Long Proximity Poems
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Gluttonous Connoisseur of Ethnic Culinary Cuisines
Yours truly would never be confused for a gourmand, nevertheless I could enjoy experiencing taste testing select food samples if offered an opportunity of attending a fancy feast viz smörgåsbord, whereby oral indulgence would arouse,...
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Categories:
proximity, addiction, appreciation, birthday, blessing, chicago, dream, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Food glorious food
Food glorious food
Asia generic guy gastronomy (and how gourmet foods eat destructively clearly beyond any) excess enthusiasm, the necessity to feed and clothe this lean mean exercising machine gunning corporeal essence christened Matthew Scott Harris...
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Categories:
proximity, 12th grade, adventure, america, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
Dream of Infinity
Dream of Infinity
by Michael R. Burch
Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair?
Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air
that your soul sought its shell like a crab on a beach,
then...
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Categories:
proximity, confusion, depression, dream, farewell, leaving, loneliness, longing,
Form:
Couplet
I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather
I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather
I haint no spring chicken,
("Buk buk buk buk ba-gawk!")
but in Summer re:
long in tooth sexagenarian
nostalgic for the following imagery
evoked yesterday with very little effort
(aside...
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Categories:
proximity, age, allegory, appreciation, celebration, confusion, halloween, natural
Form:
Free verse
Kidnapped By Aliens
They 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:
proximity, adventure, earth, fantasy, imagery, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet
Mother of the Age
Stately stood Princess Amber in all her finery,
Emerald tunic over a crimson gown,
With gems inlaid in her rustling gown,
Her arms bangled in intricate gold slowly rose,
Her slender fingers rested on her heaving bosom,
Listening to unstopping...
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Categories:
proximity, anger, beautiful, emotions, forgiveness, imagery, jealousy,
Form:
Epic
Bad ass beauty brought bedlam, and begat bastard child
Bad ass beauty brought bedlam, and begat bastard child...
courtesy booty call minus preemptive measures
while plugg naughty bits of tarnished knight
while he took tea and crumpets within mistress's boudoir
The following verses typed out some years...
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Categories:
proximity, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, gender,
Form:
Free verse
Terminal
A couple of months ago, my wife received news that there was an ...
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Categories:
proximity, faith, family, grief, prayer, sick,
Form:
Verse
The Andromeda Strain Part I: ILMO - my son
I thought of writing about another High School Social Studies book report. This is an intriguing piece riddled with a complicated set of circumstances. I chose to write it as a short story as it...
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Categories:
proximity, mystery, science fiction,
Form:
Narrative
The Nifty Town 1
I knew that I had to go somewhere but I did not know where
I knew I had to go somewhere that was not very far from here
So I put on my...
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Categories:
proximity, adventure, angel, business, celebration, character, confusion, culture,
Form:
Narrative
Embrace the Lines
Embrace The Lines
Vitality marks gently stretch your soft skin beyond the wildest dreams of
beauty unbound where children had once or thrice embraced your womb
the soothing waters cushioning and cradling three miracles three water
marks engraved...
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Categories:
proximity, life,
Form:
Free verse
Hiroshima eighty years since August 6th, 1945
Hiroshima – eighty years since August 6th, 1945
About fourteen and a half years
before my birth,
yours truly not even a twinkle
in the eyes of his then
young father and mother
the former born April...
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Categories:
proximity, age, angst, anniversary, august, conflict, grave, history,
Form:
Free verse
Ah Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep
Ah...Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep
Aye sandman, I surrender to yar supreme governance
surreal spectacular soiree gifts subconscious sphere
soothing (analogous to natural palliative), ah...REM
member nought, asper exquisite entertaining cerebral
kaleidoscope replete with nonpareil visual trappings
aesthetically tantalizing unforgettable..., but...
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Categories:
proximity, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation, celebration, dance, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Blink
Anything can change in the blink of an eye.
You could win the lottery and the next day you die.
These thoughts and feelings make it very hard to even try.
But if I said, I was giving...
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Categories:
proximity, anger, childhood, dad, family, memory, mom, trust,
Form:
Rhyme
Very Fine Imagery
I was touring the lovely countryside, once on a golden Saturday,
Lost within the raptures, of languid summertime's scenic display.
And I came into the vicinity, of a beautiful historic old home,
So being curious and interested, inside...
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Categories:
proximity, adventure, fantasy, house, imagery, mirror, places, world,
Form:
Couplet
An unexceptional turning point in our marriage
An unexceptional turning point in our marriage...
unexpectedly came about,
when possible prospect
of the wife going
to Puerto Rico by herself
(for a fêted celebration
of our eldest daughter
and her significant other,
which occurred years ago
courtesy justice of the peace)
attended by...
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Categories:
proximity, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, appreciation, betrayal, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
Bedlam and Mayhem In the Mistress's Boudoir
Bedlam and mayhem in the mistress's boudoir
Nsync with variations on a theme:
of drool worthy Reuben Sandwich
(consisting of corned beef,
Swiss cheese, sauerkraut,
Russian dressing between slices
of rye bread that is grilled
until the bread...
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Categories:
proximity, adventure, angel, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful, desire, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Botched and Bungled Interpersonal Opportunities Viewed
Botched and bungled interpersonal opportunities viewed...
tonight October 25th, 2022
terrifically summarily requoting
poetic outdated iteration,
I share the following lines
echoing in the valley
of love and delight.
courtesy 20/20 hindsight
October twenty fifth
two thousand and twenty two
admirable,...
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Categories:
proximity, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Princess Diana Poems
PRINCESS DIANA POEMS
Fairest Diana: an Epitaph for Princess Diana
by Michael R. Burch
Fairest Diana, princess of dreams,
born to be loved and yet distant and lone,
why did you linger?so solemn, so lovely?
an orchid ablaze in a crevice...
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Categories:
proximity, angel, beautiful, beauty, england, princess, rose, woman,
Form:
Epitaph
Rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania Yankee
Rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania Yankee...
honored at freedom fête
of course in my dreams
where Tony the Tiger
roars Matthew Scott Harris
ranks as one hip cat gr-r-eat
showcasing adroitness
with ability to turn a phrase
evident if we could arrange a tête-à-tête
where...
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Categories:
proximity, adventure, america, animal, appreciation, hero, humanity, remember,
Form:
Free verse
November 13th 2021 Happy Eighty Sixth Birthday
November 13th, 2021 - Happy eighty sixth birthday
to my long deceased mom...
Harriet Harris née Kuritsky
My mother succumbed to a terminal illness
two score minus three orbitz passed away
no matter she fought tooth and nail
to keep ovarian/uterine...
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Categories:
proximity, absence, age, anniversary, bereavement, cancer, creation, death,
Form:
Rhyme
The First Bloom
You wonder why, my love
These memories flitter in the hallways of my mind
Knocking on the door
of every room
Where I’ve hung
Do not Disturb Signs
For I don’t want to remember you
My Paradise Lost and yet….
Oh, you wonder...
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Categories:
proximity, flower, sensual,
Form:
Narrative
Outdoor Operatives
Community outdoor innovators
are challenged by premillennial lack
of potlatch cooperative investments
paid-forward
by ZeroZone invested WiseElders,
Limited by Space
for developing multifamily co-housing
with cooperative community organic gardens.
Limited by volunteer outdoor ego-eco therapeutic
Time.
Limited by competitive economic grid
and profile assumptions
for future WinLose...
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Categories:
proximity, caregiving, community, education, family, health, humor, nature,
Form:
Political Verse
Swing Sets and Jungle Gyms
(or swing sets and monkey bars)
A pitch perfect spring day
such as today April 8th, 2022
within quaint hamlet
of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
in close proximity within mind's eye
to Lake Wobegon, Minnesota
finds me reminiscing...
When, scads of light years ago
(half...
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Categories:
proximity, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Free verse
Long Ago, Memories of a Cold Winter Night Conversation
Long Ago, Memories Of A Cold Winter Night Conversation
(Narrative/Rhyme)
Hebridean isles, once sang to me in a dream,
She her beautiful hair silky, so very long
There rests magnificent treasure few ever find
A good poet would use it...
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Categories:
proximity, art, best friend, imagination, lonely, solitude, winter,
Form:
Narrative