Long Mangled Poems
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The Shape of Mourning
by Michael R. Burch
The shape of mourning
is an oiled creel
shining with unuse,
the bolt of cold steel
on a locker
shielding memory,
the monthly penance
of flowers,
the annual wake,
the face in the...
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Categories:
mangled, beauty, death, desire, life, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
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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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Categories:
mangled, dream, flower, hair, longing, love, pain, sensual,
Form:
Sonnet
Medical Madnesshttps://gigglespoet.com/#jp-carousel-66 My scars from a misdiagnosis are my armor
Lord, old memories plague me in the darkness
And as they rear their ugly head
They only remind me of all that I've lost...
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Categories:
mangled, abuse, bereavement, betrayal, birth, courage, endurance, faith,
Form:
Quintain (English)
My HellI fall down
deeper and deeper
into oblivion
nothing
only darkness.
the sounds of evil
dripping into my ears
slithering farther
and sliding down into me
filling me with echoes.
terror courses through
my veins
into each cell
turning them against
me
they are no longer mine
they follow another
a stronger...
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Categories:
mangled, betrayal, death, evil, fear, horror, pain, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
I Dodged a BulletHalf a dozen girls, at least, were on my list of ‘maybes’, as I was on the prowl to find a date for junior prom,
When I was coaxed to think about a girl who lived...
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Categories:
mangled, high school,
Form:
Narrative
Mom's Old Photos - 2nd Half Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
...
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Categories:
mangled, memory, mom,
Form:
Narrative
Another Cruel Link In Their Chain Another Cruel Link in their Chain
1. Beginnings
Her babe was her joy, such a beautiful boy,
and he suckled her breast till the end.
The slaver sought cash, bestowed mammy a thrash,
sold her...
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Categories:
mangled, body, life, men,
Form:
Ballad
Beating the Odds -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationThese two lived through a devastating hurricane -
The morning started out like any other standard day. The sky was partly cloudy and the breeze was soft and warm.
An empty little rain cloud drifted by...
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Categories:
mangled, storm,
Form:
Narrative
Mrs Bell - Both Audio and TextThis piece demonstrates how lasting the bond can be that often develops between young children and their schoolteachers.
...
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Categories:
mangled, inspirational, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
If My Heart Was a BackpackOn the outskirts of the city
a young woman walked
gazing at art and viewing it lovingly.
Inside her bright red backpack
that carried the contents of her life
was a painting.
The painting was years old
and at one point...
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Categories:
mangled, feelings, i miss you, loneliness, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
The 'Vice-Canceler' of 'Joizey'Officer Gwendolyn Becker - a “newbie” - at Newark P. D. down in 'Joizey', was combin’ the streets for a couple o’ thieves who’d been holdin’ up stations and stores...
When - back in an alley...
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Categories:
mangled, violence,
Form:
Narrative
Whispers Of Hell POTDDISCLAIMER : THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE
IN ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE IN FRANCE WHICH TOOK PLACE
ON JUNE 1OTH 1944
TO MY READERS , " SOME LINES IN THIS POEM ARE GRAPHIC , AND
SOME MAY FIND...
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Categories:
mangled, death, god, history, war,
Form:
Rhyme
To War, From Youthoh youth in all its callow shades
is from our hope, precisely made
...
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Categories:
mangled, war,
Form:
Epic
Embellishing - 1st HalfHere's the scoop, friends...
This is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way...
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Categories:
mangled, car, humor,
Form:
Narrative
The Returning
"The Returning"
Inside us all
a strange forest
where light and dark
are fed to us by
curious creatures,
their unexpected gods
in thoughts and deeds
joy and fear
hate and love
belief and disbelief
inwards
our dreams
turn to
The...
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Categories:
mangled, muse, mystery, philosophy,
Form:
Narrative
La La Di Dah Dah LaEarth dwelling mongeese are neither toys nor coins and pedalling backwards then forward is not considered the primary way of jet propulsion off a very high hill. So one two ping means fried rice coming?...
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Categories:
mangled, allusion, baptism,
Form:
I do not know?
Dracula's CastleIn the eases softening breeze leaves rustle in the crisp
Autumn air, as the creeping shadows begin to claim the
Hallows of the darkening night, layer by layer the blackness
Swallows whole the last remaining essence of light,...
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Categories:
mangled, adventure, gothic, halloween, history, holiday, horror, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
I Am Not His PropertyI wake up with a great startle.
My Obama EarthTribe CoOperative WinWin GlobalVillage Dream
was merely my hibernation.
I dreamed we share richly valued properties from healthy-wealthy African Elders,
but awake, once again,
only to painfully remember
I am now merely...
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Categories:
mangled, body, culture, dream, earth, love, psychological, slavery,
Form:
Political Verse
The SeekerTHE SEEKER
A weaving’s blending is spun within the soil of the discontent,
Legends are the roots of cultures, stories woven within the
Fabrics of societies, but the colors of truth reveal the shocking
Details of wrong deeds,...
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Categories:
mangled, betrayal, conflict, dedication, fear, halloween, holiday, horror,
Form:
Free verse
Corona Christmastwiglets embrace as thorns and flowers
...
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Categories:
mangled, christmas,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
mangled, fantasy, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
NumbSensing the death of something
That once brought more life than
The heartbeat or breath, faith
In the beautiful and intimate places
Where light kisses away the darkness
And music replaces the most horrible
Dread with a feeling so blessed,
So...
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Categories:
mangled, anxiety, divorce, emotions, pain, sad love,
Form:
Free verse
The Black DahliaA phantom beauty sheathed within a gown of utter darkness,
Stalks the lonely avenues of Los Angeles, seeking in vengeances
Revenge for her murder to bring him unto justice’s final damnation!
On the corner of thirty-Ninth Street she...
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Categories:
mangled, america, grief, halloween, holiday, imagination, violence, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Don'T Leave Me AgainDon't know where to start nor how to explain
She was in essence of Juliet, the sun
She was the wife of Atlas, the second holder of the world
my world...
It's too painful to think about
yet it doesn't...
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Categories:
mangled, cry, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form:
Free verse
To Run Or Not To Run-Collaboration With Silent One~Collaboration with Silent One~
Laura Loo's Poem: PART I- A child thinking about running away
Neglected…unprotected…
frayed from the inside
impaired…nobody cared…
I have no mother to nourish my unhealthy soul. My father
loved the bottle and the bruises combined with...
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Categories:
mangled, abuse, betrayal, cry, children, hurt,
Form:
Free verse