Long Ry Poems

Pagans Protest the Intolerance of Christianity
by Michael R. Burch

“We have a common sky.” — Quintus Aurelius Symmachus

We had a common sky
before the Christians came.

We thought there might be gods
but did not know their names.

The common...

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Various Heresies 6

Altared Spots
by Michael R. Burch

The mother leopard buries her cub,
then cries three nights for his bones to rise
clad in new flesh, to celebrate the sunrise.

Good mother leopard, pensive thought
and fiercest love’s wild insurrection
yield...

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If there is life there 
must be an encounteration.
Even the moons and 
the suns, all get to return 
back if they passed 
to their eventual 
transportation. The morning
lights shunned and pass 
like flying clouds. When...

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"Burnt Aqua"



I can taste the sun
on my tongue
it spills down 
my throat
like burnt aqua
healing the beating frisson

I am ebony inside
shading in my shadow world
some somnolent soul
waking from slumber’s dream dance 
a small death in life...

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(Thinks) I Float like a Butterfly and sting like a tazer.
Mouth of the South, but my lips don't say (intelligent) 
words
Like Muhammad Alley Bin drive by shooting
Bin Laden with
delusions of g,
Being a lefty, I blame...

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 I am poetry  a nightingale stringing blues 
               Of medieval lyrics---swords sliding bows.
      ...

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it                                  ...

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destined sacredness in the red of the blood,
intertwined shoots from the wisdom of redemption:

- Woman,
no one has ever trusted us more than the good God,
he entrusted us with all his love, with the seed of...

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It was love at first sight seeing your furry faces. 
To scoop you up and take you to various places. 
Me and Ash are so happy to be your mom and dad. 
Your shenanigans made...

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Life screws us all__so in 
that sense, its queer
In a white neighbourhood 
not far from here
 I once knew a boy
Jack was his name, so 
innocent but coy
To Jack life was amazing
little did he know...

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(sung to the tune of "The Sailor's Hornpipe")

Tell me what would happen if we were fishing here
and we would fall asleep in the middle of the pier?
Well, we might just roll around and no one...

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Adrift in rite, Forethrift of every 
               wind-sworn thing.

           By Night...

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I
Ne-
Ver
Want-ed
You to wo-rry a-bout me
I
Am
A-shamed...
Li-tter-al-ly
ig-nored...
so bored
Shar-pen me like a sword
In-ject ink in my blood
I will not cuss..
I will not fuss...
I will not wo-rry...
For, tru-lly
I am true with my-self
I am glued to my low self-i-mage
I am...

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I love you

I love me

I love he

I love she

I love they

I love then

I love now

I love before

I love after

I love forever

I love why

I love

I love sky

I love truth

I love floor

I love ground

I love sing

I love...

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Can’t believe how many years together. 
As a couple the ups & downs we weather. 
As husband and wife over the past six. 
Loyally accepting flaws we cannot fix. 

I’m not going to sugarcoat how...

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Mary Moorman took a Polaroid snap of
John Kennedy at the exact moment he
received his fatal head wound.  Her
picture has fuelled many conspiracy
theories.
 
I’m inclined to opine
(it’s a passion of mine –
to conclusions you’ll think...

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Try this on for size, we'll all exchange jobs,
Having new tasks just might teach us respect?
	What of a career
	 as an engineer?
             ...

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We have become prisoners in our homes
In a time when war planes aren't flying overhead
And missiles' too crippled to design caligraphic fire in our night sky.
We peeped through the windows to watch the deserted streets,
With...

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A man sitting across  from a woman; while in conversation gets close and closer to her face. the closer he gets the more his skins just melts upon and morphs onto her; becoming a...

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Trust in the Lord with all thine heart  Proverbs 3:5 (KJV) 

Try to remember that He knows all
Realize that you are His work, too
Understand that His word is alive
Sharing hope, faith and love with...

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A
                                    drop 
                                  of pure
                                water is lik
                             e a soul or spirit
                           that makes us alive 
                 ...

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The master of the dawn said: - It's strange to be here
on the black lips of the fields, and the evening caught up in between drops,
black trees making me shiver, - Kalos Gheron all dressed...

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I can't believe I thought that
Gift wrapped my own brain 
For sentimental reasons
And to avoid going insane

Place thoughts in a letter 
Mailed them to a friend
They sort out the odd bits
Say I've nothing to defend

Craft...

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