Long Slay Poems
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Dragon StewOn an early morning just before school
My tummy is churning my head hurts too
My feet are cold my forehead is hot
I have a runny nose and a tongue with blue dots
“Mom come quick!” I helplessly...
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Categories:
slay, 4th grade, 5th grade, adventure, anxiety, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval PoemsMedieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with the mild pheasants' song ...
but now I feel the northern...
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Categories:
slay, allegory, bible, christian, england, london, nostalgia, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Adam and Eve - Part OneYear One -
Tell me Eve,
does this Garden have everything we need,
do you think the walls are too tall,
are the gatekeepers reasonable, tolerable, right about it all,
what did Lilith know, where did she go
far past the...
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Categories:
slay, art, creation, love,
Form:
Epic
Heat LighteningHeat Lightening
by Michael R. Burch
Each night beneath the elms, we never knew
which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance,
then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up
like searchlights seeking contact in the distance . . .
Quiescent unions...
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Categories:
slay, car, crush, desire, love, lust, sexy, teen
Form:
Sonnet
Chaucer Translation: Merciless BeautyMerciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.
Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...
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Categories:
slay, beauty, heart, relationship, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Roundel
Doggerel IiDoggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the...
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Categories:
slay, animal, dog, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
Rondels, Roundels and RondeauxRondels, Roundels and Rondeaux
These are poetic forms similar to villanelles, with refrains (repeated lines) and sometimes double refrains.
Rondel: Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot...
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Categories:
slay, art, beauty, heart, repetition, romance, romantic, romantic
Form:
Roundel
Dog Daze I: Poems About DogsDog Daze
by Michael R. Burch
Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops on my chest.
I think Oz was made to love
from the...
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Categories:
slay, dog, family, friend, friendship, friendship love, love,
Form:
Verse
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New ShiftI.
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New Shift
( Mille viri sententia agere nescit donec suscipit calamum scribere.)
For a brief spell, I hung my hammock in the shade
of the ancient tall oak tree, that God's...
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Categories:
slay, appreciation, art, blessing, care, dedication, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Eros and CupidPOEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID
These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub...
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Categories:
slay, cute love, desire, god, heart, love, lust,
Form:
Epigram
Lethal and Dope LyricsDe Tod Motet//
Listen to my raw//
Observe my new law//
Innocent quench hunger waves//
With my black rhymes//
We are reaching the last days they say//
Be with me in soul and everyday//
Because i see dogs piercing sharp emotions to...
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Categories:
slay, anger,
Form:
Verse
The Reflection of Your CrownAhhhh ooooh ohhhh mmmm hmmmm
I was Insecure...impure...
Liberty is a miracle cure...
Endure till the end of time
Time with You was so sublime
I'm a sinner, I admit it
I lied to get the truth I can't...
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Categories:
slay, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Lyric
Eternal RecurrenceETERNAL RECURRENCE*
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“I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before and
I hope to return a thousand times after.” GOETHE
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1.
Once upon a time,
The Lord...
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Categories:
slay, future, life, , atheist,
Form:
Epic
Quest of the Heart: Chapter OneOf Ghosts and Fiends in Twilight
The sun sank low on the darkening horizon
Grey mist hung adrift over the land thickening
A cold, brisk autumn wind held and embraced me
With my horse’s pace and that of...
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Categories:
slay, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
HighbornCAST:
Prince Zag The Freid: Son of King Othor The Freid, younger brother of Prince Zig The Freid
Duke Mor: Close friend of King Othor and an arbiter between father the king and of his son the...
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Categories:
slay, allegory, character, destiny, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Whips of History - 1This whip is a relic of war
an instrument of severe education,
come now Avia, look how lovely and vulgar,
it is essential for you to appreciate it's intention,
feel it's supple weight, the simple fright,
I use jasmine...
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Categories:
slay, christian, history, passion, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Is Joss Whedon 'I Am' - Christ ReincarnateIs Joss Whedon ‘I AM?’ (1) Christ Reincarnate?
I Think That That’s Doubtful!
More than Trump ‘IS’ (1) (by...
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Categories:
slay, america, graduation, high school, humor, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history monthMy jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and respect
crafted with the following words
mostly written January 23rd, 2023,
cuz I, (a...
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Categories:
slay, abuse, africa, age, america, anger, betrayal, black
Form:
Free verse
Soft-Spoken SanityI'm a very picky guy, getting involved
With my quality quantity
Oh oh look at how I have evolved
It's fantastic that it's reality
It's not a fantasy alone
And God answered His phone
No longer on my...
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Categories:
slay, deep, desire,
Form:
Rhyme
Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthNascent poetic tribute to black history month...
crafted before onset when people of color
got acknowledged for twenty eight or nine days
depending if leap year occurred.
Though I yam Caucasian,
rightful to honor most bitter
racist genocidal...
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Categories:
slay, abuse, dream, evil, february, grave, hate, history,
Form:
Rhyme
ApologyYou spoke of Love in the kingdom to come
Where the works of hatred would be undone
you bid your disciples to follow whats true
to demonstrate its power in the actions they do
But I have seen...
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Categories:
slay, abuse, betrayal, childhood, evil, love hurts, truth,
Form:
Verse
The Whips of History - 4Injustice is just an inconvenience until it is proven...
When the sun hit their helmets it startled the very souls of the natives
a signal upon their eyes that spoke like a siren of ill prophecy to...
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Categories:
slay, history, passion, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Celena, Brave Celena- Part 2Their rending cries, when all is still, reecho in the moonlight;
They lie about in fitful slumber on the ground at noonlight,
Their virgin hair spread in the dust; for nothing really matters:
Who then will see their...
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Categories:
slay, assonance, bible, courage, daughter, farewell,
Form:
Narrative
My Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthMy nascent poetic tribute to black history month
more apropos and alternately titled:
praise to thee people
of variegated melanin color,
whose immense understated improvements
and enhancement of webbed wide world
worth more than paltry words
of yours truly can...
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Categories:
slay, 12th grade, adventure, africa, anger, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Dichotomyyeah, right ...
do you really think I believe that?
that I'll swallow that pill?
look at the damn lines on this brow ...
do you think they were etched
by happenstance??
not even CLOSE, sweetheart
I earned those ragged rivulets one-by-one
and...
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Categories:
slay, analogy, break up, conflict, forgiveness, love, relationship,
Form:
Free verse