Long Perusing Poems
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Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers I
I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his life by not taking dialysis …
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
perusing, father, father daughter, father son, fathers day,
Form:
Rhyme
Marina Tsvetaeva TranslationsI Know The Truth
by Marina Tsvetaeva
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I know the truth?abandon lesser truths!
There's no need for anyone living to struggle!
See? Evening falls, night quickly descends!
So why the useless disputes?generals, poets, lovers?
The wind...
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Categories:
perusing, love, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, truth, women,
Form:
Free verse
Salat DaysSalat Days
by Michael R. Burch
(dedicated to my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch Sr.)
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the front porch swing,
dangling his long...
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Categories:
perusing, age, america, appreciation, depression, endurance, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Children IvPoems about Children IV
Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch
Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the...
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Categories:
perusing, child, childhood, children, dad, father son, grandfather,
Form:
Rhyme
Follow the Bouncing BallShe dresses the land down
in a virginal bridal gown
a masterfully cut and sewn chenille
shines brightly with a fine crystal appeal
Her assistants work quite diligently
to add special touches and then flee
they decorated the mountain peaks
using all their...
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Categories:
perusing, cheer up, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
'white Privilege' Does ExistAbandoned as a child believed to be no more than five, the matron of the orphans home, was...other than my mom...
The first to have to face the task of tending to my welfare, and started...
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Categories:
perusing, discrimination, racism,
Form:
Narrative
Literate Lettered LatitudinarianLiterate lettered latitudinarian
Presents the following slapdash
higglety-pigglety bupkis, whereby reader
experiences being mentally hogtied
perusing pseudo poetic perambulation
devoid of sense and sensibility
welcoming character assassination
concerning pride of yours truly,
who merely strung together
words sharing "arian"
as their last five letters
for no...
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Categories:
perusing, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, community, courage, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Our Lives Are But a Blink - Both Audio and TextLife is way too short for some, and far too long for others -
“Says here, ‘Lester Kiblingworth - a former county sheriff - and oldest man in Sidwell, passed away at one-oh-three,’”
I announced to...
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Categories:
perusing, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Veras First PoemHi everybody, my name is Vera as some of you already know, and I am the wife of Peter Duggan. I came on this site to cheer Peter on, and also to read some poetry...
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Categories:
perusing, anger, angst, change, war, drug,
Form:
Narrative
Similar If Not Identical To Last YearSimilar if not identical to last year...
umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer...
sizzles Delaware Valley today August 26th, 2022
Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware, and
Eastern Shore of...
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Categories:
perusing, 11th grade, 12th grade, bereavement, betrayal, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Loving My Refurbished Fifteen Inch Mid 2015 Macbook ProLoving my refurbished fifteen inch mid 2015 Macbook Pro
A lightning fast machine
purchased three days ago
now comfortably nestling with
said technological wonder,
where outside a cold wind howls
measuring windchill factor of five below
allowing, enabling and providing me
an opportunity...
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Categories:
perusing, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Umpteenth Heat Wave Since Onset of SummerUmpteenth heat wave since onset of summer...
sizzles Delaware Valley today August 25th, 2021
Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware, and
Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Sweltering temperatures
figuratively grip human zoo
bipedal hominids (yours truly,
an olive...
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Categories:
perusing, america, august, confusion, death, earth, future, health,
Form:
Free verse
A Definite Bonehead MomentA definite bonehead moment
since revised when das scribe
made laughing stock of himself
(circa ~ 8:30 post meridiem
December twenty eighth, 2022).
A retrospective account
revisited courtesy the following
honest to dog doe eyed,
doofus dopey dilemma
allows,...
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Categories:
perusing, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, angel, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
April 5, 2023 Refracted ReflectionsApril 5, 2023 – refracted reflections:
The following lines
haphazardly linkedin
slap dash fashion
over the course
of dazed and confused days,
therefore desist reading
any profound meaning
if you dear reader dare expend
energy and time perusing
meandering gibberish....
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Categories:
perusing, 12th grade, adventure, allegory, appreciation, beautiful, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Husband Feebly Tried To Smite FigurativelyPreface preceding promiscuous philandering peccadillos
undermining energy and time not spent with missus
and mother of our precious progeny,
whereby, yours truly sought, (somewhat assertively, modestly,
and zestfully) to elicit – illicit prurient heterosexual predilections
before dark shadow of guilt...
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Categories:
perusing, betrayal, conflict, depression, desire, fantasy, heartbreak, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
Men's Motivation Step By StepThis is the motivation behind why individuals look for Men's Petticoats progressively step by step.
Notwithstanding, you need to work out control while styling a petticoat. Something else, an idiot proof style like this can...
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Categories:
perusing, america, fashion, grandfather, men, miracle, sad love,
Form:
Personification
Beautiful Firetail FinchLooking through the three-eighth gauge, at zebra's, stars and plumhead.
Listening to the expert in the trade and take in what he said.
I went home and scanned through pages of books and magazine,
perusing photographs of aviary...
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Categories:
perusing, bird, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Die Another Day“Die Another Day”
“Your mission, should you so deem it,
Is to infiltrate ALL Fluff Clusters in K.A.O.S. Headquarters
And bloody well steam it!”
“The Place is a hazardous mess of a trap
Over run with Double Agents, ulterior motives
Amorous...
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Categories:
perusing, fantasy, fun, imagery, imagination, parody, woman,
Form:
Free verse
Browned-CentsBROWNED-CENTS
One of the true ways
to remain in captivity is to keep silent to avoid your captor’s
hostility and confusion
A penny for my
thoughts has provided me with the ammunition
To fight for what I...
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Categories:
perusing, africa, black african american, community, confusion, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
The Most Pregnant Event That OccurredThe most pregnant event that occurred...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
recorded July sixth nineteen sixty
upon birth of she who doggedly
pursued me to the ends of the earth
and what not take no as an answer.
Unbeknownst to yours truly
a...
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Categories:
perusing, adventure, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation, birth, celebration,
Form:
Free verse
Villains of The nightA miracle of hope rushes through my soul holding on to the courage inside me and propels me to an unknown destiny; the moon with its shining light orbit around the earth searching for the...
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Categories:
perusing, blessing, business, celebration, culture, dedication, deep, earth,
Form:
Narrative
Adventures In DoggerelWhen I was a lad and somewhat brash
I often read the poems of Ogden Nash,
whose humourous rhymes on many themes,
was motivation for my own poetic dreams.
Later when I took to reading Edgar Allen Poe,
more of...
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Categories:
perusing, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Mission AccomplishedI was a skilled, dedicated CIA agent, helping to preserve national security,
By searching for and garnering information, as silvery rain ensures purity.
Days were spent perusing foreign material, or viewing international news,
Like walking a maze of...
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Categories:
perusing, confusion, fantasy, joy, prayer, work,
Form:
Couplet
What Happened To YesterdayI was a famous, learned historian, living a good life in prevalent today;
As vast, grey clouds must move on, once wild storms are swept away.
I spent many golden days and plum evenings, perusing historical books,
Like...
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Categories:
perusing, dream, fantasy, growth, life, nature, time,
Form:
Couplet
RelishYes falling-down found rustling up-down shuffling-up slipping-down-
down up-down-and-up-and-again. Rolling-up-up-down-bobbling up-all-around-and-
down-again-around yes... again-and-again, yes-time, and-again... ! Skip-slip-slip skip
skip-slipping up-rising-dropping down-slipping-up-drop-bop-bop-bop-again-slipping-up-
down-and again in-between the-cracks in-the-floor (h)and-fed to-the-gully-men slaves
peace-plays ((o))n the-minds-of everyone-as they-row, (((w)))hat-ever rugged cross... .
(G)rief-does...
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Categories:
perusing, inspirational
Form:
Prose Poetry