Long Parchment Poems
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Family PoemsFamily Poems
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."
So more than "much, " much more than...
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Categories:
parchment, child, childhood, family, father, father son, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
parchment, fantasy, muse, mystery, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Short Stuff: EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...
Negotiables
by Michael R. Burch
Love should be more than the sum of its...
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Categories:
parchment, body, clothes, death, eulogy, introspection, love, obituary,
Form:
Epigram
Forever
“Forever”
When The Terrors came,
The Uncontrollable Ones,
she closed her eyes
and listened for the notes
her mother had planted
amongst the deep blues,
beds of Forget-Me-Nots,
she followed the
labyrinthine trail
and through a gate unhinged,
it would seem destroyed, thrown aside,
she...
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Categories:
parchment, dark, halloween, light, love, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
parchment, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About MothersPoems about Mothers
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."
So more than "much, " much more...
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Categories:
parchment, child, children, love, mother, mother daughter, mother
Form:
Rhyme
Fahr An' IceFahr an' Ice
by Michael R. Burch
From what I know of death, I'll side with those
who'd like to have a say in how it goes:
just make mine cool, cool rocks (twice drowned in likker),
and real fahr...
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Categories:
parchment, death, drink, fun, humor, humorous, light,
Form:
Light Verse
Otomo No Sakanoue No Iratsume TranslationTo a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh, my child living so far away,
do you pine for me...
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Categories:
parchment, child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form:
Tanka
And Still I Drive - Part OneStars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly staring back at my
Abject countenance with detached contempt and...
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Categories:
parchment, heartbreak, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Children IiPoems about Children II
On Looking into Curious George’s Mirrors
by Michael R. Burch
for Maya McManmon, granddaughter of the poet Jim McManmon
Maya was made in the image of God;
may the reflections she sees in those curious mirrors
always...
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Categories:
parchment, child, childhood, children, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandparents,
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 87“I don't know anything about that. I just do what I must.”
Bréagán's smile was sad but understanding. He knew what it was like to be pushed to do what seemed impossible. He...
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Categories:
parchment, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Pen ErrandI know that even when others deceive me, you can't decieve me with your blossoming ink of truth.
Go tell them what has happened to our budget,
Tell them that our budget is missing in a broad...
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Categories:
parchment, art, universe,
Form:
Epigram
The Mask of TourmalineTwice the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Yet again awoken by winter when the third was three in number.
I sense that a silence doth sneak ‘tween cracks of weathered wood,
Conniving with that which shadows...
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Categories:
parchment, anxiety, horror, imagination, mystery, myth, night, psychological,
Form:
Couplet
The Mask of AlabasterOnce the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Whence the winter woke me when the third was three in number.
I sense that a wince doth lurk and wear which wicked gaze,
Of conniving shadows cast between...
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Categories:
parchment, anxiety, confusion, deep, dream, education, fantasy, fear,
Form:
Couplet
Moonlight Sonatas and Morning KissesIn the realm of moons and breathless tides,
where promises dance with a serendipitous sonnet of sunrises,
along with morning kisses, unfolds a love story—
a poetic novel etched in the chronicles
within the hourglass of time,
a journey that...
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Categories:
parchment, best friend, blessing, devotion, inspirational love, love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Mask of LabradoriteThrice the night—the day!—both fell to sleepless slumber,
But now in Spring, though yet again: The third was three in number.
I sense a wince remind itself,
Of what it means to be,
Instead to beg for booked...
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Categories:
parchment, corruption, imagination, judgement, life, mystery, myth, psychological,
Form:
Rhyme
Soul QuotientI went out for the newspaper at the usual time this morning, shortly after 5AM, (yes, I'm one of the "odd few" who still enjoys the crisp feel of a morning paper in my hands),...
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Categories:
parchment, analogy, appreciation, earth, life, universe, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Original Mask of AlabasterA wince doth lurk wearing which wicked gaze,
Of conniving cast shadows ‘tween my windowpanes.
Gazing through the window’s diaphanous gelid glass,
I see a flushing fluorescent misty haze of frothy brass.
It floats aloft the frost of...
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Categories:
parchment, addiction, allusion, confusion, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Couplet
Arni Kleftiko Stolen LambArni Kleftiko Stolen Lamb
The Cypriots and Greeks have a few differences,
And can argue a great deal,
But both agree when it comes to ‘Kleftiko”
It has forever been, the most delectable
Traditional Greek meal,
That ever a bandit...
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Categories:
parchment, sky,
Form:
Rhyme
Queen CrowI refused to pick up this pen and vent the words etched in my mind
An invisible ball to float upon my thoughts like a sing a long as each letter forms a sentence I prolonged...
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Categories:
parchment, love, romance, time, today, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
Paper Ghosts In An Upside Down WorldWritten 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:
parchment, death, education, evil, nature, pain, poetry, war,
Form:
Free verse
The Golden PenLightly the rain falls upon the lamp lit streets, the shabbily dressed figure
Walks with an air of uncertainty down the cobbled stone streets, leaning,
On his rickety cane, the elderly gentleman huddles beneath his umbrella Of...
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Categories:
parchment, celebrity, dark, farewell, fear, halloween, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Two Worlds Split
"Two Worlds Split"
One world
fell into unlit hues
black swallows
black dogs their consort
murderous their crows
black wings of darkest blue
dark knight,
their oceans
locked in
another's,
lost eternally,
dark nighted
corralling
the purple heart bruised,
deadly nightshades pierce
the shadows hiding
under the...
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Categories:
parchment, dark, light, love,
Form:
Free verse
Abandoned Rhymes: Crumpled PagesI heard taunting echoes and scurrilous snarls.
It was my conscience, and I listened as it spoke
in accusations, contemptible remarks aimed at me.
Shameful words delivered to break my fallen spirit.
In mocking voice of Shakespeare's Hamlet, I...
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Categories:
parchment, depression, poetry,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Vitale's Fantasy Part Onetry me if you please as you are out spreading the disease
plagued by thoughts of granduer with affectionate melancholy
sparkling array of blissful care through the air
my very soul permeates a reason for being amidst the...
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Categories:
parchment, anxiety, art,
Form:
Free verse