Long Silenced Poems
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Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 29Somehow,
Forward, and headlong
I knew it was day again
There was a shift in the dark mutterings of the Devil,
Who now refused to sleep as I refused to sing,
Almost an anticipation in his voice,
As if he...
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Categories:
silenced, adventure, bible, conflict, endurance, inspirational, love, war,
Form:
Epic
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:
silenced, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, write, writing,
Form:
Light Verse
Marina Tsvetaeva TranslationsI Know The Truth
by Marina Tsvetaeva
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I know the truth?abandon lesser truths!
There's no need for anyone living to struggle!
See? Evening falls, night quickly descends!
So why the useless disputes?generals, poets, lovers?
The wind...
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Categories:
silenced, love, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, truth, women,
Form:
Free verse
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:
silenced, bereavement, death, death of a friend, funeral,
Form:
Sonnet
The Swoon Hypothesis - Part 2
"The Swoon Hypothesis" - Part 2
Arimathea stands next to you and I on the deck, soon we are back in Nazareth, you press into my palm,
“A very rare Dubunni coin” you say - on...
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Categories:
silenced, imagery, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Depths
"The Depths"
From the depths
silence.
Where
are the voices
of other
women?
In that other place,
the monsters violate,
they take and take
bloody all, what they want
the dreams of women
are torched, murdered,
next to them,
the sweet dreams of lives...
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Categories:
silenced, children, humanity, women,
Form:
Narrative
SPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOISYOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARSON MURDER 8 ELDERLY PERSONS PARISHES PROCLAIMED MY EX HUSBAND...
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Categories:
silenced, chicago, city, i love you,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Ending In a Deadly Minor KeySo here's my question for this dawning day,
like a WinWin ruminating message in a bottle
floating through a LoseLose climate sea
felt still foggy from last night,
some mysterious how now;
One of many
health related strategic WinLose issues
tuning out...
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Categories:
silenced, anger, anti bullying, dark, fear, green, grief,
Form:
Political Verse
Please Remember You Had Nothing To SayPlease Remember You Had Nothing To Say
...
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Categories:
silenced, betrayal, conflict, emotions, heartbreak, hurt, inspiration, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Christmas In the Cathedral of the Forest Deep
"Christmas in the Cathedral of the Forest Deep"
The silent heart is found
embedded in the
Cathedral of
The Forest Deep
The lost jewel
shines in the dark
see the reflection of emerald eyes
endless hazel woods scried
On Christmas Eve
when...
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Categories:
silenced, christmas, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
Chapter 83 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Adult ExcursionThe day after the mutiny incident:
DJ again pitched his idea.
He gathered the Older children
Again, "Okay everybody we have
To make up to Dad Ma and Auntiema.
Today." The children remained
In the large kitchen...
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Categories:
silenced, 11th grade, 9th grade, child, confidence, home,
Form:
Alliteration
OrpheusSlang..
Chick-fil-a = the best place ever
jade =
brooke = gorgeous
mishin = the boss, as in “You aren’t the boss of me.”
Orpheus
We’re on vaycay. School is OVER, COVID is over. We’re in New York City...
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Categories:
silenced, humor, mothers day, new york, sister, summer,
Form:
Free verse
I Knew Anne Silently - My Ravenous Poe**Trigger Warning**
"I Knew Anne Silently - My Ravenous Poe"
I knew Anne.
you’d think
with a name like hers
she’d be able to find her way
out of unchartered waters.
it didn’t come as a suprise,
then, on...
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Categories:
silenced, dark, love, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 12His words stung me, as the cries from the maelstrom seem to retort
Their scattered, foreign words and wails retching their say
I listened, almost mesmerized,
Pulverized
“Come,” Said he,
With threatening authority
Upwards, higher than the balcony from which we...
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Categories:
silenced, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, conflict, hope, muse,
Form:
Free verse
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity, all that is -- is over, in the stormy, swarming...
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Categories:
silenced, death, evil, family, fate, life, love, violence,
Form:
Haibun
May It Be An Evening Star of Peace - In Collaboration With Our Ps Community Poets
Like the Evening Star guided ancient mariners through calm or troubled seas
Let it guide and help spread this message of Peace to the far ends of galaxies
May it become the ‘Swan Song Poem’ of all...
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Categories:
silenced, beautiful, peace, star,
Form:
Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 12DynDoeth with serious face and determined stride entered the room and advanced directly toward Joulupukki. Standing to face the elf, Joulupukki, was intent on getting some answers, but before he could utter a sound...
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Categories:
silenced, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
RevolutionREVOLUTION
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
A revolution is much deeper than what the eye can see
An opportunity to rid the land of despotism and tyranny
When any citizen can expose the enemies of the state
Present and judge valid...
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Categories:
silenced, betrayal, corruption, evil, fear, irony, power, violence,
Form:
Rhyme
My Veteran FriendI have a friend who is a veteran. ...
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Categories:
silenced, friend, veterans day, war,
Form:
Narrative
Prisoner of the Matrix LoadedPrisoner of the Matrix loaded
Prisoner of the matrix loaded
Cattle within the herd
cages within the slaughter
Profiteers prey upon the wounded
Branded comodified beings consumed
In consumption
Led to the plunder of themselves
Within the plotted grids of bondaged earth
Still between...
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Categories:
silenced, america, analogy, philosophy,
Form:
ABC
RED SEARED SEA
At the mouth I lay splayed
blood trickling, slowly dripping into soft mud or red Akashic ink
mud of my anus, ink of...
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Categories:
silenced, allegory, body, color, courage, deep, emotions, imagery,
Form:
Ballad
One More DayI If I could have just ONE more day & IF wishes came true
I would Spend every moment side by side next to YOU
tell you have much this pain hurts me through and...
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Categories:
silenced, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Mine Courtship and Marriage With Deadly ObsessionMine courtship and marriage with deadly obsession...
As September daze will soon arrive
recollections from a
psychologically checkered past
loom large recalling
tragic storied days of mein kampf.
Circa early nineteen seventies:
As a mere slip of a...
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Categories:
silenced, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 23 -- Dolly Damian Friends and Family-- He Knows Their NamesTwo weeks passed before
Dolly called Her twin. "Hey
Girl I'm coming to see you in a
Little while." "Ok, sis at about
What time?" Molly inquired.
"About an hour and a half
Actually it's...
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Categories:
silenced, day, family, feelings, friend, friendship, life, love,
Form:
Alliteration
Race the Finals Spoken WordI wish to
Relay
To all of my people the importance of sticking together as a
team
And that
Because we have run
through the preliminary trials as selfish individual, goal seekers
we have barely made it to the finals,...
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Categories:
silenced, africa, black african american, change, courage, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme