Long Jericho Poems
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Nowhere Else To GoNowhere Else To Go
Welcome to Israel: Land of Hope.1
(The land of Zion and Jerusalem.)2
Where prophets walked and prophesied,
For their God, our God:
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.3
And the Lord spoke to Abram, and he...
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Categories:
jericho, bible, education, history, jewish,
Form:
Verse
Today's Journey Through Covid-19As I woke up this morning I was thinking of what should I do through COVID-19 pandemic.
I said to myself, “I want to go for a walk.”
While walking along the street, people were passing with...
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Categories:
jericho, africa, baptism, beautiful, christian, courage, poems, wisdom,
Form:
Narrative
PrefaceGreetings to those who would willingly seek admission to theater of the absurd. Zoltan Goliath and Otis Trench are masters of the avant-garde genre silent musicals for the imaginary stage, an art form sui generis....
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Categories:
jericho, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Ali's SongAli's Song
by Michael R. Burch
for Muhammad Ali
They say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.
They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.
A man can be more beautiful, more wild.
I flung their medal to the river,...
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Categories:
jericho, boxing day , butterfly, discrimination, race, racism, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Fussin', Cussin' and All That NonsenseYou see the past in me
I'm alive...I survived the disdainful rainfall
Don't be shy to ask for help
I arrive...undone and I must've lost it all...cuz I get no where in life at all
Can't help, but...
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Categories:
jericho, anger, angst, anxiety, conflict, deep, depression, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Stolen Illumination of the StarSTOLEN ILLUMINATION OF THE STAR
This journey has not been a fanciful adventure,
we're all settlers in these dynasty of neo-colonialism
united only by what divides us. Victims, yes
victims of civilized inducement,
terms of...
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Categories:
jericho, political,
Form:
Narrative
ZacchaeusZacchaeus' climb up to success,
A...
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Categories:
jericho, bible, forgiveness, gospel, inspirational, jesus, joy,
Form:
Rhyme
Reflections Upon Mine Gender Identity ReduxReflections upon mine gender identity redux
Although heterosexual
predilections punctuated
physiological pulsations
about five inches below
innie belly button of mine
showcasing undersize
male member, when fully erect
not much to crow
about, contributed
diminished masculinity within
body electric regarding
wordsmith...
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Categories:
jericho, age, analogy, anxiety, atheist, birth, boy, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
Lites UpLet my butterfly wings fly…in the glittery moonlight…
My words escape my lips with a lack of self-control and patience…
I’m sorry, but I’m lost…soon to be found…
In another life called the After Life…
The walls are closing...
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Categories:
jericho, butterfly, confusion, crazy, feelings, word play, words,
Form:
Free verse
Free From StrifeThe night is leaving and the morning is coming to life...coming to life...
I wave goodbye to the dark and welcome a brighter day, free from strife...free from strife...
I regret, wasting my hours on watching my...
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Categories:
jericho, angst, anxiety, deep, grief, pain,
Form:
Lyric
Obscure ObstinacyOgling over an oval clock that is eight o’clock…I can help myself actually…
Being who I really wanted to be in life – I took an obsessive oath of anonymous substantial substance…
Slang words used to shatter...
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Categories:
jericho, emotions, father, freedom, love,
Form:
Free verse
Undeserved KindnessHow tenderly you cared for me
when you found me broken on the road
did lift me up gave me your own cup
removed from me my heavy load
You dressed my wounds with healing balm
every injury you...
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Categories:
jericho, dedication, devotion, faith, forgiveness, happiness, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Verse
The White FenceYou are the white fence
the blown horn
the fiercest fight
a green pasture at dawn
you are the creek smell ...moss and black-brown peat
glint of light off the trash barrel that blinds the evil driver who hits the...
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Categories:
jericho, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Psalm 83 War has already just begun part twoPart two will focus on the ancient names of the Psalm 83's collation of the
nation's of Israel's closet neighbors; which want to have it no longer remem
bered as a nation, on the face of...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Beatitudes Blessings and Commentaries Part Three6) Q: What is meant by the sixth Beatitude in Mathew 5:6: by "blessed are they which
do hunger and thirst after righteousness?"
...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative
Pi - Inspired By the MovieTHREE year olds know about circles. They play
ring around the rosy and here we go round
the mulberry bush. And if one should say
that in reality nowhere is found
a perfect circle, they either don’t hear
or...
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Categories:
jericho, death, faith, history, life, mystery, philosophy, social,
Form:
Chant Royal
Our WallsIn great sincerity, one president ...
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Categories:
jericho, perspective, prison, relationship,
Form:
Couplet
On Eagles Wings Isaiah 40:31"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with the wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Verse
It Would Be Good To Be Someone ElseThe silence was shattered by the sound of thunder,
Your eyes were so red; I had to look the other way.
They bled tears of pain and lightning shook my soul,
Something happened on the way to scare...
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Categories:
jericho, sadworld, sound, dark, dark, sound,
Form:
I do not know?
EclipseCross all your Salem's in foreshadowed Shalom,
do the math and burn,
brightly back at Cairo, Memphis, Jericho-less nonetheless turn,
and those of paths now undaunted, not undone to aftermath of storm.
In the land of the free,...
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Categories:
jericho, beach, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Ghosts and Gods
"Ghosts and Gods"
We see them
when we want to,
in our minds
and hearts
they are always
mysterious
watching over us
the other world -
above
they -
see everything
in our dreams
below
we -
the strangest creatures
below,
sometimes we see them
above,
when they want us...
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Categories:
jericho, mystery, spiritual, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Who Are YouWho are you?. And where are you from?. The document enquired
I was not in the mood for this for I was feeling tired
The first bit was quite easy, as I simply wrote my name
The second...
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Categories:
jericho, mysterylove, may, men, mum, , cute,
Form:
I do not know?
Swoon SongSwoon Song
by Michael R. Burch
In this ordinary swoon
as I pass from life to death,
I feel no heat from the cold, pale moon;
I feel no sympathy for breath.
Who I am and why I came,
I do not...
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Categories:
jericho, absence, anxiety, bereavement, death, depression, destiny, funeral,
Form:
Verse
Sea of AmoressLove has us immeresed,
in an endless fathom.
Like tears that fall to the sea.
A symbol of loves' fleeting-
Phantom-
bemused unto the deep.
Our understanding,
a shifting current,
carrying us to some far shore-
Between summit and sands,
of the Isle...
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Categories:
jericho, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Shout Your Walls DownGod does not go about giving his people the spirit of fear
He gives them love, power and a sound mind with which to bear
and when God spoke to Joshua, He said,"fear not"
trust in Me to...
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Categories:
jericho, faith, history, hope, inspirational, upliftinggod, god, power,
Form:
ABC