Long Scrutiny Poems
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The Shape of Mourning
by Michael R. Burch
The shape of mourning
is an oiled creel
shining with unuse,
the bolt of cold steel
on a locker
shielding memory,
the monthly penance
of flowers,
the annual wake,
the face in the...
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Categories:
scrutiny, beauty, death, desire, life, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Salvation of a Formalist, An Ode To EntropySalvation of a Formalist, an Ode to Entropy
by Michael R. Burch
Entropy?
God's universal decree
That I get to be
Disorderly?
Suddenly
My erstwhile boxed-in verse is free?
Wheeeeee!
Eternal Currents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm...
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Categories:
scrutiny, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, write, writing,
Form:
Light Verse
Why LifeWhy does dawn dress robust morning,
while dusk undresses sight?
Each dawn incarnates another Earth Day
a lifetime of Easter mornings
redeeming nocturnal sight's revolution,
another therapeutic day of gift-it-forward light,
some longer,
some shorter
before naked covered night.
Why life?
To uncover...
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Categories:
scrutiny, adventure, earth, earth day, farm, love, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Today Is DifferentToday is assiduously
religiously different,
as I review our local RiverEast News.
Every week
Mike Thompson writes a solid Editorial
in a compelling voice.
I expect to only add
my hearty sacred
happy secular "Amen!"
Our nearly fearless Editor and Chief
calls for political "ACCOUNTABILITY!"
like...
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Categories:
scrutiny, america, health, integrity, prayer, spiritual, spoken word,
Form:
Political Verse
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 1[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.
But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...
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Categories:
scrutiny, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
scrutiny, culture, earth, education, environment, health, humor, math,
Form:
Political Verse
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:
scrutiny, emotions, judgement, literature, poetry, poets, rude, writing,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Increase In Head SizeIncrease In Head Size
impossible mission to encapsulate notion
flitting hither and yon, to and fro
within cranium attached to mine body,
whereby irrefutable proof prevails
predicated when yours truly
scrutinizes other people visibly aware,
I a modest married male
blessed,...
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Categories:
scrutiny, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Doing absolute zero endeavorsDoing absolute zero endeavors
Earlier today March 28th, 2025
(thee hour now fifteen minutes
after eight o'clock at night, cuz
yours truly & wife paced back
and forth from one room to the
other wearing out rugged groovy
Tuesday (three day) experienced...
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Categories:
scrutiny, absence, adventure, angel, angst, humorous, joy, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Traditional Solitaire potential combinationsTraditional Solitaire potential combinations...
that clenched another win today
February 20th, 2024
(eight hundred and ninety yesterdays ago
since June 13th, 2021)
original crafting date of following poem,
when yours truly
single handedly trumped computer,
for umpteenth time,
which saw...
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Categories:
scrutiny, 12th grade, 8th grade, adventure, age, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Traditional Solitaire Potential CombinationsTraditional Solitaire potential combinations...
that clenched another win (yahoo)
jimmied today August 15th, 2022 single handedly
just before the crack of dawn
with both hands tied behind my back,
and a blindfold worn over my eyes.
While in the midst of...
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Categories:
scrutiny, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, birth, computer,
Form:
Free verse
Traditional Solitaire Potential CombinationsTraditional Solitaire potential combinations...
that clenched another win (today June 13th, 2021) single handedly
While in the midst of playing solitaire
(with losing outcome foreordained
after a couple moves), I became gripped
with combinations predicated on thirteen...
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Categories:
scrutiny, adventure, america, fun, heart, history, imagination, literature,
Form:
Free verse
Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural By ThiruvalluvarNiithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan
[Given the scarcity of information (mostly conflicting even then) on the...
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Categories:
scrutiny, education, humanity, life, philosophy, retirement, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
Song From Beyond the Stars Part 3 Early Exchanges[R-F] = Roundling facsimile
[H-Z] = Human: Zenaide
[G-G] = Gaia-Google - Earth's world-wide internet mind
Dr. Zenaide Arnau, team leader of L 4 investigation
U.N. assignment to Space Station 1
supported by logicians, technicians, physicists and geneticists
unsure why assignment...
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Categories:
scrutiny, adventure, destiny, future, science fiction,
Form:
Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 95“They are in the cabin of the Sleigh.”
The Elder Elf motioned to Rådyrvokter to join them. He stopped unharnessing the deer and stepped over to Dyndoeth. In a whispered tone he requested...
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Categories:
scrutiny, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
American TraitorTo manipulate laws to disqualify voters,
Vote multiple times, or give dead living voice,
These are acts of a traitor! Man’s born with a choice.
Should political virtue be building consensus,
To hate when you don't win a kind...
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Categories:
scrutiny, abuse, betrayal, patriotic, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
For the Love of LexiconMy Mother taught me
how to see through language,
paper was rare, iron ink wasn't free
so she sold some jewelry for porcelain lettering,
and we clapped and sang the alphabet into life
our life, our joy, our...
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Categories:
scrutiny, dedication, history, passion,
Form:
Epic
Coming TogetherWe have all been given access to unite
To no longer walk in confusion of the night
Sadly, many who claim to be of Jesus church
Still building own ways for their souls search
So much division, hate, confusion...
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Categories:
scrutiny, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
I Posit Picayune Propensities Prevail Among Pesky ManagementI posit picayune propensities prevail among pesky management
Most favored renter status imposed on us
i.e. meaning myself;
(one tarnished prince of Highland Manor)
and the missus, his princess consort
who must abide by rigorous writ
of tidiness, whereby
every flat surface...
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Categories:
scrutiny, abuse, america, angst, anxiety, blessing, community, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
Fraught With Ibs Irritable Bowel SyndromeFraught With IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome...
today – late morning of November 4th 2022
sudden onset experienced whereby
whooshing waste naturally flushed out
ala mine body electric performed colonoscopy
diarrheal gangbuster instigated
maybe Machiavellian microbe
with powerful rectal surge
analogous to invisible plunger
forcing...
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Categories:
scrutiny, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Rhyme
Glory To the Ukrainian Freedom FightersGlory to the Ukranian Freedom Fighters
Democracy and freedom are under attack
Beaurocracy and greed man,
Don’t let this war criminal come back
Putin is lootin’ the streets of Ukraine
His crimes against humanity are bordering on insane
His unprovoked aggression...
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Categories:
scrutiny, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 3, Part 5Mitchell: Good sirs, my word was fair. No discrepancy stains the pages of my ledger. The fifth tier is a sub-basement beneath the cellar floor of the temple’s vestibule. Any woman who is not tagged...
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Categories:
scrutiny, allegory, society,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Robbie - Ham Guilty For GobbledygookI, A. Robbie - Ham guilty for gobbledygook...
and ruffling turkey feathers!
An innocent A1 miss steak kin kith
once, a former main lion resident
living social where Tigress and Euphrates
converge and pool into Lake Wobegone ...
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Categories:
scrutiny, 12th grade, 9th grade, adventure, allusion, america,
Form:
Rhyme
Apple of My Eye Darling Daughter Numero Deux Gifted MeApple of my eye darling daughter numero deux gifted me...
Twenty four years ago –
February 4th, 2023,
whose existence begat
by this dada and da mama aye
revel in your bursting at figurative
seams viz maturation, and know...
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Categories:
scrutiny, adventure, age, america, beautiful, birthday, celebration, confidence,
Form:
Rhyme
A Message To EinsteinA MESSAGE TO EINSTEIN
Originally Composed in Persian Language by:
M. H. Shahryar (1904- 1988)
Translated into English by:
Abdullah Bageri Hamidi
Einstein! An unspecified greeting! Well, pardon;
Running in the twilight of moonlight, fair;
With the curl of the wavering...
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Categories:
scrutiny, education, environment, future, journey, mountains, war,
Form:
Blank verse