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Poems About Poems IiPoems about Poems (II)
Kin
by Michael R. Burch
for Richard Moore
1.
Shrill gulls,
how like my thoughts
you, struggling, rise
to distant bliss?
the weightless blue of skies
that are not blue
in any atmosphere,
but closest here...
2.
You seek an air
so clear,
so rarified
the effort leaves...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, muse, poems, poetry, poets, work, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Sonnets Xxxiii-XliSonnets XXXIII-XLI
The Folly of Wisdom
by Michael R. Burch
She is wise in the way that children are wise,
looking at me with such knowing, grave eyes
I must bend down to her to understand.
But she only smiles, and...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, child, childhood, children, death, life, time, world,
Form:
Sonnet
State of the Art IiState of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poets IPoems about Poets I
The Wonder Boys
by Michael R. Burch
for Leslie Mellichamp
The stars were always there, too-bright cliches:
scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew
as baffled poets winged keyed kites—amazed,
in dream of shocks that suddenly came true ...
but...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
The Draw breaks Bazball Law
According to Bazball law, deplore the days of yore, hell bent..ignore what went before
Why even mull over a tie..cull every dull lull…do or die super nova…run rates soar…can chase whatever they score, make sure there’s...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, sports,
Form:
Free verse
ODE TO THE YOUNG ADULT CANCER SURVIVOR
I stood at the threshold
Of a promising life,
Ready to step out bold,
Face challenges and strife.
I wanted to soar,
Like an eagle in the sky.
Eager to conquer more,
To reach really high.
One fateful day I...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, cheer up,
Form:
Rhyme
Supple WhisperOur thoughts are whispered in the cool night breeze.
I often fall into this snare when I opine around your demise.
The breeze whispers, and the spirit hangs tight for my appease.
I've completely failed...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, allusion, beauty, childhood, destiny, devotion, dream, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Chilly Cheeks[Inspired - with much gratitude - by Jan’s poem
There’s No Knocking On Heaven’s Loo Door
and Caren and Tom’s comments on it]
...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, humorous,
Form:
Couplet
Sword, the Anger of TruthThe sword,
buried deep in its' scabbard,
tempered by fire,
strength it holds,
I desire
Metal fashioned by human hands,
skill from distant lands.
Beauty of proportion and line,
weapon so fine
For the sword...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, faith, imagination, introspection, passion, people, uplifting, visionary,
Form:
Ballad
Sword,The Anger of TruthThe sword,
buried deep in its' scabbard,
tempered by fire,
strength it holds,
I desire
Metal fashioned by human hands,
skill from distant lands.
Beauty of proportion and line,
weapon so fine
For the sword...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, philosophy, visionary, truth,
Form:
Ballad
Sword (The Anger of Truth)The sword,
buried deep in its' scabbard,
tempered by fire,
strength it holds,
I desire
Metal fashioned by human hands,
skill from distant lands.
Beauty of proportion and line,
weapon so fine
For the sword...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, imagination, philosophy, visionary, truth,
Form:
Ballad
Final ArrangementsFate someday will determine when our days are concluded,
And those who think otherwise are sadly deluded!
Plans were made to ease my crossing with little compunction,
When I shed these earthly shackles and cease to function!
Since I...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, funny
Form:
Rhyme
Thats Settled ThenThe shock that I felt was enormous,
as the tab on the cat food I pulled,
a fountain of biscuits shot out of the top-
the box, it was actually full !
I stood, disbelieving, bewildered,
this never had happened...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, food, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
BiscuitsWhat‘s better than a biscuit?
Hard to debunk
Treasure trunk funk
Should you let
It get wetter
Would you dare risk it?
The trick a quick dunk
Or could flunk..flick..kerplunk..
Mushy chunk sunk..messy junk
Slushy slunk..in the tea you drunk
So at...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, food, happiness, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Bled OutMore things can happen or could have happened,
From a cold metal,
Sharpened in fine fettle,
Making skin nettled,
Damaging the mettles,
To keep minds unsettled,
Provoking to ask, if this is or if this was real or mental?
Blade on arms,
Skin...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, bullying, conflict, cry, depression, memory, pain, red,
Form:
Free verse
Abide: After Aubade By Philip LarkinAbide
by Michael R. Burch
after Philip Larkin's "Aubade"
It is hard to understand or accept mortality—
such an alien concept: not to be.
Perhaps unsettling enough to spawn religion,
or to scare mutant fish out of a primordial sea
boiling like...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, addiction, death, depression, drink, fear, religion, solitude,
Form:
Sonnet
SettlingSoft skin like a petal, long after butterflies settle,
a shoulder against my lip,
in such fine fettle, and testing my mettle,
my palm naturally finding your hip.
My breath in your hair, as my loving stare,
takes in the...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, engagement, love, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
In Quietness Divinein quietness divine
the xanthous zephyr balm
a citrusy ascent
to sip on Summer’s tea
...
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Categories:
in fine fettle, nature, seasons,
Form:
Monchielle Stanza