Long Steadfast Poems
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Juvenilia: Early Poems ViJuvenilia: Early Poems VI
An Illusion
by Michael R. Burch
The sky was as hushed as the breath of a bee
and the world was bathed in shades of palest gold
when I awoke.
She came to me with the sound...
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Categories:
steadfast, poetry, poets, teen, teenage, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems XJuvenilia: Early Poems X
These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.
Regret
by Michael R. Burch
Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear...
once starlight
languished
in your hair...
a shining there
as brief
as rare.
Regret,
a pain
I chose to bear...
unleash
the torrent
of your hair...
and show me
once...
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Categories:
steadfast, age, child, children, dream, teen, time, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Nemesis, Confrontation and the Rejoined Battle, Now CompletedNemesis, Confrontation And The Rejoined Battle,
Now Completed
(Nemesis) - Part One
O'lord of blight dare thee to now abide
Leaving thy abode to earthen realm ride
As punisher with dark universal might
As grief bearer, humanity to smite!
Dar'est thee enter,...
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Categories:
steadfast, art, creation, faith, humanity, light, meaningful, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...
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Categories:
steadfast, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
A Snow Queen TalePart 1: FORE SIBERIAN FATE
silk wings wet -
angel on the lake.
starlight glitter
separates from
the golden wheat.
her docile hair,
prophecy of ice.
winter pink,
pinched cheeks.
ice skate scrapes -
flecks of flakes.
the snow queen
before her relentless
reign, a pretty thing.
her smile warms
the...
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Categories:
steadfast, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Chaucer Translation: Merciless BeautyMerciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.
Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...
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Categories:
steadfast, beauty, heart, relationship, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Roundel
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers II
All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch
for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
Grandfather,
now in your gray presence
you are
somehow more near
and remind me that,
once, upon a star,
you...
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Categories:
steadfast, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds (I)
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as hummingbird wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Southern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching...
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Categories:
steadfast, angel, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Wise EldersWise Elders are patient,
fully embrace non-violent communication
and health care
of climates and landscapes,
persons,
places,
things,
plants
and planet,
hopes
and dreams
rebuilding positive faith.
Wise Elders non-violently listen
for karmic grace of love
sometimes overflowing.
If Wise Revolutionaries for change,
clearing murky swamps,
then Wise Elder non-violent evolutionaries
toward peace
restoring...
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Categories:
steadfast, 5th grade, caregiving, class, health, time, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
All That Was SpartaOur lusty voice was in the tramp of narrow, winding,
Scree-littered, deep-rutted roads;
Ravens, uttering guttural croaks, slow-wheeling above
...
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Categories:
steadfast, myth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Giant of LisbellawStood I there, that last day,
On an iron bridge...
An aqueduct by design,
Where, looking dreamily out over
The Ernes Lower Lough,
My compressed shadow
Momentarily paused -
To contently recline:
Amidst coy Junes radiant beams
of sweet benign!
All was stilled,...
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Categories:
steadfast, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Fraudulent
"Fraudulent"
A writer writes of people
walking lonely dark streets
begging for bread, shelter and cold without all
like he’s been there
trudging up and downhill knocking on doors
that judgmentally remain closed after glimpsed twigging -
a monumental fail,...
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Categories:
steadfast, depression, family, friendship, home, loneliness, lost, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
In the silky night, dotted with mysteryIn the silky night, dotted with mystery,
Where the moon's thread weaves shadows on the paths,
The heart, a thin garment, a flash in the ether,
Listens as the time from the hourglass seeps away,
And its rhythm, a...
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Categories:
steadfast, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Morning DevotionMORNING DEVOTION
Heavenly Father:
I lift up travelers to You.
I pray for peace for Jerusalem and safety for Israel. I pray that between one and all of Her children would come to a saving knowledge of...
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Categories:
steadfast, christian, faith, god, inspirational, jesus, prayer, religious,
Form:
Free verse
Georg Cantor Chasing Infinity I MustGeorg Cantor. Chasing infinity. I must!
He was a very lonely man
Tortured by desire to understand
The world and the God’s mind
Like a fearless seasoned sailor
He embarked an elegant boat
Of extreme mental endeavor
With...
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Categories:
steadfast, anxiety, death, dedication, deep, depression, philosophy, sad,
Form:
Ballad
The Big AgendaWe have all gotten used to wearing our masks just like we do our bras and panties, now we need get used to wearing a muzzle in case we rub the "Woke" and "Snowflakes" up...
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Categories:
steadfast, anxiety, corruption, discrimination, freedom, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
The Calming of Her Storm
"The Calming of Her Storm"
My mother gave me solace
I fell into her deep hollows
to kiss the wisdom of her
breath chanting quietly
I still hear her
nightingale birdsong caressing
the soft fluttering
of her tireless...
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Categories:
steadfast, love, mirror, muse,
Form:
Free verse
The Word-Heroic Crown of SonnetsBEGINNINGS
The WORD was there before the dawn of time
the Trinity communed in sacred tongue
with sounds unheard, unspeakable, sublime
they uttered words of their unending Love.
With power in God's WORD the world was formed
and from His mouth...
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Categories:
steadfast, beautiful, bible, life, love, universe,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The Malignant UlcerI see this ulcer
Mind boggling in perception
Body arresting in phenomena
Of diverse shapes and designs
Magnificently wrought together
In one whiff of putrid scent
It is of an exotic nature
Magnanimously growing out of context
Thus ticking with apocalyptic dimensions ...
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Categories:
steadfast, integrity, leadership, metaphor, people,
Form:
Didactic
Secret Love
Hidden beneath the hopes and dreams, gentle
Feelings, inspiring me to trust, believe
Fondness this alive isn’t accidental
It feels amazing, just like Christmas Eve,
Joyful and inspired, like a heart afire
Breathing whispers of light over the soul
Remembering the...
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Categories:
steadfast, love, romance, senses,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
UpsurgeFar beyond the horizon we gazed at sunlit skies
glowing from gigantic mountains, thick blue clouds
hang peacefully over our heads, painting hopes and
aspirations as we journey relentlessly to recapture
our dreams.
We have been climbing this...
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Categories:
steadfast, celebration, faith, success,
Form:
Narrative
The Abandon FarmI have always wanted something wonderful out of life
But my mother said there is always a price
It has nothing to do with land, money or property
Someone has always been there for me and I...
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Categories:
steadfast, betrayal, change, corruption, destiny, farm, hope, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Bell In the BushThe Bell in the Bush
Down woodland paths the wolf did roam
Far away from his packs home
For game he’d wandered off to seek
The sick, the helpless and the weak
When happened he across a fawn
Tied amid, a...
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Categories:
steadfast, animal, imagination, mother son,
Form:
Epic
From Here To ThereOnce at the roundabout, I stopped for precaution
Stretching my arching legs, so much exhaustion
Many a long mile I have been,
I am steadfast without chagrin.
Left there yesterday to get here early
Didn’t get lost but...
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Categories:
steadfast, encouraging, faith, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
The Child and the BuffaloThe Stars and Moon had long been friends
but this was set to change.
As the Moon just up and walked away
moving swiftly out of range.
And what was left...
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Categories:
steadfast, courage, innocence, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme