Long Monument Poems
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EpitaphsEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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Categories:
monument, bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViJuvenilia: Early Poems VI
An Illusion
by Michael R. Burch
The sky was as hushed as the breath of a bee
and the world was bathed in shades of palest gold
when I awoke.
She came to me with the sound...
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Categories:
monument, poetry, poets, teen, teenage, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems XJuvenilia: Early Poems X
These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.
Regret
by Michael R. Burch
Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear...
once starlight
languished
in your hair...
a shining there
as brief
as rare.
Regret,
a pain
I chose to bear...
unleash
the torrent
of your hair...
and show me
once...
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Categories:
monument, age, child, children, dream, teen, time, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...
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Categories:
monument, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
Reveren' Carlton Whitney - Both Audio and TextReveren’ Carlton Whitney was the pastor of our church, and someone I looked up to as a child.
Six foot six, with piercing eyes, a booming voice, and yet…his disposition, thankfully - was mild.
The very...
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Categories:
monument, character, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
The Daily Star Tuesday IssueThe daily star Tuesday issue...
announces Summer Solstice 2023
regarding ray zing planetary earthlings
Wednesday, June twenty first
at 10:57 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates
most daylight hours of the year for
people...
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Categories:
monument, age, angel, appreciation, beautiful, creation, england, summer,
Form:
Free verse
A Poet of a Thousand WordsA poet of a thousand words
The pen garnished by the flame
Like a sea no desire knows
And love becomes the same
As poet to my love for thee
I confess between the lace
Of time and every sorrow made
I...
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Categories:
monument, love,
Form:
Free verse
Embrace the LinesEmbrace The Lines
Vitality marks gently stretch your soft skin beyond the wildest dreams of
beauty unbound where children had once or thrice embraced your womb
the soothing waters cushioning and cradling three miracles three water
marks engraved...
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Categories:
monument, life,
Form:
Free verse
The Daily Star Announces Summer Solstice 2022The daily star announces Summer Solstice 2022
Tuesday, June twenty first
at 5:13 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates
most daylight hours of the year for
people living the northern hemisphere.
Just shy...
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Categories:
monument, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration, creation, devotion, june,
Form:
Rhyme
The Word-Heroic Crown of SonnetsBEGINNINGS
The WORD was there before the dawn of time
the Trinity communed in sacred tongue
with sounds unheard, unspeakable, sublime
they uttered words of their unending Love.
With power in God's WORD the world was formed
and from His mouth...
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Categories:
monument, beautiful, bible, life, love, universe,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
She Believes In Lavender MoonsIntroduction: one of the nice aspects of having an oeuvre as a poet is the ability to see where you have changed over the years. this is such a poem where i can see the...
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Categories:
monument, faith, growth, myth,
Form:
Free verse
The Raven Has Fled“The ribbon is cut
The die is cast
The cement is dry
Yet nothing lasts
The brazen rewarded
The hero a fool
All reason outdated
New fury the tool”
A journey presented
Your ship to go far
With...
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Categories:
monument,
Form:
Rhyme
GrandadYou know when you are growing up
The stages you go through
Make you the way you are
They help to make you...YOU
The people who you deal with
Whether family or your friends
Are very influential
And they're with you 'till...
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Categories:
monument, age, appreciation, death, family, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Tavira, Algarve, My Home TownTavira
Tavira is my town
The place I call my home
Rich in history
Much like me
Many secrets does it hold
Ancient times still apparent
Different people now
A different time
How many footsteps have trodden the cobbled streets?
With donkeys or on...
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Categories:
monument, beach, community, holiday, home,
Form:
Free verse
Saguaro........Cactus
....Water Towers
Isolated desolates
Wrapped in spikes
Fluted aqua Greys
Or in military green
Reaching the skies
The desolate cacti
The desert fingers
Withholding blaze..
Desicating breeze..........
.Blistering freeze..................
Where not a blade....................
Nothin' germinate......................
Them root in dust.....................
Wasteland, gravel.....................
The fluted barrels......................
They shrink in dry......................
Bellow up...
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Categories:
monument, nature,
Form:
Concrete
Crazy Horse MonumentCrazy Horse Monument
Up there! On the Black Hills Mountain, 1
A work in progress sculptured in granite,
Of a stern faced warrior, strong and determined, 2
Unadorned in a war bonnet, with his hair flowing in the wind,
And...
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Categories:
monument, america, education, history, native american, tribute, usa,
Form:
Verse
Out of Toilet Papersilent issues
humanity
and the hypocrisy
of soft tissues
openly
running out of paper rolls
secretly
disgrace on humanity's cheeks silently rolls
there's a monument
on earth
to the unknown soldier
there's a monument
in the firmaments
to the unknown child
a well known secret
a hood by night...
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Categories:
monument, abuse, bullying, child abuse, children, corruption, culture,
Form:
Verse
Gospels
"Gospels"
Gospels are lost on a god
words are never hidden
under rocks
unturned stones
for the hiding
Poets caress swords
a legend firm in their hearts
undrawn they hold it out
as victor for witness
and target, practice
to fall on love
brutally...
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Categories:
monument, god, gospel, muse, poets, woman,
Form:
Free verse
A Monumental DisasterThe beautiful days were here again, as sunshine lit blue skies,
And I was happy with my work, which had seldom held surprise.
My job entailed overseeing, the raising of national monuments,
So that all could remember, a...
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Categories:
monument, creation, dream, fantasy, hero, inspiration, memorial, work,
Form:
Couplet
My Bucket ListMY BUCKET LIST
Years and years ago, I made a bucket list.
I looked everywhere and could not find it.
I don’t remember everything I listed,
so it’s time for a new one to be created
or just to go...
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Categories:
monument, adventure, journey, places, travel,
Form:
Free verse
I Am a TreeThings were not going anything close to my way that day. So, I decided
to take a walk through a lovely park among the green grass and trees.
No sooner than I sat under an old...
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Categories:
monument, earth, giving, life, tree,
Form:
Personification
Meet Me At the CemeteryMeet at the Cemetery
This is where I live
Meet me at the cemetery to make your final bid
One suitcase and one long gown
This is where I am bound
Bones and bones meet with bones
Dead bones, dried...
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Categories:
monument, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, character, community, confusion,
Form:
Narrative
AlienA.L.I.E.NS
(Advanced people Living In an Enigmatic world under a Nation with a Stentorian voice.)
Hear me, as I roar.
Hear me, as I walk on two than foe.
Hear me, as I pour this O.E all over the...
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Categories:
monument, dream, nostalgia, visionary, wisdom,
Form:
Imagism
Why What Reason Have IOften times I wonder if I may have missed
a greater calling or purpose in my life.
As a young man I was frivolous and non-sensical
when it came to asking the most important questions:
“Why am I...
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Categories:
monument, allusion, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Pearls Beneath the HarborOur bank accounts nearly emptied so we could afford a vacation; two young working girls who'd never been far from home. We were looking forward to finding love on a romantic tropical island. Maybe someone...
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Categories:
monument, people, places, world war ii,
Form:
Haibun