Long Orphaned Poems
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Various Heresies
If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
-Michael R. Burch
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Willy Nilly
Michael R. Burch
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
Isn’t it silly, Willy...
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Categories:
orphaned, atheist, christian, faith, god, heaven, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Verse
Ancient Haiku
These are translations of some of the oldest Japanese waka, which evolved into tanka, renga and haiku.
While you decline to cry,
high on the mountainside
a single stalk of plumegrass wilts.
—O no Yasumaro (circa 711), translation...
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Categories:
orphaned, culture, imagery, inspiration, international, metaphor, nature, poetry,
Form:
Haiku
Epilogue
if you have taken the time to browse through this eclectic collection of self-indulgent foolishness, I hope you’ve been entertained by the quirkiness of its content, or at the very least, annoyed by the pervasiveness...
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Categories:
orphaned, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Devils Rhapsody in Blue
Hypocrites sucking off the silicone tit
of the antichrist spirit.
Man infestation from the pit of
deliriot.
In hallowed halls of discord, whispers echo,
the chorus of the damned proletariat,
a venom, seeping...
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Categories:
orphaned, art,
Form:
Rhyme
Shaggy Dog Limericks: the All-Time Best -- Vote For Your Favorite
The Spaniel
A Spaniel that uses its head
Can tell when its owner’s unfed
So instead of a duck
That is down on its luck
Will deliver a pizza instead
The Afghan Hound
The Afghan’s a dog groomer’s...
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Categories:
orphaned, animal, cat, cute, dog, fun, humor, pets,
Form:
Limerick
Jane Eyre Crown
This is a Crown of Sonnets I wrote about one of my favorite books and movies (the version in 1943 with Liz Taylor, who was only 11 had a small role, Joan Fontaine and Orson...
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Categories:
orphaned, life,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Robinson Crusoe
I killed my friend,
I never wanted,
Do not see me cruel,
I did it for love.
We both ran naked
Under this influential shower.
No one uncoupled his lips
Against this faint madness,
We were indebted,
Either had to earn the prize.
It was...
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Categories:
orphaned, bereavement, betrayal,
Form:
Imagism
Brains and Guts: The Write, Right, Rite of Revolution
Brains and guts orbit the soul—
that polar star searing in the marrow of being.
I was born somewhere between Einstein’s neurons
Ginsburg beat poetry, the birth of rock and roll, revolution marches,
and the calloused hands of a...
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Categories:
orphaned, courage, destiny, history, imagery, metaphor, philosophy, social,
Form:
Spoken Word
A British Diary Passing Millenium
The ask of cultures.
Dutch to Portugal, do you think colonisation of fruit and lands and their inhabitants was the fairest exchange of our tactics of the strategy to wrestles of communication. They decided the...
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Categories:
orphaned, culture, time, travel, true love, trust, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Miracle On Ford Street
St Anthony's orphanage was founded some thirty years ago
For homeless and orphaned children, by a priest Father Angelo
Every child was made welcome; race and religion mattered not
And every Christmas Father Angelo ensured presents they all...
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Categories:
orphaned, care, children, christmas, prayer,
Form:
Narrative
Letters To the Lady
Troop ships loading, crowded docks
Mums and sisters waving off
Go with keepsakes, golden locks
Some men hug while many doff
Eric, soldier single stands
Beryl, lonesome widow cares
Many kissing holding hands
Eric stands and Beryl dares
Bump the soldier, make excuse
Apologizing...
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Categories:
orphaned, mother son, war, world war ii,
Form:
Rhyme
God's Zen Voice
Once upon this time
I was listening to the Christian Fathers
retell traditional stories
of God's election and predestination.
Predestination
is like being born into royalty,
power,
privileges of humane Earth's regenerative grace.
Election is more democratic.
Selection based on God's vote for mercy,
apparently,
because...
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Categories:
orphaned, blessing, culture, gender, god, health, strength,
Form:
Political Verse
Beauty In Disguise
My parents had both passed and I felt orphaned, alone --
Although I was married and lived hours away with a family of my own.
And today was a day I had dreaded for months
Silently traveling the...
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Categories:
orphaned, age, beauty, childhood, death, home, love, memory,
Form:
Free verse
The Pied Piperess
Orchestrated they succumb onto her board scene ~ As success thrills the ordained Queen of mean—poet
Once upon a time, there was a Queen with a magic flute in her throat
Beknownst to all the villagers...
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Categories:
orphaned, evil, parody,
Form:
Prose
Maman - Translation of Kevin Gilbert's Mum By T Wignesan
Mama – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « Mum » by T. Wignesan
Kevin Gilbert (July 10, 1933 – April 1, 1993) - father of Irish-English ancestry, mother an aboriginal from New South Wales - was orphaned...
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Categories:
orphaned, depression, discrimination, mother, murder, poverty, violence,
Form:
Free verse
Paper Ghosts In An Upside Down World
Written words
Lines and verses
Poetry
Fragments of an author's soul
Frozen ink on paper
Entombed emotions
Imprisoned ideas
Trapped thoughts
Sentient silhouettes
Paper phantoms
Paper ghosts
School during a civil war
In six easy steps
A place of learning and reason
A propaganda soup cauldron
A refuge of normality...
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Categories:
orphaned, death, education, evil, nature, pain, poetry, war,
Form:
Free verse
Horizon Winkling Cosmos
wobbling
earth
Phoebus
slipover
&
...
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Categories:
orphaned, analogy, autumn, creation, inspirational, meaningful,
Form:
Other
Unquotable Quotes: Witch-Doctors and Tribal Headmen - Xxv Part Two
Unquotable quotes: Witch-Doctors and Tribal Headmen – XXV (Part Two)
Which Asian “King” would crown himself “Emperor” during an elaborate theatrical ceremony while facing and exhorting the ruins of his Illustrious Ancestor’s capital?
Which commoner army captain...
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Categories:
orphaned, allegory, bullying, child abuse, humanity, people, truth,
Form:
Epigram
TransplanT
Aided by the wind,
entities take flight like prismatic colors-
talismanning chanced direction
"of watering misfit eye",
looking for a new place
to touchdown...
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Categories:
orphaned, angel,
Form:
Rhyme
A Genocide Story- My Mother's Eyes
They dragged my mother away
kicking and screaming
arms outstretched towards
my little sister
who lay dying on the ground
her lips parched
her eyes sunken
her wasted arms reaching out
“Myreik (Mother), don’t leave me!”
My father pulled my mother away
the...
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Categories:
orphaned, death, feelings,
Form:
Narrative
Yet I Remain Faithful
Filthy and foul I found you,
garnished in grime,
drenched in dust,
polluted in your own putrid blood,
orphaned, alone, helpless.
Pity overtook me to love,
to cleanse you of your stench,
to let you live.
As you came...
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Categories:
orphaned, betrayal, heartbroken, hurt, husband, love hurts, true
Form:
Free verse
If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxvi
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXXVI
IF ever I had a Country with or without any " Wood " in the aching aping Film Industry
And if ever (you know the refrain by now) I...
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Categories:
orphaned, dance, film, humor, sexy, sick, violence,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Sharon
Sharon
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 15
apologies to Byron
I.
Flamingo-minted, pink, pink cheeks,
dark hair streaked with a lisp of dawnlight;
I have seen your shadow creep
through eerie webs spun out of twilight...
And I have longed to kiss...
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Categories:
orphaned, beauty, body, hair, light, moon, night, sun,
Form:
Rhyme
the GAUD poems
Poems from "the GAUD poems" and "the ur poems"...
& GAUD said, “Let there be LIGHT VERSE
to illuminate the ‘nature’ of my Curse!”
—michael r. burch
reverse the Curse
with LIGHT VERSE!
recant the cant
with an illuminating chant,
etc.
—michael r. burch
Can...
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Categories:
orphaned, bible, christian, extended metaphor, god, light, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Bilocation
"A crescent dahlia floats, birthed in decay ~
midst emerald ferns,
where scars dance upon henna leaflets,
...
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Categories:
orphaned, deep, emotions, introspection, life, meaningful, metaphor, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse