Long Lately Poems
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Faded In Xoxo Oxox Fadin' OutA special dedication to Beyoncé's "Drunk in Love" song in her album "Beyoncé", which came out in 2013.
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I took a cat nap...yah put on your classic, clever-mini cap
drank that sorrow sap, my companion...
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Categories:
lately, deep,
Form:
Lyric
Village In the ValleyVillage in the Valley left behind, and then it's a fine find
Mountain in the making...in the dark alleys of my mind
You're a flashlight
In the night
You are a friend
Till the end
Bite the bullet
You're the village...
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Categories:
lately, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Kaos In -Part 5- Final PartHate the feelings of ew's and ugh's...let's pause before we put our paws on this unmanageable cause with silent applause (quiet interest or hushed enthusiasm)
What's the cause of these negative, gross, worthless flawful laws that...
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Categories:
lately, abuse, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Below the Horizon - Shallow ShameAgony be to society's demise
Labels are for fools, not for the wise
Play the familiar tune of in-unison serenity
Fatality won't come any time soon, thankfully...
Homeless people were on the news not to long ago...I weep...
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Categories:
lately, cute, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Free verse
I Can'T Just Change Overnight Part 1(Inspired by my sister, Laura Breidenthal’s poem called “The Dream in His Eyes” and also, inspired by Disturbed’s song “Forsaken”. Special thanks to my sister for such an awesome poem and the writer that wrote...
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Categories:
lately, angst, dark, deep, depression, desire, loneliness, words,
Form:
Free verse
Limericks Vii - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, AbsurdLimericks VII - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, Absurd
There continue to be modern sequels of the famous "Nantucket" limericks, including this bawdy one of mine:
There was a lewd whore from Nantucket
who intended to pee in a bucket;
but...
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Categories:
lately, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, sexy, smile,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About Poems VPoems about Poems V
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
There is a small cleanness about her,
as though she has always just been washed,
and there is a dull obedience to convention
in her accommodating slenderness
as she feints at her salad.
She...
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Categories:
lately, metaphor, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Zen Death Haiku IiToday, catching sight of the mallards
crying over Lake Iware:
Must I too vanish into the clouds?
—Prince Otsu translation by Michael R. Burch
This world—
to what may we compare it?
To autumn fields
lying darkening at dusk
illuminated by...
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Categories:
lately, death, imagery, life, nature, symbolism, visionary, world,
Form:
Haiku
Yosa Buson TranslationsYosa Buson haiku translations
On the temple’s great bronze gong
a butterfly
snoozes.
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hard to describe:
this light sensation of being pinched
by a butterfly!
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Not to worry...
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Categories:
lately, age, animal, autumn, father, moon, mother, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Poems About Things That Break IiPoems about Things that Break II
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter.
Water and Gold
by Michael R. Burch
You came to me as rain breaks on the desert
when every flower...
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Categories:
lately, break up, depression, divorce, emotions, farewell, goodbye,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 108 -- Damian Dj Delilah Mallory Damali Cj: the New Temple and Djs BirthdayDate: January 4 2046
Damali and DJ were active in the
Small house sprucing up for their
Day. "Hey happy birthday partner!"
Damali jostled DJ. In the main house
Now 11 morning time. Damian had
Plans...
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Categories:
lately, color, confidence, deep,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 99 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Dj Damali Nyaf and Rico: the Celebration-- Mass InvitationsDate: April 2045
An excellent April afternoon blooming.
Damali is now 19 years old this
Day. Damali was thinking of his future
Stretched out at his study desk.
He had been enrolled for a year...
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Categories:
lately, granddaughter,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 95 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Just Summertime Birthday CelebrationsThe kid who often was lost in
The sauce Joshua! His
birthday was in June. He became
The strong silent youngster with
The youngest kids.
A small Celebration was held in
Josh's honor party at...
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Categories:
lately, birth, black love, children, confidence, devotion, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
Athenian Epitaphs IiAthenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night:
his owner's faithful Maltese...
but will...
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Categories:
lately, animal, best friend, death of a friend,
Form:
Epitaph
Sins of Supreme SuppressionNot to play any blame game,
in this our new co-evolutionary capacity
for LeftBrained Language Enculturation
long become YangDominant associated
with 'civilization',
co-arising anthro-centrism,
including Earth's newer history
of revolution by Empirical Elitism.
Processes of empirical empire supremacy,
kill or be killed,
became not really...
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Categories:
lately, earth, health, language, math, religion, science, sin,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Rejection Slips 1Rejection Slips
With over 5,700 publications if I count poems that have gone viral, I suppose I shouldn’t complain … but I do have some poems that have never been accepted for publication. Here are a...
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Categories:
lately, day, love, memory, night, rose, seasons, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
A Wisp of ThoughtThere was a glimpse of time unknown to man
The things none may ever describe
All wrapped within this wall of thoughts
For if a moment of my thoughts are clear
They are not my thoughts at all
Never again...
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Categories:
lately, beautiful, dream, grief, lonely, lost, metaphor, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried not to retract,
but after so many tears
I have...
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Categories:
lately, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal, children, confusion, family,
Form:
Free verse
Be Embarrased By ArmsBe Embarrased by Arms
The right of a person to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon when in a
well-regulated militia necessary for the security of a free state. In other words, if
you...
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Categories:
lately, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
DelightAt once she paid a visit. In her colorful dress, so revealing and appealingly suited to her slendern torso. I to gaze the door way, mine heart pounded viciously, a death knock. I was...
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Categories:
lately, appreciation,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Where To WanderFeel more than free to take a quick tour into my mind's eye
Then, you'll find that you're on my mind and I don't know why
Dare to wonder Where to wander
Dare to wonder What I...
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Categories:
lately, deep, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Our Pandemic ResponsesEcoPolitical Responses
Resonant empathy
trusts co-empathic experience
and cooperatively communicated reflection,
dialogue,
discussion,
discernment,
Multilateral paths toward shared values/disvalues
InBetween win or lose risks
misvalued as unfortunately necessary
forces of natural/unspiritual history
Of squandering opportunities to notice
PolyPathically resilient value systems
culturally
bicamerally robust,
Politically
and economically
and ecologically
and theologically
and...
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Categories:
lately, caregiving, earth, games, health, heart, integrity, philosophy,
Form:
Political Verse
Misconception of MiseryIt only started as a misconception, a misunderstanding
then like grass fed rain, it grew...grew into this
A eulogy, maybe this could be it
about you? For once, this is about me
How can it be...how can it be?
Dreaming,...
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Categories:
lately, how i feel, , 8th grade, ,
Form:
Bio
The-Hour-GlassPlease, save me!!
Solitude is speaking, oh so lonely...
We have plenty of gain
In our pockets, overflowing with light
You are like an airplane,
Landing safely from a fantastic flight
My beating heart can't take this anymore
The moment...
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Categories:
lately, betrayal, deep, depression, desire, lost, passion, time,
Form:
Lyric
You and I Know How To GlowV. 1: I have been grimacing lately
I have been loving you extremely
I’m looking forward to going to Oregon
We welcome the sun, we welcome the sun
Pre-chorus: God, have mercy on my weary soul
Have mercy spiritually speaking
Passion...
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Categories:
lately, hope, how i feel,
Form:
Lyric