Long Pinched Poems
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For All That I RememberedFor All That I Remembered
by Michael R. Burch
For all that I remembered, I forgot
her name, her face, the reason that we loved ...
and yet I hold her close within my thought:
I feel the burnished weight...
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Categories:
pinched, desire, dream, memory, remember, sad love, soulmate,
Form:
Sonnet
Yosa Buson TranslationsYosa Buson haiku translations
On the temple’s great bronze gong
a butterfly
snoozes.
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hard to describe:
this light sensation of being pinched
by a butterfly!
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Not to worry...
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Categories:
pinched, age, animal, autumn, father, moon, mother, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Arthurian PoemsAt Tintagel
by Michael R. Burch
That night,
at Tintagel,
there was darkness such as man had never seen...
darkness and treachery,
and the unholy thundering of the sea...
In his arms,
who is to say how much she...
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Categories:
pinched, england, romance, romantic, true love, violence, visionary,
Form:
Verse
A Snow Queen TalePart 1: FORE SIBERIAN FATE
silk wings wet -
angel on the lake.
starlight glitter
separates from
the golden wheat.
her docile hair,
prophecy of ice.
winter pink,
pinched cheeks.
ice skate scrapes -
flecks of flakes.
the snow queen
before her relentless
reign, a pretty thing.
her smile warms
the...
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Categories:
pinched, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and GaoledSelf destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive disorder
nearly left me starving to death.
Anorexia nervosa absent bulimia
nadir of onset
diagnoses...
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Categories:
pinched, 2nd grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds (I)
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as hummingbird wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Southern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching...
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Categories:
pinched, angel, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
IronbarHe just appeared to me, like wispily curling
Chimney smoke,
One grim and early morning in the very midst of
Decembers briefest days, on the highest slope,
Toiling through my daily round; where, slowly
Driving up...
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Categories:
pinched, nature, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Watch That Gas Gauge - 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:
pinched, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 81 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Leo Legends AgeDate August 10, 2040
Damian roused Molly from her
Pleasant dream just because
He wanted to make love. She
Drowsyly responded to his
Belly caressing, "Yes, Damian
I'm sleeping, soo... tired."
He said, "ooh, that's alright."
He...
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Categories:
pinched, birth, black love, confidence, emotions, family, father
Form:
Alliteration
Juvenilia: Early Poems XiiJuvenilia: Early Poems XII
Because You Came to Me
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
Because you came to me with sweet compassion
and kissed my furrowed brow and smoothed my hair,
I do not love you after any fashion,
but wildly,...
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Categories:
pinched, boy, child, childhood, poems, student, teen, teenage,
Form:
Rhyme
50th Class Reunion - Class of 1935All the guys and gals that I had graduated with, from Jimmy Dorsey High School, back in 1935,
Half a century later were dispersing all around us, surprising me with whom among my class was still...
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Categories:
pinched, high school,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 105 --Damian Delilah Mallory: Cruel Ball Plans AgainDate: October 2045
Desharah was 16 years old today
October 5, twenty- fourty five. She
Felt grown up and alive. As she
Discussed with Amadeus her mother
And Father. Amadeus Gave her an
Affectionate sloppy...
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Categories:
pinched, africa, birth,
Form:
Alliteration
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Excellent Ballad of CharityAn Excelente Balade of Charitie (“An Excellent Ballad of Charity”)
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
As wroten bie the goode Prieste
Thomas Rowley 1464
In Virgynë the swelt'ring sun grew keen,
Then hot upon the meadows...
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Categories:
pinched, allegory, christian, england, faith, prayer, religion, romantic,
Form:
Ballad
Chapter 148-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Forever IslandDate: March 2051
3 days until April:
Flight time 3:05 afternoon-- IN flight
"Dolly and Molly fumbled in their
Seat to achieve comfort. "Ooo does
This flight have to be this long!"
Dolly was frustrated. Holly...
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Categories:
pinched, 4th grade, absence, adventure, angst, beautiful, best
Form:
Alliteration
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging AdultInferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult
Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil necked geek),
prattling wordsmith doth behold
nostalgic memories regarding father
(Boyce Brandon Harris)
long ago lapsed decades
during...
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Categories:
pinched, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, 2nd
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 67The half elf watched as Lumi spoke with Chroí; then, in the center of the circle the soil began to move and from it appeared the Garden Elf. He said nothing, he never spoke....
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Categories:
pinched, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Twice Told Toilet Tale a Cheeky Execrable Gross FableTwice told toilet tale – a cheeky execrable gross fable
which poetic product best be affixed
with hashtag STINKY label.
As a young whippersnapper
and one precocious lad to boot,
I discovered common combustible materials
found in the bathroom.
At opportune...
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Categories:
pinched, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, father,
Form:
Rhyme
Dream Turn NightmareOn a never lonely street was where I grew up
There we played from morning till dusk
Then we woke up neat and free, but back home laced with dust
Slightly dirtier than...
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Categories:
pinched, anxiety, child abuse, lonely, memory, slavery, violence,
Form:
Free verse
A Dream That Came TrueA Dream That Came True.
In my mind's eye I had seen her undress a thousand times
sending hot flashes that exploded with her moaning
Months before ever summoning the courage to speak to her
I...
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Categories:
pinched, beauty, dance, emotions, love, lust, memory, passion,
Form:
Narrative
Fringe Benefits a Plug For Perks Yo Man Living At 2 Highland Manor DriveFringe benefits (a plug) for perks (yo man) living at 2 highland manor drive
Expanse of green acres draped
like a petticoat when ye arrive
birds of a feather flock together
and bees gather collect nectar,
pollen, and water to...
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Categories:
pinched, adventure, age, america, animal, anniversary, appreciation, august,
Form:
Rhyme
February 13th, 2023 old man winter gave a one two punchFebruary 13th, 2023 - old man winter gave a one...two punch
Overladen snow covered crackle and crunch
though, this skeptic owned a doubtful hunch
that such 24/7 round the clock whether coverage
would make laughingstock of forecasting
how Jack Frost...
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Categories:
pinched, abortion, abuse, age, anger, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Jan and the Sheriff - CollaborationThe new sheriff of Poetry Soup
Rode into town on a horse named Snoop
Jan was on his wanted list
And the gang she did enlist
In writing lim'ricks about poop
He found...
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Categories:
pinched, fun, poetry,
Form:
Limerick
Bright In the DarkSo ...
I'm "disturbed", am I?
(So claims an acquaintance of old)
For I write deeply about "darkness and fear"
Places and emotions that many avoid
Shadows that tremble, naked, in the night
Realms that drizzle their oily gloom to dim...
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Categories:
pinched, appreciation, dark, fear, life, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Theft of Ghost's GirlfriendsI was roaming on the road
Like black dense cloud in the sky
Neither rain nor gain only fly(v).
Suddenly my eyes caught a charm
Two beautiful girls were dancing,
Singing along the road .
Me was only spectator...
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Categories:
pinched, black love, boyfriend, cute love, fantasy, funny,
Form:
Blank verse
Casus Belli Conquers Accursed Submucous Cleft Palateafter pros and cons discussed
with six grade speech pathologist, she weighed
in favor, to launch stealth offensive
spring time surprise raid,
which faux analogous military show of force,
...
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Categories:
pinched, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Free verse