Long Jericho Poems
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Nowhere Else To Go
Nowhere 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-19
As 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
Preface
Greetings 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 Song
Ali'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 Nonsense
You 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 Star
STOLEN 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
Zacchaeus
Zacchaeus' climb up to success,
A...
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Categories:
jericho, bible, forgiveness, gospel, inspirational, jesus, joy,
Form:
Rhyme
Reflections Upon Mine Gender Identity Redux
Reflections 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
The Wrong Train
London fog, harshly early with strained warning,
Looms all over the image of the hectic city
There’s the smell of mists and the taste of
Frozen rain gathered before dawn.
Pulses brake and start,
And lungs are besieged by distilled...
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Categories:
jericho, city, journey, london,
Form:
Free verse
Lites Up
Let 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 Strife
The 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 Obstinacy
Ogling 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 Kindness
How 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
Balaam's demise, the so-called non Israelite prophet of the LORD, Numbers 22:2 conclusion
Balaam's Final Oracle Numbers 24:21-25
and uttered his oracle:
"Your dwelling place is so secure,
your nest is set upon a rock;
yet you Kenites will be destroyed
when Asshur takes you captive."
Then he uttered his oracle:
"Ah, who can live...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Here I am Send me Isaiah 6:8 part four NIV
Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying,"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
And I said,"Here I am. Send me!"
He said,"Go and tell this people:
"' Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Here I am Send me Isaiah 6:8 Part three NIV
Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying,"Whom shall I send? And who
will go for us?" And I said," Here I am. Send me!"
He said,"Go and tell this people: '"Be ever hearing, but...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Prose
Here I am Send me Isaiah 6:8 part nine NIV
All biblical quotes and verses are from the NIV
In Isaiah 6:8 the Lord is asking whom he should send and who will go for us?
In Isaiah 6:8 Isaiah is responding that the Lord can and...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
The White Fence
You 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 two
Part 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
Balaam, the so-called non-Israelite prophet of the LORD, Numbers 22:2 part one NIV
Balak Summons Balaam Numbers 22:1-18 part one
Then the Israelites traveled to the plans of Moab and camped along the Jordan
across from Jericho. Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
The Pharisee and the Publican continued Luke 18:11-14 part two
You that I am not like other men--extortioners, or even like this tax collector.
'I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all I possess.' And the tax collector standing
afar off, would not so...
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Categories:
jericho, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Beatitudes Blessings and Commentaries Part Three
6) 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 Movie
THREE 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 Walls
In 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