Long Pigsty Poems
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Various Heresies
If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
-Michael R. Burch
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Willy Nilly
Michael R. Burch
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly
and now they sleep
in the dark earth, stilly.
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
Isn’t it silly, Willy...
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Categories:
pigsty, atheist, christian, faith, god, heaven, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Verse
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears...
of diverse and sundry sizes engaged
in woebegone wild rumpus
as a last hoorah
for diversity, equity and inclusion,
whose somber bowed heads
(hide their snickers
just a kiss away)
their backsides mimicked
tufted heavenly...
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Categories:
pigsty, absence, adventure, america, angel, anger, divorce, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Sharon
Sharon
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 15
apologies to Byron
I.
Flamingo-minted, pink, pink cheeks,
dark hair streaked with a lisp of dawnlight;
I have seen your shadow creep
through eerie webs spun out of twilight...
And I have longed to kiss...
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Categories:
pigsty, beauty, body, hair, light, moon, night, sun,
Form:
Rhyme
the GAUD poems
Poems from "the GAUD poems" and "the ur poems"...
& GAUD said, “Let there be LIGHT VERSE
to illuminate the ‘nature’ of my Curse!”
—michael r. burch
reverse the Curse
with LIGHT VERSE!
recant the cant
with an illuminating chant,
etc.
—michael r. burch
Can...
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Categories:
pigsty, bible, christian, extended metaphor, god, light, nature,
Form:
Free verse
THE ur POEMS
THE ur POEMS
& GAUD said, “Let there be LIGHT VERSE
to illuminate the ‘nature’ of my Curse!”
—michael r. burch
grave request
by michael r. burch
come to ur doom
in Tombstone;
the stars stark and chill
over Boot Hill
care nothing for ur...
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Categories:
pigsty, angel, atheist, christian, humanity, loneliness, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
U-Turn
FROM THE ur POEMS
u-turn: another way to look at religion
by Michael R. Burch
... u were borne orphaned from Ecstasy
into this lower realm: just one of the inching worms
dreaming of Beatification; u
would love to...
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Categories:
pigsty, angel, atheist, baptism, christian, culture, religion, religious,
Form:
Free verse
Grave Request
grave request
from "the ur poems"
by Michael R. Burch
come to ur doom
in Tombstone;
the stars stark and chill
over Boot Hill
care nothing for ur desire;
still,
imagine they wish u no ill,
that u burn with the same antique fire;
for there’s...
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Categories:
pigsty, death, destiny, extended metaphor, funeral, god, grave,
Form:
Free verse
Epigrams Iii
Speechless at Auschwitz
by Ko Un
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
At Auschwitz
piles of glasses
mountains of shoes ...
returning, we stared out different windows.
Ko Un speaks for all of us, by not knowing what to say about the...
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Categories:
pigsty, humor, literature, philosophy, poems, satire, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Advice to Young Poets
Advice to Young Poets
by Nicanor Parra Sandoval
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Youngsters,
write however you will
in your preferred style.
Too much blood flowed under the bridge
for me to believe
there’s just one acceptable path.
In poetry everything’s permitted.
Byron
was not...
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Categories:
pigsty, light, poems, poetry, poets, world, write, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Comp Sci and Sci-Fi --- a Nonsensical Poem
Computer science is abbreviated as "comp sci."
Comp sci is so hard it gives you a sigh.
Computing is everywhere in the world of sci-fi.
Network is so prevalent these days you can't get by...
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Categories:
pigsty, humor, humorous, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
After Goodbyes
I asked her to reconsider her decision to leave and she said what I think was eather " Go to hell or Lil Gary goodbye !"
So I waited till she pulled out of my driveway...
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Categories:
pigsty, deep, emotions, grief, growth, heart, heartbroken,
Form:
Free verse
Christmas With the Relations - Fictional Write
Christmas Day has arrived; the thought fills me with such dread
For over twenty years they’ve come to me; it's doing in my head!
I get up at the crack of dawn to get the turkey in...
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Categories:
pigsty, christmas, family, food, humorous,
Form:
Couplet
Jade Oinkment
The sow beauty queen’s
favorite color is money green
The cloven jaw cutie’s
favorite sound is “cha-ching”
Miss Piggy Lips loves how the cash registers
throughout the land constantly rings
That jade oinkment noise
is a pigmentary salve to her greedy...
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Categories:
pigsty, funny, humorous, parody, satire,
Form:
Ode
Hell Translation Canto Xxx Part 1
The time when Juno excruciated was
Due to Salome against the Theban blood,
As many times was shown to be the cause,
Atamante became so insane and crud,
That when his wife with two sons saw
To go on...
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Categories:
pigsty, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Here Before the Grace of God Go I
Here before the grace of God go I !
I wasn't born into a pigsty
Or my 1 daily meal did not have to be fetched
Off the back of a charitable relief truck
Or pray the...
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Categories:
pigsty, baptism,
Form:
Free verse
The Short Way Home
Evading feral branches and pools of stagnant stuff.
I'm taking the short way home ,
Greasy grass and soaking anarchist weeds saturate my feet,
I'm frozen to the bone all...
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Categories:
pigsty, drink, journey, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Pyrrhic Revenge
Pyrrhic revenge
They’d eaten his books, his clothes and lean paper money,
Whetted their teeth against his coins and an old jar of honey.
They’d blown cold air nightly, as they gnawed whilst he slept,
Eating bits of...
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Categories:
pigsty, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
Beauty and the Beast Or Two Ways To Notice
He adored her. His blubbery lips
drooled at the sight of his love.
Her beauty seared his mind
a fiery arousal beat upon
the slopes
of his low, low brow.
He was quite the beast of a man -
a galoot, the...
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Categories:
pigsty, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Principal and His Cable
The grumpy principal athwart the class
is walloping the learner ad infinitum
with his computer cable,
and screeching his lungs out
his wrath and his tranquilities;
he says she’s late for school yet again.
Madly she pulls across the desks;
pleads for...
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Categories:
pigsty, fear,
Form:
Narrative
For Felix
I went to drink
coffee at one of those
cute little coffee-drinking
places, and I couldn’t
help but think of
you.
I tried
not to.
But then,
the waiter/
barista/ whatever
you call them had...
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Categories:
pigsty, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, death,
Form:
Free verse
The Truth of a Herd of Pigs
A herd of pigs was locked in the walls,
They can't go over to see the outside truth
And can't make a free walk ...
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Categories:
pigsty, drink, fate, flying, freedom, how i feel,
Form:
Verse
I Gotta Laugh So I Don'T Cry
Sometimes I Gotta Laugh, So I Don't Cry
Am I the punch line for life’s cruel joke?
Bad luck follows me, don’t ask me why
Oh geez, I think I’m gonna need a smoke
Moved to a small town...
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Categories:
pigsty, humor,
Form:
Rondeau Redouble
Farm Life At Dawn
As dawn starts to streak across the sky
heralding in the new born day.
Feisty rooster already perched on the wall
giving forth with all his might, he crows.
Sleepy hens, ducks and geese scat for worms.
Low moos emitting...
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Categories:
pigsty, animal, farm,
Form:
Light Verse
Death and Taxes
Listen up lowlife, I make greatness look trite,
Arrogance so far below me, I’m way out of sight,
The whole world’s something, stuck to my shoe,
Never wear mainstream, only designer brand new.
Could not care less, weather...
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Categories:
pigsty, change, discrimination, feelings, judgement, people, social, truth,
Form:
Couplet
About a Lie
If you can`t stand a lies anymore-
These unnoticeable, tiny bullets...
Let`s go to the church, open the soul...
But, with faith we were also deluded...
Tell about a pain, hidden inside...
Let it go, it`s destructive, when...
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Categories:
pigsty, hurt, trust, truth,
Form:
Verse