Long Parchment Poems
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Family Poems
Family 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: Epigrams
Epigrams 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 Iv
State 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 Mothers
Poems 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' Ice
Fahr 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 Translation
To 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 One
Stars 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 Ii
Poems 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
Eldritch Hysterical Annihilation Syndrome
I walk o u t...
I am lost in unapproachable light—a spectral broth
I am tasting the screaming silence—the archetypal observer
dissects my essence-fossil Passion
a seismic rupture between life/death/rebirth
gnaws at my marrow This dilemma-kudzu
coils tight, constricting tomorrow's breath
Death...
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Categories:
parchment, halloween, horror, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
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
Literary Feud Among - Pt 2
Step Forward McCarthy vs. Hellman
What is this The Digital Crucible of Truth?
On a stage of scrutiny,
titans c l a s h— ...
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Categories:
parchment, emotions, judgement, literature, poetry, poets, rude, writing,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Pen Errand
I 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 Tourmaline
Twice 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 Alabaster
Once 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 Kisses
In 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 Labradorite
Thrice 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 Quotient
I 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 Alabaster
A 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
Stillness in November
Over harvested fields —
I walk beneath the fading afterglow
of a forgotten lantern a path worn
by wanderers older than the scroll of Zeno
its damp salve seeping through my coat
into my bones
Fog an Erebian curtain...
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Categories:
parchment, autumn, farm, november,
Form:
Pastoral
Ledger of Love: PART I
Ledger of Love
In the dim-lit chambers of the Victorian home,
Resides a wife, her heart a silent tome.
Once, love’s flame burned bright within her breast,
But now a thin whisp, a ghostly jest.
Her gaze averts from her...
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Categories:
parchment, confusion, desire, heartbreak, longing, love, marriage, sad
Form:
Narrative
Arni Kleftiko Stolen Lamb
Arni 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
The Mask of Black Spinel
Frice the week along with night had fallen to sleepless slumber,
Trapped again 'tween times when thirds are three in number.
I sense a grimace gurgle in these halls of boned wall,
The aching whims and shaking limbs:...
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Categories:
parchment, angst, dream, evil, horror, imagination, mental health,
Form:
Couplet
Queen Crow
I 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