Long Rush Poems
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Childhood dreams part 1When I was a child
Everything was magical
Full of mystery and the unknown
I read hundreds of books
The library my haven
My home
Hours upon hours
Night and day
I read and got lost in text
They supplied me with adventures
Secret journeys
Fun...
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Categories:
rush, childhood, cinderella, dream, fairy,
Form:
Free verse
Deception Part 2 - Translation From Tagore
This is the second part of Rabindranath Tagore's Narrative poem - Phanki (Deception). The first part has been already posted.
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Categories:
rush, life, women,
Form:
Narrative
TRUMP IN MOTIONTRUMP SMELLS B.O.
TRUMP SMELLS B.O.
BUST UP THE BEAT TO INTRODUCE IT'S TEMPO
GOT ME PLACES TO GO
SILENCE IS GOLDEN GOT BLOOD THAT"S UNFOLDING
SITS IN HIS IVORY TOWER ENGAGED IN THE WALL WHILE HE SITS IN HIS...
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Categories:
rush, anxiety, art, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
Poems about Adam, Eve, Lucifer, Eden and the FallPoems about Adam, Eve, Lucifer
Eden
by Michael R. Burch
Then earth was heaven too, a perfect garden.
Apples burgeoned and shone, unplucked on sagging boughs.
What, then, would the children eat?
Fruit indecently sweet,
redolent as incense, with a tempting aroma...
Outcasts
by...
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Categories:
rush, bible, christian, creation, god, heaven, paradise, sin,
Form:
Free verse
Chinese Translations IIChinese Poets: English Translations II
These are modern English translations of poems by the Chinese poets Tzu Yeh, Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo and Huang E. These are poems about love, passion and beauty.
Tzu Yeh (circa...
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Categories:
rush, body, desire, love, lust, night, time, wind,
Form:
Free verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems XJuvenilia: Early Poems X
These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.
Regret
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...
and show me
once...
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Categories:
rush, age, child, children, dream, teen, time, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Early Poems IIIJuvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
In the Whispering Night
by Michael R. Burch
In the whispering night, when the stars bend low
till the hills ignite to a shining flame,
when a shower of meteors streaks the sky
while...
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Categories:
rush, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Mirza Ghalib translationsNear Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch
On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we might have pronounced you a saint...
if only we hadn't found
you...
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Categories:
rush, soulmate, spiritual, tamil, truth, urdu, women, words,
Form:
Verse
Enheduanna translationsEnheduanna is the first writer we know by name. She created the first poetry anthology and hymnal, circa 2250 BC, in ancient Sumer. She was the daughter of King Saragon the Great.
Lament to the...
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Categories:
rush, god, moon, poems, poetess, poetry, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Millie's Christmas WishMillie's Christmas Wish
Winter Vacation was coming
The kids were all set
They were thinking of Christmas
And the gifts they would get
But, Millie sat waiting
Thinking of nothing but snow
Watching the class clock
That was moving so slow
They did arts...
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Categories:
rush, 5th grade, adventure, america, childhood, christmas,
Form:
Epic
Megan's Quest Part 1of7Moon sprites dotted the sky like lilies at dawn
in a ballet meant to cause nocturnal delight.
While Fairies and Pixie Dust covered the lawn
in a dance that would...
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Categories:
rush, adventure, courage, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems VIIJuvenilia: Early Poems VII
These are early poems I wrote as a boy and as a teenager.
The Leveler
by Michael R. Burch
The nature of Nature
is bitter survival
from Winter’s bleak fury
till Spring’s brief revival.
The weak implore Fate;
bold men...
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Categories:
rush, boy, child, childhood, fear, high school, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Sunday Morning JoggersGoodness, I nearly lost my balance on the spiral seashells and broken sea stone chipping matrix.
My quaint obsession with marine life and that skyline paradox blossoming so tantalisingly, might be a source of some...
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Categories:
rush, age, art, birth, devotion, feelings, heart, irony,
Form:
Prose
Adieu - Part 1Do you remember?
We lay in the moonlight, exhausted and content,
Moments from perfection, skin glistening with moisture,
Salty and sweet from love - love so amazing
That it stunned us every time ...
Always better than before, and always...
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Categories:
rush, heartbreak, love, passion, romantic, sad love, true
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable quotes: Journalists - Dedication to Andre Fontaine - XXVIUnquotable quotes: Tale-Carriers, Gossip-Mongers, Courrier-Pigeon Caretakers, Smoke-Signal Puffers and Tom-Tom Thumpers – XXVI
Could there be such things as political shenanigans or inter-continental warfares, even catastrophes, natural disasters, tsunamis, irruptions, conflagrations, inundations, landslides, typhoons, tornadoes, hurricanes,...
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Categories:
rush, power,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Hurt People Hurt PeopleFlirt with Whitney
Flirt with fear
Life is good
But I rather be anywhere but here
Body aches from pushing out tears
Driving on the road of life
Eyes is watery
So I can't steer
And I'm getting dizzy
Stomach very...
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Categories:
rush, deep, depression, feelings, longing, meaningful,
Form:
Free verse
StevenHe has the biggest heart.
He enjoys doing things for other people
Just because it’s the right thing to do, and
Knowing he made someone happy makes him happy too.
He’ll do whatever he can to satisfy
Everyone around him.
But...
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Categories:
rush, addiction, anxiety, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Rush Amid The Rapids PublishedThe greatest performance of my life.
Howard’s proud piece de resistance award on Poetry Nook for my magnum opus “Rush Amid The Rapids” in their daily member section.
After endless hours of toil, tribulation,...
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Categories:
rush, adventure, age, appreciation, art, beautiful, beauty, feelings,
Form:
Prose
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:
rush, earth, earth day, environment, future, humanity, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 6
Upon this date he spoke no more of the preceding moments,
Tearing and hurling insult upon insult
In several directions, his tongue whipped and scorched me,
And he waited relentlessly to see the spark in my eyes...
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Categories:
rush, adventure, character, gothic, heart, love, philosophy, power,
Form:
Free verse
The twins, Part 1In the dark of night a wind took hold,
With powers charged to shake the sky,
By moody swings of gods up high,
Their breath alone enraged and bold.
In the dark of night history spoke,
Of a world alive...
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Categories:
rush, brother, philosophy, symbolism, visionary, , cute,
Form:
Prose
A Day In School, Thru Autistic Eyesalarm goes off*
I sit straight up startled and scared
Just my alarm, I hit the button
Get up and go to the bathroom
I brush my teeth with my toothbrush
Scratchy, painful bristles
Toothpaste that makes me sick
With the strong...
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Categories:
rush, child, childhood, emotions, feelings, loneliness, pain, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
The Climatic CollaboratoryI don't recall whose inspired idea it wasn't
to invite the math professor
into our Therapeutic Collaborative Laboratory.
I do recall when I first heard her speak
of cooperative polynomial qualities
for improving ego/eco-therapeutic communications.
She was, of course,
in the back...
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Categories:
rush, culture, earth, education, environment, health, humor, math,
Form:
Political Verse
Anticipation Of RealitySo cramped ...
Strain to move,
Flex and budge in tiny increments ...
That's the limit.
Constantly testing, trying,
Pushing, pressing ...
Constrict, exert, constrict, struggle,
Spin slowly, push ...
That's it. That's all.
Nothing more.
But it helps ... relief,
A body sigh ...
But only...
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Categories:
rush, birth, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Dante's Divina Commedia translation Canto VIIII tell, to follow, that long trait before
We reached the back foot of the tower tall,
Our eyes went up to the top core
For two little flames we saw install,
And another responding from so far
That...
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Categories:
rush, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima