Long Lengthening Poems
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Sonnets Lii-LxSonnets LII-LX
The Endeavors of Lips
by Michael R. Burch
How sweet the endeavors of lips: to speak
of the heights of those pleasures which left us weak
in love’s strangely lit beds, where the cold springs creak:
for there is...
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lengthening, dream, flower, hair, longing, love, pain, sensual,
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Sonnet
Love Poems VLOVE POEMS V
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch, about life, the dream of love, virtue, a first kiss, a first crush, the birth of a first relationship, the joy of a first love...
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lengthening, birth, confusion, crush, dream, joy, kiss, longing,
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Rhyme
Poems About Children IiPoems about Children II
On Looking into Curious George’s Mirrors
by Michael R. Burch
for Maya McManmon, granddaughter of the poet Jim McManmon
Maya was made in the image of God;
may the reflections she sees in those curious mirrors
always...
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lengthening, child, childhood, children, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandparents,
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Rhyme
The Wound That Never HealsScience can’t save you, neither can religion,
at least Popper and Niebuhr, philosophers and poets,
are entertainers, which is why actors and athletes
are paid so much. Thanks for the summaries.
I was teaching Shakespeare’s 92nd ridiculous sonnet
to my...
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lengthening, christian, husband, mother, music, night, prayer, snow,
Form:
Verse
At the Golden Dawn of Understanding PotdIt was late in gorgeous springtime, and I was teaching my class,
A lesson in African history, and the events of time's hourglass.
My fourth graders were very attentive, as I recounted the glory,
Of tales such as...
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lengthening, africa, christian, education, history, jesus, magic, school,
Form:
Couplet
In the Minds Fixed EyeVIII
In the minds fixed eye I see five newly discovered graves,
Headless lions sat atop an impregnable "Triumphal Gate"; ...
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lengthening, myth,
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Rhyme
Unlike Thee AthenianThose rarer men I once fondly
knew... ...
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lengthening, philosophy,
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Rhyme
Revised- As the Midnight Moon Shines Upon Her EyesFirst version
As Midnight Moon Shines Upon Her Eyes
In a dream world where fantasies abound
shall be where my princess is found
Wrapped in her vision an angelic choir
cherubs singing her heart's desire
Her voice soothes...
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lengthening, inspiration, poetry, thanks, wisdom, word play, words,
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Sonnet
Children's Poems IXThe Tapestry of Leaves
Michael R. Burch
Leaves unfold
as life is sold
or bartered, for a moment in the sun.
The interchange
of lives is strange:
what reason—life—when death leaves all undone?
O, earthly son
when rest is won
and wrested from this ground,...
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lengthening, baseball, dark, death, earth, life, son, sun,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Pool SharksPOEMS ABOUT POOL SHARKS
Shark
by Michael R. Burch
They are all unknowable,
these rough pale men—
haunting dim pool rooms like shadows,
propped up on bar stools like scarecrows,
nodding and sagging in the fraying light...
I am not of them,
as I...
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lengthening, poems, poetry, poets, sports,
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Rhyme
Mental Victoms Part IiThere is a girl a now
shes almost gotten away
played the game
jumped through the hoops
told me some secrets
while she was there she was sexually assaulted
hey i don't pay taxes
so i don't get to choose...
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lengthening, angst, confusion, education, health, history, hope, people,
Form:
Free verse
Burnel Or Brunellus the AssIf two heads are better than one
How much better is three.
For the time has come
When Translators cannot agree.
Nigel wrote the words in Latin script
And much time has passed
With many Learned Ones pen’s dipt
In...
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Categories:
lengthening, animal, political,
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Light Verse
Not Just Any SunsetNOT JUST ANY SUNSET
This lunar sunset was what he’d most miss -
They always said death was like this :
Slo-mo and black-and-white
Like an old movie trite.
It had happened...
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Categories:
lengthening, adventure, night, old, red, home, light, day,
Form:
Couplet
Walk Your LineWalk your Line
A word to the blind:
From the day your first mount and ride
Till the moment you die
Walk your line
Walk proud and high
Through each and every wreck your stride unwinds
Walk your whole heart
spine upright
till...
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lengthening, metaphor, strength, stress, true love, work,
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Cowboy Poetry
EpithalamiumMy heart is inditing a poetic matter
My tongue is the workmanship of a divine potter
My glossa is the verbal-scripter of a meditative writer
These words are the instinctive outburst of my soul
Liken to the boiling fountains...
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lengthening, appreciation, beautiful, best friend, bible, blessing, true
Form:
Free verse
Lord God, You Are My Wisdom InstructorJune 22 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 1-4
Key Verse – Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY...
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lengthening, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
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Rhyme
ProphetA thousand bees never settling down,
buzzed within his head.
Their confused drone, into a ruffled rumble grew,
lengthening into frenzied drumbeats,
taking the might of roaring waves
or gaining the momentum
of a plane, prior to take off.
Mind...
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Categories:
lengthening, angst, conflict, confusion, crazy,
Form:
Free verse
I Don'T Want To Leave the PartyThe long, long night
Is winding down
From distant rooms
I hear the sound
Of fine old friends
Taking leave
The evening ends
And I believe
The time to follow draws ever near
My heart is tired, but my mind is clear.
The shining lights
Are...
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Categories:
lengthening, death, life, love, nostalgia, people, philosophy, social,
Form:
Lyric
In the Autumn of My Years
Memories linger melancholy
as I approach the bridge
to the Gardens de Sol.
...
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Categories:
lengthening, depression, introspection, life, lost love, love, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
For HimTupac was a young revolutionary
Don't try to understand him
The visionary and child
Ahead of the game, while the game
Was making him into a paradox.
Do not put him in the collar
Of pop culture
To corner him in a...
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lengthening, dedicationhistory,
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Free verse
The Human Seasons: Elements At War and Peace, Part Ii2,
Bourne loosely through the chill gusts,
Disordered fragments of summer's life go hurried by,
Harried to their last resting places
Into piles of brittle, browning drifts
Scattered on the stiffening ground.
A cold sun, coursing ever more briefly
Across these hard,...
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Categories:
lengthening, anger, conflict, depression, life, lost love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Too Close To The Edge
I walked the garden path holding all the intimate hands,
nurtured in the impermanent world the hope of durability
of me loved and belonged, and me owning and retaining.
Times changed, didn’t know why storm of dismay...
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lengthening, analogy, angst, introspection, life,
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Free verse
My God, Thank You For Making Me FruitfulJanuary 10 Scripture Meditations Based on Genesis 28-30
Key Verse – Genesis 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee…
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME FRUITFUL
Thank You for making me...
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lengthening, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
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Rhyme
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lengthening, analogy, future, god, light,
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Shape
Categories:
lengthening, life, light,
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Shape