Long Pointedly 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:
pointedly, 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:
pointedly, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
The Badly Drawn GoatThe pencil now resting the image was 'testing' for the creature before him, (his badly-drawn drawin') had come out 'not right' somewhat twisted and tight.
The picture in question, it burst with suggestion, for lines that...
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Categories:
pointedly, animal, creation, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 46Over the next two evenings after the Council had recessed, Seileach visited each of the Councilman who had voted to release Dyndoeth in an effort to assess their feelings about whether they were inclined to...
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Categories:
pointedly, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near RealityHalf a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality
Countdown to homelessness –
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register
pyrrhic victory won.
10…9…8…3..2..1…
Found me linkedin at the end of...
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Categories:
pointedly, age, america, anger, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Speaking In Tongues In MalaysiaHo, ho, ho!
There is this well written article, the link which I gladly give down below,
It is a most beautifully written anecdote of a traveler's tale for well it showed...
A funny side of Malaysia...
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Categories:
pointedly, beauty, community, confusion, crazy, happy, humorous, people,
Form:
Free verse
Veronica and JeremyHe woke up in the middle of the dream again.
She was wearing the same blue-red suit.
Her brunette hair was scooped up, off her neck.
She was walking with a lively step, on heels.
He was intrigued....
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Categories:
pointedly, dream, love,
Form:
Narrative
Almost Three Years Ago From Today December 20th, 2022Almost three years ago from today December 20th, 2022
self quarantined misanthrope...
pitched into purgatory wham!
Ably cane resign eternal damnation (mine)
courtesy devil specially engraved telegram
prestidigitation found me vanishing shazam,
without a trace I
disappeared in thin air voila
Earthly...
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Categories:
pointedly, adventure, angel, anniversary, atheist, cousin, death, december,
Form:
Rhyme
ThinkingI often wonder,
In those fragile moments between dream and waking,
If what I know of good,
And what I I know of evil are what creates the complexity that is me.
Do the two intertwine,
Compacted together so they...
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Categories:
pointedly, introspection, dream, spring, summer, dream, spring, summer,
Form:
Free verse
1 of a Truly Angelic Kind and the Reasoning BehindWhilst I sit back please do not take me
as a fool
As I see through you clear as day
Like I know this about you for sure
Though you pretend not to care and
protest to much
I sure as...
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Categories:
pointedly, caregiving,
Form:
Free verse
City Slickers In the CountryOld Jack is at it again, Great Grandmother says.
Her voice eases through a window as we reach shoes on the porch.
At least twelve pair; which is okay as she has eighteen children.
A variety of second...
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Categories:
pointedly, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative
Be ExceptionalShe just turned 20. ...
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Categories:
pointedly, wisdom, youth,
Form:
Lyric
Suicidal Ideation March 30th, 2022 LinkedinSuicidal Ideation March 30th, 2022 linkedin...
to mein kampf insync with mine body dysmorphia
After reading articles
published within April 4/11 2022
of The Nation
I challenged the efficacy
taking prescription medication
categorized as SSRIs
and/or SNRIs.
Unpleasant side effects
such as earth shaking...
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Categories:
pointedly, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence, bereavement, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
Self Quarantined Misanthrope Pitched Into Purgatory WhamSelf quarantined misanthrope pitched into purgatory wham!
Ably cane resign eternal damnation (mine)
courtesy devil specially engraved telegram
prestidigitation found me vanishing shazam,
without a trace I disappeared in thin air voila
Earthly travails atop horns of dilemma ram
into me...
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Categories:
pointedly, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, allusion,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Death Friended Me On Facebook(while trapped in Pottstown
Memorial Hospital parking lot).
My humble apology to those,
who posted uber up lyft ting messages
to this Macbook Pro Facebook keeper,
without said scrivener swiftly
tailoring timely acknowledgement
from one harried styled leaper,
thus feel free to...
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Categories:
pointedly, death, destiny, goodbye, natural disasters, sad, silence,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
I Asked Myself a Rhetorical QuestionI Asked Myself A Rhetorical Question...
Asper daily expounding fostering
inchoate manifesting mod
er writ writing quality,
solitary scrimmage tackling
...
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Categories:
pointedly, 11th grade, 12th grade, creation, faith, meaningful,
Form:
Narrative
Incomprehensible Space Time Continuum IntriguesIncomprehensible space/time continuum intrigues...
One insignificant, infinitesimal
incomprehensibleness cosmic speck,
who doth readily confess
swallowed within
infinite cosmic wormhole, nonetheless,
he feels mind boggled, fascinated,
transfixed... helpless to express
following concept suddenly
gripping his feeble mental compass.
I haint never gonna get
smart enough to understand
supposedly...
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Categories:
pointedly, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, beauty,
Form:
Elegy
The Music of PurityOn my way towards the castle made of gold and silver
I saw something which made my stride falter
It was the sight of a child
Sweet, innocent and wild
She was like an angel
So beautiful, with the spark...
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Categories:
pointedly, beauty, dance, freedom, god, love, magic,
Form:
Quatern
Frangible Ego Abysmally CopesUnrelenting blitzkrieg deadly
assault upon psyche
pounded defenseless
vulnerable mindscape accustomed
to shelter within aproned crease
mama proffered manna, especially
when untethered meek docile lad
subjected to blistering hellfire
infamous hoodlums wantonly unleashed
verbal bombardments lobbing poison
spear tipped invisible blackened barbs
manifold times more agonizing
piercing,...
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Categories:
pointedly, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 7th
Form:
Bio
Nuttin Boot Mieskeit GoyimNuttin boot mieskeit goyim...
lives among this nebbish atheist of Jewish ancestry
Tongue in cheek Yiddish
humor to playfully scold
often time sounds
like a compliment
yours truly, (a run
of the mill Shlimazel) behold
only knows a smidgen,
yet grew up within household
where...
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Categories:
pointedly, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Personal Productivity Measured CourtesyPersonal productivity measured courtesy...
Unspecified number of hours spent
many yesterdays ago since March 6th, 2021
reading (cover to cover) Pennsylvania Gazette
March/April 2021 issue.
Proud papa highly regards eldest daughter,
University of Pennsylvania alum
as academic whip smart high achiever,
she did...
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Categories:
pointedly, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, angst,
Form:
Rhyme
Matthews Latest Blank KeyMatthew's latest blank key
Impossible mission, nevertheless
I take figurative aim
to craft poem without
experiencing wrathful blame
avoiding explicitly, ignominiously, specifically...
referencing mine heterosexual counterpart
that infamous she,
whom did ruthlessly claim
yours truly as her husband
snatching mine happy
go lucky bachelorhood
two dozen plus...
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Categories:
pointedly, 11th grade, 12th grade, addiction, adventure, dad,
Form:
Rhyme
Suicidal IdeationDeliberation about courting death rooted
throughout mine psyche fueling sinister chortle
at least since bout with anorexia nervosa,
but... maybe ginned blood,
sans umbilical cord transfused in utero aortal,
though long since recovered, the intractable,
haunting specter, sans grim reaper
intertwining within...
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Categories:
pointedly, 7th grade, absence, conflict, daughter, emotions, horror,
Form:
Bio
Personal Productivity Measured CourtesyPersonal productivity measured courtesy...
Unspecified number of hours spent
yesterday March 6th, 2021
reading (cover to cover) Pennsylvania Gazette
March/April 2021 issue.
Proud papa highly regards eldest daughter,
University of Pennsylvania alum
as academic whip smart high achiever,
she did (after quite a...
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Categories:
pointedly, 12th grade, blue, character, devotion, father daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
I Wish We Had Married a Woman TooMy husband often says to me “I wish I’d married a woman”.
I am usually sitting spread legged in a chair, scratching at the time.
Or I am pointedly not picking up a huge mess for two...
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Categories:
pointedly, how i feel, humor, humorous, husband,
Form:
Narrative