Long Likewise Poems
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LimericksLimericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride?"
"Nevermore!" bright-eyed Raven replied.
The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus,...
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Categories:
likewise, giggle, light, nonsense, parody, silly, smile, word
Form:
Limerick
Self ReflectionsSELF REFLECTIONS
These are poems about mirrors, images, self-image, reflections, impressions and self-reflection.
Self Reflection
by Michael R. Burch
for anyone struggling with self-image
She has a comely form
and a smile that brightens her dorm ...
but she's grossly...
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Categories:
likewise, identity, image, imagery, metaphor, mirror, self, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Limericks I - Relatives and RelativityLimericks I - Relatives and Relativity
The Cosmological Constant
by Michael R. Burch
Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
said E equals MC squared.
Thus all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!
A$$-tronomical
by Michael R. Burch
Relativity, the theorists’ creed,
says mass increases...
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Categories:
likewise, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, science, space, time,
Form:
Limerick
Limericks Iii - Grab BagLimericks III - Grab Bag
Being a peace activist, I once wrote a limerick in an attempt to stop needless wars:
Of Tetley’s and V-2's
(or "Why Not to Bomb the Brits")
by Michael R. Burch
The English are very...
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Categories:
likewise, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly, war, writing,
Form:
Limerick
BeckoningBeckoning
by Michael R. Burch
Yesterday the wind whispered my name
while the blazing locks
of her rampant mane
lay heavy on mine.
And yesterday
I saw the way
the wind caressed tall pines
in forests laced by glinting streams
and thick with...
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Categories:
likewise, anxiety, break up, change, confusion, sleep, time,
Form:
Verse
Disability, Illness and FundamentalismDisability, Illness and Fundamentalism
My brother died of Cystic Fibrosis,
When I was twelve and he fourteen,
It took away his ambitions,
To study at Oxford - the pipe organ’s steam.
I understand being born with...
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Categories:
likewise, atheist, cancer, health, prayer, religion, rights, science,
Form:
Rhyme
Villanelle: No Man Can On His Own Escape Written Fate, For Thiru-ValluvarVillanelle: No man can on his own escape written fate
For Thiru-Valluvar, the “nameless” author of
the THIRUK-KURAL
Note: In my previous posts, especially on Canto 38, I...
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Categories:
likewise, beauty, character, creation, god, identity, truth,
Form:
Villanelle
Additional Advice To Those Would Be King From the Thiruk-Kural With CommentaryAdditional free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with Commentary
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations or even empires]
K442: urranOy niikki uraa amai munkaakkum
...
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Categories:
likewise, bullying, immigration, prison, religion, sympathy, tamil, violence,
Form:
Epigram
Canto Xvii Hell Translation“Here the fierce with the thin pointed tail,
Who passes mountains and breaks arms and walls!
Here who with stench can the world assail!”
So my duke started to talk with his calls;
And hinted then it to get...
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Categories:
likewise, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For WarThe Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand,
To face the other tribe across...
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Categories:
likewise, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
Divine Comedy Translation Canto XiiWas the place where we climbing down the bank
Then arrived, alpine and, for what was there
Such as, that any eyesight would be shrank.
Similar to landslide that in side bare
Before Trento the Adige just smote,
Or for...
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Categories:
likewise, fantasy, universe,
Form:
Terza Rima
Today's Journey Through Covid-19As 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:
likewise, africa, baptism, beautiful, christian, courage, poems, wisdom,
Form:
Narrative
Canto Xix Hell TranslationSimon wizard, you poor under his sway
That all things of God, which then of good will
Must be always brides, and you birds of prey
For gold and silver adulterate still,
Now it's time that the trumpet sounds...
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Categories:
likewise, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Paint Me As An EventThe Picture of Dorian Gray: Paint Me As An Event
The Picture of Dorian Gray, a decent fanciful novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, published in 1890. The novel, the only one written by Wilde, had...
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Categories:
likewise, angst, character, muse,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Moby Dick: Retribution, Be It Man Or BeastMoby Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne....
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Categories:
likewise, angst, character, conflict, muse,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
War and Peace: That Midst Nations and NationalsWar and Peace: That Midst Nations And Nationals
War and Peace, a classical fiction by Leo Tolstoy, first published as Voyna I Mir in 1865–69. This picturesque reflection of early 19th-century Russian culture saw as its...
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Categories:
likewise, allegory, angst, life, marriage, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Excellent Ballad of CharityAn Excelente Balade of Charitie (“An Excellent Ballad of Charity”)
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
As wroten bie the goode Prieste
Thomas Rowley 1464
In Virgynë the swelt'ring sun grew keen,
Then hot upon the meadows...
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Categories:
likewise, allegory, christian, england, faith, prayer, religion, romantic,
Form:
Ballad
Unquotable Quotes: Fat People - XxixUnquotable quotes: Fat People – XXIX
(I know this piece sounds mean and cruel but as every single parent must have experienced, this is also the expression of utter exasperation, and perhaps there’s also the slightest...
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Categories:
likewise, abuse, chocolate, depression, health, humor, hyperbole, natural
Form:
Epigram
Aroma PoetryMother nature oh! Rose of roses!
Mother of all flowers' and smell,
Ylang Ylang! You don't know what it causes!
An aphrodisiac turns you on like hell!
Sandalwood with its masculine warmth poses,
Rosemary clears the head, you can tell,
Peppermint...
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Categories:
likewise, beauty, flower, rose, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Sometimes I Wish I Was You-In moments of weakness; I look up to you. thinking of the off chance that your situation is better than mine. Now, you must understand that this is only a moment. None the less, it...
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Categories:
likewise, anxiety, deep, imagery, jealousy, judgement, me, wisdom,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The RantGone now are the wondrous minds of old,
whose era treasured learning over gold,
And humble were the thoughts and words of these,
who, trothed to truth, would now be left displeased,
by hurried tempers bent on winning wars,
neglectful...
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Categories:
likewise, people, philosophy, political, society, truth, universe, wisdom,
Form:
Didactic
Book Three of the Thiruk-Kural On Un-Authorised and Authorised Love: Canto 109, K109 To 133Book Three of the THIRUK-KURAL on Un-Authorised (concealed) and Authorised (religion-ordained) LOVE: Cantos 109 THAGAIANANGKURAITHTHAL to 133
(Note: Love between mainly the wedded pair from the standpoint of the fair liana-like “lady” of the pliant bamboo-shoulders,...
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Categories:
likewise, beauty, loneliness, men, sensual, tamil, women,
Form:
Epigram
New Year's Eve 2022New Year's Eve 2022
Yours truly riddled with social anxiety,
hence (billy me) he will idle away
December 31st, 2022
sequestered (with the missus)
hunkered down in his mancave
while madding crowd
entertains reckons partition of time
into...
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Categories:
likewise, adventure, celebration, dance, december, holiday, january, new
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: the How of Democratic Kill - Ixl Part TwoUnquotable quotes: The How of Democratic Kill - IXL, Part Two
No, tell me not my vote now does not count
(Shakespearean Sonnet)
No, tell me not my vote...
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Categories:
likewise, freedom, humanity, international, leadership, power, society,
Form:
Sonnet
The Miracle of Marshside LeaIn Marshside Lea, there stood a tree, old in trunk and bough
'Twas long ago, this tale, although, it may still stand there now
And in its shade, the young sheep played as often did young lambs
Whilst...
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Categories:
likewise, allegory, angel, animal, crazy, fantasy, farm, tree,
Form:
Rhyme