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The Sun's a Liar-Children's Story Short Contest-The Sun Is a Liar
It’s been quite some time since I've awoke early enough to meet the sun coming over the horizon. As I gazed out the window from my bedroom window seat, the sky...
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Categories:
it could be worse, childhood,
Form:
Prose
An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
it could be worse, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Pencils In SeptemberI smell like pencils in September.
After they’ve been brought to that…to the machine hanging on the closet wall where our coats, our boots, our bags, and nonsense lived.
You stared me in the eyes, since the...
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Categories:
it could be worse, 3rd grade, america, betrayal, child, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Letters For People Part 4Dear people,
(Am i?) Mad it’s a conformist state?
A status that perpetuates people to pair, to compare, to prepare,
to perfect, before performance, …?
-sure hard to try...
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Categories:
it could be worse, america, angst, business, confusion, feelings, poverty,
Form:
Epic
The Tea Party"Go on forth young graduates,
And show us who you are
You're now our future leaders
We know you will go far"
And so commencement ended
Pictures done and people changed
Now, off to private parties
All orderly pre-arranged
But four young girls...
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Categories:
it could be worse, america, future, graduate, graduation, life, sad, society,
Form:
Epic
The Payload
"The Payload"
The payload
came crashing down
like rain expelled
from the fat belly
of a ruinous pregnant cloud
bilious with buxom promise
it came crashing down
like school fish released
from the tight confines
of a course rope...
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Categories:
it could be worse, fantasy, muse, mystery, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Various Heresies 7Pagans Protest the Intolerance of Christianity
by Michael R. Burch
“We have a common sky.” — Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
We had a common sky
before the Christians came.
We thought there might be gods
but did not know their names.
The common...
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Categories:
it could be worse, angel, atheist, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
Various Heresies 3Various Heresies 3
Breakings
by Michael R. Burch
I did it out of pity.
I did it out of love.
I did it not to break the heart of a tender, wounded dove.
But gods without compassion
ordained: Frail things must break!
Now...
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Categories:
it could be worse, america, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, usa,
Form:
Verse
Solo PerformanceIt had been a hellish week.
On Monday
my lonely and tired AfricanAmerican husband
told me, as gently as possible,
that what I had hoped was a temporary separation
is to be extended into perpetuity.
This separation had been scheduled to...
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Categories:
it could be worse, age, earth, family, health, integrity, nature, spiritual,
Form:
Political Verse
Nemesis, Confrontation and the Rejoined Battle, Now CompletedNemesis, Confrontation And The Rejoined Battle,
Now Completed
(Nemesis) - Part One
O'lord of blight dare thee to now abide
Leaving thy abode to earthen realm ride
As punisher with dark universal might
As grief bearer, humanity to smite!
Dar'est thee enter,...
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Categories:
it could be worse, art, creation, faith, humanity, light, meaningful, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Dream of InfinityDream of Infinity
by Michael R. Burch
Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair?
Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air
that your soul sought its shell like a crab on a beach,
then...
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Categories:
it could be worse, confusion, depression, dream, farewell, leaving, loneliness, longing,
Form:
Couplet
Let Me Give Her DiamondsLet Me Give Her Diamonds
by Michael R. Burch
Let me give her diamonds
for my heart's
sharp edges.
Let me give her roses
for my soul's
thorn.
Let me give her solace
for my words
of treason.
Let the flowering of love
outlast a winter
season.
Let me...
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Categories:
it could be worse, valentines day,
Form:
Verse
Various Heresies 2Various Heresies 2
You
by Michael R. Burch
For thirty years You have not spoken to me;
I heard the dull hollow echo of silence
as though strange communion between us.
For thirty years You would not open to me;
You remained...
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Categories:
it could be worse, atheist, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, religious,
Form:
Verse
Our Earthcafe CoopIn one sense,
the Cafe CoOp
started as my therapeutic retirement dream.
But,
in quite another
the CoOp goes back to when I was eight,
and I thought,
assumed really,
everyone indulged in Thought Experiments
about what would my optimal Eden Paradise.
restoring peace and...
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Categories:
it could be worse, business, education, games, health, humor, integrity, retirement,
Form:
Political Verse
An Affective Disorder, the Doctor SaidNo, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie's number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worked hard,...
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Categories:
it could be worse, anxiety, mental illness, , 8th grade, ,
Form:
Prose
Chapter 64 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen- Vacation XivDamian Stood with the front
Door opened and said, "Family!
We will be leaving in fifteen
Minutes. Do whatever you have
To before we hit the road. Use
The bathroom whatever!
Come on!! HAKIM!! About 7
minutes...
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Categories:
it could be worse, bridal shower, business, chanukah, child, devotion, father
Form:
Alliteration
GilgameshGILGAMESH . . .
Story has it you used your power to run amuck
Putting fear into the people, and brides in Unuk
So the people of Unuk pray to the sky God Anu
To sort out...
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Categories:
it could be worse, adventure, best friend, brother, character, deep, emotions,
Form:
Epic
Climates of Ballistic ManagementSenator Fuller,
a permaculture designer
turned architect of exterior landscapes
then public sector architect
of EarthShip cooperative interior landscapes,
is with us today
to tell us about why he supports Sanders,
at this point in time,
although he is making no commitments about...
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Categories:
it could be worse, destiny, earth, health, humor, peace, political, true
Form:
Prose Poetry
Uyghur Poetry TranslationsWith my Uyghur poetry translations I am trying to build awareness of the plight of Uyghur poets who are being sent to Chinese "reeducation" concentration camps.
Elegy
by Perhat Tursun
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Asylum seekers, will...
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Categories:
it could be worse, allah, culture, discrimination, faith, islamic, race, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Is a New Day - the Linked Style~ Is A New Day ~
( Linked )
~O~
Is a new day
I
Day to thank God
S
God praise for all
A
All...
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Categories:
it could be worse, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 111 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Worries Orchestrations Population DisintegrationMolly sat on the backyard porch
Watching the kids play when Dolly
Emerged from the doorway and
Sat with her. "Hey sis how's it going
Girl! Dolly seemed jovial. Molly
Replied, "I guess it's going...
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Categories:
it could be worse, color, daffodils, family, good morning, home,
Form:
Alliteration
Games We PlayYang, dear.
Yes, my lovely Yin.
Why do you map Game Theory
onto EcoFeminist Political Theory?
It comes across as either just confusing
or, even worse,
vaguely sexist.
Really!
How sexist?
Well you seem to associate competitive ZeroSum WinLose
with strong aggressive patriarchal effectiveness
for defending...
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Categories:
it could be worse, birth, games, gender, health, history, humor,
Form:
Political Verse
TaporaLike Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed
the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills)
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
From out of the Valley of Mizpah
to...
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Categories:
it could be worse, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Winter Awakens My CareWinter Awakens My Care
anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1300
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters my thought:
regarding this world's joy,
how everything...
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Categories:
it could be worse, angst, england, joy, sorrow, tree, weather, winter,
Form:
Couplet
Seek the Lord - the Star of David Style~ Seek The Lord ~
( Star Of David )
God
For sure
Knows sees all
Wants best for you
He sure loves us all
Lord wants us to have Love...
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Categories:
it could be worse, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse