Long Sweltering Poems
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ErinErin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...
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Categories:
sweltering, ireland,
Form:
Sonnet
UnleashedI got up this morning in a good mood
searching for solitude in the distant skies
And watching the clouds rolling by
I stopped and listened to the sounds around me
While contemplating my sacred destiny
Barking dogs and...
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Categories:
sweltering, appreciation, confidence, future, happy, loneliness, love, places,
Form:
Narrative
Wherever You Are, I Will Be ThereSpoken: Life happens when change changes us
Well, that change, unfortunately, made us fuss
Wait…
Time is a valuable notion
It determines our emotion
Being taken advantaged of, time and time again, hurts
In return, you hand me shirts...
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Categories:
sweltering, confidence, encouraging, endurance, faith, feelings, longing, passion,
Form:
Lyric
Saturday, September 23, 2023Saturday, September 23, 2023
Coincides with first day of fall
and Autumnal equinox for said year,
where colorful splash kindled like tinder.
After I riff flecked about thee August
Autumn Equinox 2023,
this seasonal polymath teached you
fall Equinox...
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Categories:
sweltering, animal, appreciation, autumn, celebration, cool, environment, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
Glory To Thermodynamics In GeneralGlory to thermodynamics in general...
and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly
spoiled with trappings
of Western Civilization.
How ideal I imagine
to dwell in a self sufficient domicile,
where thrum of the central heater...
automatically activated
upon...
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Categories:
sweltering, adventure, appreciation, april, community, courage, desire, light,
Form:
Rhyme
A Former Great Nations Squandered Wealth ISwept up into piles; everywhere
Abouts; in collected heaps all
Around.
It is almost as if the drab
Streets were strewn...
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Categories:
sweltering, philosophy, senses,
Form:
Rhyme
Kitchens Are DirtyIt was dark out. The stars shone dimly, and the horizon blushed faintly as the birds sang, too cheery for the hour. A chill swept the edges of all the outside world: not cold enough...
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Categories:
sweltering, absence, cry, depression, home, loneliness, lonely, silence,
Form:
I do not know?
Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter SolsticeGroundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
Rather than be a day late
and dollar short, I opted
to post poem acknowledging
the second of February,
where eponymous groundhog
gets his (most often male)
foretelling...
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Categories:
sweltering, adventure, america, animal, celebration, confidence, february, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
The Hardships of Honesty - Speak To MeTell me this…
In your vision,
Am I your mission?
In your eyes,
Are their hints of lies?
Why did you let go of everything you once had?
It’s okay to have a new start; on the otherhand, it’s not bad
They...
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Categories:
sweltering, angst, anxiety, emotions, grief, pain, trust, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
sweltering, lost love,
Form:
Shape
Will You ComeIf I ask you to come and get me tomorrow
Would you turn down my request to come?
If I ask you to come and get me tomorrow
Would you lay down your burden and come?
Tomorrow might be...
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Categories:
sweltering, care, community, courage, endurance, environment, friendship, giving,
Form:
Narrative
What You Do To MeSo frightened of what lies ahead
You're my firelight, shining in my feline eyes
You light the road for me to tread
You're my candlelight, refining the truth from the abominable lies
You burn away my wretched mistakes...
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Categories:
sweltering, betrayal, cute love, deep, depression, desire, emotions,
Form:
Lyric
The Conversion In RioThe East Meets West Philosophy Association
had their annual 2020 conference in Rio,
when and where anything multiculturally lusty
is more likely to happen,
especially between sunset
and sunrise.
Coincidentally
and existentially
and phenomenologically
and ecologically
and ethologically
and epistemologically,
and astrologically,
and metaphorically,
it was necessarily
and sufficiently
and justly
and...
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Categories:
sweltering, green, health, humor, passion, peace, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse
Perseverance and JoyPassion and compassion vibes flow
Let the flowers grow, you know?
Yes, you know...because it’s shown
In your oceanic eyes...it’s like an ice cream with its favorite cone...it’s flavorful and all alone
Your voice is depicted in shimmering, scrumptious...
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Categories:
sweltering, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Rendered Speechless-LiterallyPeople often say I talk a lot, but I hardly think that is true,
Like the whispers about the bluebird, of which he never knew.
Talking helps a lot with my job, which is in public relations,
As...
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Categories:
sweltering, fantasy, imagery, people, places, summer, travel, words,
Form:
Couplet
The Hidden LaneThe sun burst out from underneath the clouds
Ploughing through the merry crowd
The impact of nature is closing in
sucking the joy from within
Trucks and cars littered the streets
Adding more pain to the...
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Categories:
sweltering, adventure, america, character, community, corruption, pain, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
Glory To Thermodynamicsand spoils of Western Civilization.
Thrum of the central heater...
manually activated upon advent of twilight
(since yours truly not resident within "smart home"),
nevertheless warm cockles and muscles
appreciate basking, and luxuriating,
within climate controlled environment,
whether bone chilling deep freeze...
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Categories:
sweltering, adventure, earth, green, heaven, inspiration, journey, light,
Form:
Free verse
West Kingston Bad ManHere I am again waiting for it to rain
Here I am again waiting to board the plane
I have been searching for the moon
But it is nowhere to be found
It seems as if it is buried...
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Categories:
sweltering, courage, creation, emotions, endurance, goodbye, journey, longing,
Form:
Narrative
The World Is a ClownThe world is a clown looking at you up and down
The world is a clown; the plane is about to touchdown
Madness in the East, madness in the west
And the north and the south are gallivanting...
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Categories:
sweltering, appreciation, confidence, desire, encouraging, love, moving on,
Form:
Free verse
Let the Drums BeatLet the drums beat until it release the number sheet
Let the drums beat until it rip out my heart's seat
Let the drums beat until blood spill in the street
Let the drums beat until justice is...
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Categories:
sweltering, america, betrayal, break up, conflict, corruption, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
Her Son NathanielShe is searching for the son taken from her arms
simply because she was believed to be a child herself.
She was unable to stand up to her parents’ wishes -
those GOD fearing upright...
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Categories:
sweltering, baby, cute, sad,
Form:
Narrative
Sequel Swear It Was the MoonAn entire week I handled it-
The teasing and the taunting and
Every night the moon shone down-
Was really very daunting.
Judge John squinted his eyes at me,
T'was approximately mid morning.
Cleaned his ear with his finger-
"Am giving you...
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Categories:
sweltering, humorous, moon, sun, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
Similar If Not Identical To Last YearSimilar if not identical to last year...
umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer...
sizzles Delaware Valley today August 26th, 2022
Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware, and
Eastern Shore of...
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Categories:
sweltering, 11th grade, 12th grade, bereavement, betrayal, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Jaded Jade in the JungleSaw you cry cry cry and pout
No doubt...I don't care anymore
What are you crying about?
Can't you see I'm jaded to the core?
I hear people preaching about marriage
When they're married themselves!
No humility! Just overrighteous and like...
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Categories:
sweltering, angst, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Umpteenth Heat Wave Since Onset of SummerUmpteenth heat wave since onset of summer...
sizzles Delaware Valley today August 25th, 2021
Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware, and
Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Sweltering temperatures
figuratively grip human zoo
bipedal hominids (yours truly,
an olive...
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Categories:
sweltering, america, august, confusion, death, earth, future, health,
Form:
Free verse