Long Smothered Poems
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TONY BOLONY THE CABBY NORTH CHICAGO ARSON MURDER VICTIM 9
AFTER THE KARCHER FIRE LOUD SILENCE FBI AGENTS WERE GETTING CLOSER CIRO GARGANO WAS NERVOUS UNRAVELING THE CREW STORED THE CONTENTS OF THE TAILOR SHOP IN THE GARAGE AT LAKE COUNTY MUSIC COMPANY THE GARAGE...
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Categories:
smothered, allah,
Form:
Naat
Limericks Ii - Nature and Animals
Limericks 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 Dogs
Poems 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 Poems
It'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 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."
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 Halloween
It'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 Sighs
The 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 Ii
Doggerel 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 Dogs
Dog 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 Ghost
Harriet 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
SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS IDENTITY FRAUD AGAINST LAB RATS
AS I SUFFERED IN SILENCE SEVERE BREAK INS JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY AND SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND BEGAN IMPERSONATING MY MAIDEN FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS FIELD TRIP ODDLY USING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAUGHTER MIDDLE NAME...
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Categories:
smothered, allah,
Form:
Naat
Juvenilia: Early Poems Viii
Juvenilia: 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
Chapter 165--DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANYA: Damian Chases a milestone-- part II
Date: August 10 2051
At the time Dolly Molly and Holly arrived at the restaurant most of the Hakims were there enjoying jazz melodies some relatives were on the second level l. Mama...
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Categories:
smothered, august, best friend, birthday, black love, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 166-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: The figuring of complications
September 2051
Early afternoon part of one plan unfolded
Amaliah asked, "You can really cook?" Damian replied, "aaye sis I've been a bachelor with my own place for some years before I married....
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Categories:
smothered, age, baby, birthday, black love, family,
Form:
Free verse
Me
I 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 Ambidextrian
I. 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
Continuum - Part Two
Climbing from the sands, velociraptors turn as one
Triceratops and stegosaurs arise to share the fun
And then they march en masse toward that briny maelstrom
And Adam Adams yells, “They’re heading back where they came from!”
Suddenly, so...
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Categories:
smothered, future, humanity, time,
Form:
Narrative
You Hurt My Feelings
Father, 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 Disturbances
This 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
Turning the maxim familiarity breeds contempt on it's head
Turning the maxim familiarity breeds contempt on it's head...
not just in time for Valentine's Day
but the remaining days of our lives
as the world turns
on all our children
the young and restless
now grown to womanhood
After being married
for...
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Categories:
smothered, absence, adventure, anger, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
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 I
Turkish 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