Long Illy Poems

If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
-Michael R. Burch

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Willy Nilly
Michael R. Burch

Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?

Isn’t it silly, Willy...

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Willy Nilly
by Michael R. Burch

for the Demiurge aka Yahweh and Jehovah 

Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly,
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
 
Isn’t it...

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Doggerel I or Nonsense Verse

A$$tronomical
by Michael R. Burch

Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
proved E equals MC squared.
Thus, all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!



Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch

If God
is good,
half the Bible
is libel.

I came up...

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Sonnets XCVIII-CII

Willy Nilly
by Michael R. Burch

for the Demiurge aka Yahweh/Jehovah 

Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly,
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?

Isn’t it silly, Willy...

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Ah...herewith ma usual
     dose of pablum from this meal
lee mouthed muttering 
     doggerel wordsmith,
     who now writes...
     so here's...

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Stop drop 
gun shot pop 
whoops to late 
hollow point penatrate 
your cranium N===='s.be blastin um 
like the wild wild west 
N===='s.ya don't wanta test 
roll up on ya quick as S=== wit 
Glocks cocked...

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Luscious lips, dark hair, and hazel eyes.
 Eyes that turn blue when you're in the "mood".
Talented, smart, and a gentleman in disguise.
 For one so young, confidence you exude.

The way you can be silly and...

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Oh my dear Leerie and Illy
My sisters you are not so silly.
Yes I have endured such pain
A lot that my tears fall like rain.

Yes this pain is way too deep.
In my soul it has surely...

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(To a brother, he gives his biryhday celebration to be with the less fortunate kids. He is a hand of this nation)
Love ain't an illy feeling healed but a commuted commitment
Care and fair ain't a...

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It was a heartfelt indulge of an act
The night like knights we lighted
Like a king yah served my want
Like a deal we moved on and on
To the peak, the click of a nick
The  first...

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Happy Birthday, my sister, dear.
How I wish you were still here.

Today is, for me, a solemn day.
Oh, how I wish, you could leave your Heaven today.

I wish you could see your son.
He's retreated to a...

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We sisters three
Do so decree
That these men
Know their sin.

Reaz, you mortal Fool
Illy was your sacred Jewel.
How could you endlessly cheat 
And lead her on with such deceit?

We sisters three
Do so eloquently decree
That these foolish men
Never...

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Last year my sister left this earthly plain.
Her sudden departure caused me deep pain.
She went peacefully into the night.
But, it still causes such a fright.

Her 49 years on this Earth was not enough.
This last 17...

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For the last time I surrender, 
To the throne of excruciating pains, 
Promising not to complain,
All like an icicle it seemed, cold and illy.

For the last time I give up,
And a tear like silver is...

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I look at you as you sleep,
  without you my life would be incomplete.

Always with a warm smile,
  you always go the extra mile.

I love my dysfunctional family,
  with you I can...

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Orchard Fantasy

Of the naked earth and sky,
Ripened nature's in our eyes.
Grown are we in pure bred soil,
Adding fertilizer and more toil.
Naturally you see we're free.
In us there are no chemicals,
Clinging to life’s miracle.

Frost and flood...

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3 - e - w :    
3 echoes each - every washroom

three e wishes
three easily earned early wishes
three e's-illy urned earl lee wishes

three silly urned earl lee wish-es
threes a'lee-urned earl lee-wish-s'
three'sa le-eurnt...

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     You are the Angel of curiousity and poison, 
in my little shop of errors.
You are my penance, a dungeon as I sentence myself in pre-judiced derision stoked, 
  ...

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