Long Rewarded Poems
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kiss -
your silken skin gleams opaline
bathed in Luna's soft wash of cornflower - like a
porcelain Madonna by Michelangelo
conjured to life by the magic
of moonlight
your eyes open just long enough to
affix mine, and affirm I'm in a...
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rewarded, kiss, passion, romance, romantic, sensual, sexy, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
A Letter in Forewarning of Melancholia--Part I(Somewhere in late 18th-century Europe a friend, Laetitia, by way of a letter warns her beloved girlfriend, Euphoria--a young, gay and unsuspecting mistress--against the almost inevitable seductions of the infamous and maundering philanderer, Melancholia.).
Dear Euphoria,
...
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rewarded, depression, friend, metaphor, philosophy, psychological, uplifting, wisdom,
Form:
Prose
Translation of 'The Story' By Kama NasserThe Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story that comes from the world of tents.
It is a story...
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Categories:
rewarded, arabic, betrayal, christian, conflict, courage, devotion, religion,
Form:
Free verse
On Fam'Ly Traditions - Final ThirdOn Fam'ly Traditions - 3rd third -
With 2 dinky bedrooms...and only 3 beds...the one time I'd been here I'd slept on a cot! And tossin' a coin for the one with 2 beds...the-odd-man the...
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Categories:
rewarded, family, together,
Form:
Narrative
Supremely Courted Systemic FeelingsI believe it was Alfred North Whitehead,
an early developer of cognitive systems thinking,
who observed frequent miscommunication
and confusion
and chaos
over bilateral complexities
of Set v isolated Individual issues
within a systemic set
of inter-related issues.
This comes to mind
as I listen...
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Categories:
rewarded, culture, earth, education, health, integrity, peace, power,
Form:
Political Verse
The CallThe Call
For as long as I can remember, I have been phoning my mom. Even before leaving home when I was a teenager. Whenever I had good or bad news, it was just natural for...
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Categories:
rewarded, angst, blessing, courage, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
The Light of Reckoning -2The Roman administrators came for the wealth of our worship
demanding that I crack the church's coffers wide open
for their needs, for the Empire's desperate embellishments,
in place of gold I presented the poor
I told the onery...
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Categories:
rewarded, creation,
Form:
Epic
Greenpower DreamsLast night I dreamed.
I dream--
sometimes too athletically,
fertile regeneratively,
viral, positive and negatively
and in-between sub-climax performing
some wins and some perpetual losses
more ambiguously back and forth, up and down, in and out,
and not nearly sensual...
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rewarded, culture, education, health, integrity, peace, religion, science,
Form:
Political Verse
To Notnot Saint Hillary ElectIf you run into first smart 1970s feminist to become President Elect Hillary,
please relay this message,
if you would remain so kind
and thoughtful of our regenerative nurturing selves,
cooperating together.
I appreciate and applaud your ability to nurture...
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Categories:
rewarded, caregiving, culture, health, humanity, humor, political, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
The White Lady of Skipsea
"The White Lady of Skipsea"
Last night I dreamt
I dreamed of you
a kind of dream
within a dream
Diaphanous,
my soul escaped,
this firmament,
my immaculate heart
held hands, my fingers
did entwine with
handsome Morpheus
Crystal radiate
twin gossamer...
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Categories:
rewarded, dark, fantasy, gothic, history, horror, mystery, romance,
Form:
Free verse
I Got Friggin Heebie JeebiesI got friggin heebie jeebies
Cuz buzzards circle o'er me
eyeing these lovely bones prithee
id est Roy L. T. Canard, Si
hence impossible mission
to be lovey dove vee.
Vague remembrances of dream
which recurred with frequency
transfixed by...
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Categories:
rewarded, angst, anxiety, betrayal, community, environment, faith, how
Form:
Rhyme
How My Sister and I Duped a Crook - 2nd Half2nd HALF - due to Poetry Soups file size limitation -
...
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Categories:
rewarded, funny, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Sacred Falling StarsOnce upon a time a gymnast teacher told a girl,
and all her classmates,
to gather round
to spot the student currently bouncing
on the trampoline.
They circled
to volunteer a ring of imperfectly rhythmed
but...
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Categories:
rewarded, allegory, analogy, caregiving, health, passion, political, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Strawberry SweetSTRAWBERRY SWEET
Strawberry scent
At the picnic place
Late in the afternoon
Birds singing up in the trees
With the joy of spring season`
The basket half empty all the pies gone
Red wine from one glass, but we had...
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Categories:
rewarded, love, romantic,
Form:
Narrative
The Raven Has Fled“The ribbon is cut
The die is cast
The cement is dry
Yet nothing lasts
The brazen rewarded
The hero a fool
All reason outdated
New fury the tool”
A journey presented
Your ship to go far
With...
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Categories:
rewarded,
Form:
Rhyme
Of Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark PearlsOf Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark Pearls
I shall weave you, dear reader, words true and sincere
tho' will not be as great as those woven by poetic peers
It's truth from a life long-lived, too fast...
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Categories:
rewarded, beauty, dedication, emotions, life, lost love, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
Eighth Grade EnglishBack in Eighth Graded Class
of StraightWhiteMale English privilege
I learned all healthy narratives
must have at least one
of three tension intentions
Unlike sacred mythic prayer and fable
multicultures invoking poetry
flowing soulfully
provoking gospel primal anthems
Of StraightWhite Man...
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Categories:
rewarded, culture, earth day, grandmother, health, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Letters For People Part 6Dear people,
A true Voice speaks pure truth in two tones.
Real Ears can only hear one.
Get one half of two true whole truths,
...
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Categories:
rewarded, america, angel, anxiety, confidence, fire, heart, humor,
Form:
Epic
Venezuela Children Are WeepingThe afternoon dances before and night sky
Threadbare shoes dangling on their tired feet
Torn up clothes bulging underneath the deep
Dirty clothes sticking to their slender backs
And a strange odor circulates around them
Five boys and one girl...
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Categories:
rewarded, absence, abuse, business, confidence, encouraging, future, heartbroken,
Form:
Narrative
Complexities of ConsciousnessHerein, the evolutionary positive psychologist's voice is that of C,
leaning sometimes toward the yang-ego identity side,
while the evolutionary ecopolitician's voice,
doing his best to play WinWin ecotherapist, is D.
C: The best way to live is by...
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rewarded, culture, earth, health, political, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse
Myth of Churning of OceanThere was a war between Gods and demons,
The Hindu mythology says with reasons;
This went for long with full-fledged fights,
Each troop spending sleepless nights;
Dead remained dead and the gods did realize,
That it's not in their...
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Categories:
rewarded, myth, mythology,
Form:
Free verse
Dear Budding PoetDear Budding Poet,
Modern poetry is a mix of new and old with modern styles created by bending or even breaking the rules of old forms to create new ones.
Express yourself any way you want to...
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Categories:
rewarded, encouraging, poetry,
Form:
Prose
Part Two From That Dark, Dark Abyss, the Long Black Curtain RisesPart Two
From That Dark, Dark Abyss, The Long Black Curtain Rises
Third poet in my poet dedication series
O'lord, forgive me my sins and my accursed seeking of glory and fame
I now know, such was my downfall,...
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Categories:
rewarded, appreciation, art, dark, literature, poetry, poets, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Metamorphosis of LifeBirth is the breath of life.
The first kiss of air that
Simulates the virgin lungs.
As the lungs expand and collapses,
a new life has begun, with a shrill cry.
Unlike like a shooting star.
that gloriously...
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Categories:
rewarded, birth, celebration, death, life,
Form:
Free verse
Regressive ProgressIn Shaker Heights, Ohio,
founding fathers co-invested in:
Change doesn't happen
without planning
This, despite
unstraight
unwhite
unmale volatile experiences
feeling sometimes victimized
and sometimes blessed
by unexpected weather transitions,
despite feeling like vulnerable chameleons
on a highly complex day,
despite feeble farming
in narrowing spaces
between floods and famine,
Despite...
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Categories:
rewarded, fear, health, integrity, love, passion, peace, power,
Form:
Political Verse