Long Lurked Poems
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Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine
("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered
after assassinating Julius Caesar.
Alternatively...
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Categories:
lurked, 10th grade, adventure, allah, anger, appreciation, birth,
Form:
Free verse
Sonnets Lxi-Lxx
Sonnets LXI-LXX
Erin
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair?
bright carrot?and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children?some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid it. For nowhere
is evidence of...
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Categories:
lurked, heart, night, spiritual, wife, words, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Butterflies and Bees
Poems about Butterflies and Bees
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Album
by Michael R. Burch
I caress them—trapped in brittle cellophane—
and I see how young they were,...
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Categories:
lurked, animal, butterfly, flying, insect, sky, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
Beckoning
Beckoning
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:
lurked, anxiety, break up, change, confusion, sleep, time,
Form:
Verse
I Survived '75
KEY - W: Will/Me - F: Friend - M: Mom
Thanksgiving week of '75, as a concurrent student earning multi-degrees from two campuses, and one off. I lived above the Uni, uphill, panicview Hilo Town and...
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Categories:
lurked, 9th grade, angel, boy, friendship, happiness, natural
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Comedy of Impeaching Errors
The Republican congressmen,
and I do mean white privileged straight men,
came to their Democratic opposition
concerned about how depressing
December can be,
and all of winter,
come to think and feel
of dark discerning Advent,
So maybe we could stage
a comedic debate
about...
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Categories:
lurked, caregiving, earth, health, humor, integrity, political, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
In the Islands Far, Far Away
Mission Control, this is Flight Z924693744, do you read?
We're having some technical trouble. How should we proceed?
We have spotted a planet, that appears to be suitable to abort;
But, to return to earth, we will need...
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Categories:
lurked, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, planet, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet
The Labyrinth and the Gardener
A pondering of multiple raindrops from a detrimental storm onto the empty fields, crashing into them as hard and loud as clashing metals. The depth and existence of love weighs over any deprivation an unexpected...
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Categories:
lurked, abuse, allegory, corruption, extended metaphor, love hurts,
Form:
Free verse
August 13th, 2025 twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events
August 13th, 2025 – twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events
The following poem posted about a half hour before the bewitching hour that spelled calamity (which though a freaky Friday the thirteenth)...
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Categories:
lurked, abuse, adventure, anger, angst, animal, anniversary, august,
Form:
Free verse
After drenching biblical rainfall
After drenching biblical rainfall...
verdant green acres covered the planet of the apes
like a petticoat junction
donning barrel of skinny dipping monkeys.
Once drought stricken vast landscape
far as the eye could see
suddenly flush with promise
of budding new shoots
and...
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Categories:
lurked, adventure, africa, august, earth, environment, history, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
The Tale of the Unexpected Prince
The Tale of the Unexpected Prince
I sat in my lonely castle room looking out of the window. The village below was a flurry of activity with peasants going about their busy day. I sighed. I...
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Categories:
lurked, family, holiday,
Form:
Free verse
NOTHING LESS - NOTHING MORE - POTD
POTD 8th Jan 24
NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE
The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moon cast its calming glow,
shadows lurked in the night's dark flow.
As the final...
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Categories:
lurked, deep, emotions, inspiration, new years day,
Form:
Rhyme
Veras First Poem
Hi everybody, my name is Vera as some of you already know, and I am the wife of Peter Duggan. I came on this site to cheer Peter on, and also to read some poetry...
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Categories:
lurked, anger, angst, change, war, drug,
Form:
Narrative
Deva Ossig, the landlady and property owner turned rogue
Deva Ossig, the landlady (and property owner) turned rogue
Just a couple weeks shy
and seven years ago to the day,
I still remember contractual obligations
our previous residential abode
724 West Railroad Avenue,
Bryn Mawr 19010 zip code
volatile...
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Categories:
lurked, adventure, anger, animal, anniversary, community, conflict, house,
Form:
Rhyme
August 13th 2021 Twenty Two Years Since
August 13th, 2021 – twenty two years since...
Wicked bad designed day poem originally crafted
then alternately titled for no particular rhyme nor reason:
courtesy Doctor Donald Dossey
who coined paraskevidekatriaphobia.
August thirteenth nineteen hundred and...
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Categories:
lurked, abuse, adventure, animal, confusion, fate, grave, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
The Finis Sing Touches Touche
The finis sing touches touché
Knead dull brows knitted;
belief system I cogitate
gearing thee ordinary bipedal hominid
acquiesces to deck the halls
of the mountain (dew) king with boughs
of sister golden haired
sprinkling angel...
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Categories:
lurked, 12th grade, allusion, appreciation, blessing, creation, encouraging,
Form:
Rhyme
Wicked Bad Designed Day
(alternately titled: courtesy Doctor Donald Dossey
who coined paraskevidekatriaphobia
August thirteenth nineteen hundred and ninety nine
forever etched in annals of my personal infamy
as one still sending hair raising shivers down my spine
which following unpleasant...
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Categories:
lurked, abuse, adventure, angst, good friday, grave, mom,
Form:
Free verse
The Gilt Hours In-Between
I was a busy archaeologist, who enjoyed interesting and fulfilling work,
And I was very intrigued, with the ancient sites where mystery lurked.
My painstaking work caused me to travel, ofttimes to far distant lands,
As golden...
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Categories:
lurked, fantasy, imagery, mystery, nature, places, sunshine, time,
Form:
Couplet
Akula
AKULA
Mark and I caught the last plane from Ft. Lauderdale to New Orleans to escape Hurricane Andrew, leaving Akula ,our boat, tied up at Rolly Shipyard to face the wrath alone. The next few hell...
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Categories:
lurked, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Up Soup Creek Without a Paddle
[Every good story needs a sub plot, so…]
He watched from his vantage point on the bank’s roof
And looked out for folk that he knew were uncouth
His years on the run had made him aloof
But soon...
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Categories:
lurked, western,
Form:
Narrative
Fly Away Home
I enjoyed traveling greatly, and I had been countless places,
Like lovely fireflies of twilight, on their mellow moonlit races.
On my time away from work, I often went someplace exotic,
Like astronauts out in space, viewing galaxies...
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Categories:
lurked, april, family, fantasy, home, imagery, nature, travel,
Form:
Couplet
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow Old
You were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you cried out to me
and I loved you
with every ounce of...
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Categories:
lurked, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing up, life, mother,
Form:
Narrative
The Succubus
To the lord’s holy house did I this honest man so go,
On this Sabbath day of rest, to praise the almighty God
In the ancient chapel of worship, but low if I’d only
Known what lurked in...
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Categories:
lurked, adventure, conflict, fantasy, halloween, imagery, mythology, religious,
Form:
Free verse
To Help a Treasured Friend
Conflict was in turmoil at the thought
of what he'd done.
And the walls were quickly closing...
so he was forced to run.
Danger lurked at every turn
...
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Categories:
lurked, adventure, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Beware the Witches' Spell
“Hey, look there Jim, the young girl said
look at that rusty gate ahead?
Do you think we should go through?
...
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Categories:
lurked, imagery,
Form:
Rhyme