Long Pleased Poems
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More Pickles Than OneFor ten months now I’ve brooded over coming second place
in the pickle section deeming, it no less than a disgrace.
It was written plain and simple, so there can be no excuse,
that the pickles in this...
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Categories:
pleased, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Hitchhiker From Another World 4“Come on, let's get introduced to my play mate in a palm.
Linda, these are Joshua’s true other selfs.”
Lelia emitting a peculiar chuckle.
A comic situation arose where I changed my voice for each of my...
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Categories:
pleased, art, beautiful, beauty, celebration, character, emotions, environment,
Form:
Prose
Limericks Iii - Grab BagLimericks III - Grab Bag
Being a peace activist, I once wrote a limerick in an attempt to stop needless wars:
Of Tetley’s and V-2's
(or "Why Not to Bomb the Brits")
by Michael R. Burch
The English are very...
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Categories:
pleased, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly, war, writing,
Form:
Limerick
Chinese Translations IiChinese Poets: English Translations II
These are modern English translations of poems by the Chinese poets Tzu Yeh, Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo and Huang E. These are poems about love, passion and beauty.
Tzu Yeh (circa...
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Categories:
pleased, body, desire, love, lust, night, time, wind,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 48 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and Damian JuniorYear 2031 would soon come
To a close. Everyone will be
A little wiser.
Damian Junior wanted a
Girlfriend and he was soon to
Be 13. Amadeus and
Desharah will both turn 10.
The oldest kids had a desire to
Add...
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Categories:
pleased, beautiful, birth, black love, business, cute, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 57 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Polly: the Family Seventeen ViiOne week passed before Polly
Called. Molly and Dolly agreed
To change the meeting
Location. "We'll meet at the
Small Park near by where we
Used to live." Dolly called
Her mother and told
Her...
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Categories:
pleased, birth, brother, business, celebration, culture, desire, family,
Form:
Alliteration
What Good Are Our TearsWhat Good Are Our Tears?
by Michael R. Burch
What good are our tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is our concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?
What good, the warm benevolence...
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Categories:
pleased, child, child abuse, children, death, poverty, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 100 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Big Barbecue Celebration of Life Mass Invitations ContinuesWhile family Mingled with one
Another and strangers the party flowed
Smoothly. Music was enjoyed.
Everybody indulged. With a little
Champagne some wine and juice.
The bar also served smoothies.
Adults mingled. Delilah Mallory
Mother Daughtry and Amaliah...
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Categories:
pleased, 4th grade, birth, child, confidence,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 18: Dolly Damian Molly and Polly: Love In DegreesDate: April 2026
The 1st degree is unknown
Damian and Polly had planned
The trip to the Copy Cat Club
For weeks with Dolly and Molly
The club was popping when
They hit the scene.
The DJ...
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Categories:
pleased, beautiful, culture, fun, good night, hello, integrity,
Form:
Alliteration
I PromiseTo my dearest,
On this day you turn thirteen, officially a teenager! This meaning you are on the very first stage of discovering yourself, your music tastes, your food preferences, your style of clothing and even...
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Categories:
pleased, beautiful, growth,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 126 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Holly: Holly's Orientation Night Pt 2Date: July 2049
The expanse of the sky was darkness.
End of July 11 pm. Dolly Molly
And Holly were keeping an all night
Party pleasant pressureless delight.
Dolly grabbed the remote for the
Plasma 54" TV....
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Categories:
pleased, allusion, confidence, courage, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 156-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: TIME Keepers and CRUEL BALL Plans!Date: May 2051
Raining morning dawning. Everything is
Best and rest in all Hakim Households.
Hours passed and in Damian's dome
Dolly rose and gently kissed Damian.
"Rise my husband. Strong man I remember
You." She...
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Categories:
pleased, absence, allusion, child, home,
Form:
Prose
Sonnets X-XviSonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
pleased, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Oncle Albert - Part 1Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...
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Categories:
pleased, flying, history,
Form:
Narrative
The Reluctant Serpent - a Fairy TaleOnce Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia
This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them.
Why they hang about, instead of scurrying off.
A reluctant snake...
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Categories:
pleased, fairy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Yvonne's Swan SongYvonne was very, very, very happy.
She loved her mother.
She loved her brother Phillip.
And she loved swans.
Oh, did she ever love swans!
She loved the way they looked
With their smooth, fluffy feathers,
And colorful beaks of orange, yellow...
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Categories:
pleased, anti bullying, bullying, children, courage, mother daughter,
Form:
Narrative
Sonnets Xc-XcviiSonnets XC-XCVII
Artificial Smile
by Michael R. Burch
I’m waiting for my artificial teeth
to stretch belief, to hollow out the cob
of zealous righteousness, to grasp life’s stub
between clenched molars, and yank out the grief.
Mine must be art-official?zenlike Art?
a...
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Categories:
pleased, art, grave, grief, life, night, pain, smile,
Form:
Sonnet
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 37The cold air seemed to help clear his head but the lullaby was persistent and
he could not get it out of his mind. He walked for just a few moments
before passing the the...
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Categories:
pleased, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
The Car Club Meeting Lament - Text - Part 2 of 2Note: This is the 2nd half of one of my MANY long story works, and the 1st half can be accessed, of course, at "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the soup.
My wife and I were...
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Categories:
pleased, car,
Form:
Narrative
911, 20 Years Later20 years ago, ...
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Categories:
pleased, america, new york, september, war,
Form:
Verse
Finally Saved Part 2 - Translation From Rabindranath TagoreThis is the Second Part of the Translation from Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel-Laureate Philosopher Poet from India.
Father only smiled; thought, "women
are emotionally heated balloons!
Life is a difficult salvation, they don't have that knowledge",
After...
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Categories:
pleased, father daughter, love, marriage, women,
Form:
Free verse
A Poem of RuthThe tears well up, and scarce could she not moan
When father, brother, husband, all have died.
She now has no possessions, neither home,
But travels to a distant, unknown land:
Once so secure, yet now compelled to roam;
Once...
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Categories:
pleased, bible, devotion, faith, journey,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
The Interview - For ContestThis situation has no basis in reality; in fact, it is ludicrously unreal. However, the likes and dislikes shown of its author are completely true!
Scene: A comfortable office where Andrea Dietrich is finishing up with...
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Categories:
pleased, fantasy,
Form:
Prose
The Twins, Part 1In the dark of night a wind took hold,
With powers charged to shake the sky,
By moody swings of gods up high,
Their breath alone enraged and bold.
In the dark of night history spoke,
Of a world alive...
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Categories:
pleased, brother, philosophy, symbolism, visionary, , cute,
Form:
Prose
Across Country With CrystalskyHello CRYSTALSKY*. ...
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Categories:
pleased, america, travel,
Form:
Free verse