Long Sprawling Poems
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Modern Sonnets IMODERN SONNETS I
I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.
Maker, Fakir, Curer
by Michael R. Burch
A poem...
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Categories:
sprawling, art, freedom, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form:
Sonnet
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:
sprawling, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation, bereavement, cry, dance,
Form:
Free verse
4th Generation Soda Jerk -- Both Audio and TextThis is one excited kid and one PROUD father...
I took my son to the lumberyard last Tuesday afternoon. The day itself, though toasty, was the best in quite some time.
And when we’d finished shopping -...
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Categories:
sprawling, father son, relationship, youth,
Form:
Narrative
Love Poems IiLOVE POEMS II
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating and marriage. On an amusing note, my steamy Baudelaire translations have become popular with the...
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Categories:
sprawling, desire, love, lust, marriage, passion, romance, sexy,
Form:
Rhyme
Goodbye Six Pack Hello Poetry ScribesGoodbye six pack hello* poetry scribes
My poetic side COSMOFUNNEL
wordsmith thanks tumblr in his noggin
ofttimes triggering babbling brook
to swell after deluge
becoming stream of consciousness runnel
carving, gouging, and liquidating topography
qua zee mow toe natural formed...
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Categories:
sprawling, adventure, angst, april, body, father, hair, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Car Wars - 1st Half In Text - Plus Full AudioHere's the scoop, friends...
This is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way...
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Categories:
sprawling, car, humor,
Form:
Verse
Love Has a Southern FlavorLove has a Southern flavor: honeydew,
ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spout
we tilt to basking faces to breathe out
the ordinary, and inhale perfume ...
Love’s Dixieland-rambunctious: tangled vines,
wild clematis, the gold-brocaded leaves
that will not keep their order in...
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Categories:
sprawling, desire, longing, love, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Sonnet
Diary Notes: Another Day Sets In ParisDIARY NOTES : Mad-House Maths
March 30th., 2018 - Another day sets in Paris
The home-bound Octogenarian trundles from the Mall's town centre
Back laden with the day's shopping
His hands numb from clutching load-packed plastic bags during the...
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Categories:
sprawling, abuse, french, inspirational, judgement, life, violence,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A harrowing drive on the Schuylkill ExpresswayA harrowing drive on the Schuylkill Expressway
(route 76) both heading into
(and a small number of hours later
exiting) center city Philadelphia
to Schwenksville on May 19th, 2024.
Yours truly (a doodling Yankee), and the missus
went to town, NOT...
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Categories:
sprawling, adventure, america, angel, anger, anxiety, atheist, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 42 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and the Family Reunion: GenerationsThe season, spring year 2031.
One year went by and
Delilah was 4 months pregnant
When Molly Was 6 months
pregnant. Other Then that, the
passed months were
Unremarkable. The ages of
Damian's children and their
Mother's...
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Categories:
sprawling, birth, confidence, emotions, house, i love you,
Form:
Alliteration
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:
sprawling, absence, anger, atheist, courage, death, fate, may,
Form:
Free verse
At a CrossroadAt a Crossroad **
Treading down the I ...
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Categories:
sprawling, faith, god, inspirational, life, light, spiritual,
Form:
Concrete
Chapter 129 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Holly: Holly's and Polly's TimeNext few days August 2049
Early morning dawning everything
Was wondrous wild flowers
Sprawling. 10:35 am Polly called
Molly just to shot the breeze so
It seemed. "Hey Molly. Um uh can I visit you
Maybe for...
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Categories:
sprawling, allusion, beach, child,
Form:
Alliteration
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and PerestroikaWhatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squelched cusp of progressivism,
now most likely
experience bitterness at the...
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Categories:
sprawling, absence, angel, atheist, beautiful, betrayal, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
Approximately Three Plus Days ElapsedApproximately three plus days elapsed...
without yours truly experiencing urge to defecate
Neither bloating nor constipation
arose, but one nondescript anguished
logophile anticipated intestinal blockage,
hence prophesying worse case scenario
I (predicated in direction for an adult)
ingested three Dulcolax tablets
and subsequently...
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Categories:
sprawling, adventure, america, anniversary, beautiful, courage, family, july,
Form:
Free verse
Personal Vicissitudes Pronounced Irrepressible Self LoathingPersonal vicissitudes pronounced irrepressible self loathing
Ever since mine late boyhood
when unstoppable coded
cellular processes did segue
I experienced abhorrence
toward yours truly,
an extremely introverted kid,
whose parents nor siblings
(one younger and older sister) could
not arouse him
out of...
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Categories:
sprawling, 12th grade, 2nd grade, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form:
Free verse
WOMB OF ALL BEGINNINGSWOMB OF ALL BEGINNINGS
In the delicious womb of all beginnings
we learnt to giggle electrons
to bear all things
without nusturtiums, pink lilies or doughnuts
warm gurglings of God’s dream for us
Morning glories were waiting
deep...
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Categories:
sprawling, allegory, creation, extended metaphor, growth, imagery, love,
Form:
Free verse
Trifolium Pollinated Courtesy BombusTrifolium pollinated courtesy bombus
Before landscapers mow swaths
across undulating waves of clover
(the father/daughter team
usually cut grass every Tuesday)
bumblebees alight from one to another flower.
Meanwhile, I lie splayed
mid morning June 28th, 2022
with stomach upon natural carpeting
quietly basking...
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Categories:
sprawling, 12th grade, appreciation, beautiful, color, creation, flower,
Form:
Rhyme
Rural Pastrual Idle Feild And Meadow Warning!In a foreign lush green sprawling land
A patchwork carpet stitched together
In shades of tawny browns yellows and green
Rugged rock forest and wind-swept moor
Is a awe-inspiring spectacle to be seen
In summer's adorned frock adorned bushes and...
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Categories:
sprawling, conflict, creation, environment, mother, war, world war
Form:
Free verse
Hidden BeautyHidden beauty resides not in the grace like charms
Of coy smiles
Painted across a gentle Madonnas face.
Nor is she vested within the chastened vows
Of saintly knights; encased Great-Helm:
Thus maketh the pale maidens meek pulse
To so...
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Categories:
sprawling, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
The Real TruthWritten 14 October For:
No. 1249 New Poetry Only Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
...
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Categories:
sprawling, faith, god, men, spiritual, trust, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
I Ask Myself a Rhetorical Question RegardingI ask myself a rhetorical question regarding...
the durability, longevity, and tenacity of Homo sapiens,
after screaming headlines report one after another atrocity.
How did the human species manage to survive
with many means
of self destruction at their disposal?
Atomic...
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Categories:
sprawling, africa, america, anger, april, black african american,
Form:
Free verse
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and PerestroikaWhatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squelched cusp of progressivism,
now most likely
experience bitterness at the...
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Categories:
sprawling, adventure, appreciation, bullying, confidence, destiny, grave, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
The Antics of a Yoyo ThiefThe Antics Of A Yoyo Thief
Potential life of as juvenile delinquent
(ala bam mean future streetwise thug)
stopped dead in the tracks – manacles
the above two lines hopefully gives hint
nearly changing changing life of one boy
an undersized...
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Categories:
sprawling, 5th grade, 6th grade, adventure, angel, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
July First 2023 Will CelebrateJuly first 2023 will celebrate...
our sixth anniversary at Highland Manor Apartments
Subtitled: The perspective of one festive folky fellow
friendliness ofttimes prompts me
when crossing paths with another to say “hello,”
whose demeanor trends toward being mellow
courtesy about...
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Categories:
sprawling, absence, abuse, america, anger, angst, animal, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme