Long Kin Poems
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Mad Molly ShawThis is the story of mad Molly Shaw
She might be mad now but she wasn’t before
she came home to find her man dead on the floor
She lay down her bible and let out a roar...
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Categories:
kin, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Liquor of Lament: My Glass Is Half FullVerse 6: I've given up love countless times
I needed to pay up for my heartbroken crimes
I already repented for my sins that made my high hopes paper-thin
Don't you feel that envy from deep within?...
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Categories:
kin, addiction, cute love, deep, depression, desire, hope,
Form:
Lyric
CurrentsCurrents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the clapboard slap of tide,
the clockwork shock of wave on rock,
the...
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Categories:
kin, assonance, extended metaphor, language, metaphor, music, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Where Art Thou Anonymous Benefactor To Offer Me SuccorWhere art thou anonymous benefactor...to offer me succor?
Ah... methinks legal tender
could be a boon to help me bolster
mein kampf with necessary material equipage,
which prospect to acquire essential
commodities sabotaged
at the altar of...
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Categories:
kin, 8th grade, absence, anger, angst, boy, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
VacuumVacuum
by Michael R. Burch
Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...
leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are unable to know
that once intrigued us so.
Come then, let us...
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Categories:
kin, education, extended metaphor, farewell, first love, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Poems IiPoems about Poems (II)
Kin
by Michael R. Burch
for Richard Moore
1.
Shrill gulls,
how like my thoughts
you, struggling, rise
to distant bliss?
the weightless blue of skies
that are not blue
in any atmosphere,
but closest here...
2.
You seek an air
so clear,
so rarified
the effort leaves...
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Categories:
kin, muse, poems, poetry, poets, work, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
State of the Art IiiState of the Art (III)
These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work.
Come Down
by...
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Categories:
kin, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Halloween PoemsIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
kin, children, grave, halloween, horror, myth, silly, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IiPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds
Flying
by Michael R. Burch
I shall rise
and try the bloody wings of thought
ten thousand times
before I fly...
and then I'll sleep
and waste ten thousand nights
before I dream;
but when at last...
I soar the...
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Categories:
kin, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
It's HalloweenIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
kin, cat, children, evil, grave, halloween, horror, moon,
Form:
Verse
Poems About Poems IvPoems about Poems IV
The Toast
by Michael R. Burch
For longings warmed by tepid suns
(brief lusts that animated clay),
for passions wilted at the bud
and skies grown desolate and gray,
for stars that fell from tinseled heights
and mountains bleak...
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Categories:
kin, allegory, allusion, appreciation, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Verse ILozenge
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a lozenge of sugar.
When I held you in...
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Categories:
kin, forgiveness, heart, humanity, life, love, relationship, together,
Form:
Free verse
State of the Art IiState of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
kin, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The State of the ArtThe State of the Art (I)
by Michael R. Burch
Has rhyme lost all its reason
and rhythm, renascence?
Are sonnets out of season
and poems but poor pretense?
Are poets lacking fire,
their words too trite and forced?
What happened to desire?
Has...
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Categories:
kin, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
Arthurian PoemsAt Tintagel
by Michael R. Burch
That night,
at Tintagel,
there was darkness such as man had never seen...
darkness and treachery,
and the unholy thundering of the sea...
In his arms,
who is to say how much she...
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Categories:
kin, england, romance, romantic, true love, violence, visionary,
Form:
Verse
BergfriedI. The Settlement
Hickory bark bluffs
at the blend of two
...
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Categories:
kin, adventure, allusion, metaphor, myth, native american, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Permacultural TrustThe organic building of a coordinated artist
begins with reconstructing competitively clumsy LeftBrain technicians.
Whether learning to play the piano
or learning to communicate in some new language
or learning to adopt,
and/or adapt,
norms and nuances of some new cultural...
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Categories:
kin, art, birth, bullying, earth day, giving, health,
Form:
Political Verse
Free Verse IiiSalve
by Michael R. Burch
for the victims and survivors of 9-11
The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering images,
sometimes we still touch,
laughing, amazed,
that our flesh
does not despair
of love
as...
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Categories:
kin, body, desire, kiss, love, together, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and GaoledSelf destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive disorder
nearly left me starving to death.
Anorexia nervosa absent bulimia
nadir of onset
diagnoses...
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Categories:
kin, 2nd grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
2 Detectives and a Victim, Tonight's Episode: the TwistJoe: "It's 9 a.m., here in Gotham and my partner, Mike and I, have been here since 7 a.m., and we also passed a cow coming over here!"
Mike: "That was no cow sir just a...
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Categories:
kin, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 11Lumi's hand pressed upon his shoulder in a surprisingly firm grip guiding him into the dining area and to the second of two long slender tables where sat five older elves including DynDoeth.
...
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Categories:
kin, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Why I Don'T Trust Psychics - 2nd ThirdNOTE: This is the 2nd THIRD of a funny 3-part piece. No other way to post it due to file size limitations. It's a really fun poem, and I hope you'll take the time...
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Categories:
kin, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
The Old BearThe Old grizzled Bear... was now keenly aware
as he lay in his Cave all alone.
Where his time as King... was a mere passing thing
and must choose another...
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Categories:
kin, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian TakeBack Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*
In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...
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Categories:
kin, books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Starlight and Moonlight IiStarlight and Moonlight II
These are poems about starlight and moonlight, moons and stars, dreams and visions, illuminations and intimations …
Deliver Us...
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
The night is dark and scary—
under...
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Categories:
kin, dream, love, moon, night, sky, star, stars,
Form:
Rhyme