Long Plump Poems
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Halloween Poems
It's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
plump, children, grave, halloween, horror, myth, silly, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Fahr An' Ice
Fahr an' Ice
by Michael R. Burch
From what I know of death, I'll side with those
who'd like to have a say in how it goes:
just make mine cool, cool rocks (twice drowned in likker),
and real fahr...
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Categories:
plump, death, drink, fun, humor, humorous, light,
Form:
Light Verse
It's Halloween
It's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
plump, cat, children, evil, grave, halloween, horror, moon,
Form:
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:
plump, holocaust, prison, race, racism, violence, world war
Form:
Verse
kiss -
your silken skin gleams opaline
bathed in Luna's soft wash of cornflower - like a
porcelain Madonna by Michelangelo
conjured to life by the magic
of moonlight
your eyes open just long enough to
affix mine, and affirm I'm in a...
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Categories:
plump, kiss, passion, romance, romantic, sensual, sexy, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
one kiss
* This was the first poem I ever entered into a contest, and it won! (Thank you to poet/judge John Hamilton). It is about a very brief moment, and all that our minds can process...
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Categories:
plump, analogy, kiss,
Form:
Free verse
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - I
World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems (I)
These are poems about World War II and the Holocaust, which is also called the Shoah in Hebrew.
Epitaph for a Child of the Holocaust
by Michael R. Burch
I...
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Categories:
plump, evil, holocaust, racism, truth, war, world, world
Form:
Rhyme
Pale Though Her Eyes: Vampire Poem
Vampire Poetry
Pale Though Her Eyes
by Michael R. Burch
Pale though her eyes,
her lips are scarlet
from drinking of blood,
this child, this harlot
born of the night
and her heart, of darkness,
evil incarnate
to dance so reckless,
dreaming of...
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Categories:
plump, dark, death, desire, evil, gothic, grave, horror,
Form:
Verse
Vampires Are Such Fragile Creatures
Vampires
by Michael R. Burch
Vampires are such fragile creatures;
we fear the dark, but the light destroys them...
sunlight, or a stake, or a cross—such common things.
Still, late at night, when the bat-like vampire sings,
we heed his voice.
Centuries...
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Categories:
plump, dark, death, gothic, halloween, horror, lust, night,
Form:
Verse
Megan's Quest Part 2of7
Now Regan and Megan were down on their luck
and faced with little or no choice.
So with a quiet trepidation... a deal was struck
and from now all would...
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Categories:
plump, adventure, funny, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Long In the Tooth Male Doth Recount Reflect Reimagine
Long in the tooth male doth recount, reflect, reimagine...
his woebegone damn dental daze today May 5th, 2021
No particular rhyme nor reason
garden variety indentured flunky (me)
revisits his salmagundi salad days,
when oral blight smote
left...
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Categories:
plump, 2nd grade, absence, age, body, cinco de
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
plump, betrayal, god, racism, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Bionic Betty: Another True Tale From the Mental Ward
Betty was bonafide crazy. She had shot her husband after a night of drunken quarreling, and was in the state mental hospital instead of being in the slammer. She'd shot the louse in the stomach...
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Categories:
plump, crazy, woman,
Form:
Narrative
That Was Random
There are actual people
half woman half man
running mornings and
dream people in movies
half language half light.
Tomorrow is John’s funeral.
* * *
This is my minute
my moment
Oops, gone!
Anything can happen
if you don’t resist
Resist!
* * *
But who am I? You think bullets won’t
kill?...
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Categories:
plump, angel, death, dream, river, spring, women, write,
Form:
Free verse
Soul Quotient
I went out for the newspaper at the usual time this morning, shortly after 5AM, (yes, I'm one of the "odd few" who still enjoys the crisp feel of a morning paper in my hands),...
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Categories:
plump, analogy, appreciation, earth, life, universe, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Tardigrades Aka Water Bears Or Moss Piglets
Tardigrades aka Water Bears, Moss Piglets
Before T-Rex appeared and the Dodo bird disappeared,
Leading to modern-day scientific knowledge increasement,
Creatures of infinitesimal size called ‘Tardigrades’ endure,
Were and are living and thriving, just about anywhere on earth.
From mountain...
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Categories:
plump, animal, education, nature,
Form:
Verse
dichotomy -
yeah, right ...
do you really think I believe that?
that I'll swallow that pill?
look at the damn lines on this brow ...
do you think they were etched
by happenstance??
not even CLOSE, sweetheart
I earned those ragged rivulets one-by-one
and...
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Categories:
plump, analogy, break up, conflict, forgiveness, love, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Reaping Short Terms Benefits
Reaping short terms benefits...
before marital savings bond matured
as a then quinquagenarian.
Courtesy gerontologists medical practitioners
allowing, enabling, and providing
the elderly population to live
longer and healthier lives.
Linkedin with longevity loosely translates
to resurgent libido spurring
older folks predilection
to participate in...
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Categories:
plump, absence, abuse, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, betrayal, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme
Faces In the Train
I have been used to living alone for so long
I am determined and easy going but headstrong
This morning was rather strange because I was on the train
I woke up with people gallivanting around me in...
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Categories:
plump, anxiety, city, conflict, deep, destiny, judgement, longing,
Form:
Narrative
Spring Break V - Russians On Miami Beach
I.
The Fish Crow is an outcast amongst the seagulls
Standing on the hot Miami sand
At the end
Of our rose-colored beach towel
Nodding and blabbing half-heartedly
Nuh-uh nuh-uh
To the lack of crumbs
From us
The stingy blue collar visitors
From freezing old...
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Categories:
plump, spring, vacation,
Form:
Free verse
Then and Now
To this day, the breath labours on still
Marrow birthing blood same as ever
to keep this battered carriage oiled
The soul wills the flesh to hobble on
and prays the spirit keeps aflame
The game...
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Categories:
plump, africa, betrayal, culture, endurance, england, journey,
Form:
I do not know?
Flying Friends In the Firmament
In the midst of a quiet summer day, while the sun is peeping
And the gentle breeze brushing everything, dancing and passing
Our hero, an ant, seen sweating and puffing, but still climbing
Like a soldier on mission,...
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Categories:
plump, butterfly, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
Chronicles of a Plus Sized Chick
These are the thoughts and
feelings of a
plus sized chick,
One who is defined as plump and
thick,
With chunks of fat and extra skin,
Rounded edges and puffed up
cheeks.
This is her being raw and real
Saying it...
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Categories:
plump, emotions
Form:
ABC
Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened
Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened
When a boy,
I wanted to be as tall as my father
(he passed away October seventh
two thousand and twenty
linkedin to congestive heart failure),
who stood at his prime
about six feet and...
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Categories:
plump, 12th grade, 9th grade, anger, angst, birth,
Form:
Free verse
Memory of Bones
The table is old and worn
nicks and scratches
its red plastic tablecloth left over from a forgotten Christmas
its holiday pattern worn and forlorn
many a Thanksgiving dinner was hosted
the plump turkey as dry as yesterday
many wars...
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Categories:
plump, allegory, analogy, angst, anxiety, art, childhood, christmas,
Form:
Free verse