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Poems About Poems IiPoems about Poems (II)
Kin
by Michael R. Burch
for Richard Moore
1.
Shrill gulls,
how like my thoughts
you, struggling, rise
to distant bliss?
the weightless blue of skies
that are not blue
in any atmosphere,
but closest here...
2.
You seek an air
so clear,
so rarified
the effort leaves...
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Categories:
sever, muse, poems, poetry, poets, work, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
State of the Art IiiState of the Art (III)
These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work.
Come Down
by...
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Categories:
sever, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
BehindI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
sever, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form:
Blank verse
Whats Behind the CurtainI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
sever, anxiety, dark, dream, imagery, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Medieval Poems IiMedieval Poems
Wulf and Eadwacer
(Old English circa 990 AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My people pursue him like crippled prey.
They'll rip him apart if he approaches their pack.
We are so different!
Wulf's on one island; I'm on...
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Categories:
sever, angel, england, love, middle school, poetry, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Sonnets Xlii-LiSonnets XLII-LI
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.
Footprints on beaches
now flooding with water;
the small, broken ribcage
of some primitive slaughter...
So near, yet so far.
A Surfeit of...
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Categories:
sever, bereavement, death, death of a friend, funeral,
Form:
Sonnet
Come Down, For Harold BloomCome Down
by Michael R. Burch
for Harold Bloom
Come down, O, come down
from your high mountain tower.
How coldly the wind blows,
how late this chill hour ...
and I cannot wait
for a meteor shower
to show you the time
must be...
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Categories:
sever, books, culture, discrimination, education, extended metaphor, literature,
Form:
Sonnet
Zen Death Haiku IiToday, catching sight of the mallards
crying over Lake Iware:
Must I too vanish into the clouds?
—Prince Otsu translation by Michael R. Burch
This world—
to what may we compare it?
To autumn fields
lying darkening at dusk
illuminated by...
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Categories:
sever, death, imagery, life, nature, symbolism, visionary, world,
Form:
Haiku
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his erection
For his love life it was a massive blow
To the hospital fled poor...
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Categories:
sever, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About Children IiiPoems about Children III
Miracle
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart beat, you were mine,
and I see
infinity leap in...
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Categories:
sever, adventure, child, childhood, children, dad, father son,
Form:
Rhyme
War of WorldviewsYangLeft: Those still capable of right thinking,
as our more civil
humane reflections
on bilateral political
and economic investment inflection,
sometimes cooperative
and democratically co-invested,
but usually just BusinessAsUsual
life remains a win/lose infested
compromising
ZeroSum political disempowering game
deflection.
YintegrityRight: Sweety,
thanks for honorable...
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Categories:
sever, analogy, caregiving, earth, health, integrity, mental illness,
Form:
Political Verse
Catonita Strikes - Part Two: a Freezer Mice AdventureContinued from
‘CATONITA STRIKES - PART ONE’
A Freezer Mice adventure
When no-one was around they did the finger-clicking thing
And grew to human size in time for what the day might bring
Their guns were charged and ready and...
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Categories:
sever, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Another Cruel Link In Their Chain Another Cruel Link in their Chain
1. Beginnings
Her babe was her joy, such a beautiful boy,
and he suckled her breast till the end.
The slaver sought cash, bestowed mammy a thrash,
sold her...
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Categories:
sever, body, life, men,
Form:
Ballad
Poem About Trump PoemPoem About Trump Poem
Are often things I may forget to mention
Some are both you and your opinion
And many things we have to decide
Not having anything we should hide.
Following poem I did have to prepare
This is...
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Categories:
sever, allegory, anger, anxiety,
Form:
Couplet
Captivated By the MusicI loved my job as a librarian, and today I was walking to work,
In the warmth of a summer morning, when golden butterflies lurk.
I had some extra time, and it happens I took the scenic...
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Categories:
sever, beauty, fantasy, imagery, music, nature, song, summer,
Form:
Couplet
Once Upon Healthy TimeOnce within eternal time
of pre-LeftBrain domination,
I recall breathing in
EarthMother's richly hued nutrition,
and this Other inhaling me,
purging lungs of misperceptions
that I was Her
any more or less than S/he was me.
We owned this communion together,
sacred breath...
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Categories:
sever, birth, culture, history, integrity, nature, science, time,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Strange Justice DreamsIt is a strange dream
in which an animal rights advocate
is swamped with questions
from Chief Justice Roberts.
A vicious dog,
trained to attack humans
with politically incorrect audacity
to trespass against his white supremacist Master,
has been imprisoned
and sentenced to...
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Categories:
sever, caregiving, earth, health, humor, peace, mental health,
Form:
Political Verse
Why"Universe to each must be
All that is, including me.
Environment in turn must be
All that is, excepting me."
Buckminster Fuller
Evolving Universe to each must become
All integrity that is, including me.
Regenerative...
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Categories:
sever, earth, health, language, math, political, psychological, science,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Back Then, Dandelion Greens Were Segregated TooMartin, a very senior citizen, wants to get a bucket and knife and go hunt up some greens in a field in Alabama. But in spite of his yearnings for a big bowl of greens,...
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Categories:
sever, race,
Form:
Prose
Sandy Hook Poems 2: Student TributesHere are tribute poems for exceptional children and teachers who should be alive today:
Emilie Parker,
the horror grows starker
as we see your sweet image
and cringe at the carnage;
but dear, how you mesmerize
with those vivid blue eyes
and...
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Categories:
sever, children, school, student, teacher, usa, violence, war,
Form:
Verse
HiroshimaHIROSHIMA
I remember it well, that first day in Hell
So long ago, I know
As the sirens sounded our Yankee foe
Decided that now his...
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Categories:
sever, war,
Form:
Ballade
The Unaltared Copassion CallOur UU ecofeminist minister
was verbally accosted one Sunday morning
after celebrating multicultural peace
and respect
and integrity
sufficient to restore private ego- and public eco-justice.
This was far too much to take in,
to peacefully and holistically rake in,
for a...
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Categories:
sever, anger, culture, fear, hate, health, humanity, humor,
Form:
Political Verse
Elf On the ShelfNo one suspected or may have expected
As it was mind-boggling to even conceive
Of events to transpire that night by the fire
On a cold wintry Christmas Eve.
The Elf on the shelf was left by himself
And shenanigans...
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Categories:
sever, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
The Power of ForgivenessThe Power of Forgiveness
By Reg Rhodes
Today, I found a key to set myself free from the nightmares of my own
shattered reality.
Today, with the key known as forgiveness;
I will cease to languish in...
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Categories:
sever, pain, prayer, relationship,
Form:
ABC
What Will One Day Drive Me, From SocietyI greet each day the very same way.
It's A Great Day To Be Alive.
It's a positive way to begin your day,
but for me, it's so I can survive.
Waking up is a struggle. Way too...
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Categories:
sever, grief, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme