Long Laces Poems
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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:
laces, 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:
laces, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Sonnets Lxi-LxxSonnets LXI-LXX
Erin
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 it. For nowhere
is evidence of...
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Categories:
laces, heart, night, spiritual, wife, words, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
The Inception: the Dark Side of MeI’m broke without your love to repair me…
My young heart breaks into two and you push on the brakes…
Three strikez…you’re owt…. Get lost….that is my only plea
Our lives were at stake and we were taking...
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Categories:
laces, beauty, betrayal, how i feel, kiss, life,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 56“This will come to an end now,” Rian demanded! Joulupukki nudged Dyndoeth and glanced at the crystals in each corner of the ceiling. He saw the elf begin to tense. He also noticed...
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Categories:
laces, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Of Unknown OriginNylon waste is often akin to a brushed out stable, manger, or stall. But brushing the carpet is often a resemblance of a swirling cloud of dust and tobacco shards and tobacco shards are not...
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Categories:
laces, beach, beautiful,
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I do not know?
We, the generation of '50We, the generation of '50,
Time-travelers with stardust in our hair, with memories planted in pockets,
Rooted in decades embraced by change, souls adorned with the dawn of the post-war world.
We spun on the carousel of the...
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Categories:
laces, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
White Suede Wing Tips With Candy Apple Red LacesAn ordinary young man in his twenties
Working by day, alone by night
Routine lulls him to feel forever serene
Never a new dream or fantasy
Living an obligation
Making his parents proud yet nothing causes him to become too...
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Categories:
laces, courage, freedom, growing up,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
laces, courage, fear, leaving, sorrow, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
ArthritisWrinkled forehead creases as he looks at me
From the burgundy sofa where he lives most days
Free of things like water bills and car payments
He lies down to eat and drag slowly on a cigarette
The smoke...
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Categories:
laces, addiction, pain, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Time's Full Enlightenment"Teachings of enlightenment, whether traditional [regenerational, creation stories] or evolutionary, present us with a unique [ecological] way of thinking about and [comprehensively] understanding who [and why] we are. What makes an enlightened perspective different [and...
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Categories:
laces, adventure, blessing, life, light, love, space, time,
Form:
Free verse
Get Back To the Basicsget back to the basics busting fat laces running the bases
it used to be cool to obey the golden rule yet that went out the door in 64
open the door for your neighbor then you...
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Categories:
laces, rap,
Form:
Free verse
Tea Is ServedGathered in the shade of her quaint little garden,
where a trellis was woven with rose climbing vines,
something enchanting, had been deftly designed,
on an ordinary...
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Categories:
laces, autumn, death, friendship, happiness, love,
Form:
Narrative
My Most Memorable Christmas GiftIt was many years ago that I sat there on the floor
With Aunt Allie and my cousins, we knew what was in store.
The clan was gathered there around the Christmas tree
Just eagerly awaiting their Christmas...
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Categories:
laces, childhood, christmas, love, christmas, me, christmas, love,
Form:
Rhyme
BemusedbeMUSEd
by Michael R. Burch
Perhaps at three
you'll come to tea,
to have a cuppa here?
You'll just stop in
to sip dry gin?
I only have a beer.
To name the "greats":
Pope, Dryden, mates?
The whole world knows their names.
Discuss the "songs"
of...
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Categories:
laces, art, inspiration, inspirational, muse, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Even the Lazy LizardEven the Lazy Lizard
Even the lazy lizard knows when not to beg,
when not to emerge, from behind the hungry black rock of
another dying hand, hopelessly clutching the mysteries of
another sit-down, in the serene...
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Categories:
laces, life,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Poets IvPoems about Poets IV
The Princess and the Pauper
by Michael R. Burch
for June Kraeft
Here was a woman bright, intent on life,
who did not flinch from Death, but caught his eye
and drew him, powerless, into her spell
of...
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Categories:
laces, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Charlaxtitles11Inches make feet without inches there is no foot without beginnings there is no work without measure there is no dearth without a ruler there is no worth there must be rules and there are...
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Categories:
laces, mystery, natural disasters, nature, philosophy, satire, science
Form:
Prose Poetry
What Is LeftThese villains in the land of Prejudice
Sitted in terraces, funding dareDevils...
Painting innocent faces with faeces from Boko bum...Issh!!!
Insult, added with salt upon injury
And we lavish in abject penury
Still, we are GIANTS of Africa,...
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Categories:
laces, abuse, africa, sad, violence, prejudice,
Form:
Epitaph
The Honest TruthI want to be honest, fruitfully honest
But now in pain, I waver
I would much rather live in the dark hallows of my mind
Where honesty is blurred in visions of imagination
Blurred in a world where lies...
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Categories:
laces, angst, confusion, deep, fire, hurt, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
Cry OutI may be in pain but you'll never see me cry out
I'm not worried about whether I'll make it to heaven or hell, because I can only live my life now
Whatever comes for me after...
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Categories:
laces, dark, deep, depression, growing up, growth, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Ever Jumped a Train - Part 7 - Robert and Ernie AdventuresThere Ernie and I were standing, at the edge of dark steps,
They descended into a concrete tunnel to somewhere below.
Robert, do you think she could have gone down there he said,
I don't know Ernie, but...
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Categories:
laces, adventure, childhood, travel,
Form:
Narrative
If Only I Could Catch the Sun, Ever So SoftlyI try to ignore the squirming Hyde within
And, with effort still,
I raise myself for the last traces
of sunshine and fun.
What was left of the day, I savor for me.
As the withering leaves of silence
have perfected...
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Categories:
laces, children, depression, emotions, environment, flower, fun, garden,
Form:
Free verse
Night, Twenty First DecemberThe dry breeze moves gently
Infecting the Hamlet with its cool temper
Even the birds shake and generate calmly
A young lady sat at the front of a mansion
Her oily body shines with the aid of the moon....
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Categories:
laces, daughter, sad, sympathy, day, house, me, parents,
Form:
Ballad
This World Is CrazyLife is crazy far to crazy many people have eyes but they cant see many people have hearts but they can't feel many people have the cure but they don't use it.The flesh they rather...
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Categories:
laces, life, god, me, people, rain, beauty, beauty,
Form:
Free verse