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Limericks Ii - Nature and AnimalsLimericks II - Nature Poems and Animal Poems
Dot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot!"
Clyde Lied!
by...
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Categories:
smothered, animal, humor, humorous, light, nature, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About DogsPoems about Dogs
This Dog
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Each morning this dog,
who has become quite attached to me,
sits silently at my feet
until, gently caressing his head,
I acknowledge his company.
This simple recognition gives my...
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Categories:
smothered, animal, dog, friend, friendship, heart, joy, love,
Form:
Free verse
Halloween PoemsIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
smothered, children, grave, halloween, horror, myth, silly, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Animal PoemsDot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot."
Stage Craft-y
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a dromedary
who...
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Categories:
smothered, animal, cat, dog, friend, friendship, friendship love,
Form:
Limerick
It's HalloweenIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
smothered, cat, children, evil, grave, halloween, horror, moon,
Form:
Verse
The True Mother
“The True Mother”
What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow
bleed out Life’s dreams
rust crumbles to dust
Virulent apathy spreads
Betrayal’s destruction
hand...
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Categories:
smothered, betrayal, imagery, love, mother daughter, psychological, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
The Tender Weight of Her SighsThe Tender Weight of Her Sighs
by Michael R. Burch
The tender weight of her sighs
lies heavily upon my heart;
apart from her, full of doubt,
without her presence to revolve around,
found wanting direction or course,
cursed with the thought...
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Categories:
smothered, creation, depression, divorce, farewell, goodbye, sorrow, sorry,
Form:
Sonnet
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:
smothered, animal, dog, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
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:
smothered, dog, family, friend, friendship, friendship love, love,
Form:
Verse
Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the GhostHarriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost...
~ May fourth, 2005
wedded bliss nearly fifty years
half a century almost
me not most favorite grown offspring,
she (when alive) did boast,
about youngest sister and her family,
unlike me – severely...
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Categories:
smothered, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation, bereavement, cry, dance,
Form:
Free verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViiiJuvenilia: Early Poems VIII
These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school and college student.
Moon Lake
by Michael R. Burch
Starlit recorder of summer nights,
what magic spell bewitches you?
They say that...
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Categories:
smothered, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Terror Bugs: Part 5 - A Freezer Mice Adventure[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 4 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________
A water cannon screeched around the corner on two wheels
Four and twenty Terror Bugs were nipping at its heels
Their acid blistered paint work but it...
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Categories:
smothered, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
MeI was born to be a survivor and a fighter.
That's why I became a writer.
As a child the physical abuse I endured.
Being a baby it was pretty absurd.
The child of recovering addicts.
Even one that still...
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Categories:
smothered, absence, abuse, addiction, anger, depression, drug, how
Form:
Rhyme
The Armless AmbidextrianI. The Love of Minds
The volume on the desk,
The one not claimed by dust or burned
By light, will follow her to bed tonight.
Its pages will be turned and smothered,
Each in turn, so as not to...
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Categories:
smothered, conflict, death, depression, desire, fear, life,
Form:
Free verse
New Menu at Milton Creek's Aces Restaurant*** Notice to the residents of Milton Creek ***
Tom serves as mayor. never complaining, so he gets what he requests
No blood in his steak, apple pie with sweet cream. Aces cooks that meal
to perfection...
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Categories:
smothered, people, places,
Form:
Rhyme
You Hurt My FeelingsFather, you hurt my feelings
It looks as if you don’t care that I’m alone
Melodic, hopeful bird sings,
So I listen and feel at home, all on my own
The tune of tranquility will drain away the...
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Categories:
smothered, angst, courage, emotions, faith, feelings, strength, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Domestic DisturbancesThis is dedicated
To that man who expresses love through hatred
I'm tryin' to make it clear that you leave scars everytime you say ""
If you love your woman, why do you beat her?
Why do you mistreat...
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Categories:
smothered, courage, hip hop, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 147-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: A Hawaiian Approach Date: April 2051
7 am the call resounded throughout
Every Hakim Household. They had it
Blaring out onto the estate's public
Address system. "DJ heard it in
His house clearly he was visibly
Irritated. ...
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Categories:
smothered, america, anxiety, black love,
Form:
Alliteration
Turkish Poetry Translations ITurkish Poetry Translations I
Ben Sana Mecburum: "You are indispensable"
by Attila Ilhan
translation by Nurgul Yayman and Michael R. Burch
You are indispensable; how can you not know
that you're like nails riveting my brain?
I see your eyes...
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Categories:
smothered, lost love, love, love hurts, memory, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th, 2004Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004
Often these days
(closing in on the eighth
anniversary of eighth orbit
around mister sun),
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share
how one and only...
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Categories:
smothered, absence, anger, atheist, courage, death, fate, may,
Form:
Free verse
OcdI feel as lame as a whale without its fins to swim in fine waters
Blue blasphemy break a spirit of slumberless insanity that rips up my poetic loves, likes, unlikes and hates
Debates on TV…flee from...
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Categories:
smothered, anxiety, , atheist,
Form:
Free verse
Todayverse 1: There is so much to do
My lack of dignity is killin' me softly
And I just haven't had a clue
Why do I get so anxious? What's wrong with me?
I just whirl in my mind's...
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Categories:
smothered,
Form:
Lyric
Vanilla Killer - trigger warningAnother shift ends. I'm dead on my feet.
Too shagged to even eat.
The word leads (inevitably) to you...
I slipped the timesheets from work today.
Another incident occurred...
Sweetie, please be there, and say you care.
I loved working alongside...
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Categories:
smothered, child abuse, murder,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Through Their EyesThrough Their Eyes
The Poetry Murders Part 3 in the series
Murder She Wrote
It was a dark night with a full moon
The alley narrow, my hopes high
My footsteps echoed in the ears of the invisible
I quicken my...
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Categories:
smothered, funny, grave, hilarious, history, imagery, inspiration, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Perspective of An Invisible People"Perspective of an Invisible People"
Struggling for over four hundred years
Drowning in rivers of tears
Throughout the country's history
Accepting black people, still a mystery
Since the country's discovery, we've been abused
Standing with strength, will prevent us from...
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Categories:
smothered, america, emotions, encouraging, endurance, faith, family, forgiveness,
Form:
Free verse