Long Philosophizing Poems

Epigrams by Michael R. Burch

If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity 
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch

To write an epigram, cram.
If you lack wit, scram!
—Michael R. Burch

Conformists of a feather
flock together.
—Michael...

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Sweet Centerless Sixteen
by Michael R. Burch

Inconsolable as “love” had left your heart,
you woke this morning eager to pursue
warm lips again, or something “really cool”
on which to press your lips and leave their mark.

As breath upon...

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Listen in,
We tend wallow in the hatred we swallow,
it cuts us deep to the core and leaves us empty and hollow,
so we look for someone to borrow a pinch of joy just to cover our...

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Athena
the dutiful daughter standing behind her father
in lightning thick with aegis assurance
read to protect her family
and counselling them times of need

Athena, the grey eyed goddess
who watches carefully with graceful wisdom
coercing ignorance into obliteration
solutions fly into...

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It’s a fine summer’s evening
for your annual wine tasting shindig;
home-grown fruits in home-made fermentations.
We stay up half the night
washing down the terrible wine with weak beer
doing what guys do best, bull**iting and philosophizing
solving the world’s...

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Canoeing Memory

Blood floods my brain with days of youth,
As I relax on the sofa and let my mind wander,
To happier times when paddling the lake;
In our cedar canoe, my friend and I,
Skinny-dipping under the warm...

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A curse upon the gods to break

How to become an enlightened player 101

something to study and pick apart
A royal Joke of political actors
surrounding one fool
teaching spies
and politicians
how to make global friends
and preachers how to preach

(ever...

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Straitened are the times
And tight is my pocket.
A glass of brandy
Consumed with contemplation
Is a hard bargain
As speculators have poured in
Shouting “buy,” “buy,” “buy.”
 
Since the signal is out
The hoarders have barged in
And have emptied the...

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HAIKU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

the light of day
the darkness of night
twenty-four hours

a moment in time
one blink... total darkness
a bat does not care

o summer sunshine
fourteen hours... joy... heaven
then you got found out

one day... life for some
invertebrate imagoes
did you know... mayflies......

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I set out on a quest today,
Compelled to write a poetic story,
I thought perhaps I’d write about,
The mind in its’ infinite glory,
While philosophizing life
I wondered, what is inspiration?
So I continued on my noble journey,
Through the...

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People like to analyze what they do,
Hoping to discover just who they are. 
It's one way to see our species anew 
Like little groups, we study from afar.
Often, we fault those of low intellect
So easily...

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A dumb officemate landed a promotion but not me,
it's alright, it was not based on good looks anyway.

I am grossly underpaid but come to think of it it's okay,
I cannot be relying on this damn...

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I was sitting in the Florida sun,
Enjoying a moment of quiet fun-
When I noted some tiny ants hurrying across the table,
I wondered if it was fear or just because they were able.

Many times people are...

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FREEDOM SONG

Do you know the path to freedom,
do you know the road to peace,
do you know the value of truth and wisdom -
let’s bind our hands across the land.

Do you know how to love your...

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