Long Pigtails Poems
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Where Does the Butterfly GoWhere Does the Butterfly Go?
by Michael R. Burch
for the children of the Holocaust and the Nakba
Where does the butterfly go
when lightning rails,
when thunder howls,
when hailstones scream,
when winter scowls,
when nights compound dark frosts with snow ...
Where...
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Categories:
pigtails, holocaust,
Form:
Verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems IxJuvenilia: Early Poems IX
These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school student and during my first two years of college.
Shock
by Michael R. Burch
It was early in the morning of...
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Categories:
pigtails, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
You'Re Not the Boss O' MeYou’re Not the Boss o’ ME!
“You’re not the boss o’ ME!” is a comeback you’ll hear among children when ordered by someone they feel has no privilege to force them to do - or to...
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Categories:
pigtails, funny, humor,
Form:
Verse
Gingham Prison: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road
(Lights dim, a single spotlight illuminates Judy Garland, center stage. She wears a faded housecoat, her eyes holding a lifetime of stories. She speaks directly to the audience, her voice a smoky whisper)
Judy:
They christened...
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Categories:
pigtails, addiction, anxiety, depression, loneliness, lonely, psychological, woman,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
No Longer Feeling TenseMy given name is Hortense, and I am an English Professor,
I love my job and my life, and to do my best I endeavor.
I am popular with my students, as I also am with friends;
And...
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Categories:
pigtails, childhood, fantasy, imagery, nature, teacher, time,
Form:
Couplet
Do the Dead See With Their Own EyesDo the Dead see with their own eyes
for Thadchayani, my poetry-loving doctor sister : 28/08/1929 – 26/10/2014
...
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Categories:
pigtails, bereavement, brother, death, sister,
Form:
Elegy
NA Poetry Contest BE STILL MY HEART
“Let my heart be still a moment and let this mystery explore”
...
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Categories:
pigtails, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
You,My Dad, and MeYou, my Dad, And Me**
Giggles can be heard if I close my eyes and think,
A cute little girl, who still loves the colour pink.
Swings and roundabouts, running from one to the other,
Cheeks all a flush
Holding...
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Categories:
pigtails, dad,
Form:
Rhyme
Nothing Ventured - Nothing Gained"The first time that I saw you, dear, we both were wearing swimsuits...I was pushin' twelve years old and you were pushin' ten...
And, bad as I'd been smitten - (I could not recall my name...
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Categories:
pigtails, first love, love, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
Insect innocence
Drink the poison from my blood, breathe the rot from my lungs.
Take all that has been decaying inside me and nurse it to health like an injured bird.
A child who was once pure, turned sour...
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Categories:
pigtails, angst, child abuse, childhood, dark, daughter, insect,
Form:
Free verse
A Hero Is DishonoredAlas, a US Marine saved a baby in Afghanistan.
The USA, as a way to say thank you, puts him
under investigation?
Yes, a true hero, made the horrid mistake?
Of being honored at a Trump rally, ...
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Categories:
pigtails, america, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
The BridgeI walk towards you,
as you stand waiting at the center of the bridge.
Beneath my feet, aged timbers span the churning river below.
With each step I see you more clearly.
My eyes search out the younger you,
that...
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Categories:
pigtails, adventure, child, growing up, river,
Form:
Free verse
PlaypenThey talk and talk
Running in circles
Trying to make sense
Of what they have, between the two of them.
They both have a lot of baggage, I suppose
Old wounds that haven’t entirely healed
Memories that tug at them when...
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Categories:
pigtails, angst, childhood, friendship, funny, girlfriend-boyfriend, love, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Year of the StingrayLooking at an old photo of myself at age 13,
I see a girl, rail-thin, but on the verge of womanhood.
Her hair hangs in long pigtails and she wears a modest top with shorts
as she sits...
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Categories:
pigtails, on work and working, family, summer, family,
Form:
Narrative
Rose Coloured Portrait(This is about the same lovely young lady and best friend that I wrote about in "A Pink Rose." I always think about her when I think about roses. Especially pink and lavender ones.)
The very...
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Categories:
pigtails, beauty, best friend, girl, youth,
Form:
Romanticism
The Seven Divisions of WomanhoodTo Shakespeare I give all due respect,
But the world must be a huge theater I suspect.
Woman’s the major player if not the star,
For she influences all with love from afar.
The main acts of her drama...
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Categories:
pigtails, family, life, mother, philosophy, sister, wifeworld, age,
Form:
Rhyme
Sweet Childhood Memories"recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown ..."
...
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Categories:
pigtails, childhood,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
School Day HellThey called it school
I called it hell
From the huge imposing prison like doors
To the doom like toll of the bell
Everyday the same
Running for the school bus
Full of uncivilized Wild kids
Being pushed and shoved
Countless kids...
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Categories:
pigtails, angst, education, funny, hockey, humor, nostalgia, school,
Form:
Free verse
Frankly SpeakingFrankly Speaking
There is a couple on the beach, they have a small room, been on the beach for years, suffered through the worst of it. They have been through every phase. The Hippie, the war...
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Categories:
pigtails, beach, imagery, money, nice, poems, poets, writing,
Form:
Verse
There Is a Gravity To Youthere is a gravity to you
whenever crossing the room
it is an existence that bends light
into an aura capturing my every breath
a plasma that penetrates every atom within
with memories of long ago
when you first walked...
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Categories:
pigtails, love,
Form:
Romanticism
He Always Loved HerHe Always Loved Her
The loving man in the neighborhood remembers the day she was born
into the world. He heard just how happy her parents were that day,
that week, that year! He didn’t...
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Categories:
pigtails, devotion, lost love, truth,
Form:
Ballad
She Had Sunshine In Her HairEverywhere she went her hair sparkled. It glistened in the morning sun, the noonday sun, and at dusk too. The waves in her auburn hair were her glory. The freckles on her cheeks even stood...
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Categories:
pigtails, adventure, childhood, devotion, mountains, tree, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
The Four StagesLife is a playground, the fun never ends.
Not a care in the world, just run around with your friends.
Doodling on the walls
Playing house with your dolls.
Chasing boys around with cooties
But only those you think are...
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Categories:
pigtails, age, granddaughter, identity, life, teenage, time, youth,
Form:
I do not know?
Cowboy Hoe DownOn a Sunday in the evening
The old barn becomes a hall
Social place where every weekend
The town folk go for a ball.
The inside is decorated
Lights are lit, the banners sway
By the walls barrels...
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Categories:
pigtails, dance,
Form:
Rhyme
Hair In Red OverallsI
I knew a time when my sister, tall and fair
with her sage sense of humor, dull and non-existent
Seemed positively,
metallic, blessed with flowing shackles, a gift, extended only to me.
Limiting my...
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Categories:
pigtails, childhoodme, night, me, night, time,
Form:
Ode