Long Shu Poems

You Never Listened
by Michael R. Burch
 
You never listened,
though each night the rain
wove its patterns again
and trembled and glistened...
 
You were not watching,
though each night the stars
shone, brightening the tears
in her eyes palely fetching...
 
You...

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The Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch

When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a...

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The Love Song Of Shu-Sin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Darling of my heart, my belovéd, 
your enticements are sweet, sweeter than honey. 
Darling of my heart, my belovéd, 
your enticements are sweet, sweeter than honey....

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After amala and ewedu,
And after the round two of egusi and fufu.
Na im my eyes come dey pinch me,
Small small i dey close am.
Before i know i don dey doze,
Wetin we dey talk? I don...

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   LizPiggo didn't answer, 
she just handed the money over to the 
Chinese lady and nestled into the quadruple 
wide booster seat the Chinese lady had placed 
for her. She liked LizPiggo. LizPiggo...

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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
                                  ...

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The civilization of Egypt is a mystery,
But what I love the most is their incredible history,
It starts with Amun Ra, the god of sun;
Who was Khepri in the morning when he rolled in mud and...

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An Egyptian I never could be,
but since reading of their history,
in limerick form
I now write to inform
my friends of the Gods’ family tree.

From “Waters of Chaos” came Nun,
the only God under the sun.
The first piece...

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Hi, Mistew Powiceman!
  Hi kid. Wutcha doin' outside?
I'm just  pwaying hide-and-seek wif my fwends

Where's your mask, kid?
  In my pocket.  I stawted sweating.
Well, put it on again, ok?
  Ok. (Eyes...

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Betrayal is a subject I know to well
A one-way ticket to a place called hell

Whatever the case when trust is lost
A piece of your soul will be the cost

Be it by a lover or a...

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The rains have come
from the seas they march
riding on the chariots of 
Shu.
With black angry faces 
from a furious fight with 
Helios. 
They cover the sky with 
their might and beat 
down on Asaase Yaa....

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who loves ya baby
hmmm now let me see

I know my mommy did
even though her shoes I did hid

I think my daddy did
when I didn't make him snid

brothers and sisters well maybe just a little
when I...

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Shu  fly
CEASE JIVE
Don't  talk about me

Little  scuffle, chin busted
Had enough?
Knuckles the hard way

Complications always  ARRISE
Each time you arrive.
Don't  talk about me

I'm staying sane
I'm saying
MEET UP, A BEAT UP
LITTLE scuffle tried...

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Nature’s Concerto 

Blip de blop tishu blop fush
Rambles the babbling brook
I come and sit in still sunlight
Its rhythms have me hooked.

In stillness does the flowing sound
Like music to my ears
Concerto blip de blop tishu blop...

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Well I can see the golden Falcon of Edfu
circling Abydos tonight in the shadow of
a blue moon, I can feel the cool, cool desert
winds walking the three star path of the 
Jackal back to Giza...

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