Long Snake in the grass Poems

The Original Sin: Rhyming Haiku!
 
Haiku
should never rhyme:
it’s a crime!
-Michael R. Burch
 
The herons stand,
sentry-like, at attention ...
rigid observers of some unknown command.
-Michael R. Burch
 
Late
fall;
all
the golden leaves turn black underfoot:
soot
-Michael R. Burch
 
Dry leaf...

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Zen Death Haiku

Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
—Shuho, translation by Michael R. Burch

Returning
as it came,
this naked worm.
—Shidoken, translation by Michael R. Burch

As dew glistens
on a lotus leaf,
so too I soon must vanish.
—Shinsui,...

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Once Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia

This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them. 
Why they hang about, instead of scurrying off.
A reluctant snake...

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"I am a painter and my eyes are the paint brushes I had if I look up with my open eye I see the Horizon I see the clouds to be continued
Oh shutter as I...

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You supported others who you thought were saviors. No one was there for me, no emotional support, no encouragement. Only whispers of whay I need to do and how to do it. As if you...

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Death by deception as in in Eve                            ...

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“A snake in the grass”. Such a powerful and direct metaphor of treachery, is it not? We strive to avoid such ones believed to be so venomous, like snakes hidden in the grass. The metaphor...

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Snakes And Mr. Baines
By Curtis Johnson

The phrase, “A snake in the grass”, has often been expressed toward certain individuals. Such a powerful and direct metaphor of treachery, is it not?

Among the first stories ever heard...

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Basing opinions on exceptions to the rule
then turning it into a fist pumping mantra
is for architects of anarchy and dangerous fools-
mostly white precincts aren't the devil's brigade
as the media would lead you to believe
the media...

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UNQUOTABLE QUOTES - XLIII(Continued)

A black-listed writer tops every publisher’s reading list.
Half a loaf is better than no love.
Don’t dig your ears while tying your shoe laces. Just wear slippers.
Eat only what’s available in the stable...

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III.

Through the boughs, crept the goddess of healing,
   Circling around the branches with ease.
   She saw the warrior beyond the trees,
   Then stopped in her place—carefully kneeling.
She watched him...

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The moon seems somehow hollow tonight; 
It’s light ghostly and intangible – 
It peers at me like a baleful eye, marking me out 
Spotlighting my sad state of solitude 
‘Look at you, all alone,’ it...

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Unquotable quotes - I

A friend in need is the goon who stokes your greed.
A journey of a thousand miles ends with the last broken step.
Don’t kill the brother-in-law until the sister is dead.
Butter your toast...

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I am cowering inside this darkness calling my name.
Echoing into the wind just to chase me.
Someone help me with the creation,
Breathing down my neck.
The chains around my hands simply won't give,
They cut into me with...

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[Please note: while the tone is light and tongue-in-cheek, its import is 180* opposite-- the estrangement of the human from the divine.]

' I SHALL HIDE MY FACE FROM THEM. I SHALL SEE WHAT THEIR END...

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Writhing and slithering, enters a hissing snake.
What a foolish court jester he would make.
Belles on his toes, an attitude of 'up your nose.'
No warning is needed when he creeps around.
His strikes aren't lethal from on...

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Look at the politrick pretty boys
painting the green
on their flypaper sticky lips

Making plenty cold eureka noise
Pluto eyes winking barren Mars tomorrows
Uranus pocketbook sorrow withdrawals

Saturn smiles  ...  Jupiter dead ringers
Little green men talepipe spinning...

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The glazier putting the cup in its place a disdained glass                        ...

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THERE ARE SO MANY PREACHERS TRYING TO BE TEACHERS BUT INSTEAD THEY ARE LEACHERS.

LYING,CHEATING AND CREEPING AROUND LIKE A SNAKE IN THE GRASS COVERING UP HIS SLYNESS WITH SOPHISTICATION AND CLASS.

THE DEACONS ARE CREEPING ON...

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The world as it seems around me is a bit dark
But there's lots of light coming through the park
I hear a dog call me with it's bark
All we need baby is to restart a spark

I...

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Ignorance is bliss said the uneducated Miss
Take the tiger by the tail, and then give a hiss.
A snake in the grass thought outside of the box
You can’t judge a book by its cover, said the...

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I wonder ...

Could this be mine -
this shadowed heart, a-thrum?
It begs me stop, for its cold intent ...
your words, those phrases I have ached for,
(stolen by me in secret, hidden among your precious roses),
given to...

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Daughter crime
hooking up with felon Father time
Both got incestuous, crooked desires in mind
Two thieves in a thug hug, 
secrecy intertwine conspiracy vine bind 
Mother brood 
raising a wild pack of dog sharks
to feed on 
minnow...

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My life is like a jail 
boarded and barred by those soul consuming rails 

I want to be set free like the eagles in the sky
but in this hell I can not tell a truth...

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Two lovers living together
For years day to day
Used to be so in love
They would laugh
They would play
Somewhere in between
All the compliments and pride
Life got into the way
Their love got pushed under the rug
Their feelings began...

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