Long Skittering Poems
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by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
skittering, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Recluse By Dint of Circumstance
Recluse by dint of circumstance
Proud anonymous troglodytes
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.
He/him (matted hair, ratty, scrawny,
and tetchy ugly villain)
scurried into dark...
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Categories:
skittering, adventure, america, angst, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form:
Free verse
Brownian Motion Writ Large
Brownian motion writ large...
within small medium
as light brainstorm doth
hail forth the following poem.
Across the realm of gray matter
slowly percolating within tissue
composed of neuronal, glial
and endothelial cells, and although
there must be biological...
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Categories:
skittering, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, appreciation, business,
Form:
Free verse
Neigh say being corralled and cult shod
Neigh say being corralled & cult shod
"Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis"
translation = thus always I
bring death to tyrants.”
Above the fray of twittering,
squabbling, and madding crowds,
an arrogantly belligerent creature deified,
yet vilified...
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Categories:
skittering, 12th grade, age, allusion, america, fate, history,
Form:
Free verse
The Chill of December
(A raven’s shadow falls across the page. A quill scratches furiously, punctuated by heavy sighs.)
December… a month draped in the funereal crepe of the dying year.
Darkness descends with a swift, predatory grace, the sun a...
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Categories:
skittering, birth, dark, death, december, feelings, winter,
Form:
Acrostic
The humble cockroach
The humble cockroach -
Survival of one wreath speck table insect,
(poll ease pod din me Elmer Fudd speak)
thus earning hardy laurels
nsync with inxs of standing kudos
ranking as bajillion year old species
scientific name: Periplaneta americana
(Linnaeus) Insecta:...
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Categories:
skittering, america, animal, creation, dark, light, nature, spanish,
Form:
Free verse
When Does Phenomenal Moment of Existence Occur
When does phenomenal moment of existence occur...?
Otherwise titled: Regaling eldest sibling
delineating her sixty third successful orbit
around the sun December first 2021.
About consciousness who can tell
After haploid gametes
able, eager, and ready
to yield eukaryotic (diploid) cell?
What triggers...
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Categories:
skittering, age, appreciation, beautiful, birthday, blessing, endurance, family,
Form:
Rhyme
I Discovered Miscellaneous Meaningless Hodgepodge
I discovered miscellaneous meaningless hodgepodge...
dating back circa: Age of computer antiquity
mine signature worthless gibberish
found Earthling dumbfounded
for further waste of time inquire
about trivial details constituting
more'n six electronic new pages
the following an excerpt from book of
Matthew...
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Categories:
skittering, absence, adventure, character, dream, eulogy, history, march,
Form:
Free verse
Sage and Embers
Up on the winding mountain,
there is a structure we knew so well—
now consumed by red, devoured in flame.
It was our shelter, a meeting place
of like minds, a refuge against life’s weight,
a...
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Categories:
skittering, blessing, change, conflict, courage, creation, growth, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
'n Anchor Roach Ment Inc
day and night Blattaria of various shapes and sizes
scuttle with incandescent
after glow as flashing blur rises
to fill every quarter of mine cerebral core, when asleep pries
me lids awake with shell...
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Categories:
skittering, baptism, betrayal, crazy, environment, feelings, insect, scary,
Form:
Free verse
Brownian Movement Writ Large
Akin to daffodils got to puff the magic dragon GoDaddy seed achieve
visibly absent pride and prejudice where aggrieve
ment unseen, as careening human bits believe
where forebears of Adam and the ants sandy dunes cleave
species pollination, yet...
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Categories:
skittering, adventure, age, allusion, conflict, confusion, humanity, myth,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Recluse By Dint of Circumstance
Heretic condemned to burn at stake
reprieve eleventh hour granted clemency
commuted death penalty
criminal sentenced solitary isolation
rat infested dungeon ultimate punishment
doled out after protracted proceedings
courtesy amazing graceful puffed dragon
unwittingly delivered merciful respite.
Cowled ascetic busied himself
exotic gaseous/ liquified...
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Categories:
skittering, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse, betrayal, earth,
Form:
Carpe Diem
Cadaverous Climate Controlled Cave Creature
Cadaverous climate controlled cave creature
(Idea birthed, engendered, and germinated
from Lombok Indonesia earthquakes
On 5 August 2018,
a destructive and shallow earthquake
measuring Mw 6.9
(ML 7.0 according to BMKG)
struck the island
of Lombok, Indonesia),
rendering...
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Categories:
skittering, adventure, anxiety, august, conflict, crush, dark, grave,
Form:
Rhyme
Evidence of Spirit Part Iv: La Folie Du Renard
An essence heard a heartfelt plea
meek, unconfident, not familiar
"Should I bother anymore? Please guide me."
His words hardly mist....
a response slices the scene
with the speed of a guillotine.
skittering over the asymmetrical
similarities...
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Categories:
skittering, animal, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Acquiescence Toward Mortality
Management here at
Highland Manor Apartments sent out word
that tomorrow, January twenty third,
two thousand and twenty one,
we (all residents) will receive the first (of two)
inoculations to stave off getting COVID-19,
hence mine poetic title might seem absurd.
Aforementioned...
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Categories:
skittering, absence, adventure, faith, funeral, goodbye, january, peace,
Form:
Rhyme
I Absconded With Reader Rabbit Peter, To Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
I absconded with reader rabbit (Peter), to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
Ah Sheik Hog - Ho!
One "FAKE" Wingman
think Monty Python's
Flying Circus skittering
on thin ice - Skidamarink
a dink, a dink...
hither and yon, to and fro
Via...
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Categories:
skittering, adventure, america, anniversary, celebration, drink, green, march,
Form:
Rhyme
I Absconded With Reader Rabbit Peter To Celebrate Saint Patricks Day
I absconded with reader rabbit (Peter), to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
Ah Sheik Hog - Ho!
One "FAKE" Wingman
think Monty Python's
Flying Circus skittering
on thin ice - Skidamarink
a dink, a dink...
hither and yon, to and fro
Via...
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Categories:
skittering, 12th grade, confusion, courage, endurance, farewell, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
Recluse By Dint of Circumstance First Cell
He/him (ratty, scrawny,
and tetchy ugly villain)
scurried into dark recesses of hermitage
averse to cavort, frolic, inure himself
into the duplicitous schemes
capitalized, glorified, popularized
courtesy vanity of Homo sapiens
lest imp of the pervert
already sacrificed...
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Categories:
skittering, age, analogy, animal, appreciation, bible, character, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Sixty-six years and six months
My people set out sixty-six years and six months ago
Give or take; sure, liberties taken, but I'll give her back,
And if you want, they got a machine with occasional fact,
But back to forbodingly sixty-six years...
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Categories:
skittering, confusion, growing up, leadership, political, satire, student,
Form:
Rhyme
Anthropocentrism Wreck Less Track Record
while atop the surface of planet Earth humanity
all abustle skittering
to and fro, hither and yon
engaged in self important activity yielding profits,
...
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Categories:
skittering, 5th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Wild Goose Chase
Pursuit for elusive prey
teases yours truly
into treacherous catacombs
dangerous mentally
challenging pitfalls,
sets small hairs of back
on camp creeks edge
of night, where dark shadows
evoke outer limits
of twilight zone
prompting me constantly questioning
purposefulness, qua hair raising pursuit
embarking these modern roman...
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Categories:
skittering, 11th grade, 12th grade, bird, fantasy, humor,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Wild Goose Chase
Pursuit for elusive prey
teases yours truly
into treacherous catacombs
dangerous mentally
challenging pitfalls,
sets small hairs of back
on camp creeks edge
of night, where dark shadows
evoke outer limits
of twilight zone
prompting me constantly questioning
purposefulness, qua hair raising pursuit
embarking these modern roman...
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Categories:
skittering, adventure, allegory, america, animal, bird, environment, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
skittering, nature,
Form:
I do not know?
Categories:
skittering, analogy, appreciation, devotion, imagery, visionary, word play,
Form:
Concrete
The Souls Longing Wish To Write Its Poetry
** The Soul’s Longing Wish to Write Its poetry **
The poems sleep
Together in a wreath of curled words,
Poised awaiting, allied, all set to affect
Their impact
Summoned
From the depths of a restless wish to...
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Categories:
skittering, 3rd grade, christian, creation, imagery, inspirational, poetry,
Form:
Free verse