Long Precedents Poems

Madison's defense of the establishment clause to the Virginia legislature:
"Religion both existed and flourished, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them, and not only during the...

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Listen
by Immanuel A. Michael (an alias of Michael R. Burch)

1.
Listen to me now
and heed my voice;
I am a madman, alone,
screaming in the wilderness,
but listen now.

Listen to me now, and if I say
that black is black
and...

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As I transitioned from high school
to the University of Michigan,
one of the leading national health and safety issues
was painfully violent loss of Vietnamese and U.S. lives,
and hundreds of thousands hurt,
maimed for life,
if only on our...

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Excuse my rambling on so, 
                        but my style ought to be
...

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Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2024 presidential election announced

Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning 
November fifth two thousand twenty four
heightened tensions will strain patience
to breaking point concerning
extreme anticipation common joe experiences
(biden his/her...

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Far from the twisted Church and state                            ...

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Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2020 presidential election announced

Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning November third two thousand twenty
heightened tensions will strain patience
to breaking point concerning
extreme anticipation common joe experiences
(biden his/her time)
regarding...

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Random chain of events
preceded occurrence re:
guarding existence of me
interminable fits and starts
concerning self destruction
inherent within one measly
self important species.

Yours truly synonymous 
with any chance reader
(of course inclusive those 
untold past multitudes,
who trod upon this oblate...

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close your eyes for just a moment and explore the possibilities, the possibilities of us.

how we could reach a level beyond lust. that we can rope ourselves to mules and be carried 
across deserts.

how we...

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No illegal search and seizure
Says amendment Number Four
Probable cause necessary
Before we break down your door.
The warrant spells out what they search,
Describing things they will seize.
So hide them where you know they won’t
Go to the judge,...

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The brutalized girl breathed her last in faraway Singapore
She met her fate returning home, a couple of weeks ago
To shift the focus of the masses on an issue so emotive
And moved to a hospital in...

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**-AUTHORS NOTE- This poem exaggerates to make a point.  For the love of god, do not do something like this.**

I’d like to take a moment to
speak of great people of the past,
especially George Washington,
and...

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Architects
-Walter Rossman

In these ruins, a peculiar place
within the rubble, sanctity abounds here
and stand you will, straight, respectful
as you see the shattered idols of a previous people
erased.
one finds an engraved tablet
rustic yet visible enough
sees one, in...

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Late one night walking in rain-hit New York,
Full moon kept watch as I measured my way,
shops shut, such silence unknown to city,
world in grip of scary virus menace,
my ears were pricked to every eerie sound,
They...

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Part Two

                     one by one numbered they falter
   stricken    ...

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ACCLIVITY

It is so easy to refine and relax through this perceptual escape.
Your thoughts are pure and thinking is disengaged.
As time pass, we will discuss out.
We will share our thoughts and our afterthoughts.
Everybody pay attention to...

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screams and tears on a starry night
a child is born, a woman of light
celebration for she is a blessing 
given to the world to teach a lesson
innocent and pure she is 
obedience and love she...

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fixity or flux
in the
 evasion of monotony
a linear turn
    to integrity
in phrasal inflections
scanning language
         in signature verse

internal sounds
     made prominent...

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fixity or flux
in the
 evasion of monotony
a linear turn
    to integrity
in phrasal inflections
scanning language
         in signature verse

internal sounds
     made prominent...

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Ignited before your sight, I anticipate
Each moment unplanned, awaited
Memories bound, precedents assure
Conversation considered, spontaneity preferred.
Each breath lost, relieving expectation.

Your efforts are not in vain
Each appreciated by the previous
Happiness distorted by uncertainty
Rife fears, prominent through despondency.
Lay...

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VIRTUAL RARITIES
techniques
 transformed
to
explore
 the potentials &
 possibilities
of
  modelling
the
initiative&
 generatively
 appropriated &
reimagined

renditions
surrounded
by
 iterative complexity
 extracted
&
merged
 with the
visual

expressing
a mood
static
 tangible
& prominent
inn
 alternatives
stylised imagery
  symbolised
by
 the
 serene
  introspective
 distilled
  with
 uncertainty
marginalised
in
precedents by
conceptual
 stereotypes
  expressed
 in token
proponents
so finely
tuned

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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Years ago a marriage couldn’t
Join two different races.
Still some people hate
What that legality embraces.

Now today, the fight goes on
With gays who want to wed.
Those with hatred in their hearts
Protest these laws instead.

Why anybody cares what...

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The sphere of influence is as big as the globe
"To stand by things decided"
We're obligated to follow precedents
What happened before the cold war,
Influences the decisions made in today's courts 
Questions and arguments rise for this...

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PAST

Truly the present and the future
Cannot come and become
Without the past
Without the passing of another day
Today and tomorrow
Would not be here
Rather it would be there.

What a wonderful happening
These events of the day
The sequences and consequences
Is...

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The Crossroads of Life!

The crossroads of life—fate!
And there you wait.
For the sign that presents forth
The goals—that will guide your destiny.
The phrase is synonymous with challenge,
Bold adventure and decision-making
In achieving greatness,
Or to be the best that...

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