Long Straits Poems
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Short Stuff: EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...
Negotiables
by Michael R. Burch
Love should be more than the sum of its...
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Categories:
straits, body, clothes, death, eulogy, introspection, love, obituary,
Form:
Epigram
The Great Lakes Acronym Spells HomesThe Great Lakes acronym spells homes
I chose titled topic by a fanciful whim,
nevertheless still consider my knowledge
of aforementioned material slim.
Housing multivarious biomes
register ecological syndromes
whereby constituents of NOAA
Great Lakes Environmental
Research Laboratory writ tomes.
Pellucid...
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Categories:
straits, adventure, america, appreciation, beautiful, boat, creation, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
More Iffy Coronavirus Haikuyet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote this poem after having...
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Categories:
straits, america, death, eulogy, health, humanity, natural disasters,
Form:
Haiku
Captain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again updatedCaptain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again - updated
Steely Dan sing queen (me)
outdid himself on sixtieth anniversary
after Grahame Wood
determined to meet
the evolving needs of the community
opened the first Wawa Food Market
in Folsom,...
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Categories:
straits, america, anger, anniversary, april, baptism, birthday, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
At Heaven's Gate - Parts 1 and 2PART 1: THE MEETING
Alone one night neath lantern light, I trudged a weary mile.
Forlorn, I went with shoulders bent (the storms around me howled)
until I met...
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Categories:
straits, fantasy,
Form:
Ballad
Cautious OptimismHuman foot-traffic is flowing along slightly faster than 2020, ...
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Categories:
straits, world,
Form:
Verse
Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024
A scent (and sixth sense predominates),
when apple boughs
and other aromatic flora
laden with blossoms and fruit
gently assail cilia of the nostrils,
aside from aiding distinguishing
pleasant or unpleasant smells
additionally incorporate...
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Categories:
straits, appreciation, bird, earth, february, flower, husband, insect,
Form:
Rhyme
Isis Staind 26 Plus Years of MarriageIsis staind 26+ years of marriage
Yes, believe me you,
I (also considered the best karaoke singer
for the go-go's)
putting Shabrina Leonita to shame
back in two thousand and twenty one
once flew high as the eagles
a...
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Categories:
straits, adventure, age, america, anniversary, appreciation, betrayal, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
Beddie Bye Boo Ski Time For Yours Truly and Or the MissusBeddie bye boo ski time for yours truly and/or the missus
Found us abed thee twelfth day
of December, cuz yours truly
still felt dehydration, physical
fatigue and soreness,
which possibly linkedin
to using stationary bicycle.
Our bed (mine and...
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Categories:
straits, angel, december, dream, good night, husband, journey,
Form:
Rhyme
Urgent Message To Send Mephistophelian Madman Back To Stone AgeThough I wrote no book
attention summoned to look
at following--->>>
Urgent message – to send Mephistophelian madman back to stone age
predicated upon past and present, I gauge
will offer ogre golden opportunity
to rewrite anarchistic playbook...
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Categories:
straits, abuse, america, bullying, conflict, dark, depression, evil,
Form:
Rhyme
While Daydreaming About Timepiece InventorsWhile daydreaming about timepiece inventors...
as the figurative curtain closes on 2022
How arbitrary the assignment
of seconds, minutes, hours,
days, months, years...
to the passage of time,
and I would be hard pressed
to differentiate one moment
from the next without the...
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Categories:
straits, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, creation, december,
Form:
Free verse
Sinai Campaign, 1967Sinai Campaign, 1967
“Operation Focus” sees Israeli jets streaking, 1
Attacking Arab fighter jets and air force bases, 2
Thus attaining dominance over Middle Eastern skies,
While IDF ground divisions launch into action. 3
Israeli tanks (Pattons, Shermans, and Centurions)
Blitzkrieg...
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Categories:
straits, education, history, jewish, war,
Form:
Verse
Isis staind 27 plus yearsIsis staind 27+ years...
of scorpion stinging poison us marriage,
whereby the missus and I,
nevertheless experienced genesis as
mama and papa respectively.
(jest kibitizing)
thus explaining why I
(a beatle browed
sixty five year young adult)
joined blue...
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Categories:
straits, adventure, angst, anniversary, appreciation, celebration, divorce, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Argh Daylight Savings Time Ends Two Am November 6th 2022Argh daylight savings time ends – 2:00 AM November 6th 2022
Hour hands of o'clock get set back
sixty minutes gaining extra hour of Autumn
round about this same day of November
every year, what a bum
er,...
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Categories:
straits, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form:
Rhyme
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and StrengthMy ebbing physical prowess and strength
noticeably decreases in one direction.
I take lock, stock and barrel
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his...
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Categories:
straits, 12th grade, adventure, age, angst, atheist, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
Booby Trapped Within Apartment Unit B44Booby trapped within apartment unit b44
Circa August 18th, 2021
three bajillion years ago to date,
nevertheless I count blessings,
so please do not hashtag me
as worse than an ingrate
or one whose dire financial straits
attributed...
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Categories:
straits, adventure, anxiety, confusion, divorce, environment, grief, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Great Lakes - Part OnePellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth
Straddle Canadian–United States border tethering partial global girth
Constituting 21% of world's surface...
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Categories:
straits, creation, environment, joy, sea, usa, water, wisdom,
Form:
Epic
Ability To Defecate Wildly Swings Both WaysAbility to defecate wildly swings (both ways)...
between incontinence and constipation
Irritable bowel syndrome i.e.
the former excretory bout I address
the above (polite way to phrase diarrhea)
and avoid moon efficient cheekiness,
yours truly doth buttress,
a literal warranted pain in...
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Categories:
straits, 12th grade, adventure, desire, health, imagery, recovery
Form:
Free verse
Captain Kuni-Lemel Graduate Strikes AgainCaptain kuni-lemel graduate strikes again
Even when iron not red hot,
I implement non customary quarks
regarding foreigner rather cold as ice
namely delinquent outsize credit card debt
mandates yours truly,
a cheesy survivor who rem: members...
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Categories:
straits, adventure, age, best friend, character, destiny, education,
Form:
Rhyme
Bittersweet JourneyNine years a stranger in a strange land
travelling to my island in the sun.
A native son returning a native strand
...
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Categories:
straits, journey, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Wasted Verses Ushers Quirky Pathetic OeuvreWasted verses ushers quirky pathetic oeuvre
HENCE....herewith,
a post (traumatic)
stressed disordered poetic whim
to summarize fantasy
incorrigible lottery dreamer
paradise visage and eyes
zapping, swatting, and battling
a bulge with dollar signs
whets imagination with
Mega Million ticket...
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Categories:
straits, angel, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration, cool, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and StrengthI take stock and revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his Macbook Pro
today February 20, 2021.
Since January thirteenth of this year
(two thousand and...
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Categories:
straits, 12th grade, confusion, courage, death, depression, desire,
Form:
Rhyme
Being Proactive After Getting Hoodwinked(alternatively titled: tardy duff fender of assertiveness,
especially after adjusting following insanity clause
affixed with rubber baby-buggy bumpers)
Methinks I nearly got snookered
courtesy CVS employee at store number 7569
(address: 1206 North Gravel Pike,
Zieglerville, Pennsylvania 19492)
September ninth, two thousand...
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Categories:
straits, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger, crazy, father,
Form:
Rhyme
Roomeight
In Elysian Heights, Room 8 stands strong,
as a blessed place for a furlong purrloin whisk-along a ride-along comforting face,
where memories of childhood days belong,
a classmate, a friend, roommate_in our youthful race, ("Room 8") was...
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Categories:
straits, 6th grade, adventure, america, angel, baptism,
Form:
Rhyme
Beddie Bye Boo Ski Time For Yours Truly and Or the MissusBeddie bye boo ski time for yours truly and/or the missus
(joining "Wynken, Blynken and Nod"
at figurative drop of hat
even if yours truly immediately
woke from his slumbers).
When zapped of energy the sandman doth knock
no matter readout...
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Categories:
straits, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, deep,
Form:
Rhyme