Long Railing Poems
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Poems About Flowers
Lady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch
May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.
The...
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Categories:
railing, flower, june, rose, roses are red, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Epitaphs
Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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Categories:
railing, bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
Poems About Poems Ii
Poems about Poems (II)
Kin
by Michael R. Burch
for Richard Moore
1.
Shrill gulls,
how like my thoughts
you, struggling, rise
to distant bliss?
the weightless blue of skies
that are not blue
in any atmosphere,
but closest here...
2.
You seek an air
so clear,
so rarified
the effort leaves...
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Categories:
railing, muse, poems, poetry, poets, work, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Wonderland
Wonderland
by Michael R. Burch
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the pen’s
sincere religion. Magnified, the lens
shot back absurd reflections of each...
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Categories:
railing, allegory, allusion, analogy, crazy, fantasy, imagination, magic,
Form:
Sonnet
The Making of a Poet
The 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:
railing, art, love, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Verse
Sonnets Xxxiii-Xli
Sonnets XXXIII-XLI
The Folly of Wisdom
by Michael R. Burch
She is wise in the way that children are wise,
looking at me with such knowing, grave eyes
I must bend down to her to understand.
But she only smiles, and...
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Categories:
railing, child, childhood, children, death, life, time, world,
Form:
Sonnet
Otomo No Sakanoue No Iratsume Translation
To a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh, my child living so far away,
do you pine for me...
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Categories:
railing, child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form:
Tanka
No Mark
No Mark
by Michael R. Burch
A wave implodes,
impaled upon
impassive rocks...
this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...
you are leaving
and the ungrieving
winds demur...
telling me
that nothing returns
as it was before...
here where you have...
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Categories:
railing, break up, change, divorce, extended metaphor, farewell,
Form:
Verse
The State of the Art
The State of the Art (I)
by Michael R. Burch
Has rhyme lost all its reason
and rhythm, renascence?
Are sonnets out of season
and poems but poor pretense?
Are poets lacking fire,
their words too trite and forced?
What happened to desire?
Has...
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Categories:
railing, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
Radiance, For Dylan Thomas
Radiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil—
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes—dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
railing, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Modern Sonnets I
MODERN SONNETS I
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.
Maker, Fakir, Curer
by Michael R. Burch
A poem...
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Categories:
railing, art, freedom, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Dylan Thomas
These are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
railing, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan Thomas
Myth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
railing, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
Early Poems I
Juvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
Smoke
by Michael R. Burch
The hazy, smoke-filled skies of summer I remember well;
farewell was on my mind, and the thoughts that I can't tell
rang bells within (the din was in)...
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Categories:
railing, kid, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Be Embarrased By Arms
Be Embarrased by Arms
The right of a person to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon when in a
well-regulated militia necessary for the security of a free state. In other words, if
you...
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Categories:
railing, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
Poems About Poets I
Poems about Poets I
The Wonder Boys
by Michael R. Burch
for Leslie Mellichamp
The stars were always there, too-bright cliches:
scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew
as baffled poets winged keyed kites—amazed,
in dream of shocks that suddenly came true ...
but...
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Categories:
railing, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
One Thing That Love Is
Everything here is true
Just as stated
because it's already happened
or - it has yet to occur -
but it's very soon to occur
and I have such strong feeling
that the future will be as I see it
as...
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Categories:
railing, dog, love, memory, sad,
Form:
Free verse
The Whiskey Bottle Wish
The Whiskey Bottle Wish
One late summer night outside a saloon in the mid-west, an intoxicated Dusty Rogers, stumbles out of the Bar nearly taking one of the revolving doors with him. As he flutters...
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Categories:
railing, bible, drink, judgement,
Form:
Narrative
Road Trip
Time for a road trip, my dad, mom and us three kids all packed into our old station wagon. I guess it wasn't so old but it sure seemed that way at the time....
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Categories:
railing, memory,
Form:
Prose
Love Is My Ocean
I figured this wouldn’t be read because of its length, so why not just post it and get it over with
Love is my ocean
~
Placed on a mantle, the ship torn and tattered
Its bottle long...
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Categories:
railing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Travel Plans
A nice cruise from New York, I thought
From down by Pier two-one
I thought I'd head to England
For a good old spot of fun
An Ocean trip, some nice fresh air
Eleven days at sea
I thought this would...
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Categories:
railing, 7th grade, surreal, travel,
Form:
Light Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 104
As Joulupukki was talking, Seileach used his own magic to probe the tree,
“Ah, very interesting,” was his response. “Yes, by all means lead the way.”
The three of them made...
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Categories:
railing, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Rampant and Endemic Police Brutality
Rampant and endemic police brutality...
flourishes against United States citizens of color
going on three years
post George Floyd
short lived heightened awareness
when #blacklivesmatter
in conjunction with 1619 project
wrought upwelling of progressive surge
hinting at positive...
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Categories:
railing, absence, abuse, africa, anger, betrayal, black african
Form:
Free verse
The Curse of Black Beard
Down deep beneath fathoms icy keep, where deadmen’s
Scream in utter silences aquatic hell, amongst the devils
Graveyard of wreckage's carnage, there exists a ghostly harbor
Of phantom ships!
Anchored are the souls of the undead, and vessels craft...
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Categories:
railing, adventure, boat, evil, fantasy, imagery, imagination, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Tropical Island Surprise
You should have a getaway, my friends all said,
They said I earned it, so why sit home instead?
A real vacation would be the nicest thing yet;
Go see the peachiest scenery you'll never regret!
I listened very...
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Categories:
railing, adventure, fantasy, green, lost, nature, ocean, tree,
Form:
Couplet