Long Reckon Poems
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Kaos In -Part 5- Final PartHate the feelings of ew's and ugh's...let's pause before we put our paws on this unmanageable cause with silent applause (quiet interest or hushed enthusiasm)
What's the cause of these negative, gross, worthless flawful laws that...
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Categories:
reckon, abuse, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems VJuvenilia: Early Poems V
Poetry
by Michael R. Burch
Poetry, I found you
where at last they chained and bound you;
with devices all around you
to torture and confound you,
I found you—shivering, bare.
They had shorn your raven hair
and taken both...
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Categories:
reckon, poems, poets, teen, teenage, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poems IiiPoems about Poems III
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...
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Categories:
reckon, poems, poetry, poets, visionary, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Come Down, For Harold BloomCome Down
by Michael R. Burch
for Harold Bloom
Come down, O, come down
from your high mountain tower.
How coldly the wind blows,
how late this chill hour ...
and I cannot wait
for a meteor shower
to show you the time
must be...
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Categories:
reckon, books, culture, discrimination, education, extended metaphor, literature,
Form:
Sonnet
What Good Are Our TearsWhat Good Are Our Tears?
by Michael R. Burch
What good are our tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is our concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?
What good, the warm benevolence...
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Categories:
reckon, child, child abuse, children, death, poverty, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the GhostHarriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost...
~ May fourth, 2005
wedded bliss nearly fifty years
half a century almost
me not most favorite grown offspring,
she (when alive) did boast,
about youngest sister and her family,
unlike me – severely...
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Categories:
reckon, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation, bereavement, cry, dance,
Form:
Free verse
Freezer Mice: RepostedThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
reckon, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Freezer MiceThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
reckon, adventure, fantasy, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
Dystopia Town Will Be Damaged By Ascended FrownWhere’s a hero when we need one?
Get rid of the villain with a silly, little gun
I ricochet like the bullets that hit Superman,
But he was shielded best he can…best he can…
Driving through dystopia town, dystopia...
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Categories:
reckon, angst, dark, emotions, grief, happiness, hope, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 1: Betrayal Stinks - a Poetic JourneyGive me a pleasant,
Elevating and
Elegant embrace
Times like these are Grim
Believe in Him
Don’t give up on them –
The people you hang out with
So much fun, I can clearly see actually,
Time and time...
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Categories:
reckon, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
The Inception: God Is Alwayz Good -Part 2-Was I ever handsome in God’s eyes? When will I take…take…
When will I take flight?
I’m counting the days to see you fly so gracefully…in the aqua-blue sky
I can’t wait to see you take wing and...
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Categories:
reckon, deep, faith, freedom, grief, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 12His words stung me, as the cries from the maelstrom seem to retort
Their scattered, foreign words and wails retching their say
I listened, almost mesmerized,
Pulverized
“Come,” Said he,
With threatening authority
Upwards, higher than the balcony from which we...
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Categories:
reckon, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, conflict, hope, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Invisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilismInvisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilism
Psyche wracked with agony
impossible mission to extricate lovely bones
they wanna remain permanently abed.
I chiefly function to amass knowledge
courtesy assiduously, habitually,
and judiciously reading
an eclectic assortment of written material.
Yours truly woke
with ambition, disposition,
inclination,...
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Categories:
reckon, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence, age, angst,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 2: Held Down - a Poetry VoyageIt’s complicated…
I’m the king of jealousy
Keep me up
I’m held down
Rumors are like the watery triangle of nasty errors…
(Aphradere waterfalls fall on us)
My black and white future is full of grey blurs
(Remember, we are...
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Categories:
reckon, angst, betrayal, courage,
Form:
Free verse
9 - Dont Bee Late For Flight-SchoolDon’t bee late for Flight-school
Ok…Are you sure you have got everything that you need?
There is nothing you have forgotten?
Nothing you want to get before you leave?
Are you sure you don’t need to use the lavatory...
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Categories:
reckon, family, flying, friendship, growth, insect, joy, love,
Form:
I do not know?
OkOK
It’s ok to think I'm disabled, it’s not ok to ignore my atheism;
It’s ok to know I'm firstly an atheist, it’s not ok to assume this has always been obvious;
It’s ok to understand that...
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Categories:
reckon, discrimination, education, life, people, rights, smile, society,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th, 2004Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004
Often these days
(closing in on the eighth
anniversary of eighth orbit
around mister sun),
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share
how one and only...
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Categories:
reckon, absence, anger, atheist, courage, death, fate, may,
Form:
Free verse
Aphradere: the Flight Weavers' Handsome ClawzLay your head down to rest on the desk of sooth stones and mild rock formations and I will caress your eyelids to veil your eyes towards sweet slumber, just pause
It will be just like...
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Categories:
reckon, angst, anxiety, deep, emotions, encouraging, hope, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Hands Down Unto the FloorOpening the Drawer
Letting out my there's-my-phone Roar
Destined to live life to the fullest
Relevant determination of the writer flows in my good blood
Envy not, competition - so be it
Amphibious animals corner me as if I'm...
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Categories:
reckon, crazy, deep, depression, desire, emotions, encouraging, how
Form:
Free verse
The Christmas TrainIt was Christmas Eve, a Thursday
On the Northern Express Christmas Train
We were on our way north through the wilds
And our destination was to be old Hornepayne
One hundred and eighty two people
Three kittens, one goat...
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Categories:
reckon, christmas, december, imagery, snow, travel, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
I Hate Flamin' CrowsMe real name it is Bill Vonbertouche,
but for short most folk just call me Bill.
Me Mum and Dad say I’m real smart,
but the girls reckon I’m just a dill.
But let’s just get this one thing...
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Categories:
reckon, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Rum N Raisin 2 - the Hunt For Tim BucktooRum and Raisin, on the mat, were playing with their toys
Their humans had the tv on to give some background noise
Rum said, “Raisin, there is something that I want to do,
To meet a man from...
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Categories:
reckon, animal, cat, nursery rhyme, ocean, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Mother Dearest Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th 2004Mother dearest Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004
Often these days
(early May 2021)
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share one son,
cuz seventeen years after mother succumbed
courtesy of terminal...
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Categories:
reckon, absence, anniversary, bereavement, cancer, death, eulogy, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
Adieu Dental Floss and Toothbrush(21st century pearly white prosthetics,
restored jaw bar wah key)
Aye noel hunger bristle,
and when false teeth soak at night
in tandem with stubby facial gristle
har reckon noah kisses
...
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Categories:
reckon, 11th grade, 12th grade, farewell, grief, hyperbole,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Nervana - Imagine You and I(Warning: it has a sexual theme...)
Imagine you and I
Together, we will fly
But, first and foremost,
Let's spread butter to the toast
Suicide nervana plays me like the piano player to the piano
It's a ride...
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Categories:
reckon, deep, universe,
Form:
Free verse