Long Numbing Poems
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Salvation of a Formalist, An Ode To EntropySalvation of a Formalist, an Ode to Entropy
by Michael R. Burch
Entropy?
God's universal decree
That I get to be
Disorderly?
Suddenly
My erstwhile boxed-in verse is free?
Wheeeeee!
Eternal Currents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm...
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Categories:
numbing, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, write, writing,
Form:
Light Verse
The BartenderTwenty two years had passed by
She blinked, and a lifetime had passed
She started this job as a lark
She never thought it would last
Two husbands and rehab were part of this bar
The husbands...her clients all...
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Categories:
numbing, america, community, family, heart, society, strength, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Sonnets Xlii-LiSonnets XLII-LI
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.
Footprints on beaches
now flooding with water;
the small, broken ribcage
of some primitive slaughter...
So near, yet so far.
A Surfeit of...
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Categories:
numbing, bereavement, death, death of a friend, funeral,
Form:
Sonnet
Free Verse IiNucleotidings
by Michael R. Burch
“We will walk taller!” said Gupta,
sorta abrupta,
hand-in-hand with his mom,
eyeing the A-bomb.
“Who needs a mahatma
in the aftermath of NAFTA?
Now, that was a disaster,”
cried glib Punjab.
“After Y2k,
time will spin out of control anyway,”
flamed...
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Categories:
numbing, angel, child, childhood, children, family, time, world,
Form:
Free verse
The Girl With Eyes As Black As CrowsOn that night the moon seemed hidden from her starry brothers
The kind of night not suited for the fighters nor the lovers
I ventured out only to put out the low burning lamp
When there I saw...
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Categories:
numbing, dark, death, fantasy, murder, mythology, night, scary,
Form:
Narrative
recognizin’ you, realizing somethin’ moreDeliberately recognizing the sun against the moonbeams
I see your eyes gleam and your happiness screams
Into my eager ears over the years and I’m tension-whelmed with the tears I shed
Hanging at the last thread, giving in...
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Categories:
numbing, angst, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Anticipation of RealitySo cramped ...
Strain to move,
Flex and budge in tiny increments ...
That's the limit.
Constantly testing, trying,
Pushing, pressing ...
Constrict, exert, constrict, struggle,
Spin slowly, push ...
That's it. That's all.
Nothing more.
But it helps ... relief,
A body sigh ...
But only...
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Categories:
numbing, birth, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Quest of the Heart: Chapter OneOf Ghosts and Fiends in Twilight
The sun sank low on the darkening horizon
Grey mist hung adrift over the land thickening
A cold, brisk autumn wind held and embraced me
With my horse’s pace and that of...
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Categories:
numbing, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
King of the CastleThe King of the Castle
Said I’m but a child
Afraid of the world outside
Afraid to run wild and to be proud
Of the freedom it provides
Afraid of love
Afraid of the dark
Said you...
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Categories:
numbing, betrayal, corruption, depression, evil, lost, memory, mental
Form:
Narrative
The Miles of SmilesIf I can walk ten thousand miles
Just to see your sunlit smiles,
I’d die ten thousand more times
Maybe, a billion times per chime; this time, I’ve committed love crimes
If I can walk infinity times infinity,
Would I...
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Categories:
numbing, angst, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
The Love Song of L Marie ModenbachWe disagree
I want to breathe people
Feel a timeless, immortal pulse
My solitude is anonymous observation
Strolling in unnoticed contemplation through worlds stacked upon worlds
The Flâneuse
My sustenance is colorful variety
Diving into the expressionism of bizarre fringes
Taste testing any...
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Categories:
numbing, change, emotions, growth, humanity, love, society, together,
Form:
Free verse
The Whiskey Bottle WishThe Whiskey Bottle Wish
One late summer night outside a saloon in the mid-west, an intoxicated Dusty Rogers, stumbles out of the Bar nearly taking one of the revolving doors with him. As he flutters...
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Categories:
numbing, bible, drink, judgement,
Form:
Narrative
The Devastation of the BrokenSudden movement of my heart, a shattered piece of art,
Broke me apart from the start…rolling in the inner death-cart
Heartrate going sky high — I won’t lie nor can I deny that life cuts deep...
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Categories:
numbing, angst, betrayal, conflict, deep, depression, endurance, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Word Fantasy In F Sharp Minor In 3 MovementsWord Fantasy in F Sharp Minor (3 Movements)
1
(Andante con moto)
Hey man. Take this.
I got it last night,
under a fractured street light,
with shattered pieces of clear glass, scattered
at the nexus of an obscure dark freeway...
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Categories:
numbing, allegory,
Form:
Free verse
Dawn That Went From Awry Sad To Naught Bad - Glad I Made a Stand, So Granddawn that went from awry sad to NAUGHT bad — glad I made a stand, So Grand
Dove into the waters that once consumed me
Will I ever be free? Will I ever be happy as can...
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Categories:
numbing, emotions,
Form:
Lyric
Traumatic brain injury headachesI shan't try and be witty an engage in the norm
peeking through such pain my eyes see dim
as crushing temporal lesion push against
soft tissue endings pounding my optic nerves
from my forehead...
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Categories:
numbing, allah, angel, car, care, dedication, depression, home,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Addiction Part 2You ask how I really am when you damn well know,
My world is crumbling right now.
But I'll be fine,
Just give it some time,
Just take it one day at a time.
This isn't the first time,
Nor will...
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Categories:
numbing, addiction, anger, anxiety, crazy, depression, drug, how
Form:
Free verse
Parallel HeavynI’m going cray-cray some say…crazy in love, baby…
But, hey, I’m feeling fine up in here
Boldness and bravery today…went through me…
Shedded a tear with no fear…fear…
I’m corny and punny all in one
I’m the sun that shines…much...
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Categories:
numbing, deep, emotions, faith, freedom, happiness, happy, words,
Form:
Free verse
Shattered, Scattered, TrashedHello again Conscious, my dear friend
hello again dear mirror, my wake up call
hello again myself, it's too early for this but it needs to be said
No one will understand my turmoil, decisions, incentives
my numbing drive...
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Categories:
numbing, how i feel, hurt,
Form:
Bio
Palestine will be Free!!!POEM: Welcome to Palestine. The land of the prophets and the martyrs.
Let’s show show some respect, and bow down in humility…
Gaza may be small, but their angels are all over and as far as...
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Categories:
numbing, allah, christian, freedom, islamic, jewish, religious, war,
Form:
Rhyme
I Ain'T a Game To Play With - Chapter 1 - Betrayal Snipped Heart Strings- Written August 11, 2018
Exhausted, you're playing as a suicidal victim once more
Confusion sucked me dry all the more to the deep core
Thaw me like frozen ground beef…
Give me some microwaving relief
Hate the actions you make...
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Categories:
numbing, love hurts, lust, men, moving on, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Donald Trump Must Be Permanently LambastedDonald Trump must be permanently lambasted...
and ewe know what else...
furloughed & barred from Whitehouse
Ducks of former self proclaimed Grand Poobah
getting lined up and goosed as these words typed
after trumpeting January 6th, 2021
as violent insurrection
Mitch Mcconnell...
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Categories:
numbing, abuse, america, corruption, destiny, grave, horror, january,
Form:
Free verse
Anyone For Humiliation anyone for humiliation
do even the best cringe
in shame
...
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Categories:
numbing, abuse, angst, courage, life, moving on, vanity,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Deep Roots of RacismWhen God created this world, everything was nice and dandy and perfect,
But the disobedience of Adam and Eve introduced sin and sowed defect,
Soon thereafter sin manifested itself as envy, hatred, and murder,
As their first son...
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Categories:
numbing, america, black african american, discrimination, hate, murder,
Form:
Rhyme
A Letter in Forewarning of Melancholia--Part Ii(continued from, "An Epistle Warning against Melancholia: an Allegory--Part I," where somewhere in late 18th-century Europe a friend, Laetitia, by way of a letter warns her beloved girlfriend, Euphoria--a young, gay and unsuspecting mistress--against the...
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Categories:
numbing, depression, friend, metaphor, philosophy, psychological, uplifting, wisdom,
Form:
Prose