Long Pythons Poems

Currents
by Michael R. Burch

How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the clapboard slap of tide,
the clockwork shock of wave on rock,
the...

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Poems about Mothers


Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch

There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."

So more than "much, " much more...

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Beckoning
by Michael R. Burch 
 
Yesterday the wind whispered my name
while the blazing locks
of her rampant mane
lay heavy on mine.
And yesterday
I saw the way
the wind caressed tall pines
in forests laced by glinting streams
and thick with...

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Babylonia : Part Two -
Noah’s walk


Pandas chew bamboo, while you film them in the nude;
Red Elephants are extinct (Apart from a view).
Fly up high, escape the zoo’s!
The latest attraction is a Man named Hu.


Hu Man?...

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Witchcraft
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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY - LXXVII

IF ever I had a country proud of its wall-less porous boundary

And if ever by no mistake of the Supreme High Command of the International Militaro-Business Conspiracy I...

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I PRAY THERE IS A HELL FIRE

I PRAY THERE IS A HELL FIRE

No more do i long for the river.
I shan't play in the sea.
I won’t step foot on the water
That's not the life for...

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Lay down noiselessly,
as long as you stay still
and breathe lightly, then they will ignore you.

You can smile under your eyelids,
you can pretend that they have legs
and wear business suits.
You can imagine milking the poison
out of...

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Jungle to Jungle

    Layers and layers of lush, razor-sharp, green foliage, providing, equally perfect habitats for multitudes of species exotic. Host to panthers, pythons and multifarious arrays of life yet unknown by...

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God is dead ...

	but I’m here for an argument

that will cost you 30 pieces of silver

	he paid for it already

that was a loan

	let’s turn the table

	will you throw in Mary for free

she’s not for sale

	but...

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Traveling home to see my family
Spanish moss hangs from trees eerily
I step on the gas; the car starts to shake
So I pull over, pressing on the brake

Here in the darkness I am all alone
No satellite...

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So I built you of my own selfish
Visions outlined in sugar coloured 
Droplets of daffodils naked skin to
Rose petals caramel and cinnamon 
Lips her eyes burn sienna in crimson
Flames and we’re writhing in a mound
Of...

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There are tales that need be told,
For stories never die;
But tales the story teller tells,
Are sweet as apple pie.

The tale we tell is of Noah’s ark,
That God told him to prepare;
The rain would come and...

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A shocking nightmare- the tornado arrived,
that early evening, Tuesday, May 15, 2018.
We were three miles away from our home-
yet, it took nearly two hours to find our way
through the maze of so many blocked roads.
Finally,...

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I was a picked on, 
bullied, browbeaten, buffaloed boy
from Buffalo New York.
I grew up on Buffalo’s lower east side,
the ghetto by another name.
The Frederick Douglass towers.
Formerly the Talbert Mall
better known as the Jefferson projects.
The home...

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Here comes the stormy fire,
Burned out my desire,
Racing against my chest, my hearts pacing,
Beating the pulse to a pulp, draining me dry,
Now’s the time to let go of this tandem rope,
Crash through this masquerade, there...

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I've got to clean out these loaded ancient poetry files
What will I sell first maybe I'll just stack them in big pile

I know then I'll sort them_separate by topic
Remove ones about child sex abuse as...

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Down through the greener woods of Uma,
Through the lions’ den to the green mamba’s palace,
Near the dik dik’s habitat,
As the antelope took off to escape the rage,
Of the approaching leopards whose paws protruded,

Upon the trees...

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I thought I wanted to be rich
I thought I wanted to be immortal
I thought I wanted private jets
And golden rings

I thought I wanted to be a movie star
I thought I wanted to be in a...

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Your eyes that  foretells danger,
soulful charisma that boils my blood stream.
your walk on the valley of darkness.
way you are talked about, but unaware.

your really bad lip kiss, that's perfect for my life.
it mesmerising and...

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It started with a blank canvas-
just another mid-spring day;
no sun nor rain, or gentle breeze-
an atmosphere so still and gray.

A day in May- a fresh-mowed lawn;
leaf-laden trees, soft velvet green.
Yet, at my window, looking out
no...

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Wind, a very strong wind
Uprooting formidable trees 
Of righteousness, morality descend
Wiping the butterflies and Bees

That bestow color and sweetness
To discerning sagacious eyes
Tormenting souls witness
How humanity cries

Destroying all that is in path
Reducing frail houses of virtues
To...

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Look at those 
hills and rivers
Perfectly 
situated on 
this Dark 
continent
I smile as I 
look at Table 
Mountain
Blowing a kiss 
to mount 
kilimanjaro
At night when 
we are all 
asleep
They speak
About the 
good old 
times
When it...

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The mysterious Mangrove breathes in dark shadows.
The deer roam and graze verdant emerald leafy feast,
Something fierce lurks there veiled in thick meadows.
Monkeys rant beholding a dark-streaked yellow beast.

Even a sunny morning seems to be dark,...

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australian numbat is cuter than a chipmunk, monkey or cat.
with deep claws that know how to dig out food so fat.
tiny brown eyes and shiny nose remind us of the snout of a deer.
his striped...

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