Long Phlegm Poems
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I always wanted to be a medieval jester,
the one who sneaks up behind the queen
and makes her guess who caressed her.
I always wanted to be the Lord of Misrule,
King Lear's sad fool,
and the one who...
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Categories:
phlegm, angst, dark, i am, identity, psychological, self,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am My Father's Son
They were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one shout,
"Clean down the tables with wet sponges! Rouse
Yourselves! And when...
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Categories:
phlegm, adventure, anger, anxiety, bullying, father, history, introspection,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Various Heresies 7
Pagans Protest the Intolerance of Christianity
by Michael R. Burch
“We have a common sky.” — Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
We had a common sky
before the Christians came.
We thought there might be gods
but did not know their names.
The common...
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Categories:
phlegm, angel, atheist, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
Epitaph For a Palestinian Child
Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
This poem has also been titled "Epitaph for a Child of...
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Categories:
phlegm, absence, bereavement, conflict, death, discrimination, eulogy, funeral,
Form:
Epitaph
Tawfiq Zayyad Translation: Here We Shall Remain
Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.
Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...
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Categories:
phlegm, arabic, poems, poverty, prison, race, racism, song,
Form:
Free verse
Cleansings
Cleansings
by Michael R. Burch
Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind the Urn.
A lentil and a bean might...
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Categories:
phlegm, holocaust, prison, race, racism, violence, world war
Form:
Verse
Various Heresies 6
Various Heresies 6
Altared Spots
by Michael R. Burch
The mother leopard buries her cub,
then cries three nights for his bones to rise
clad in new flesh, to celebrate the sunrise.
Good mother leopard, pensive thought
and fiercest love’s wild insurrection
yield...
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Categories:
phlegm, atheist, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus, prayer,
Form:
Rhyme
January 13th 2024 Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott Harris
January 13th 2024 - Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott Harris
date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958.
date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix.
date of expiration:? January i, eminem,
where earth, wind, and fire...
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Categories:
phlegm, age, appreciation, birthday, celebration, dad, humorous, january,
Form:
Free verse
Happy Lxiv Birthday Matthew Scott Harris
Happy Lxiv birthday Matthew Scott Harris
date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958.
date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix.
date of expiration:? January i, eminem.
A gangly, measly, and scraggly bundle
of lovely bones even as...
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Categories:
phlegm, appreciation, birthday, boy, celebrity, creation, happy birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
phlegm, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form:
Free verse
What You Do Not See Is Not Necessarily Not There
I
Take out the caked grimy faucet plug
Let those unseen crawlies dive and duck
...
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Categories:
phlegm, health, philosophy, care, care,
Form:
Free verse
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action...
when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will faithfully
execute...
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Categories:
phlegm, 12th grade, abuse, america, angst, anxiety, autumn,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action...
when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will faithfully
execute...
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Categories:
phlegm, 12th grade, abuse, america, angst, anxiety, autumn,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action...
when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will faithfully
execute...
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Categories:
phlegm, 12th grade, abuse, america, angst, anxiety, autumn,
Form:
Rhyme
The Night New York Slept
It was one solemn, long night,
Tenebrous with the astuteness of perfidy,
And multiple hours before the break of an
Impatient dawn.
Lampposts froze through the pergola of winter.
Limp from exposure to unprintable tales of orgies,
And their lights, hidden...
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Categories:
phlegm, city, new york,
Form:
Free verse
Mirmantha
What once was a peaceful delightful place
Joyful and friendly creatures in God’s grace
A stunning morning a soulful sunrise
A village heaven has gifted a prize
The most grandiose of rainbow arches
The villagers spirited because March is
The...
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Categories:
phlegm, bullying, corruption, dark, evil, fantasy,
Form:
Narrative
Kindle Spirit
They said that over the years I've killed ten people, and
they said that with conviction as if it was a fact
I think in secrecy and with a conviction that it was more than that.
They...
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Categories:
phlegm, violence,
Form:
Prose
The following fictitious scenario I evoke
The following fictitious scenario I evoke
Analogous to fire breathing
puffed up imaginary dragon
(in a land called Honah Lee)
ye might rightly think
what the deuce
haunting spectre ace of spades
goodfella aiming to be a poet all about,
meaning...
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Categories:
phlegm, adventure, age, america, angel, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
Scrounging For Boogers Wrought My Damn Nostrils Nearly To Bust
Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust
My humblest apology if the following account
doth gross thee out forlorn childhood of mine
found further ostracization of me tantamount
being shipped off to a...
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Categories:
phlegm, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Cold Turkey
Cold turkey never tasted sweet. If you see me smile then I am probably lying to you.
I am so used to that mask it looks natural. I hide because I don't trust you. You...
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Categories:
phlegm, abuse, addiction, africa, beautiful, blessing, care, dark,
Form:
Free verse
A Sunken Heart
A couple of twisted shacks composed in Card Board City in Everywhere
County the nameless man or woman spits out another tooth with
...
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Categories:
phlegm, obituary,
Form:
Free verse
The Night Soil Man - Part One
The Night Soil Man
I
Nothing sticks to-get-her like turds
...
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Categories:
phlegm, abuse, discrimination, night, racism, rights, slavery,
Form:
Free verse
Yours truly me just got acclimated to writing 2024
Yours truly (me) just got acclimated to writing 2024...
whenever I needed to append the date to a document
Though the situation infrequently arose
for me to incorporate the year (2024 in this case)
or listen to a well...
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Categories:
phlegm, adventure, age, allusion, america, angel, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse
Night Labor, for Rachel Corrie
Night Labor
by Michael R. Burch
for Rachel Corrie
Tonight we keep the flame alive;
we keep the candle lit.
We burn bright incense in your name
and swear we’ll not forget—
your innocence, your courage,
your commitment—till bleak night
surrenders to irrevocable dawn
and...
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Categories:
phlegm, children, courage, hate, innocence, love, mother, night,
Form:
Rhyme
Hyundai Sonata Malfunctioning Brake Caliper Blues
tweaked to pass inspection broadcast on the double
(alternately titled snafu: ma bell heave hubble
vehicular repairs (prohibitive)
finds me bleary eyed stupefied
and countenance grizzled with prickly stubble
collapsed amidst virtual rubble).
Best sung courtesy rotten dull liver:red worst
after words...
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Categories:
phlegm, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Dramatic Verse