Long Portentous Poems
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Rejection Slips 2
Rejection Slips 2
The Shape of Mourning
by Michael R. Burch
The shape of mourning
is an oiled creel
shining with unuse,
the bolt of cold steel
on a locker
shielding memory,
the monthly penance
of flowers,
the annual wake,
the face in the...
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Categories:
portentous, beauty, death, desire, life, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Free Verse Ii
Nucleotidings
by Michael R. Burch
“We will walk taller!” said Gupta,
sorta abrupta,
hand-in-hand with his mom,
eyeing the A-bomb.
“Who needs a mahatma
in the aftermath of NAFTA?
Now, that was a disaster,”
cried glib Punjab.
“After Y2k,
time will spin out of control anyway,”
flamed...
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Categories:
portentous, angel, child, childhood, children, family, time, world,
Form:
Free verse
The Plural Sky and the Temptation of Its Mirrored Eyes
I melt into the plural sky
its rippling tableaus of tomorrow
underneath open light waves
see-saws the labyrinth
like Delphi tendrils crossing channels
all the changing faces played
automatic, embedded in misty consort
with Hyde-Lees and Yeats
love-crushed oracles
ghostwriting...
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Categories:
portentous, i am, muse,
Form:
Free verse
The Sleeper and the Supernaturalist
"The Sleeper and The Supernaturalist"
The Sleeper
shone as she walked
through the Woods
shining alive
like nothing
natural could
caught
in the moonlight
unaware
the innocent
red-caped roses stared
the trees whispered,
"beware, beware"
barefoot softly
the Supernaturalist
transfigures instead
from under shine
she bares...
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Categories:
portentous, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part ii
Highlight of Goofus and Gallant
bred within the survival instinct
of hungry hordes of prey,
when Earth in the balance
against an uncomfortable truth
smug smurf like scavengers.
Punishment meted...
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Categories:
portentous, absence, adventure, africa, america, angel, anniversary, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Comedy of Impeaching Errors
The Republican congressmen,
and I do mean white privileged straight men,
came to their Democratic opposition
concerned about how depressing
December can be,
and all of winter,
come to think and feel
of dark discerning Advent,
So maybe we could stage
a comedic debate
about...
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Categories:
portentous, caregiving, earth, health, humor, integrity, political, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Coincides with first day of fall
and Autumnal equinox for said year,
where colorful splash kindled like tinder.
After I riff flecked about thee August
Autumn Equinox 2023,
this seasonal polymath teached you
fall Equinox...
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Categories:
portentous, animal, appreciation, autumn, celebration, cool, environment, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
Unidentified Flying Object Abducted Yours Truly,
Unidentified flying object abducted yours truly,...
a willing experimental subject
to escape untenable married life.
Upon falling into a deep slumber,
the following subconscious
somnambulant scenario arose
allowing, enabling, and providing
temporary alleviation from
outa harried...
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Categories:
portentous, absence, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, courage, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Holier With Thou
My continuing impatience problem
with smug fundamentalists
self-asserting holier than thou moral positions,
is that Christ's main point is not
Holier Than Others, like Chosen People
but Holier With Thou,
as one interdependent EarthBound BodyMind.
British King James monotheistic readers
digest at AntiLiteraturist...
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Categories:
portentous, culture, god, imagination, integrity, love, psychological, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
Class of 1970
When I was in my Michigan high school
I found something both promising
and sacred,
portentous with rural, yet also urbane, PositivEnergy,
in and among our graduating classes
of 1970.
Ending with mindful roundness
of Zero.
Preceded by almost octave fullness
of sacred potentiating...
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Categories:
portentous, age, gospel, health, high school, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Peace Core Extensions
What are possibilities for EgoHealthy Peace Corps
if death is natural degenerative outgo
but also spiritual regenerate transition--
as Win/Lose risk
is to Win/Win opportunity?
What if Natural
is outside inside Spiritual
As Space
is outside 3D
inside 2D linear Time?
Wealthy TippingPoint sacred...
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Categories:
portentous, creation, health, integrity, love, peace, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse
The Watcher
Into the woods we ventured, where darkness began to encircle us,
Their ancient murmurs mingling with the forest’s ominous chorus.
A chilling breeze, as if the very breath of the woods sighed,
Veiled in tempestuous clouds, the stars...
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Categories:
portentous, dark, death, evil, fear, gothic, nature, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Donald Trump Must Be Permanently Lambasted
Donald Trump must be permanently lambasted...
and ewe know what else...
furloughed & barred from Whitehouse
Ducks of former self proclaimed Grand Poobah
getting lined up and goosed as these words typed
after trumpeting January 6th, 2021
as violent insurrection
Mitch Mcconnell...
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Categories:
portentous, abuse, america, corruption, destiny, grave, horror, january,
Form:
Free verse
Easter Bird
The Sinai Rose finch, oblivious to the commotion in the nearby city, busily gathered dry grass and floral fodder to repair her nest, disturbed by a human behemoth, snatching the thorny brambles which hid the...
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Categories:
portentous, bird, easter, nature,
Form:
Prose
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 10
“Clap your terrible wings, vivacious serpent of old!
Imagine my plight as dangerous as your spite,
Stomp your clawed feet on these prison floors,
Peace shall always follow the sink of your fangs…”
Silenced were the wailing demons round,
Crouched...
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Categories:
portentous, adventure, confusion, growth, imagination, psychological, senses,
Form:
Free verse
Donald Trump Must Be Permanently Barred and Furloughed Today
FROM WHITE HOUSE
I ham aghast at increasing banality, deviltry, ferocity,
imbecility, liability, obscenity, rapacity, ugly
offal popularity witnessed by Donald trump
hence aye aerate thoughts,
how ass a nine...
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Categories:
portentous, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, betrayal,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Donald Trump Must Be Permanently
FURLOUGHED & BARRED FROM WHITEHOUSE
Ducks of former self proclaimed poobah
getting lined up as these words typed.
Poor sign,... I ham aghast, where
pigheaded previous president concerned
at increasing mind numbing popularity
and looming ominous shadow
witnessed by Donald...
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Categories:
portentous, abuse, anxiety, betrayal, corruption, goodbye, hair, november,
Form:
Rhyme
My Annual Resolutions
Growth should be the ultimate criterion,
nucleus and kernel of every annual pledge,
for myself and other people who might gain,
from a heartfelt commitment such as mine,
that monumental new year down the clock aptly named,
global village stepping...
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Categories:
portentous, adventure, art, birth, care, celebration, character, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
Broken Planting Oaken Trees
We have tree traditions,
still accessible in diverse backward
and forward
reforesting cultures,
of planting a commemorative tree
when a great and portentous series of loving events
comes to its untimely rest.
Recently
my middle son's lifetime friend
decided it was time to travel...
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Categories:
portentous, caregiving, heartbreak, loss, lost love, suicide, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Come, You: the Death Poem of Rainer Maria Rilke
Come, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, you—the last one I acknowledge; return—
incurable pain searing this physical mesh.
As I burned in the spirit once, so now I burn
with you; meanwhile, you consume my...
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Categories:
portentous, cancer, death, depression, fire, health, pain, surreal,
Form:
Verse
Dizzying Hullaballoo Linkedin Parochialism Touting Xmas
breeding frenzied jawboning
nastiness, rock'm sock'm vermin
zealously, dizzying hordes kickstart
outrageous trampling, xMen busting
displays, heralding luminary
pastoral times, Xing Bethlehem
figurine Jesus observes sacrilegious
wackiness anarchy.
* * * * * * * * * *...
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Categories:
portentous, abuse, allusion, boxing day , celebration, hilarious, hip
Form:
Light Verse
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: Love Song
Liebes-Lied (“Love Song”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
How can I withhold my soul so that it doesn’t touch yours?
How can I lift mine gently to higher things, alone?
Oh, I would gladly find...
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Categories:
portentous, dark, love, muse, music, song, soulmate, space,
Form:
Verse
Now Donald Trump Must Be Permanently Barred and Furloughed From Hoar Re: Whitehouse - Part I
I ham aghast at increasing unpopularity
witnessed by Donald trump
hence aye aerate thoughts,
how ass nine his banal, demoniacal, fanatical, and hurtful
culling frightening insight,
where portentous Portuguese Man 'o War debacle
doth crowdsource, flickr, and indeed long foster
plenti...
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Categories:
portentous, crush, evil, hate, pain, parody, prejudice, women,
Form:
Political Verse
Little Red Riding Hood's Final Stroll
Twas the darkest of nights in the prarie woodland
Little Red Riding Hood walked the raven strand
A steamy fog cut through the bleary bog
The rancid odor of vaporous springs did the air clog
A venomous frog full...
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Categories:
portentous, adventure, fantasyred, red,
Form:
Rhyme
Past Portentous Futures
My past,
part of this present,
yet not desperately all
or I live too mortally
in our past;
still breathing
heart beating
but no other present signs
of hopeful life.
Just so,
this present
part of our future,
yet not all,
Or we have already died
without our...
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Categories:
portentous, beauty, freedom, integrity, life, light, love, passion,
Form:
Free verse