Long Reprieve Poems
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Various Heresies 4Various Heresies 4
I, Lazarus
by Michael R. Burch
I, Lazarus, without a heart,
devoid of blood and spiritless,
lay in the darkness, meritless:
my corpse?a thing cold, dead, apart.
But then I thought I heard?a Voice,
a Voice that called me from...
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Categories:
reprieve, america, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus, usa,
Form:
Verse
For All That I RememberedFor All That I Remembered
by Michael R. Burch
For all that I remembered, I forgot
her name, her face, the reason that we loved ...
and yet I hold her close within my thought:
I feel the burnished weight...
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Categories:
reprieve, desire, dream, memory, remember, sad love, soulmate,
Form:
Sonnet
EnoughEnough!
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that I don’t want to die;
I shall be glad to go.
Enough of diabetes pie,
and eating sickly crow!
Enough of win and place and show.
Enough of endless woe!
Enough of suffering and vice!
I’ve...
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Categories:
reprieve, body, cancer, death, health, irony, mental illness,
Form:
Light Verse
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - Iv - Primo LeviWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - IV - Primo Levi
Shema
by Primo Levi
translation by Michael R. Burch
You who live secure
in your comfortable houses,
who return each evening to find
warm food,
welcoming faces...
consider whether this...
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Categories:
reprieve, evil, holocaust, race, racism, war, world, world
Form:
Free verse
Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
...
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Categories:
reprieve, celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Poems About Children IiiPoems about Children III
Miracle
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart beat, you were mine,
and I see
infinity leap in...
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Categories:
reprieve, adventure, child, childhood, children, dad, father son,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Pharaoh - 1 of 2Old Pharaoh had enslaved the Jews; he would not let them go.
So God devised a mighty scheme; his go-to guy was Mo.
His brother Aaron was the voice, for Moses talked real slow,
So he would wave...
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Categories:
reprieve, bible,
Form:
Ballad
Recluse By Dint of CircumstanceRecluse by dint of circumstance
Proud anonymous troglodytes
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.
He/him (matted hair, ratty, scrawny,
and tetchy ugly villain)
scurried into dark...
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Categories:
reprieve, adventure, america, angst, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Paris the Last Week of the August Reprieve- Xxxv Part TwoUnquotable quotes: Paris, the last week of the August reprieve – XXXV Part Two
II
The first signs reek tell-tale
Buffer-to-buffer...
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Categories:
reprieve, august, autumn, farewell, lost love, winter,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Legacy of PenangBack in 1962 when I was just a lad
my dad gave me a holiday
the best I ever had.
A holiday of every dream
that one lifetime could hold
so listen while this wondrous time
to you I now...
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Categories:
reprieve, culture, father, food, friendship, introspection, paradise, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Three Tribute Poems, Composed By Me, For Longfellow BlogThree Tribute poems-- composed by me,
For Longfellow blog….
(1.)
Glory Of Faith's Triumphant Golden Crowns
The rays of morn took their first golden breath
Dispersing powers of night's darkling mists
First gleams romancing sweet the earthen shores
Beating back dark...
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Categories:
reprieve, art, creation, dedication, deep, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Edges of RhymeThe Edges of Rhyme
I wrote the playbook, watching what they took
While the earth shook I could not look
In the direction of the Big Book
Like a fish caught on a nasty hook...
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Categories:
reprieve, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Paris the Last Week of the August Reprieve - Xxxv Part OneUnquotable quotes: Paris, the last week of the August reprieve – XXXV
Part One ...
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Categories:
reprieve, august, autumn, farewell, september, society,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Parts Two and Three Honoring Elizabeth Barrett Browning(4.)
As Midnight Hours Call In More Darkened Hosts
Slow flows a river of doubt and regret
foaming its swirling eddies and sad pits
cavernous echoes one can not forget
nor withstand jagged cuts and hardest hits!
As sun retreats and...
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Categories:
reprieve, appreciation, art, creation, poetry, poets, tribute, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Fork Git About Spooner Hiz HamFork git about spooner hiz ham
And join (singing the words
in the next paragraph) whether alone
in a traffic jam
basting, cooking, then eating a lamb
prepared by thee missus
a superb culinary madam.
“A Ram Sam Sam” Lyrics
A ram...
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Categories:
reprieve, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Game of Cricket Is a Game of LifeLife is not cricket: though a game of cricket reflects life
It portrays real-life conditions; from cradle to urn
Starting with toss of a coin; ends in pulling bails off
Just as cricket life is simply...
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Categories:
reprieve, dedication, emotions, endurance, fantasy, games, image, inspiration,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Watching Upcoming Toilet Bowl Lvii Highlight of February 12th, 2023Watching upcoming toilet bowl lvii highlight of February 12th, 2023
Above title attests
how mine mundane mein kampf
insync as a veritable clogged drain oh:
flush with adventure overflowing excrement
er... rather excitement.
Apt aforementioned accurate personal description
believe me not,...
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Categories:
reprieve, 12th grade, abuse, adventure, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form:
Rhyme
Watching Upcoming Toilet Bowl Lvi Highlight of February 13th, 2022Watching upcoming toilet bowl lvi highlight of February 13th, 2022
Above title attests how mine mundane mein kampf
insync as a veritable clogged drain oh:
flush with adventure overflowing excrement
er... rather excitement.
Apt aforementioned accurate personal description
believe me not,...
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Categories:
reprieve, adventure, cool, devotion, farewell, happiness, heaven, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Part 2 - Earthbound Angels Made of Stone - An EpicThose evil thorns of bitterness
That couldn't bear to see
This child so loved and so adored
By their father
Captain Lee
Until one day in early May
When she went out to play
In fields drenched in morning dew
Above...
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Categories:
reprieve, abuse, angel, baby, black african american, death,
Form:
Epic
Of Byron, Keats and Shelley, a Few WordsFrom my Blog:
Of Byron, Keats And Shelley, A Few Words
(1.)
Of Byron And A Visit I Once Had
Alas! Youth and its joy away has flown
I wake at the break of day with a groan
the smooth mirror...
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Categories:
reprieve, appreciation, art, inspirational, meaningful, poetry, poets, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
FailedHow dare you walk around all cocky and self righteous
Nailing your ASS is going to be my final gift
U know what u did covering it up because you had to
You don't fool me Doc I...
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Categories:
reprieve, abuse, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
King of Kings: 91-17211 Contracted in this state our marriage made
And only far too late we recognize
That gladly with Reptilian Flesh we’ve laid
The veil torn away revealing eyes
Of yellow flame exposéd we surmise
Out from the darkened room these floating...
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Categories:
reprieve, metaphor,
Form:
Epic
Gingham Prison: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road
(Lights dim, a single spotlight illuminates Judy Garland, center stage. She wears a faded housecoat, her eyes holding a lifetime of stories. She speaks directly to the audience, her voice a smoky whisper)
Judy:
They christened...
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Categories:
reprieve, addiction, anxiety, depression, loneliness, lonely, psychological, woman,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
I Am Ill Eke Quipped To Dusk Hoover Dawn Ting Task of BadinageI am ill eke quipped to dusk hoover dawn ting task of badinage
Indentured gumption forsaken
courtesy each pulled wisdom-tooth
this hug gust aspiring writer..., albeit youth
fool looking imp posse Hubble wordsmith,
(i.e. the babbling dad) coon sitters...
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Categories:
reprieve, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation, beauty, confidence, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme
My Childhood AngelHow did my Nanny know of the horrors that went on in our home? Was it the palpable fear in my eyes, or her heavenly instinct? Today, I believe she had a divine...
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Categories:
reprieve, abuse, angel, anti bullying, child abuse, depression,
Form:
Free verse