Long Sprung Poems
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Juvenilia: Early Poems XiJuvenilia: Early Poems XI
Myth
by Michael R. Burch
after the sprung rhythm of Dylan Thomas
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and...
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Categories:
sprung, boy, poems, poetry, student, teen, teenage, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Radiance, For Dylan ThomasRadiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil—
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes—dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
sprung, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Dylan ThomasThese are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
sprung, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan ThomasMyth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
sprung, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
Precious Priceless ProgenyPrecious priceless progeny
Hands down the most dramatic change ever needed to make the most profound impact awoke from helping beget the first offspring. An internal paradigm shift reshuffled priorities...
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Categories:
sprung, absence, adventure, angst, anniversary, beautiful, celebration, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 28The elves left separately and reconvened in the safe room. If Rian was aware of Joulupukki's presence in the Village, they did not want to give away what magic he had. When...
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Categories:
sprung, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Unquotable Quotes: L 50 - Tongue-Teasing EpigramsUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: L (50) - Tongue-Teasers
The « early bird catches the worm » only because the worm has not woken up yet.
« I don’t love you ! I hated your father ! » - must...
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Categories:
sprung, art, humor, irony, women, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Reflections By Commodore John Barry“He fought often and once bled in the cause of freedom, but his habits of War did not lessen in him the peaceful virtues which adorn his private life.” Doctor Benjamin Rush, signer of...
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Categories:
sprung, adventure, autumn, dedication, history, longing, military, sea,
Form:
Epic
The CallThe Call
For as long as I can remember, I have been phoning my mom. Even before leaving home when I was a teenager. Whenever I had good or bad news, it was just natural for...
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Categories:
sprung, angst, blessing, courage, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
The ReunionThey came from as far a way as New York and Dallas Texas. The class of 1981 wasn't a large class, it was the very first class of a very very private school. Their school,...
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Categories:
sprung, allusion, death,
Form:
Prose
The Night Before Christmas By Edgar Allan PoeOn the night before Christmas, alone in my house,
Sorrow gnawed at my soul, like a ravenous mouse.
Entombed in my blankets, I struggled to sleep,
Ready to snap if I counted more sheep.
I rose at the...
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Categories:
sprung, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
Resurrected HeroeRESURRECTION OF A HEROE:
CHORUS:
Far from comparison, far from fear.
Failure part of the journey; shed no tears.
Man...do... the best you can do.
Talents in your hand's only for you.
No body cares...what you goes through;
When you succeed,...
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Categories:
sprung, beautiful, beauty, hero,
Form:
Lyric
The Last Gallon of Gas On Earth - At AuctionGiven the astronomical amount of gasoline consumed world-wide every single day…could this scenario not be all that far off?
...
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Categories:
sprung, cry,
Form:
Narrative
When Three Cousins PlayedThree cousins played a “game’ of war
A map of Europe spread across the floor
No adults there to keep the score
As each of them wanted more and more
Three of four empires lay upon that map
As they...
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Categories:
sprung, war,
Form:
Verse
Margins of PandoraTim’s father had been a refugee once he put down his fight and his gun
The story is that he embarked on the very last ship leaving East Prussia
Under siege tanks and bombs from above fireworks...
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Categories:
sprung, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
Dream State Yields Deep Sleep PersonificationsDream state yields deep sleep personifications
Upon lying supine - eye shutter lids
into the land of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,
where the sandman beckons and bids
dead to the webbed wide world,
yours truly immune to wakefulness
despite being...
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Categories:
sprung, 12th grade, 1st grade, adventure, animal, birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
sprung, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Random Excerpts - 2: Ice In My Eyes Smoke In Yours, a Novel
May 29, 1957: …have to think about getting a thesis director…know no professor yet in the department…someone suggested i get hold of Derek Fogg for an intro to the big guns in the philosophisches Seminar…can't...
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Categories:
sprung, growing up, international, student, universe, world war
Form:
Free verse
BlossomBlossom
Just grab a seat on that stump lad, and I'll take centre stage,
With a yarn about a small brown donk, and a lad about your age.
And thanks much for the offer, but I'll give...
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Categories:
sprung, adventure,
Form:
Ballad
Stricken With Anguished NauseaStricken with anguished nausea
Written three years ago tomorrow,
yet superimposed (likened to
emotional palimpsest) upon
mental state of yore
recent post traumatic stress
triggered courtesy war
torn legally tendered greenbacks,
where enemy bonded, heisted, and netted
mine...
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Categories:
sprung, abuse, age, analogy, angst, anniversary, anxiety, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Afflictions and Perspectivesfoisted upon her was the merry go round crystal chandelier
it stuck in her beautiful mind like a beacon of flaming desire
of clouds fried by a cuckoo with an indestructible socket
her eyes wide upon pupils dilated...
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Categories:
sprung, addiction,
Form:
Free verse
Jailbreak At Milton CreekThere was a rumour that outlaw Kyle was to be sprung from jail
But Sheriff Koplin got wind of it and he'd make sure they'd fail
That day Queeny Holly and her gang rode into town,...
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Categories:
sprung, america, humor, violence,
Form:
Narrative
Remorseless Sweaty PalmsRemorseless sweaty palms
despite being prescribed glycopyrrolate.
Though the angst riddled psyche of mine crafted youth, long since receded, ebbed in the past, infringement, impingement, and indecent wracking wrath of mental illness, that even as a middle...
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Categories:
sprung, 12th grade, anger, blue, care, crazy, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Asking the Way Part Two"Well to a certain degree yes I really don’t want to impose.
I’m getting used to my deprivation." As...
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Categories:
sprung, age, art, creation, death, deep, imagination, mystery,
Form:
Prose
Sir Sleep.So this one was really just a bit of fun I wanted to try and incorporate some really old slang type language within the piece, I've included a glossary below for the old words but...
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Categories:
sprung, dark, dream, night, old, silence, sleep, stars,
Form:
Free verse