Long Jeremy Poems
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Sunday Evening SpreeI see people moving, but going nowhere
I see people moving with their hands thrown in the air
I see people moving but they have nothing to share
Bags and pans, old kettle, and old man
The scavenger, the...
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Categories:
jeremy, betrayal, community, cute love, education, encouraging, faith,
Form:
Narrative
Family PoemsFamily Poems
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."
So more than "much, " much more than...
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Categories:
jeremy, child, childhood, family, father, father son, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
EpitaphsEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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Categories:
jeremy, bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
ErinErin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...
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Categories:
jeremy, ireland,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About ChildrenPoems about Children
The Desk
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a mess
of things sometimes.I wonder how
he learned at all...
He...
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Categories:
jeremy, boy, child, childhood, children, daughter, family, son,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers III
Success
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;
there is no time for a ticker-tape parade
before bed, no award, no bright statuette
to be delivered...
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Categories:
jeremy, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Peace PrayerThese are peace poems, prayer poems, hymns and lullabies I have written for family, friends and the world over the years ...
Peace Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
for Jim Dunlap
Be calm.
Be still.
Be silent, content.
Be one with the...
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Categories:
jeremy, beauty, blessing, love, nature, peace, prayer, time,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Children IvPoems about Children IV
Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch
Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the...
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Categories:
jeremy, child, childhood, children, dad, father son, grandfather,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers II
All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch
for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
Grandfather,
now in your gray presence
you are
somehow more near
and remind me that,
once, upon a star,
you...
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Categories:
jeremy, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Children IiPoems about Children II
On Looking into Curious George’s Mirrors
by Michael R. Burch
for Maya McManmon, granddaughter of the poet Jim McManmon
Maya was made in the image of God;
may the reflections she sees in those curious mirrors
always...
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Categories:
jeremy, child, childhood, children, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandparents,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Children IiiPoems about Children III
Miracle
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart beat, you were mine,
and I see
infinity leap in...
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Categories:
jeremy, adventure, child, childhood, children, dad, father son,
Form:
Rhyme
Final LullabyFinal Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.
Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging waves.
Sleep peacefully—like fields of fragrant clover
unmoved by any motion of the wind.
Sleep...
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Categories:
jeremy, death, eulogy, funeral, Lullaby, mother, mother son,
Form:
Lyric
To Speak of WomenMen ...
Giving advice to OTHER men, on women
That's funny ... ironic "funny", I mean, (though I did chuckle)
As if ANY man ever had...
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Categories:
jeremy, appreciation, love, relationship, women,
Form:
Free verse
Limericks Iv - Donald TrumpLimericks IV - Donald Trump
The Hair Flap
by Michael R. Burch aka "The Loyal Opposition"
The hair flap was truly a scare:
Trump’s bald as a billiard back there!
The whole nation laughed
At the state of his graft;
Now the...
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Categories:
jeremy, america, humor, humorous, leadership, light, nonsense, political,
Form:
Limerick
Children's PoemsPicturebook Princess
for Keira
We had a special visitor.
Our world became suddenly brighter.
She was such a charmer!
Such a delighter!
With her sparkly diamond slippers
and the way her whole being glows,
Keira’s a picturebook princess
from the points of her...
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Categories:
jeremy, children,
Form:
Verse
To Kill a Mockingbird: the Unsung HeroesTo Kill a Mockingbird is both a young girl’s coming-of-age story and a more nebulous production about the reasons and consequences of bigotry and discrimination, examining how good and evil can coexist within a particular...
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Categories:
jeremy, angst, character, muse,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Bachelor SpectacularThe Bachelor Spectacular
by Michael R. Burch
One heart? Tossed aside.
The other? A bride’s.
In all his great wisdom, the bachelor decides.
Eeenie, mean-ie, mine-y, mo’,
one gal must stay and one must go.
If she hollers? That’s the show!
No heart...
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Categories:
jeremy, engagement, funny love, heartbreak, marriage, nonsense, relationship,
Form:
Verse
Children's Poems IIIChildren's Poems III
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Success
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;
there...
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Categories:
jeremy, boy, child, childhood, children, family, father, girl,
Form:
Rhyme
LullabiesThese are lullabies I have written as poems.
Midnight Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
I.
A measureless rhythm rules the night—
few have heard it,
but I have shared it,
and its secret is mine.
To put it into words
is as to...
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Categories:
jeremy, dream, Lullaby, night, sleep, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poets IxPOEMS ABOUT POETS IX
Fleet Tweet: Apologies to Shakespeare
by Michael R. Burch
a tweet
by any other name
would be as fleet!
@mikerburch
Fleet Tweet II: Further Apologies to Shakespeare
by Michael R. Burch
Remember, doggonit,
heroic verse crowns the Shakespearean sonnet!
So if you...
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Categories:
jeremy, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Children's Poems IXThe Tapestry of Leaves
Michael R. Burch
Leaves unfold
as life is sold
or bartered, for a moment in the sun.
The interchange
of lives is strange:
what reason—life—when death leaves all undone?
O, earthly son
when rest is won
and wrested from this ground,...
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Categories:
jeremy, baseball, dark, death, earth, life, son, sun,
Form:
Rhyme
Sappho's LullabySappho's Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
Hushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleys
sleep unaware of the nightingale's call
while the dew-laden lilies lie
listening,
glistening...
this is their night, the first night of fall.
Son, tonight, a woman awaits...
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Categories:
jeremy, desire, Lullaby, moon, mother son, night, song,
Form:
Lyric
Children's Poems IIChildren's Poems II - Lullabies
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Sappho's Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
Hushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleys
sleep...
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Categories:
jeremy, boy, child, childhood, children, father, mother, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Children's Poem VIIIChildren's Poems VII
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Sailing to My Grandfather, for George Hurt
by Michael R. Burch
This distance between us
—this vast sea
of...
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Categories:
jeremy, child, childhood, children, family, grandfather, grandmother,
Form:
Rhyme
Trump Poems and Epigrams IiiTRUMP POEMS AND EPIGRAMS III
Trump's real goals are obvious
and yet millions of Americans remain oblivious.
—Michael R. Burch
Our awful unlawful "president"
will soon be a jailhouse resident.
— Michael R. Burch aka "The Loyal Opposition"
Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly...
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Categories:
jeremy, america, confidence, corruption, evil, new york, political,
Form:
Rhyme