Long Suppose Poems
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Cymbric ValeI believed that I was rural … that I lived in country style,
where the city was close handy … that big distance was a mile.
Trains and buses ferried daily; a freeway ran close by …
comforts...
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Categories:
suppose, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
More Pickles Than OneFor ten months now I’ve brooded over coming second place
in the pickle section deeming, it no less than a disgrace.
It was written plain and simple, so there can be no excuse,
that the pickles in this...
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Categories:
suppose, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Hitchhiker From Another World 4“Come on, let's get introduced to my play mate in a palm.
Linda, these are Joshua’s true other selfs.”
Lelia emitting a peculiar chuckle.
A comic situation arose where I changed my voice for each of my...
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Categories:
suppose, art, beautiful, beauty, celebration, character, emotions, environment,
Form:
Prose
Below the Horizon - Shallow ShameAgony be to society's demise
Labels are for fools, not for the wise
Play the familiar tune of in-unison serenity
Fatality won't come any time soon, thankfully...
Homeless people were on the news not to long ago...I weep...
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Categories:
suppose, cute, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Free verse
The Back BurnerI heard you calling my name in an echoing whisper
I saw a bird take wing in the whirling wind of disaster
I put my weary head on your broad shoulders
The moment we touched, I...
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Categories:
suppose, deep, depression,
Form:
Lyric
Poems About Poems IiPoems about Poems (II)
Kin
by Michael R. Burch
for Richard Moore
1.
Shrill gulls,
how like my thoughts
you, struggling, rise
to distant bliss?
the weightless blue of skies
that are not blue
in any atmosphere,
but closest here...
2.
You seek an air
so clear,
so rarified
the effort leaves...
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Categories:
suppose, muse, poems, poetry, poets, work, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About MothersPoems about Mothers
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."
So more than "much, " much more...
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Categories:
suppose, child, children, love, mother, mother daughter, mother
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poems ViPoems about Poems VI
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood?
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the Muse
with reprimands of Dr. Seuss.
The...
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Categories:
suppose, extended metaphor, heaven, muse, passion, poems, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Rejection Slips 2Rejection Slips 2
The Shape of Mourning
by Michael R. Burch
The shape of mourning
is an oiled creel
shining with unuse,
the bolt of cold steel
on a locker
shielding memory,
the monthly penance
of flowers,
the annual wake,
the face in the...
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Categories:
suppose, beauty, death, desire, life, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Employment TraumaMy protagonist today,
a Gay Black Religious Mature Male,
not quite ready for silver-grey Obama temples
Is off this morning
to a new full-time job,
8 to 5,
Monday through Friday.
He has been out of his calming,
regular custodial collared routine,
for over...
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Categories:
suppose, betrayal, caregiving, culture, health, prejudice, religion, work,
Form:
Political Verse
Father Time's InterviewHi.
We don't have a lot of time,
or, well, I guess you do,
but I don't,
so let's plunge right into the first big question:
Which came first, form or function?
False dichotomy. No such thing as a totally dysfunctional...
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Categories:
suppose, allegory, earth, environment, nature, philosophy, universe,
Form:
Free verse
State of the Art IiState of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
suppose, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Come Down, For Harold BloomCome Down
by Michael R. Burch
for Harold Bloom
Come down, O, come down
from your high mountain tower.
How coldly the wind blows,
how late this chill hour ...
and I cannot wait
for a meteor shower
to show you the time
must be...
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Categories:
suppose, books, culture, discrimination, education, extended metaphor, literature,
Form:
Sonnet
What Good Are Our TearsWhat Good Are Our Tears?
by Michael R. Burch
What good are our tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is our concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?
What good, the warm benevolence...
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Categories:
suppose, child, child abuse, children, death, poverty, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Watering TerrorI'm so confused,
raised to believe cooperative love overpowers competing fears
about scarcity of time,
and other resources,
and anger about past over- and under-valuing of myself
as a regenerative resource,
CoPresence Source,
raised to believe the Golden Rule
is most effectively...
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Categories:
suppose, anger, destiny, fear, hate, love, power, violence,
Form:
Epic
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:
suppose, dream, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
Stranger Than Fiction*warning* disturbing lines have been detected - you have been warned, readers. Okay, enjoy this somewhat deep and astounding poem from me that took days to write...>:)
I bet you anything that I'm the laziest guy...
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Categories:
suppose, deep, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Rejection Slips 1Rejection Slips
With over 5,700 publications if I count poems that have gone viral, I suppose I shouldn’t complain … but I do have some poems that have never been accepted for publication. Here are a...
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Categories:
suppose, day, love, memory, night, rose, seasons, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
After School Jam SessionHow was school today?
Fine.
Did you learn anything important?
Maybe. I'm not sure yet.
Really? What are you considering?
We talked about Howard Odum's natural trinity
of altruism.
Maybe I skipped that day
way back in premillennial times
before Permaculture Design had taken...
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Categories:
suppose, culture, earth, education, environment, health, humor, science,
Form:
Political Verse
MEMORY THERAPY-You Have Entered the Twilight Zone Poetry Contest~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nick Tipton lived a quiet life,
west Kentucky, in rolling hills;
been farming there for ten years,
all according to his own will.
This simple life would’ve have kept on,
‘til one night, age thirty-three,
a nightmare burst into his mind,
so...
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Categories:
suppose, memory, mystery,
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:
suppose, humor,
Form:
Narrative
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried not to retract,
but after so many tears
I have...
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Categories:
suppose, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal, children, confusion, family,
Form:
Free verse
THE CAR BOMB THAT ENDED MY LIFE FBI ARSON AND CAR BOMB DIVISION FIRE! UPDATED 1998 IN 2021 BY COVERUPS PAYOFFS
GARGANO FAKED HIS OWN DEATH MEMORIAL DAY 1999
THE CAR BOMB THAT ENDED MY LIFE AT LEAST AS I'VE KNOWN IT ON THIS DAY THE SKY WAS SO BLUE...
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Categories:
suppose, america, feelings, health, identity, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Women and their ManWhat went wrong with women and why women worry.
Some women worry for it’s in their nature. They grew up watching grandma worry and momma worry. They lack confidence. They too often need reassurance. Their insecurity...
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Categories:
suppose, change, forgiveness, god, hurt, men, relationship, women,
Form:
Narrative
A Poem For My History TeacherI wanted to write
The best slavery poem ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner.
I had every intention of conforming
To the standards
Of modern verse and composition,
Lyrics fluidly written,
Perfect...
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Categories:
suppose, assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust, humanity, memorial, slavery,
Form:
Rhyme