Long Steal Poems
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Dragon StewOn an early morning just before school
My tummy is churning my head hurts too
My feet are cold my forehead is hot
I have a runny nose and a tongue with blue dots
“Mom come quick!” I helplessly...
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Categories:
steal, 4th grade, 5th grade, adventure, anxiety, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
Letters For People Part 4Dear people,
(Am i?) Mad it’s a conformist state?
A status that perpetuates people to pair, to compare, to prepare,
to perfect, before performance, …?
-sure hard to try...
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Categories:
steal, america, angst, business, confusion, feelings, poverty,
Form:
Epic
Open Oceans
"Open Oceans"
Kneeling on pearls
wisdom preys
praying
preying
hungry hearts
count the days
wasting away
in all that preying
for prayers
to be answered
children become
strangers
reading
strange words
finding
themselves puzzled
genuflecting to a deity
they do not know, nor wish to
fumbling
mouths closed,
swallowed hole
in the...
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Categories:
steal, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
Poems About Poems IPoems about Poems (I)
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~underwater~~~
watching the shoreline blur
sees through his breath’s weightless bubbles...
Both worlds grow obscure.
Muse/Goddess
by Michael R. Burch
“What will you conceive in...
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Categories:
steal, creation, god, muse, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Butterflies and BeesPoems about Butterflies and Bees
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Album
by Michael R. Burch
I caress them—trapped in brittle cellophane—
and I see how young they were,...
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Categories:
steal, animal, butterfly, flying, insect, sky, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
The True Mother
“The True Mother”
What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow
bleed out Life’s dreams
rust crumbles to dust
Virulent apathy spreads
Betrayal’s destruction
hand...
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Categories:
steal, betrayal, imagery, love, mother daughter, psychological, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
The Making of a PoetThe Making of a Poet
by Michael R. Burch
While I don’t consider “Poetry” to be my best poem—I wrote the first version in my teens—it’s a poem that holds special meaning for me; I call it...
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Categories:
steal, art, love, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Verse
Early Poems IiiJuvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
In the Whispering Night
by Michael R. Burch
In the whispering night, when the stars bend low
till the hills ignite to a shining flame,
when a shower of meteors streaks the sky
while...
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Categories:
steal, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
The State of the ArtThe State of the Art (I)
by Michael R. Burch
Has rhyme lost all its reason
and rhythm, renascence?
Are sonnets out of season
and poems but poor pretense?
Are poets lacking fire,
their words too trite and forced?
What happened to desire?
Has...
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Categories:
steal, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
This Is Feminist UsIt's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.
I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.
A veteran,
about...
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Categories:
steal, anger, fear, humor, integrity, mental illness, military,
Form:
Political Verse
Let Me Give Her DiamondsLet Me Give Her Diamonds
by Michael R. Burch
Let me give her diamonds
for my heart's
sharp edges.
Let me give her roses
for my soul's
thorn.
Let me give her solace
for my words
of treason.
Let the flowering of love
outlast a winter
season.
Let me...
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Categories:
steal, valentines day,
Form:
Verse
Sonnets Xvii-XxivSonnets XVII-XXIV
Discrimination
by Michael R. Burch
The meter I had sought to find, perplexed,
was ripped from books of "verse" that read like prose.
I found it in sheet music, in long rows
of hologramic CDs, in sad wrecks
of long-forgotten...
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Categories:
steal, books, poems, poetry, poets, voice, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Things That Break IiPoems about Things that Break II
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter.
Water and Gold
by Michael R. Burch
You came to me as rain breaks on the desert
when every flower...
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Categories:
steal, break up, depression, divorce, emotions, farewell, goodbye,
Form:
Rhyme
Fadwa Tuqan TranslationsFadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic.
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by...
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Categories:
steal, allah, culture, earth, love, nature, voice, writing,
Form:
Free verse
There's Still Love - the Quatern Style~ There's Still Love ~
( Quatern )
~O~
There's still Love. Just open heart wide.
Have Faith! See the Light! Don't be blind.
Just climb each mountain. Dream! Believe.
Seek God each day, with Him,...
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Categories:
steal, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Some PoemsA Stolen Memory
A Mirthful Chorus
By Sy Roth
We surrounded him
Asked to let go.
She stared at the misshapen face,
Unshaven sandpapery skin
Eyelids a tabula rasa
Fluttery sere skin
And we could see the humor blossoming in his...
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Categories:
steal, dream, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
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:
steal, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
No Matter What - the Trinet Style~ No Matter What ~
( Trinet )
~O~
Embrace Life
No matter
What start with heart full of
Love Faith Hope never let anything
Steal your
Dreams tomorrow
New day
~0~
The best
For you
May still come embrace...
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Categories:
steal, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Love Faith Peace And Hope - The Retourne Style
~ Love Faith Peace And Hope ~
( Retourne )
~O~
Jesus our Savior and that's so.
Study God's Word and you will grow.
Always keep Love, Faith, Peace, and Hope.
He'll come...
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Categories:
steal, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Poet of Palestine: Fadwa TuqanEnglish translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine"
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Enough for me to lie in the earth,
to be buried in her,
to sink...
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Categories:
steal, allah, arabic, culture, nature, poetess, poetry, writing,
Form:
Verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViiJuvenilia: Early Poems VII
These are early poems I wrote as a boy and as a teenager.
The Leveler
by Michael R. Burch
The nature of Nature
is bitter survival
from Winter’s bleak fury
till Spring’s brief revival.
The weak implore Fate;
bold men...
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Categories:
steal, boy, child, childhood, fear, high school, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
May God - the Anaphora Style~ May God ~
( Anaphora )
~O~
May God always care for you in everything
May God keep you standing strong and tall
May God whisper in your ears words of wisdom
May...
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Categories:
steal, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
No Matter What - Davedas Cascade Style~ No Matter What ~
( Daveda's Cascade )
~O~
So happy my soul You did save
To sin I don't have to be slave
My heart in God I can confide...
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Categories:
steal, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Missed By a MileHaving been avid antiques collectors for nearly 4 decades, my wife and I met our share of rascals like this sneaky dealer -
Damp and chilly winds were blowing, leaves would paint the ground,
As me...
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Categories:
steal, humor,
Form:
Narrative
The Secret To Success: God And Love - The Sonnet Style
~ The Secret To Success: God And Love ~
( Sonnet )
~O~
You can't really succeed without Love
Love or its lack, will make you weak or strong
Love is the...
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Categories:
steal, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse