Long Official Poems
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Play Slipknot’s ‘Snuff’ song four times and use these lyrics:
(Do not use the official video clip. It has more than just the song.)
I still feel your pain within my skin…
Ripping out my heart again,
So I...
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Categories:
official, friend, heartbroken, lost love, love,
Form:
Lyric
Poems About Poems ViPoems about Poems VI
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood?
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the Muse
with reprimands of Dr. Seuss.
The...
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Categories:
official, extended metaphor, heaven, muse, passion, poems, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Verse IiiSalve
by Michael R. Burch
for the victims and survivors of 9-11
The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering images,
sometimes we still touch,
laughing, amazed,
that our flesh
does not despair
of love
as...
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Categories:
official, body, desire, kiss, love, together, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
The Swoon Hypothesis - Part 2
"The Swoon Hypothesis" - Part 2
Arimathea stands next to you and I on the deck, soon we are back in Nazareth, you press into my palm,
“A very rare Dubunni coin” you say - on...
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Categories:
official, imagery, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
...
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Categories:
official, celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Sonnets Xc-XcviiSonnets XC-XCVII
Artificial Smile
by Michael R. Burch
I’m waiting for my artificial teeth
to stretch belief, to hollow out the cob
of zealous righteousness, to grasp life’s stub
between clenched molars, and yank out the grief.
Mine must be art-official?zenlike Art?
a...
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Categories:
official, art, grave, grief, life, night, pain, smile,
Form:
Sonnet
Growing Up, La - Part 2- - Chapter 2: Adult Responsibility (With Some Breaks) - -
By ten years old, no weekends off,
Or Saturday cartoons,
Although I did have cash to spend,
I felt my...
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Categories:
official, life, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Happy Fourth of July, Or Happy Independence DayHappy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day
On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in...
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Categories:
official, america, birthday, celebration, firework, food, freedom, fun,
Form:
List
Classified Part FourI was hungry and headed to one of the tents that had been set up as a field kitchen and noticed Tim who came over to talk to me , he said that he was...
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Categories:
official, science fiction,
Form:
Prose
The Ash CanThe Ash Can ©
I got the call on Sunday night. I was traveling on business. When I looked at the caller ID
I wondered why my husband’s boss would be calling me....
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Categories:
official, bereavement, introspection, lost love, suicide,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: The Hawaiian Church in KalapanaI stood at the top of our dirt driveway looking back at our two-story house. It's kind of a long house where, from our second-floor windows, you can see cars driving on the lane road...
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Categories:
official, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, christian, family, happiness, religion,
Form:
Narrative
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 98The Council room, back on the fifth floor of the Keep, was quite busy upon their arrival. They stood just outside of the door waiting for the councilman to complete the business at hand...
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Categories:
official, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Ending In a Deadly Minor KeySo here's my question for this dawning day,
like a WinWin ruminating message in a bottle
floating through a LoseLose climate sea
felt still foggy from last night,
some mysterious how now;
One of many
health related strategic WinLose issues
tuning out...
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Categories:
official, anger, anti bullying, dark, fear, green, grief,
Form:
Political Verse
On the Need To Avoid Being Envious: Canto Xvii, K161, K162 of the Thiruk-KuralOn the need to avoid being envious: Canto XVII, K161, K162 of the THIRUK-KURAL, Translation with Commentary
[ ENVY, of course, knows no racial nor ethnic boundaries, but I wouldn't be wrong, I dare say, ...
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Categories:
official, evil, hate, jealousy, racism, tamil,
Form:
Couplet
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 92“So, you do not wish to present your daughter to me in joining,” Joulupukki looked directly at Raðulfr and spoke in a serious tone. “Well, this may change things. I thought she was...
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Categories:
official, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 105The next event to be held for Joulupukki was the coronation, which followed closely behind his parent's burial. He was very wary of what he would say at this event. Virtually every elf on...
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Categories:
official, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
The Cascade Adventures - Part 1It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. Been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals, having to settle for photos found on Google Images: emerald pine trees,...
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Categories:
official, adventure, friend, mountains, nature, snow,
Form:
Haibun
Cascade Adventures --- Pt 1It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. I've been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals and having to settle for photos found on Google Images: emerald...
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Categories:
official, adventure, beauty, childhood, confidence, fun, mountains, nature,
Form:
Haibun
Diary Notes: Another Day Sets In ParisDIARY NOTES : Mad-House Maths
March 30th., 2018 - Another day sets in Paris
The home-bound Octogenarian trundles from the Mall's town centre
Back laden with the day's shopping
His hands numb from clutching load-packed plastic bags during the...
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Categories:
official, abuse, french, inspirational, judgement, life, violence,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Translation of Eric Mottram's a Faithful Private - 7 -Excerpts From Notes On Poetics By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s A Faithful Private 7 with excerpts from “Notes on Poetics” by T. Wignesan
(Note: With this post, I bring to a close EM’s pamphlet collection: Faithful Private, GENERA editions by Colin Simms,...
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Categories:
official, england, poetry, political, power,
Form:
Free verse
the 3rd floorThis was last Saturday night. We were at a rooftop party in downtown New Haven thrown by ‘DocHouse.’ Doc-House is kind of a frat-house, owned by Dr. Melon, where he and seven doctoral students live....
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Categories:
official, humor, school, social, student,
Form:
Free verse
A Rum n Raisin Special - Seeking MiltonTheir human ma and pa were spark out in reclining chairs
But Rum and Raisin watched the TV with enraptured stares
The western had just ended with the credits rolling past
And Raisin said, “That gunslinger was super...
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Categories:
official, cat, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Once Upon a TimeTwo of the greatest gifts that God ever gave to mankind ...
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Categories:
official, age, time,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Unquotable Quotes: Paris the Last Week of the August Reprieve - Xxxv Part OneUnquotable quotes: Paris, the last week of the August reprieve – XXXV
Part One ...
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Categories:
official, august, autumn, farewell, september, society,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
So It WasSo it was that the night transcended peacefully over my head
Taking me through thick clouds,landing me upon parched land
Spilling tranquil moments into daylight complexity.
So it was that I found myself among a crowd of...
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Categories:
official, angel, blessing, christian, dream, faith, future,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue