Long Reprove Poems

Juvenilia: 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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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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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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                       I
 Was on a winter morn gently put
   to ground,...

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Can you hear me 
And where are you now 
Can you hear me 
Are you beneath the clouds 
This is my choice 
To share my verse 
Of all of those letters 
That come together 
Do...

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Poems for Poets VIII


Fireflies
thinking to illuminate the darkness?
Poets!
—Michael R. Burch


BeMused
by Michael R. Burch

You will find in her hair
a fragrance more severe
than camphor.

You will find in her dress
no hint of a sweet
distractedness.

You will find in her...

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She Was Very Pretty
by Michael R. Burch

She was very pretty, in the usual way
for perhaps a day;
and when the boys came out to play,
she winked and smiled, then ran away
till one unexpectedly caught her.

At sixteen,...

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Whom am I to judge you;
I need to judge first myself only;
I have no rights to judge;
I also have fallen state;
How am I a witness;
When I'm condemning you;
Where is the love;
Where is the I reprove...

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June 2 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 63-67

Key Verse – Psalm 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for...

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I speak not, I trace not, I breathe not thy name;
There is grief in the sound, there is guilt in the fame;
But the tear that now burns on my cheek may impart
The deep thoughts that...

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They say if you don’t use a thing for a year
It’s time to get rid of it, just to be clear
Feel free to sell it or give it away
But to get clutter free, just don’t...

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April 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Kings 19-21

Key Verse –2Kings 19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master...

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March 17 Scripture Meditations Based on 2Kings 1-5

Key Verse – 2Kings 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD...

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O, for thy blessed skin, draping thy torso
Radiating key images to beholder’s sight ‘n mind
Acuities thus forged, save for the blind
Launching love at first sight

Much like hair, eyes, nose, lips
Whose contours spark admiration, adoration
Forsaking traits...

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A Trembling Rose!

Such a trembling rose! She has something to hide, 
Feigns her cough hoping Prince will remain by her side, 
Though she loves him, in fact, she is loath to declare, 
Her connection to...

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July 2 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ecclesiastes 9-12

Key Verse – Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth...

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August 26 Scripture Meditations Based on Obadiah

Key Verse – Obadiah 1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in...

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October 10 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on John 15-16

Key Verse – John 15:1  I (Jesus Christ) am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY TRUE VINE			
	
Lord...

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God awakens me every morning
With a beautiful sunny light
Fills my mind with good thoughts
My heart with a sense of joy

God opens new doors for me to enter
Doors of hope, welcome and tender
Filling me with assurance...

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Me be a ghetto preacher,
with a fire-cloven tongue
I come correct
A humble gospel teacher ...
those who hate the truth,
I don't respect
I come correct,
I bring it to you real
I come correct,
I come with the zeal

Jesus Christ always...

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Froth and foam, time and tide...
Ah, the motion of the ocean.
‘Tis the source of my heart's longing,
The place of my soul's belonging, 
With it's push and pull...
Ebb and flow.

As time and space go rambling on...
At...

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Dawn, you fall upon striking radiance,
Birds lift the sky using wings patience,
Barren and wizened tree, I trust your vitality,
A sympathy that teams will ignite beauty.

In a palm tree, I sense the vicinity of God,
Insight into...

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To Our No Relationship Association,

I suppose we will never find
a healthy way to prove
Lovelock's Gaian Hypothesis
we have nothing left to lose
by cooperating more Win/Win
and competing less Lose/Lose.

No more or less than we could prove
our sun...

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Poetry

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 your eyes
which, once...

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Kiss the sun, fly with the wind, 
to live is a fire raging within.
Be not some featherless bird
or to a fallen angel akin.
For all creation stands in awe
of a lovers gaze
when the onlookers around them...

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