Long Precise Poems
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Frequency
“Frequency”
we are separated
from the others
by a thin membrane
electromagnetic
we are receptors
unignited ununited
only tuned into our own
frequency
existing to be lit
the fuses touching
reaching delicately
that which we do
and do not see,
believe
answers embedded
in tablets read...
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Categories:
precise, future, humanity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
VacuumVacuum
by Michael R. Burch
Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...
leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are unable to know
that once intrigued us so.
Come then, let us...
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Categories:
precise, education, extended metaphor, farewell, first love, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
Burning LogsEach flame
elegantly weaves in waves
flowing up from resources red cinder hot,
similar in warm color
temperature decrees
of beauty as integrity's truth
trust each surrounding flame.
Each flame
unique in point of origin below
as ubiquitously flickering fading destinations above.
Yet...
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Categories:
precise, caregiving, community, creation, health, integrity, love hurts,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Making of a PoetThe Making of a Poet
by Michael R. Burch
While I don’t consider “Poetry” to be my best poem—I wrote the first version in my teens—it’s a poem that holds special meaning for me; I call it...
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Categories:
precise, art, love, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Verse
State of the Art IiState of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
precise, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
This Is Feminist UsIt's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.
I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.
A veteran,
about...
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Categories:
precise, anger, fear, humor, integrity, mental illness, military,
Form:
Political Verse
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:
precise, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Fishy Science School of Geometric ArtsMath speaks through us
within us
of cognitive landscapes
imagined still and/or moving.
Primal metrics are rational and symmetrical,
good as true as straightforward,
complex creation story problems
unfolding with precise answers,
right as at least not not ecologically wrong,
ecopolitically suboptimal perhaps,
yet at...
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Categories:
precise, adventure, earth, life, light, math, science fiction,
Form:
Political Verse
A Few Years Back and ForthA few years back,
in the prior millennium,
1993 to be more precise
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
born without a stage name
had his book entitled "The Evolving Self" published,
by which he meant The ReGeneratively Nutritious Flowing Self,
but he was probably shy...
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Categories:
precise, beauty, earth, health, political, psychological, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
A Walk On the BeachI went again today ... to that place, the allurement overwhelming ... the one
we called "ours" so tritely, "mine" before you, "mine" again now, (tho' others
have doubtless staked claimed - ages before and since). I...
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Categories:
precise, heartbreak, lost love, ocean, passion, solitude, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Modern Sonnets IiMODERN SONNETS II
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
In Praise of Meter
by Michael R. Burch
The...
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Categories:
precise, art, romance, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
Canto Xxvii Hell TransalationAlready was straight up the flame and steady
To speak no more, and yet away it went
Being the sweet poet to let it ready,
When another, which followed in ascent,
Made us to turn our eyes to top...
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Categories:
precise, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 42Rian sat puzzling in his suite in the Keep. His thoughts in disarray, jumping from one concern to another without any logical order. He sat before a desk that once was...
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Categories:
precise, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Starlight and Moonlight IiStarlight and Moonlight II
These are poems about starlight and moonlight, moons and stars, dreams and visions, illuminations and intimations …
Deliver Us...
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
The night is dark and scary—
under...
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Categories:
precise, dream, love, moon, night, sky, star, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Kidnapped By AliensThey had kept me imprisoned there for three full days,
In that sparse, solitary room, of scarce sunshine rays.
Having good food to eat, had never been a problem;
They brought hot meals, but the problem was...
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Categories:
precise, adventure, earth, fantasy, imagery, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 25
Erlenkönig also pushed forward the idea of the Council of Six.
Which was a wonderful idea in theory. The council eventually became the
most powerful force in the Elfin Clans, one representative from each of...
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Categories:
precise, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Appear My Queen At the PierAs the life of the day nears its last breath,
With a glow of crimson, forewarning its death,
Upon its cresting, the reflection, daunting,
The sea sets free a beauty, haunting
The depths of its treasures of unknown span,
The...
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Categories:
precise, beauty, desire, dream, fantasy, inspiration, love, romantic
Form:
Rhyme
The Whips of History - 1This whip is a relic of war
an instrument of severe education,
come now Avia, look how lovely and vulgar,
it is essential for you to appreciate it's intention,
feel it's supple weight, the simple fright,
I use jasmine...
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Categories:
precise, christian, history, passion, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Never Out of Season - a Short StoryI was wiping the dust off an old snow globe in the upstairs attic, when a mop of honey-blonde hair suddenly appeared through the wooden flooring.
"I thought I'd find you...
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Categories:
precise, august, bereavement, blue, christmas, december, farewell, grief,
Form:
Narrative
Bye Bye BirdieIt was late in the perpetual summer, and I had been dozing,
On a blue and balmy afternoon, as I lulled on my porch swing.
When from my pleasurable dreams, I was eventually aroused,
By sweet breezes that...
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Categories:
precise, adventure, beautiful, bird, fantasy, friendship love, imagery,
Form:
Couplet
Taken By the WindI was out one day walking, along the glad sounding shore,
Gathering pretty seashells, and watching the seagulls soar.
To the left were lofty mountains, touching the azure skies,
To the right, sparkling ocean, and ahead the butterflies!
In...
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Categories:
precise, beach, fantasy, mountains, nature, sea, weather, wind,
Form:
Couplet
My Dear Sweet Lost Child Daughter of My Wasted Youth a ConfessionMy Dear, Sweet, lost Child ?
Daughter of my wasted youth !
A confession
I am truly sorry Gail, for all that I was
- that selfish, inconsiderate, thoughtless man -
I am truly sorry Gail, for all...
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Categories:
precise, daughter, planet,
Form:
Free verse
Boob Jobs and Bomb JobsBoob jobs and bomb jobs
Sisters in arms those tits and those weapons of massive
destruction sex and death go together in dynamics
thermodynamics psychodynamics fused on the playground
of this life of this poem on which...
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Categories:
precise, conflict, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
The Stranger*Image of Thunder & Lightning by Pixabay.
The Stranger
My life warps by its beasts of woes
depression dogs my day
at night, stress drains my restless soul
the wrongs have no delay
Myself am I, forsook decreed
hope laid by things...
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Categories:
precise, allegory, encouraging, faith, meaningful, missing, mother son,
Form:
Rhyme
Solitary Confinement 1SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 1 : Number Four
Many chains, many locks and bars
clattered at four in the morning
black bitter coffee drugged
a single bucket of cold water
...
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Categories:
precise, africa, body, character, emotions, history, humanity, integrity,
Form:
Bio