Long Lotto Poems

“Blue Angels, Black Sheep, Monitors and The House of Random Penguins” 

The womb
is scooped like 
an over ripe melon
Time is the incorrigible felon,
the forgotten lost garden explored 
overturned and raked, 
neatly messed, 
in more ways...

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Deep concern across the land, respect is all but gone
protesters attack, harass, all night until the dawn
Looking closely, feeling pain, no such thing as fair
doesn't happen, in your face, shut you down they swear

Simple rally,...

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"Sliders"

500 clicks down, was code phrase for battle ships gone all depth charge. The deeper you go down that black-holed sink, the more you understand in your oxygen deprived brain, that there is a lesson...

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Google Maps told me today
that my Phoenix to Tucson drive
would last an hour and fifty-seven minutes.
At excactly two-nineteen I would arrive.

But surely it is folly to assume
How could Google get this right?
Even with up to...

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>Hydrotherapy pool in action

Now the blue sky has vanished, I must go out you know.
That will be the signal, for God to make it snow.
I wonder why he does do it?  I asked for...

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I know we just met, 
but I can’t forget our first kiss on top of the table mountain,
and the second next to that Corner where boys play soccer in a dusted clouds road barefooted ...

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>First, we own no fishing fleet.
A fleet that’s ours, catching fish, for us to eat.
I hope that last line, does sound right.
As of our fishing fleet, I have no sight.

Digging coal from online (I said...

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I’ve often mentioned Hilly in the poems that I have written,
and I’ve often said that Hilly with a brewer’s surely smitten,
so you’re libel now to see him in the state that I call ‘blotto’
but today...

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I can't sleep, my body gives me its usual wake-up call;
it's certainly the burden of the Christmas' season,
stretching my resources to implement its reason;
and this budget crisis won't keep me from spending it all...
some folks...

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These are my English translations of songs sung by Dimash Kudaibergen.

This is my translation of one of my favorite Dimash Kudaibergen songs, the French song "S.O.S." ...

S.O.S.
by Michel Berger
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Why do...

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I am a poet,
A poet in Love!
I see the whole of the universe
spun in a ball
and rolled through the mirror of deception.
The mirror cracks with violent shattering
pieces everywhere, but soon a calm silence, for a...

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Like Moses fleeing Egypt 
and finding refuge in Midian
I was a stranger in a strange land.
Having fled Chicago in ‘84
I journeyed east to the
unpromised land of Detroit.

8 Mile Road.
“I'm a man
I'm a make a new...

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I gotta be honest I didn't think we'd go good together

From disliking each other to standing in sub-zero weather

Little did I know I was forever in the prescence of my future wifey

I messed up multiple...

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I'm a beautiful mess in a dress or some sweats
I confess life is hectic right now and I'm stressed
Wont forget that I'm blessed but it's hard to remember. When I'm stayin at the shelter
With my...

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what if I
didn’t matter-
would you 
think about me 
not here-
or if I
didn’t exist-
ever never,
would you 
shed a tear
what if I were
a mess-
would you
comb my hair
or if we
were in love-
would you
whisper in
my ear
what if I
were hurt-
would...

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Back in those days, when I used to love with all of my heart,
Never mind how hard it could be at times,
Knowing that he whom you love, doesn’t even notice you,
All the errands you made...

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Hidden within the deep recesses of the dark green forest.
Hidden from the world, cocooned within the tall green grass.
Hidden in the yellow summer sun amongst the moss.
Hidden from humanity.

Immersed deep within the sea of my...

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Monday, our hearts were hefty with dread. 
Hoping postman fetches bucks for bread. 
It will cape with the psyche's desires well. 
Under a grasp, swirling, we felt the spell. 

Tuesday would alter prompts the shame. 
We may gaze at...

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TALK WITH ME MY FRIEND. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DREAMS AND WHAT YOU SEE AT THE END. I WONT JIUDGE MOST OF US DONT MAKE IT ANY WHERE NEAR WHERE WE HOPED. YES THEY TRY...

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If you'd seen this metamorphosis
Wide-eyed boy-
                      proud soldier-
      ...

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E mu Numba


E mu Numba
Pick your number
Right in your dream
Or from the whispers 
Of the mad woman who lives 
Sane by the garbage heap.

E mu numba
The young and old
Whose riches have been foretold
By numbers in...

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Sardonic Edge 

When you have money people love you
Even strangers want to see you, save you 
And help you through your days
Subtle imperfections cling on psyches cliff
This is not a trick…. This is not a...

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 Impressions of a teenager

I was born today twenty years ago
A healthy child with eyes of a doe
I grew up in a free world
Saw the national flag unfurled

Sang national anthem with devotion
A hand on my...

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Prices rising:  the reality of this plunging economy,
thriftiness and frugality are greatly demanded
in order to survive, and having less to spend
is a deterrent to those once-easily-obtainable luxuries;
I have become very frugal, to buy more...

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Love. 
It's better late than never.
A broken heart. 
It's better never than late. 

Where is my favorite lip gloss?
It's never misplaced. 
Heart pitter patter. 
If lost, such a waste. 

Oh yes I'm in love 
and...

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