Long Park Poems
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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:
park, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Rejection Slips 2Rejection Slips 2
The Shape of Mourning
by Michael R. Burch
The shape of mourning
is an oiled creel
shining with unuse,
the bolt of cold steel
on a locker
shielding memory,
the monthly penance
of flowers,
the annual wake,
the face in the...
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Categories:
park, beauty, death, desire, life, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Ice Cream Gran 5 - Turbo, We Have a ProblemIt’s heading for our planet at ten thousand miles an hour
To stop it all the experts say we haven’t got the power
All the nukes in all the world won’t constitute a plan
So someone said, ‘All...
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Categories:
park, grandmother, hero, space,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poems IvPoems about Poems IV
The Toast
by Michael R. Burch
For longings warmed by tepid suns
(brief lusts that animated clay),
for passions wilted at the bud
and skies grown desolate and gray,
for stars that fell from tinseled heights
and mountains bleak...
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Categories:
park, allegory, allusion, appreciation, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
park, child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form:
Tanka
Free Verse IiNucleotidings
by Michael R. Burch
“We will walk taller!” said Gupta,
sorta abrupta,
hand-in-hand with his mom,
eyeing the A-bomb.
“Who needs a mahatma
in the aftermath of NAFTA?
Now, that was a disaster,”
cried glib Punjab.
“After Y2k,
time will spin out of control anyway,”
flamed...
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Categories:
park, angel, child, childhood, children, family, time, world,
Form:
Free verse
In the WildIN THE WILD
Early morning, we go for a drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At 6 o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that we have missed...
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Categories:
park, adventure, africa,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 57 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Polly: the Family Seventeen ViiOne week passed before Polly
Called. Molly and Dolly agreed
To change the meeting
Location. "We'll meet at the
Small Park near by where we
Used to live." Dolly called
Her mother and told
Her...
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Categories:
park, birth, brother, business, celebration, culture, desire, family,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 73 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Historical Hakims' Hit the Road10 o'clock am the morning
Quest: A country side bike ride.
Molly woke Dolly and Damian.
Woke Everyone on that July
Morning of 2038. They had a Bicycle
Expedition to tend to plus a newly
Minted swimming pool...
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Categories:
park, cancer, missing you, nonsense, rude, scary, visionary,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 18: Dolly Damian Molly and Polly: Love In DegreesDate: April 2026
The 1st degree is unknown
Damian and Polly had planned
The trip to the Copy Cat Club
For weeks with Dolly and Molly
The club was popping when
They hit the scene.
The DJ...
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Categories:
park, beautiful, culture, fun, good night, hello, integrity,
Form:
Alliteration
Fortunes Re ToldFORTUNES READ the sign displayed
TRINKETS, CHARMS AND SPELLS
The store had not been here yesterday
shades of candles, books and bell
Drapes were hung from side to side
The windows all were dark
Where was this place a day ago?
Just...
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Categories:
park, surreal,
Form:
Epic
In the Wild Re PostIN THE WILD
( Re Post)
Early one morning, we begin our drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At six o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that...
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Categories:
park, animal,
Form:
Free verse
The World Is a Small PlaneI have travelled through the cluttered corridors of my tired mind countless times.
I have reached deep into the dark abyss of my captive soul and in that profoundly disturbing darkness, I went searching to...
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Categories:
park, appreciation, faith, inspirational, love, self, strength,
Form:
Narrative
The JourneyOnce upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.
It was summer, but in mom's grey eyes
Was winter, when all around us dies.
I...
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Categories:
park, appreciation, child, daughter, devotion, family, forgiveness, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 63 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen Xiii-- Vacation11 o'clock at night. Everyone is
In bed. Molly was in the adjoining
Room with the seven and
Desharah. Damian was awake
and Planning. Dominant
Damian was deeply devious
in his domain. In bed with...
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Categories:
park, adventure, atheist, beach, deep, divorce, good morning,
Form:
Alliteration
The massive convoy of threatsBegins with Hyundai's my stalker fatal attraction
rushing in front of our disabled vehicle then rams break
hard causing us to panic my spouse and I both disabled
this has cause severe discrimination and victimization...
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Categories:
park, anxiety, depression, discrimination, health, husband, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
Sunday Morning JoggersGoodness, I nearly lost my balance on the spiral seashells and broken sea stone chipping matrix.
My quaint obsession with marine life and that skyline paradox blossoming so tantalisingly, might be a source of some...
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Categories:
park, age, art, birth, devotion, feelings, heart, irony,
Form:
Prose
Yvonne's Swan SongYvonne was very, very, very happy.
She loved her mother.
She loved her brother Phillip.
And she loved swans.
Oh, did she ever love swans!
She loved the way they looked
With their smooth, fluffy feathers,
And colorful beaks of orange, yellow...
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Categories:
park, anti bullying, bullying, children, courage, mother daughter,
Form:
Narrative
THE CAR BOMB THAT ENDED MY LIFE FBI ARSON AND CAR BOMB DIVISION FIRE! UPDATED 1998 IN 2021 BY COVERUPS PAYOFFS
GARGANO FAKED HIS OWN DEATH MEMORIAL DAY 1999
THE CAR BOMB THAT ENDED MY LIFE AT LEAST AS I'VE KNOWN IT ON THIS DAY THE SKY WAS SO BLUE...
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Categories:
park, america, feelings, health, identity, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Still wrestling with impasse to contentmentStill wrestling with impasse to contentment
Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow
slinking along outer limits of
the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path
of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking...
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Categories:
park, abuse, adventure, beauty, body, christmas, desire, father
Form:
Rhyme
Beary Tales Episodes 25-33, Poet's NotesNote to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are new GEMS, improvements to previous verses and improved footnotes...
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Categories:
park, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Why I Don'T Trust Psychics - 2nd ThirdNOTE: This is the 2nd THIRD of a funny 3-part piece. No other way to post it due to file size limitations. It's a really fun poem, and I hope you'll take the time...
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Categories:
park, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
By How Many Badbyes Can You Measure the Length of Your Day by how many badbyes can you measure the length of your day
first comes...
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Categories:
park, age, loneliness, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Of Winks and Wings - Part 1I have a little story to tell you ... it's absolutely true, of course, at least as far as I'm concerned, but you can take it as you wish - as a tale, a fact,...
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Categories:
park, autumn, life, lost love, nature, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Ol' Babe - Both Audio and Text Versions - W-IllustrationHey…did I ever tell you ‘bout the greatest baseball game,
Or should I say…the one that gave “Ol' Babe” his famous name?
Like several other great ones, there were many hits that day,
And if it hadn't...
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Categories:
park, baseball,
Form:
Verse