Long Raves Poems
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Juvenilia: Early Poems X
Juvenilia: Early Poems X
These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.
Regret
by Michael R. Burch
Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear...
once starlight
languished
in your hair...
a shining there
as brief
as rare.
Regret,
a pain
I chose to bear...
unleash
the torrent
of your hair...
and show me
once...
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Categories:
raves, age, child, children, dream, teen, time, war,
Form:
Rhyme
I May Be Mistaken
I May Be Mistaken
By Franklin Price
9/19/2018
I may be mistaken but, in watching all the raves,
I believe our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.
We're not acting patriotic when the parties have their say.
They're...
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Categories:
raves, america, political,
Form:
Couplet
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...
Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly enough even reducing
ordinary decibels to a mute whisper
madding crowd trumpeting...
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Categories:
raves, abuse, america, anger, animal, corruption, emotions, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Advice To the Earthling, From What You Would Call An Alien Being
From all worlds and time’s eternal outer reaches,
Where the Creator is perceived to dwell.
You try to learn what your told He teaches,
Regarding Life, the Universe, Heaven and Hell.
The soul is a precious, beautiful place,
Where you...
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Categories:
raves, allusion, analogy, earth, extended metaphor, judgement, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
Fighting For Complete Understanding
I held my arms, sleeping, around her breasts, bending, allowing myself to fall, the ghosting, dark wake, the fiery sands burned by a storm of thorn trees, burned by the march of sea and the...
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Categories:
raves, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Fighting For Complete Understanding
i held my arms, sleeping, around her breasts, bending, allowing myself to fall, the ghosting, dark wake, the fiery sands burned by a storm of thorn trees, burned by the march of sea and the...
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Categories:
raves, fate, pain, poems,
Form:
Free verse
Oh One Oh Two Two Oh Two Two
I logged on to Face Book and, when my memories came came up, I saw this poem that I wrote January 2, 2020. I am editing it for January 2, 2022 as I see it.
Oh...
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Categories:
raves, america,
Form:
Couplet
Beneath the Surface
Have you swam the forests under the seas
glided it's waters wandered it's keys
watched the gray giants ...
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Categories:
raves, boat, creation, earth, fish, imagery, nature, water,
Form:
Verse
jungle raves
Vibe-check, it’s Friday. Yay! A delightfully cool Friday at that! I’d like to thank the democratic party (which I’ve heard controls the weather now). Has the heat finally surrendered to the inevitable freshness of fall?
Can...
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Categories:
raves, cheer up, fun, humor, memory, school, student,
Form:
Free verse
The Final Solution I
As innocence receives the mark of man
a war is waged in silent turpitude.
It seeps within the solace of the land
erasing all in morbid solitude.
For any souls so deemed to be unfit
are subjects for eradication’s storm,
‘tis...
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Categories:
raves, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Afghanistan 911 Emergency
Afghanistan 911 Emergency
By Franklin Price
09/08/2021
Nine-eleven, two thousand one, the world we knew was changed.
We were attacked by terrorists, our lives were rearranged.
We went to war with Saddam Hussein. He was the leader of Iraq.
The terrorists...
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Categories:
raves, america, anger, betrayal, conflict,
Form:
Couplet
Christmas Day Near Massacre
When we were kids, kids we were without no pain or fears,
we’d do the ‘devilish’ of things to impress our peers.
The biggest dare or bravest feat would for the pack be tried.
Lord knows now when...
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Categories:
raves, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Destiny Doth Accompany, Deliver, Inveigle America
Destiny doth accompany, deliver, inveigle America...
Smartly, squarely, summarily into
pall bearing sized hands Helena Handbasket
adorned with Aconite (Monkshood) atop casket
signaling demise, née sealing freedom
(of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness) fate
with eternal bondage super glued gasket.
I...
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Categories:
raves, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Political Verse
The Lady In Green POTD
I was a zealous fashion designer, whose elegant styles were ever in vogue,
Like the rainbow time of cool, damp evening, that elegant colors go rogue.
Lost in my work, I took it seriously, for creating something...
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Categories:
raves, beauty, fantasy, fashion, green, imagery, mystery, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Argh, I never got muffin top before why now
Argh, I ne'er got muffin top before - why now!?
Once upon a time yours truly did allow
himself to consume anything in sight
eats of mine in the mein
included an assortment of chow.
Impossible firm me
(read...
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Categories:
raves, adventure, age, angst, appreciation, body, food, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
A Child With No Praise
A child with no praise causes these kind of days
Your words are often micromanaged
Yet your rants and raves are never challenged
Your brain, thoughts and words are all over the place
Seems to be unbalanced
Your voice you...
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Categories:
raves, america, corruption, hate, money, parents, political, racism,
Form:
Narrative
My Abuser Raves
It was a small school community,
Close and cliquish, but a special one,
For physically disabled people, kids,
And so sometimes it was fun.
But we were paired informally, by the school’s ethos done,
For those serious...
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Categories:
raves, bullying, child abuse, childhood, mentor, pain, parents,
Form:
Rhyme
The Devil Went Back To Heaven, Part Ii
...“ ‘There’s this Hitler guy who’s trying to kill
every fallen Jew that happens my way,
you think six million would’ve slaked his thirst,
but he still rants and raves, seeking to slay.
“ ‘And there is this Stalin...
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Categories:
raves, evil, forgiveness, god, heaven, hope, religious, spiritual,
Form:
Epic
Cock Robin's Song
I was a capable, urban professional, quite eagerly living the high life;
Like pink robin, of the saffron noon zenith, afore shadows bloom rife.
My daily work was very challenging, and it allowed me to be creative;
Like...
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Categories:
raves, bird, fantasy, home, morning, nature, song, work,
Form:
Couplet
The Evil Twin, Part Iii
III.
It was the next day the sheriff rode out,
three bodies had been found in a dry gulch.
The sheriff saw Paul meet him at the door,
heard raves from the back, where his brother sulked.
The sheriff frowned....
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Categories:
raves, brother, corruption, drink, family, loss, meaningful, sad,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Ronald Rump Reasonably Roasted
Ronald Rump reasonably roasted
Remarkable – recourse retaining rickety
rambling reverence regarding “r.”
Ronald Rump
repugnant racist republican reviled -
rickettsia re:itch ruler.
Rapaciously ravaged
revered reverential rubric.
Radical ruthless renegade
rapidly riotously ripped rigged ramparts.
Refrained retaining remnant
redolent...
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Categories:
raves, 12th grade, america, betrayal, december, grave, grief,
Form:
Free verse
Christmas Down Under
Now Christmas in July seems crazy - I’m sure I hear you say
That has got to be plain silly - but this is the Aussie way
Christmas is in December you insist it’s a well-known fact
But...
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Categories:
raves, celebration, christmas, funny, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
My Sweat
I have run three marathon since the break of dawn and have written three songs to humble the dishonest man but all the effort that I have made he still continue the shove dirt in...
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Categories:
raves, bereavement, change, community, emotions, friendship, gender, international,
Form:
Free verse
Dragons Anxiety Attack
One day my dragon, discovered how to read; whomever taught him, is anyone’s guess. Once he discovered historical novels; none of us would rest. Night and day, he inhaled words; great fiction, based...
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Categories:
raves, animal, fun, funny, imagery, myth, mythology, pets,
Form:
Free verse
Ronald Rump
repugnant racist republican reviled - rickettsia re:itch ruler.
rapaciously ravaged revered reverential rubric.
radical ruthless renegade rapidly riotously rips rigged ramparts.
refrains retaining remnant redolent regal, resplendent rafters.
riches rudely rupture rooted rectified rights.
ruckus ricochets revenant...
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Categories:
raves, allusion, analogy, confusion, crazy, funny, imagination, lost,
Form:
Alliteration