaanco Contest
...
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Categories:
hydrant, angst, city,
Form:
Free verse
Crazy Day
Ever find yourself getting
up on the wrong side of
the bed, knowing your
going to have one of those
days!! Guess what!
everything went wrong,
first, the letters slipped
out of...
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Categories:
hydrant, funny,
Form:
Free verse
The 80's Became the Present Again
The 80's Became The Present Again
On the coast of Oahu
here, I was on a beach bus,
circling a sweet picture
in my mind,
white sands, blue seas, palms,
rolling all along
in a candy store.
It was a beautiful beach setting,
a...
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Categories:
hydrant, beach, beauty, candy, journey, women,
Form:
Free verse
What do you call it
what do you call it
when a chica’s dreams melt faster
than the piragua man’s ice
on a July Harlem block?
when sweetness drips down brown fingers,
but the city never tastes it right?
what do you call it
when they call...
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Categories:
hydrant, culture, hip hop, identity, race, spoken word,
Form:
Free verse
Soliloquy of Absence
Wither-all to compensate for bending neurons break
I can sometimes see from close or far
the ashes of an endless burning stake
Cosmos shape reflected in my jar.
Arise once more the Phoenix of crucible spent
arrest the tide of...
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Categories:
hydrant, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Madame Sierra--
Madame Sierra
if you think you can have another man, on the side;
Then it's off with you, then you and you friend need to go bye-bye-bye-bye;
Don't shed a tear in front of me;
I'll give you know...
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Categories:
hydrant, anxiety, appreciation, break up, devotion, lost love,
Form:
Lyric
Shredding In The Ghetto
Intro
Out past the corner store, where the ice cream truck fears to roll,
Lies a block with more rhythm than a washing machine on spin cycle,
Where the cats wear sunglasses at midnight,
And every pothole’s got a...
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Categories:
hydrant, character, cool, crazy, deep, giggle, guitar, music,
Form:
Lyric
Saturday Night
Saturday Night
Smoked cigarette butts in
The cup of runny-mud-thick cold minestrone soup
Half gone
My inebriated head melts
Into my numb hairless fingers, hang nails hung over from
A sober week at the office
Half a dream
A purple man steals my...
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Categories:
hydrant, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Surviving In the City
Surviving in the city
The dog stood on the corner, looking for the cat.
The cat was at the Warf side, behind a fishing vat.
The dog was known as Rusty, an Irish setter bread.
The cat was known...
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Categories:
hydrant, animals, funny, imagination, life, love, parody, cat,
Form:
ABC
Begging Change From Society
The busted fire hydrant on the corner sprays water down like rain.
Water gushes down the dirty gutter, relieving this humid pain.
Sipping iced tea in their air-conditioned houses on the hill or in high-rise,
They don’t know...
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Categories:
hydrant, life, people, social, urban
Form:
Rhyme
Oh yeah, baby!
(Yo Bone hits the Mic, lights dim) soulful Urban Funk/ Ain't no genre/ it's a feeling/ Downtempo Swing beats lovers in tight/
Lo-Fi whispers through the city's roar, Urban Pop shimmers, not for ghetto...
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Categories:
hydrant, spoken word,
Form:
Spoken Word
Imagination
Voices from another galaxy
drop hints about this blissful daydream dwelling I’m
obsessed with.
They douse the strident yelping from an unrestrained stray pup in my neighbourhood,
when it breaks clear of its tan leather muzzle with...
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Categories:
hydrant, age, analogy, art, celebration, color, fantasy, imagery,
Form:
Imagism