Long Its a crying shame Poems

FREE VERSE VI

Reason Without Rhyme
by Michael R. Burch

I used to be averse
to free verse,
but now I admit
YOUR rhyming is WORSE!

But alas, in the end,
it’s all the same:
all verse is unpaid
and a crying shame.



What the Poet...

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To Varsity! 
Oh long awaited time
To study literature and rhyme
A time to learn to make words flow
And say to Life a big Hello.

Life’s cup is full up to the brim
And I’ve dived in for a...

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It's not good  for  a person to live so long                       ...

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it seems like today people shy away from what is true
so worried about the things people may say or do
but the way i am i could really care less
think I'm lying okay lets put it...

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Red power mode
White digital
Blue logo

My, oh my ...
sweet apple pie!
Patriotic American cheese is turning sour Kraut commie
Democracy is Wisconsin curdling ... penicillin shot
needed between the ailing ballot box,
sho’ ain’t Louisiana Purchase forthcoming

Lady Liberty is bowing...

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(1.)
A Poet's Heart Speaking On One Current Politician's Game

From the abyss wearing robes of silver and white
shots fired hit and miss underneath sly pale moonlight
shadow-man, dancer in his own one man parade
illustrious actor of scenes...

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 Shadowland 

Chained to the addiction of tempting Fate 
What if I told you that my life was once like yours?
Torn between love and hate
A shadow silhouette lurking between life and death
Fuelled by an emptiness...

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George Washington would never believe it and call it a crying shame. I have observed the prohibition of prayer in public schools. Free speech is not free but is for sale to the highest bidder....

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(Chant)
Lord can I get a break, Lord can I get a break
I’m not really happy here, I’m not really happy
Take a look into my eyes, Take a look into my eyes
You’ll see pain with no...

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I Know Some Have Been Hurt
By What Others Say and Do …                 ( Rom. 8: 22 )
But In All...

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It’s a social problem that has our sitting President supporting lesbian and gays.
He sees it as a political coin to toss into this election foray.
What is he thinking? Votes in the country will be lost...

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It’s the secret game of truth and lies
In that moment when your soul starts to fly
Take a stroll 
Fill the void
Lonely Footsteps 
Daily Grind 
Got it on cruise control 
Shadows cross the county line 

Face...

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- - - -
To the gardens. . . of celebration!
- - - -
As the birds chirped,
the sunlit golden,
the merry cries of 
glee, for upon this
day a proclamation
of love ever-after.  Though
ne'er yet had the 
splendor...

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When my time here on earth is done

Written By Dean Masciarelli

Monday, December 28, 2009


It has been very difficult

Living my whole life
without my natural parents

And for the longest time

I never knew there names

But I did find...

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Yes, I support the president
I guess that makes me bad
Deplorable, an idiot
And many think I’m mad

When I look back and realize
The freedoms I had lost
I’d vote for him again, again
Because I know the cost

There’s some...

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So to others it might seem
That you have surely gotten over me
But as for me, I'm not so easy to convince, that I don't believe
I'm the every dream that keeps you awake
I'm the one with...

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Good evening Mr. and Miss America,
We interrupt your lives for the following foolishness that's in your hearing!
Your president has just ordered our young men to go to war.
Mothers are in prayer but not so much...

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What a bother what a fuss too much trouble
Something always comes along to burst the bubble
Nothing ever turns out right and no one cares
Everything goes wrong, and then the temper flares

I can’t win the lottery...

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In this poetic rhyme scheme I will weave this world’s unreal 
As we are faced with malevolent acts towards each other that only God can heal 
Are we in a world that exists as a...

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Let It Be HP


On another poetry site
the winding road 
took me for a ride
from the top of the mountain
to the bottom,
at least in my eyes.
Along the way my confidence
inflated.
It grew,
especially with increasing
reader views.
This was good,
seeing...

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What a shame, a crying shame,
Forests, serene, so tame,
Have to burn till crusty and dry
As they breath their last sigh!
Proud tall old trees that suffer,
And weep as flames 
Crackle below, creeping
Higher and higher,
Engulfing them in...

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Written: August 30, 2023
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In the world of love, where illusions reside,
Where hearts can be bruised and souls collide,
We chase the echoes of a pixie tale.
Believing in love will never fail.

But for many, love was a...

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You looking for something to ease your Pain
Or make-believe It takes you to the Top of Your Game…
Think You can handle … too much of a good Thang’
Too Bad… Too late, You’re Hooked… Crying Shame

Got...

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My daughter heard
a Decent Cool-lio smart phone stranger
(with an African sounding name)
give a four fifty one Fahrenheit warning
Some said: the fellow was loco insane
Others said, 
not taking heed was the crux to blame

Mr. O Mgeni
said...

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Declared debris?  ...  O' woe is me!
I am a just a chubby club of three..
Beyond the two, ... before the four
Not the card I hoped to be
If I could choose, I'd be much...

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