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Haiku 1The Original Sin: Rhyming Haiku!
Haiku
should never rhyme:
it’s a crime!
-Michael R. Burch
The herons stand,
sentry-like, at attention ...
rigid observers of some unknown command.
-Michael R. Burch
Late
fall;
all
the golden leaves turn black underfoot:
soot
-Michael R. Burch
Dry leaf...
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Categories:
rigid, family, heart, love, mother son, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
Zen Death HaikuZen Death Haiku
Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
—Shuho, translation by Michael R. Burch
Returning
as it came,
this naked worm.
—Shidoken, translation by Michael R. Burch
As dew glistens
on a lotus leaf,
so too I soon must vanish.
—Shinsui,...
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Categories:
rigid, age, autumn, bereavement, death, death of a
Form:
Haiku
Some PoemsA Stolen Memory
A Mirthful Chorus
By Sy Roth
We surrounded him
Asked to let go.
She stared at the misshapen face,
Unshaven sandpapery skin
Eyelids a tabula rasa
Fluttery sere skin
And we could see the humor blossoming in his...
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Categories:
rigid, dream, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
Bilateral Creative Thinking SequelLast half of Edward de Bono's Lateral Thinking Summary, pp. 298-300, with bicameral ecological supplements [informed by Gregory Bateson] in brackets:
In ordinary traditional thinking we have developed no methods for going beyond the [suboptimally reasonable]...
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Categories:
rigid, culture, earth, education, happiness, health, humanity, language,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Poems About RegretRegret
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 . ....
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Categories:
rigid, memory, pain, remember, sad, sorrow, sorry, sympathy,
Form:
Rhyme
Heroic Crown of Sonnets - Part Two
(continued from A Year Of Months (January-June)
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/heroic_crown_of_sonnets_-_part_one_772928
A Year Of Months (July-December)
8. July
July now follows summer's song of June;
with sun ablaze, her days are humid, warm.
Great time to languish in the afternoon,
and later, watch an evening...
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Categories:
rigid, earth, seasons, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Apocalyptic Poems IThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...
The Vision of the Overseer’s Right Hand
by Michael R. Burch
“Dust to dust ...”
I stumbled, aghast,
into a valley of dust and bone
where all men become,
at last, the same color...
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Categories:
rigid, earth, earth day, environment, future, humanity, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Literary Feud Among - Pt 2Step Forward McCarthy vs. Hellman
What is this The Digital Crucible of Truth?
On a stage of scrutiny,
titans c l a s h— ...
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Categories:
rigid, emotions, judgement, literature, poetry, poets, rude, writing,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Love Poems ILOVE POEMS I by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about passion, desire, lust, sex, a first date and dating, a first crush, a first girlfriend and...
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Categories:
rigid, friendship love, inspirational love, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Understanding NatureUnderstanding Nature
Part 1: What (I Think) God Wants You to Know!
Some people don’t understand Nature,
Feel death and pain prove there’s no God
Or if there is He is a monster,
His empathy for us a fraud.
They say...
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Categories:
rigid, faith, , atheist,
Form:
Rhyme
UnfinishA Dark Identity
Days into nights... time without time
Normalities of everyday life beckons to remain
Shadows with lights.... to find to define
I am he who goes by without a name
The world is only up to date
And I’ve...
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Categories:
rigid, on writing and words, me, world, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Georges Scoriety BashPicture this..? Seedy joint.'mediocre comedy one Kiev night.
Hunky billionaire bored and sour, joins his guests Uneventful hour.?
A pan faced man is on the stage, mocking life with inward rage.
George faintly get the vibe, listens more...
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Categories:
rigid, addiction,
Form:
Rhyme
Celebarating the Adventure of Advent: a Collaboration With Kai Michael NeumannUniversal elegy grieves and yet embraces shifts of paradigm
New beginnings consciousness initiates comprehends and thus proceeds from
Illusion’s delusion collusions misconceptions in the irritating
Vortex whirlpool immanent void of false containment
Enlightenment modern postmodern retro visionary futuristic aspirations
Resound...
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Categories:
rigid, adventure, community, universe,
Form:
Sestina
Once a Pawn a Time Within Castellated BishopricOnce a pawn a time within castellated bishopric
We purchased 2020 Hyundai Elantra
at Enterprise Car Rental
1207 West Ridge Pike
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428
April thirteenth two thousand twenty three
witnessed greatest amount of money
I spent at one time.
The following day...
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Categories:
rigid, appreciation, april, bible, black love, dark, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord -Day 15When I woke the next day,
He was lying beside me, breathing steadily
I was no longer on the hard, monstrous back of the leviathan
My hands were burned from its horns,
I was laid upon his wings,
Burdened by...
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Categories:
rigid, adventure, conflict, freedom, identity, life, power, truth,
Form:
Epic
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 12DynDoeth with serious face and determined stride entered the room and advanced directly toward Joulupukki. Standing to face the elf, Joulupukki, was intent on getting some answers, but before he could utter a sound...
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Categories:
rigid, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
A JourneymanA Journeyman
Prologue and Epitaph:
I am the fool, the jester, clown, a harlequin, charade, façade of many
shades and colours, mascara over broken fragments, dead and gone
1) Megalomaniac charlatan, lost in destruction, finding the path, the touch,
the miracle...
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Categories:
rigid, life,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Chalk Dust and StardustAmidst the chaos of chalk and dreams deferred,
We ask ourselves, where can we find the spark
In this labyrinth of rote and rigid words?
The burden we bear, a future stark
We've trudged through dusty classrooms, yearning
For wisdom...
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Categories:
rigid, education,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 20It was a bitter morning, the ground hotter upon my flesh
I kneeled at the center of the pit on the twentieth day,
Remembering a tune sung so long ago,
A great song grieving for the incessant wars...
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Categories:
rigid, growth, heart, life, loss, mystery, pain, war,
Form:
Epic
The DebateA Debate
The Atheist
I see no reason for a god
Indeed for any type of god at all
I look around at all the churchmen
The pompous richly dressed ones
And wonder what their founder would have thought
And then at...
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Categories:
rigid, philosophy, god, god, universe, , atheist,
Form:
Free verse
The In-Between
"The In-Between"
I ripped the pages of
that tired old story
from the heart, a body of work
buried the misdiagnosed slanders
then wiped their mouths
with the back of my spoon
the feed they found,
passed the disingenuous time;
some found...
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Categories:
rigid, imagery, life, muse, poets, psychological, symbolism, writing,
Form:
Free verse
The Mushroom CloudFires at a blue pills lab threw up a cloud
Settling over the town like a great shroud
And this gigantic mushroom
Created a baby boom
Because all of the men were very proud...
Tom Cunningham
It’s no wonder...
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Categories:
rigid, humor,
Form:
Limerick
Variations On a ThemeVariations On A Theme...
of hodgepodge strewn helter skelter
wonky inviting reader to mentally swelter.
Ach'n (ache Ken and burn'n)
kickstarting existential and proverbial struggle
me species classified as generic muggle
analogous to entertainer
with namesake of yours truly
starring an...
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Categories:
rigid, abortion, absence, abuse, age, allusion, appreciation, destiny,
Form:
Rhyme
FatherFATHER
Father, a strong figure,
who we look up to and admire
for he is the provider and the protector,
who puts roof over our head
and puts food on the table.
A good father is a good provider,
to provide the...
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Categories:
rigid, father,
Form:
Free verse
Ponderings of My 60th BirthdayPonderings on my 60 th Birthday!
On this my 60 th year I have gained a few new insights that can only come with age and experience.
I do find it surreal that 60 years have...
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Categories:
rigid, birthday,
Form:
Free verse