Long Squirm Poems
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I Am My Father's Son
They were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one shout,
"Clean down the tables with wet sponges! Rouse
Yourselves! And when...
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Categories:
squirm, adventure, anger, anxiety, bullying, father, history, introspection,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
HOT MILK DRIPPING
Contest : Alice through the Wormhole
Sponsor : Tom Woody
29. 7.26
______________________________
warm sun sweet liquid
dark moist hole bristles soft sand
wonder exquisite
...
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Categories:
squirm, allegory, birth, change, character, child, death, heart,
Form:
Other
Rejection Slips 3
Rejection Slips 3
Rejection Slip
by Michael R. Burch
Whenever my writing gets rejected,
I always wonder how the rejecter got elected.
Are we exchanging at the same Bourse?
(Excepting present company, of course!)
When editors reject my poems, did I slip...
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Categories:
squirm, death, desire, family, heart, life, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems Iv
Juvenilia: Early Poems IV
I wrote this around age 17.
Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch
If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
I read the Bible from cover to cover at age eleven, ten chapters per day, at the suggestion...
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Categories:
squirm, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 2
[Now ShallowMan is quite content
receiving FactoidMan’s consent
to quibble and express dissent
as long as keeping covenant
with fingers crossed and belfry bent
when viewing Facts in sealed cement:]
SM
“The Facts you give me circumvent
those ‘truths’ your chuckles supplement;
although they...
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Categories:
squirm, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Do We Come In
Where do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what...
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Categories:
squirm, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership, people, rights, sports,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Lay of the Best Man - Part 5
The Lay of The Best Man - Part Five
Have you heard about the bespectacled man who wore his glasses to bed?
Because when he awoke mornings his dreams were all blurry in his head.
And what about...
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Categories:
squirm, humanity, men,
Form:
Lay
Prophecy: Listen
Listen
by Immanuel A. Michael (an alias of Michael R. Burch)
1.
Listen to me now
and heed my voice;
I am a madman, alone,
screaming in the wilderness,
but listen now.
Listen to me now, and if I say
that black is black
and...
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Categories:
squirm, america, god, judgement, rose, usa, visionary, voice,
Form:
Verse
Fathers Day, 21
According to The National Fatherhood Initiative, there is a father absence crisis in America. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 18.3 million children, 1 in 4, live without a biological, step, or adoptive father in...
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Categories:
squirm, america, christian, community, faith, family,
Form:
Verse
Rum n Raisin 17 - Bird Talk
Rum got to his feet and said, “Let’s go play in the street.”
Raisin said, “I’m up for that; some fresh air would be neat.”
They were soon outside and heard a sound… FLAP FLAP… THUD… TWEET
What...
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Categories:
squirm, bird, cat,
Form:
Narrative
Teacher's Refining Fire
You were my least liked teacher,
ball of fire
...
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Categories:
squirm, appreciation, teacher,
Form:
Rhyme
Beef Jerkey and a Bottle of Wine
A tramp steamer plies an ocean of fog.
The Chief Bos’n makes a note in the log while the helmsman
Strains to see beyond the wheel.
The ship’s Captain leaves the bridge with a groan....
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Categories:
squirm, adventure, sea,
Form:
Ballad
Rum N Raisin 7 - Paws
Rum had heard the rumour, “There’s a great new movie out.”
He asked around to find out what the plot might be about
It’s a tale of dogs so naughty, folk won’t go outdoors
Twas Ronnie Rat that...
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Categories:
squirm, cat,
Form:
Narrative
Jay Pallen a Wonderful Sister and Friend
On a silver moonlit pillow’s blissful patch I dreamt nirvana
verses for my sister Jay and our magic mutual bond, that
gem-enhanced treasure chest, that life support as ironclad rampart
for our twin psyche sparkle,...
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Categories:
squirm, angel, beautiful, best friend, blessing, dedication, deep,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Kublai in Winter
Kublai winter days are slow and steady. He is now my fluffy
old boy dog. Sleeps a lot and is somewhat of a loner. Genghis and Sassy
follow me always wanting my attention. Not Kublai, I have...
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Categories:
squirm, dog, pets,
Form:
Free verse
New Shoes For Mike and Molly
Millie Mable Millipede was worried by the news.
Mike and Molly Millipede would soon need winter shoes.
Their itsy, bitsy, tiny feet, until now free and bare,
Were leaving cold and frosty foot prints almost everywhere.
Winter soon would...
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Categories:
squirm, children, giggle, humor, mother, nature, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
Tainted Prayers
I have heard prayers of others that, not only could I not pray, but what I heard made me squirm. These are dear and good people, and I feel that their hearts are...
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Categories:
squirm, christian, prayer,
Form:
Prose
Imagination
In the elm outside my window, roosts a mysterious bird.
I listened as he squawked and fluttered. This is what I heard,
"If God had given you wings, would you fly away with me?"
To have wings and...
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Categories:
squirm, bird, girl, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
The Punisher and the Punished
The Punisher and the PunishEd
I
The Punisher needs the...
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Categories:
squirm, conflict, creation, god, men, satire,
Form:
Free verse
What Is White
What is white?
The ironies of the question and the implications
Are really quite extraordinary ...
For WHITE, specifically
...
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Categories:
squirm, color, perspective, prejudice, race, society,
Form:
Free verse
Translate From Speech
Let's dwell a tiny bit on that skill most hanker after,
of mastering a language that especially enthrals,
infused with magic rhythm so fervent,
pulsing music lilt, anthem-rich samba,
think for one ecstatic heady moment,
if...
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Categories:
squirm, age, anxiety, art, courage, language, literature, spoken
Form:
Free verse
Attracted Fatally
I don't know what she saw in me
that attracted her so fatally
I was just an inconspicuous guy,
sitting in a lonely hearts club,
minding my own business
When she invaded my privacy,
and latched on to me like a...
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Categories:
squirm, adventure, angst, relationship, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Always Envious of Gifted Individuals With Neat Hand Printing Writing
Always envious of gifted individuals with neat hand printing/writing
Gnome hatter heroic measures taken
moost ludicrously asinine,
nonetheless hoop fully
me legendary penta meat herd bovine design
of modest fellow (me) will endure as divine,
no matter not one bloody poetic...
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Categories:
squirm, 11th grade, 12th grade, crazy, fun, hair,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Poets X
Poems for Poets X
Poems about Poets X
Sinking
by Michael R. Burch
for Virginia Woolf
Weigh me down with stones ...
fill all the pockets of my gown ...
I’m going down,
...
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Categories:
squirm, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Epigrams Iv
EPIGRAMS IV
Improve yourself by others' writings, attaining freely what they purchased at the expense of experience.
—Socrates, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Are mayflies missed by mountains? Do stars
applaud the glowworm’s stellar mimicry?
?Michael R. Burch
I didn’t...
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Categories:
squirm, fun, joy, life, love, pain, sad, sun,
Form:
Epigram