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Gluttonous Connoisseur of Ethnic Culinary CuisinesYours truly would never be confused for a gourmand, nevertheless I could enjoy experiencing taste testing select food samples if offered an opportunity of attending a fancy feast viz smörgåsbord, whereby oral indulgence would arouse,...
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Categories:
nostrils, addiction, appreciation, birthday, blessing, chicago, dream, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Grand Mother Eartha's DreamMy husband and I always enjoy visiting
GrandMother Eartha
on Mother's Day
She often shares
last night's dreams,
which too often follow rather disturbing peak experience themes
Because,
you know,
or maybe not because,
how would I know?
Dreams about Her Straight White AlphaMale trauma
were...
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Categories:
nostrils, culture, earth day, health, mothers day, political,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Poems About Adam, Eve, Lucifer, Eden and the FallPoems about Adam, Eve, Lucifer
Eden
by Michael R. Burch
Then earth was heaven too, a perfect garden.
Apples burgeoned and shone, unplucked on sagging boughs.
What, then, would the children eat?
Fruit indecently sweet,
redolent as incense, with a tempting aroma...
Outcasts
by...
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Categories:
nostrils, bible, christian, creation, god, heaven, paradise, sin,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween Poems Ivthe Horror
by Michael R. Burch
the Horror lurks inside our closets
the Horror hides beneath our beds
the Horror hisses ancient curses
the Horror whispers in our heads
the Horror tells us Death is coming
the Horror tells us there’s no...
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Categories:
nostrils, dark, death, evil, grave, halloween, horror, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Whats Behind the CurtainI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
nostrils, anxiety, dark, dream, imagery, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
BehindI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
nostrils, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form:
Blank verse
State of the Art IiState of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
nostrils, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
In the WildIN THE WILD
Early morning, we go for a drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At 6 o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that we have missed...
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Categories:
nostrils, adventure, africa,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Wild Re PostIN THE WILD
( Re Post)
Early one morning, we begin our drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At six o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that...
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Categories:
nostrils, animal,
Form:
Free verse
A Vain WordA Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under moss-stubbled oaks, full of whispers, complaining
to the darkening...
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Categories:
nostrils, autumn, beauty, extended metaphor, grief, heartbreak, moon,
Form:
Sonnet
Chapter 15 -- Damian and Polly: 2025 Another Year With PollyA cool February evening Damian was
Asleep. He felt somebody rubbing
His chest. "Leave me girl." Polly
Rolled out of bed and announced
"Damian, you should move in with me!
I want you to move in! Wake up...
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Categories:
nostrils, friend, good night, happiness, passion, women,
Form:
Alliteration
The Reluctant Serpent - a Fairy TaleOnce Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia
This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them.
Why they hang about, instead of scurrying off.
A reluctant snake...
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Categories:
nostrils, fairy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Pale Though Her Eyes: Vampire PoemVampire Poetry
Pale Though Her Eyes
by Michael R. Burch
Pale though her eyes,
her lips are scarlet
from drinking of blood,
this child, this harlot
born of the night
and her heart, of darkness,
evil incarnate
to dance so reckless,
dreaming of...
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Categories:
nostrils, dark, death, desire, evil, gothic, grave, horror,
Form:
Verse
TozzathPellucid pachyderms wade across
the purpling River Manjees
and Tozzath watches from the bank,
the seat of his maroon pantaloons soaked with mud,
his nostrils flaring with the fragrance of ombadalias,
whose lacey petals flutter
like the wings of long-dead...
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Categories:
nostrils, death, fantasy, girl, magic, word play,
Form:
Free verse
Vampires Are Such Fragile CreaturesVampires
by Michael R. Burch
Vampires are such fragile creatures;
we fear the dark, but the light destroys them...
sunlight, or a stake, or a cross—such common things.
Still, late at night, when the bat-like vampire sings,
we heed his voice.
Centuries...
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Categories:
nostrils, dark, death, gothic, halloween, horror, lust, night,
Form:
Verse
Yoga In Poem a Novel Approach Step 6Yoga in Poem A Novel Approach Step 6
Brahmari Pranayama or Humming Bee Breath
IMP. NOTE: Temporarily I am stopping new episodes
of Yoga in Poem due to personal reasons and will try
to restart Yoga in...
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Categories:
nostrils, health, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 6Upon this date he spoke no more of the preceding moments,
Tearing and hurling insult upon insult
In several directions, his tongue whipped and scorched me,
And he waited relentlessly to see the spark in my eyes...
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Categories:
nostrils, adventure, character, gothic, heart, love, philosophy, power,
Form:
Free verse
Know ThyselfKnow Thyself
(one of the two Delphic commands of Apollo)
For years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
nostrils, god, me, world, voice, creation, fear, me,
Form:
Elegy
Travel Light* This poem was written for a contest originally, but was used by Professor Anne-Marie Thornton of Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, to teach her WAR POETRY class in the spring semester of 2017. My...
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Categories:
nostrils, child, children, loss, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
travel light -Her small angelic face ...
Once a place where broad smiles bloomed like butterflies on marigolds,
is streaked with the furrows that countless tears have etched into the
layers of dust and dirt and explosive residue that now...
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Categories:
nostrils, child, conflict, courage, war,
Form:
Free verse
Long In the Tooth Male Doth Recount Reflect ReimagineLong in the tooth male doth recount, reflect, reimagine...
his woebegone damn dental daze today May 5th, 2021
No particular rhyme nor reason
garden variety indentured flunky (me)
revisits his salmagundi salad days,
when oral blight smote
left...
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Categories:
nostrils, 2nd grade, absence, age, body, cinco de
Form:
Rhyme
Know YourselfFor years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
nostrils, god, introspection, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
All That Was SpartaOur lusty voice was in the tramp of narrow, winding,
Scree-littered, deep-rutted roads;
Ravens, uttering guttural croaks, slow-wheeling above
...
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Categories:
nostrils, myth,
Form:
Rhyme
Week 1 - Brian's Poet of Note - 'Jack Gilbert'A Brief For The Defense
Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies
are not starving someplace, they are starving
somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils.
But we enjoy our lives because that's what God wants....
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Categories:
nostrils, joy, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
I Won'T Do You HarmCrystal light in the sky is in your eyes
I want to fly into your warm arms, no lies
Having the time of my life, of my life,
Admiring the daylight with no strife
So many colors vibrate in...
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Categories:
nostrils, hope, longing, passion,
Form:
Lyric