Long Onto Poems
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The Amistad MutinyThe Amistad Mutiny
Slavery, a dirty word no matter how it’s pronounced:
Abducted and herded to the slave fortress of Lomboko1 for trade.
To be tossed in chains below deck on the Portuguese ship Tecora,2
Sailing the Atlantic Middle...
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Categories:
onto, africa, america, history, racism, slavery, world,
Form:
Verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 29Somehow,
Forward, and headlong
I knew it was day again
There was a shift in the dark mutterings of the Devil,
Who now refused to sleep as I refused to sing,
Almost an anticipation in his voice,
As if he...
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Categories:
onto, adventure, bible, conflict, endurance, inspirational, love, war,
Form:
Epic
Oak
"Oak"
The guardians
stood around and
shook their heads
great thoughts
quivering
from the ground, roots up,
as if to walk
confidently
with great armies
yet hesitation
was witnessed
in their waving gestures
perplexed
and touching
green crowns,
there they...
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Categories:
onto, dark, journey, light, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Messenger
"The Messenger"
Love is rich with
venom and honey.
there was a female ...
snake,
it watched
with green-eyed
avarice, covetting
a dove’s nest
the dove,
was white as snow,
not young, getting on,
tiny flecks of grey
the dove
alone,...
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Categories:
onto, dark, journey, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
That Long Evening
When you came to me...
Not that you wanted me. Oh, no! It was I who wanted you,
Your comfort... your caring... your
... compassion, your compassion...
Your body, beautiful and young, perhaps that as well at...
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Categories:
onto, feelings, lost, thank you,
Form:
Free verse
Open Oceans
"Open Oceans"
Kneeling on pearls
wisdom preys
praying
preying
hungry hearts
count the days
wasting away
in all that preying
for prayers
to be answered
children become
strangers
reading
strange words
finding
themselves puzzled
genuflecting to a deity
they do not know, nor wish to
fumbling
mouths closed,
swallowed hole
in the...
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Categories:
onto, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
The Payload
"The Payload"
The payload
came crashing down
like rain expelled
from the fat belly
of a ruinous pregnant cloud
bilious with buxom promise
it came crashing down
like school fish released
from the tight confines
of a course rope...
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Categories:
onto, fantasy, muse, mystery, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Frequency
“Frequency”
we are separated
from the others
by a thin membrane
electromagnetic
we are receptors
unignited ununited
only tuned into our own
frequency
existing to be lit
the fuses touching
reaching delicately
that which we do
and do not see,
believe
answers embedded
in tablets read...
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Categories:
onto, future, humanity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Rum N Raisin 3 - the Cat Who Fell To EarthRaisin liked to make her bed upon a shelf up high
She said she likes the feeling that she’s almost in the sky
One day she fell and bonked her head and Rum could only stare
And wondered...
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Categories:
onto, cat, fantasy, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Narrative
My Most Popular Poems On the Internet IiMy most popular poems on the Internet (II)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lot...
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Categories:
onto, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The True Mother
“The True Mother”
What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow
bleed out Life’s dreams
rust crumbles to dust
Virulent apathy spreads
Betrayal’s destruction
hand...
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Categories:
onto, betrayal, imagery, love, mother daughter, psychological, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Medieval Poems IvMedieval Poems IV
IN LIBRARIOS
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.
Brut (circa 1100 AD, written by Layamon, an excerpt)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R....
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Categories:
onto, angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
Form:
Rhyme
This Is Feminist UsIt's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.
I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.
A veteran,
about...
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Categories:
onto, anger, fear, humor, integrity, mental illness, military,
Form:
Political Verse
Chapter 48 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and Damian JuniorYear 2031 would soon come
To a close. Everyone will be
A little wiser.
Damian Junior wanted a
Girlfriend and he was soon to
Be 13. Amadeus and
Desharah will both turn 10.
The oldest kids had a desire to
Add...
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Categories:
onto, beautiful, birth, black love, business, cute, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
Two Wrongs Worth a RightToday, our first “All About Me” History class begins
when we comprehend every day and night
co-arises with “All About We”
full-octave
Zero-centric
bicamerally encultured
and regenetically reiterated
in and through,
by and for,
before and after,
each moment of Earth Tribe’s timeless surfing times.
If...
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Categories:
onto, culture, earth, humor, integrity, philosophy, political, universe,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 65 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Xiv 2 : the Family VacationIt was at this point 11 o'clock
At night. Damian Left Molly and
Checked on the seven. Everybody
Was fine. He returned to
Business. Molly was no longer
Afraid she knew she was in the...
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Categories:
onto, 7th grade, beach, beauty, child, grandmother, parents,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 92 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Family AffairsNext day new school day.
Amadeus was the first to
Wake then he woke DJ and
Damali And all three went for
The showers. Twenty minutes
Later they woke everybody else
Including the adults. The Hakim
Children...
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Categories:
onto, beach, christmas, emotions, family, first love, leadership,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 98 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Teenager Invaders MisbehaviorLate evening March 2045
The Teenagers were adventurous
They were venturing. DJ and
Damali Trech were both 18 years
Old. The Copy Cat Club was the
Place to be for teens. It mostly
Served...
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Categories:
onto, confidence, courage, emotions, father daughter, father son,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 64 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen- Vacation XivDamian Stood with the front
Door opened and said, "Family!
We will be leaving in fifteen
Minutes. Do whatever you have
To before we hit the road. Use
The bathroom whatever!
Come on!! HAKIM!! About 7
minutes...
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Categories:
onto, bridal shower, business, chanukah, child, devotion, father
Form:
Alliteration
The Flash Mob ApplicationI'd like to apply for a permit
for a protest march
on the Washington Mall.
Lovely idea.
But, we're only issuing Mall permits
for Song and Dance Events.
I think this might be a violation of my Rights
to Free Speech.
I see...
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Categories:
onto, america, culture, health, humanity, humor, integrity, music,
Form:
Political Verse
A Christmas Snow Angel - Part 1The young lady's car slowed to a stop ...
As she pulled as far off the highway, (onto the shoulder), as she could
(Allowing for any snow plow that might come along).
She had chosen poorly this time
Believing...
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Categories:
onto, angel, appreciation, christmas, snow, uplifting,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Plural Sky and the Temptation of Its Mirrored Eyes
I melt into the plural sky
its rippling tableaus of tomorrow
underneath open light waves
see-saws the labyrinth
like Delphi tendrils crossing channels
all the changing faces played
automatic, embedded in misty consort
with Hyde-Lees and Yeats
love-crushed oracles
ghostwriting...
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Categories:
onto, i am, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 108 -- Damian Dj Delilah Mallory Damali Cj: the New Temple and Djs BirthdayDate: January 4 2046
Damali and DJ were active in the
Small house sprucing up for their
Day. "Hey happy birthday partner!"
Damali jostled DJ. In the main house
Now 11 morning time. Damian had
Plans...
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Categories:
onto, color, confidence, deep,
Form:
Alliteration
Visit To AntietamAlone I arrive, walking from Frederick
over the gaps, across gentle hills
out onto a knoll
overlooking this burnished landscape.
Before me I see countless writhing rows
of indiscernible shapes gathered
in terrible rituals mid fire and smoke
darkening the sun.
From distant...
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Categories:
onto, america, conflict, history, together, war,
Form:
Ode
GilgameshGILGAMESH . . .
Story has it you used your power to run amuck
Putting fear into the people, and brides in Unuk
So the people of Unuk pray to the sky God Anu
To sort out...
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Categories:
onto, adventure, best friend, brother, character, deep, emotions,
Form:
Epic