Long Lovable Poems

Epigrams

Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.

Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch

If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...

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HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE MYSELF

People often say to me 
“What can you tell me about yourself” 
guess it’s my duty to explain to them 
and so I look them in the face and reply 

My...

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(One poet's vision of what being indwelled by Christ's heart might look like)        

What makes me feel loved isn't easy to say, 
And not because the heart of...

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Poems about Poets VII

Gallant Knight
by Michael R. Burch

for Alfred Dorn and Anita Dorn

Till you rest with your beautiful Anita,
rouse yourself, Poet; rouse and write.
The world is not ready for your departure,
Gallant Knight.

Teach us to sing...

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Number forty seven - White House occupant against all odds...

regarding President elect 
Donald John Trump.

As a cruel joke to self,
I imagined myself as a Republican
for that one glorious day
voting for the candidate
who clinched the nomination
as...

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Achooo!
It begins, almost always, with a sneeze, 
Which, in some cultures, 
Invites blessings, 
But, in some others, a curse,
As it’s held to be ominous!
Blessing or curse, soon the frequency
And the decibels increase—
Incredibly, irritatingly, inconveniently, and...

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Large And Tall, Medium Tan Brown  Skinny Girl---



          so cute               ...

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~***Part Two of Vanish Away the Anguish series…read Part One, Holding You, if you haven’t done so! Thanks***~

I’m not sad, okay? Would rather be smiling day to day
With gladness and happiness in addition 
To satisfaction...

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~Erase My Sufferings Out Of Love~

Reaching the stage in my life when the death of my
spirit and soul took place allowing me to live in 
pain without him, 
the love of my life.
I will preserve...

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1111
MY POETREE FAMILY.
Note: If you read this you are
family too.
_________
I was born into poetry
by my dearest lovely sweet mother Kate Achi Bissong. Who always make sure i am
forever strong.

I was way too lucky
to have Edison...

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Poems for Poets X
Poems about Poets X



Sinking
by Michael R. Burch

for Virginia Woolf

Weigh me down with stones ...
   fill all the pockets of my gown ...
      I’m going down,
...

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These heretical poems on the subjects of God, religion and Christianity explain why I “left” the Religious Right.

If one screams below,
what the hell is "Above"?
—Michael R. Burch

Religion is regarded by fools as true, by the...

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MY UNKNOWN LOVER 

I sit by the road side,
Under the moonlight,
In the cold of the nights,
And loneliness of the dark .
Waiting for you,
My unknown lover.

I build fantasies,
Of the two of us meeting,
And falling in love,
And...

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She wasn't a stray, but a sick yellow cockatiel,
with speckled gray on her feathers.
The pet shop was giving her away,
I was in elementary school when I got her,
she was a lovable bird and I enjoyed...

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Various Heresies 8

These are heretical poems with heresies about the bible, god, jesus christ and christianity.


Red State Religion Rejection Slip
by Michael R. Burch

I’d like to believe in your LORD
but I really can’t risk it
when his...

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After a busy day I had a bit of pocket change, my companion today had a different face.
As I looked at my companion, lovable yet small, could not help turning first one Way and then...

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Ah, sweet breeze rushing in the house, empty but full of hate, the wind im sure is
lovable, but is still hate piercing my eye’s, all I wanted was to make you proud, all I
wanted was...

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I remember being forced into the darkness, my eyes adjusting. Without light the world exists in a blurry mess of gray and black figures blending together into a flurry of nothing recognizable. I'm stumbling, I'm...

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Disturbed in daily thoughts
Thinking U all the way through
Longing for our old memories to flash.

Impressed by YOUR possessiveness
Also impressing U by my care
Trying to keep U with me alone.

Love which occurred strangely
Caused holding U tightly...

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In regard to human's such abject abyss and absurdity, we can't help questioning: can human still be indulgent in the virulent vainglory having shaped their pretentious and dangerous preconception of a human-centered and human-dominated cosmos?...

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When does a child become society’s child?
Some children are forced out of being children
Some are put back into children mode which is hard 
The fact that this happens is because of parents not thinking
The parents...

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Our Children


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Small And Large, Black And Brown Cats And Dogs
A Concrete Poem


 be                       ...

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   ' Angel does not appear from heaven but comes to rescue in guise of stranger or associate 
     lending a helping hand.'.    ....Poet.

  ...

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Young man sitting next to me 
        on the grass,
            I asked him,
If I am depressed can...

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