Long Petrified Poems
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Be of Good, Compassionate CourageDandelions…
They flutter, now I see
Fiery lions…
They're dancing with me
Sunlight…
Come out and shine down
Moonlight…
Shun out my darkened frown
I am the infinitesimal stars in the tranquil, terrestrial night
I am the scars minutes before the sunlit dawn...
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Categories:
petrified, confidence, courage, encouraging, endurance, hope, muse, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About FlowersLady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch
May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.
The...
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Categories:
petrified, flower, june, rose, roses are red, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Roses and LilacsWinter
by Michael R. Burch
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
The lilac of devotion
has felt the winter hoar
and shed her dress;
companionless,
she shivers—nude, forlorn.
Published...
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Categories:
petrified, desire, longing, love, nature, romance, rose, roses
Form:
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:
petrified, child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form:
Tanka
Love Poems VLOVE POEMS V
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch, about life, the dream of love, virtue, a first kiss, a first crush, the birth of a first relationship, the joy of a first love...
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Categories:
petrified, birth, confusion, crush, dream, joy, kiss, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
petrified, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
A Welcome Intrusion - 1st HalfThis is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way I could manage to make it...
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Categories:
petrified, father son,
Form:
Narrative
I Had No Clue It Was Valentines Day Part 2Continued From I Had No Clue It Was Valentines Day Part I
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I was just in time to get my taste back, I wanted something sweet to eat
I continued walking until I reached the place...
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Categories:
petrified, angel, celebration, community, courage, death, encouraging, freedom,
Form:
Narrative
Am I Turning Into a Lizard Serial KillerHmmm, where do I start? With deep sighs, I am sighing right now.
I just finished burying 2 lizards, and my heart is heavy...
Let me back up a bit...bear with me if I might turn out...
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Categories:
petrified, angst, animal, how i feel, sad, sorry,
Form:
Narrative
Stricken With Anguished NauseaStricken with anguished nausea
Written three years ago tomorrow,
yet superimposed (likened to
emotional palimpsest) upon
mental state of yore
recent post traumatic stress
triggered courtesy war
torn legally tendered greenbacks,
where enemy bonded, heisted, and netted
mine...
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Categories:
petrified, abuse, age, analogy, angst, anniversary, anxiety, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Warning-Poisoned By LoveDissolving death
...
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Categories:
petrified, death, lost love, passion, pollution,
Form:
Concrete
Whispers Of HellDISCLAIMER : THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE
IN ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE IN FRANCE WHICH TOOK PLACE
ON JUNE 1OTH 1944
TO MY READERS , " SOME LINES IN THIS POEM ARE GRAPHIC , AND
SOME MAY FIND...
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Categories:
petrified, death, god, history, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Portrait of a Hanging
With the opening of my fortress cell,
solemn-faced men come locust invading in
Their mouths smile not, and eyes neither grin
as ceremonial words pursed lips expel
A deer thought escapes ... my life nears its end!
And I feel...
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Categories:
petrified, dark, death, horror, imagery, spiritual,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Watching Upcoming Toilet Bowl Lvii Highlight of February 12th, 2023Watching upcoming toilet bowl lvii highlight of February 12th, 2023
Above title attests
how mine mundane mein kampf
insync as a veritable clogged drain oh:
flush with adventure overflowing excrement
er... rather excitement.
Apt aforementioned accurate personal description
believe me not,...
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Categories:
petrified, 12th grade, abuse, adventure, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form:
Rhyme
Watching Upcoming Toilet Bowl Lvi Highlight of February 13th, 2022Watching upcoming toilet bowl lvi highlight of February 13th, 2022
Above title attests how mine mundane mein kampf
insync as a veritable clogged drain oh:
flush with adventure overflowing excrement
er... rather excitement.
Apt aforementioned accurate personal description
believe me not,...
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Categories:
petrified, adventure, cool, devotion, farewell, happiness, heaven, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Incomplete Metamorphosis of Distilled AdolescentIncomplete metamorphosis of distilled adolescent...
therefore he characterizes himself as an anomaly...any idea why?
Mortified, petrified, stultified, et cetera sheltered,
and mortally wounded prepubescent,
I consider myself
analogously buttressed, cocooned,
garrisoned (for bing keeler),
hardened, insulated,
where cell baited jumping frog
o'...
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Categories:
petrified, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Rhyme
Gnarled ShadowsThrough shadowed trails, beneath the moon’s cold stare,
Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace in my gut,
No slumber dreamt;...
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Categories:
petrified, conflict, dark, emotions, gothic, horror, pain, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
Dante's Hell Translation Canto Xxxiii Part1Uplifted his mouth from wild and fierce meal
That sinner, it furbishing at the hair
Of head on back of which he had to steal.
Then started: “You want I renew and share
Desperate pain which is pressing my...
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Categories:
petrified, fantasy, , cute,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Belly of the RootI finished my work early this morning
and went outdoors to exercise
I jogged around the circle for a while
and observed a few things happening outside
A pickup truck parked on the edge...
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Categories:
petrified, america, autumn, betrayal, character, corruption, deep, men,
Form:
Narrative
Once Upon a TimeThere stood a castle on the summit of a hill
Now fallen to decay, hidden among bushes wild
It perched like an eagle’s nest on the steep hill
It was owned by a Lord, gentle and mild
Blessed with...
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Categories:
petrified, celebration, cute love, irony, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
100 Percent Natural Psyllium Husk Delivered Solid Ecstasy100% Natural psyllium husk delivered solid ecstasy
As of late - I could not but barely move
mine whole body felt
analogous to sluggish mollusk
frequent constipation found yours truly
doubled over in gastrointestinal agony
as if elephant or red (livid...
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Categories:
petrified, best friend, caregiving, freedom, happiness, humorous, hurt,
Form:
Free verse
Strange Vampires
"Strange Vampires"
all those years
ago, when conspiracies
flourished around
did we or didn’t we go
to the moon, when we
were once human,
proved to be lies,
whichever way
the dark shadows
conveyed it.
the truth
came out much later,...
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Categories:
petrified, humanity, muse, science fiction,
Form:
Narrative
The Slave Trade Never EndedI woke up this morning at a quarter to three
and went outside to pray a prayer for thee
My heart was light and my Spirit felt free
as I walked optimistically down nostalgic...
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Categories:
petrified, angel, community, confidence, conflict, courage, endurance, leadership,
Form:
Narrative
Ghostly Spirits From Deadly Arsenal Spell Haunting AnnihilationGhostly spirits from deadly arsenal spell haunting annihilation
With mighty mouse and Hercules height
tried to retrieve sanity spread loose;
a faded unpleasant memory - even enlisting
decades old cartoon characters:
Natasha squirrel and Bullwinkle moose
flow of electrons...
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Categories:
petrified, absence, adventure, angst, anxiety, atheist, body, crazy,
Form:
Rhyme
Rural Pastrual Idle Feild And Meadow Warning!In a foreign lush green sprawling land
A patchwork carpet stitched together
In shades of tawny browns yellows and green
Rugged rock forest and wind-swept moor
Is a awe-inspiring spectacle to be seen
In summer's adorned frock adorned bushes and...
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Categories:
petrified, conflict, creation, environment, mother, war, world war
Form:
Free verse