Long Passages 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:
passages, child, childhood, family, father, father son, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
passages, future, humanity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
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:
passages, death, drink, fun, humor, humorous, light,
Form:
Light Verse
Poems About Children
Poems about Children
The Desk
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a mess
of things sometimes.I wonder how
he learned at all...
He...
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Categories:
passages, boy, child, childhood, children, daughter, family, son,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers Iii
Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers III
Success
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;
there is no time for a ticker-tape parade
before bed, no award, no bright statuette
to be delivered...
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Categories:
passages, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Nowhere Else To Go
Nowhere Else To Go
Welcome to Israel: Land of Hope.1
(The land of Zion and Jerusalem.)2
Where prophets walked and prophesied,
For their God, our God:
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.3
And the Lord spoke to Abram, and he...
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Categories:
passages, bible, education, history, jewish,
Form:
Verse
Moby Dick: Retribution, Be It Man Or Beast
Moby Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne....
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Categories:
passages, angst, character, conflict, muse,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Know Thyself
Know Thyself
(one of the two Delphic commands of Apollo)
For years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
passages, god, me, world, voice, creation, fear, me,
Form:
Elegy
Why I Don't Celebrate Christmas - Fiction
Grandma died when I was 18 years old, on Christmas day. I never really got to know her well since the family had pretty much kept their distance from her due to her 'weird religion.'...
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Categories:
passages, christian, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
Know Yourself
For years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
passages, god, introspection, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Easter Origins
"Worship in spirit and truth"
With Easter approaching, many people Christian and non-Christian are exposed to this celebration and may have questions concerning the various teachings, rites, rituals and traditions that are promulgated by public worship...
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Categories:
passages, bible, christian, easter, god, gospel, jewish,
Form:
Didactic
The Precipice
"The Precipice"
In the Autumn
she wore a wedding veil
A cold winter would lift it
Kiss her lips passionately to
speak words of
LOVE
on a
late roll call
“Well, that’s insanity for you”
some snakes would hiss
others rapture-faced
on...
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Categories:
passages, god, humanity, science,
Form:
Free verse
The Legend of the Rose
Long 'ere legends encountered finesse amidst flairs of passionate cravings,
thereupon, be a period wherein an episode occasioned an opportunity that will be reserved forever.
An outbreak of dismembering words are been exchanged between groups of rapscallions.
The...
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Categories:
passages, allusion, analogy, appreciation, fantasy, flower, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Question
True love is unquestionable.
What is true love?
To me; it is more feeling based rather than definitively worded.
Emotional attached, formed mentalities that are equally paired with an immaculate physical connection.
Collected bi-gender, shared love—
She’s...
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Categories:
passages, conflict, confusion, fun, true love,
Form:
Free verse
The Bard of Ancient Smyrna
After enjoying a pleasant walk, I then spent an hour at a park,
And I relished the dulcet sounds, of cheery airborne skylarks.
The blooms were so lovely, all sultry in the fervid sunshine,
And the hummingbirds were...
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Categories:
passages, adventure, age, fantasy, history, imagery, poetry, time,
Form:
Couplet
The Seance
“The Seance”
It was macabre you see,
we were all summoned,
and therefore found ourselves
in the front parlour of Ballylee;
In our dreams
we thought we were poets
of fabulous notoreity,
the head ghoul set us straight on that.
The planchette...
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Categories:
passages, muse,
Form:
Narrative
MEMORIES OF WAR
MEMORIES OF WAR
In prison we turmoiled
packed up cards to fall
whilst they sucked
genitals like bonbons
a quartz on a table
gleamed its knowing
War torn ghettos with
swollen stomachs
stretched wide, auras
shattered, splintered...
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Categories:
passages, 12th grade, character, conflict, courage, emotions, faith,
Form:
Bio
Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust
Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust
Warning: The following material no worse than getting cooties. I remember them way back in grade school, whereat everyone ran away from me with worse...
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Categories:
passages, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form:
Free verse
Confluent Co-Operations
I grow increasingly challenged
to discern where my innocent thoughts
hopes and fears
challenges and victories begin
where others more wisely end.
I feel wrong to publish thoughts
under just my name
built on shoulders,
plodding feet,
sleight of hands
and great transitional feats
reminding me...
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Categories:
passages, caregiving, earth, education, health, humanity, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Sneezing fit tests nasal septum
Sneezing fit – tests nasal septum
The word Gesundheit was first used in English in 1914. It became popular in the United States due to the many German immigrants who moved there. Many Americans may not be...
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Categories:
passages, 12th grade, body, endurance, health, humorous, husband,
Form:
Free verse
Hang Man
This has been a hot minute to say the cold hard truth. I second that! Glasses full of hours turn hands into long time. Darkness saves the day. Light work is easy. Take care; bear...
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Categories:
passages, adventure, analogy, conflict, imagery, metaphor, truth,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Recurrent Sneezing Fit Courtesy Freshly Mowed Grass
Recurrent sneezing fit courtesy freshly mowed grass
circa June 20th, 2022
prompted me to stutter
self addressed rapid fire gesundheit
nsync with, spluttering
“I don't have any allergies!”
An infinitesimal slight speck tickled
nostril follicle – activated via an itty...
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Categories:
passages, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
I lacked emotions where others concerned
Back approximately half my life ago
dissociative disorder
if qualified to self diagnose
mein kampf psychological state...
I lacked emotions where others concerned.
That refrain replayed itself,
when wife picked up
(like a broken record),
where parents left off
before...
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Categories:
passages, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Story of the Hungry Poor Child
Mommy, if I make up my bed
Which consist of old Sunday newspapers
Could I have, can I have a slice of bread
And if I sweep the floors with my bare feet
I'm so hungry mommy can I...
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Categories:
passages, blessing, blue, caregiving, cheer up, inspirational, loss,
Form:
Free verse
If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxix - Bang Bang Who Shot Me Down Like An Un-Licensed Dog
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY: LXXIX - Bang! Bang! Who Shot Me Down like an Un-licensed Dog !
IF ever I had a country, a country certainly
not subject to the whistle of a...
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Categories:
passages, america, fantasy, firework, humor, power, war,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue