Long Swing out Poems
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Mad Molly ShawThis is the story of mad Molly Shaw
She might be mad now but she wasn’t before
she came home to find her man dead on the floor
She lay down her bible and let out a roar...
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Categories:
swing out, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers I
I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his life by not taking dialysis …
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
swing out, father, father daughter, father son, fathers day,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Verse ILozenge
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a lozenge of sugar.
When I held you in...
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Categories:
swing out, forgiveness, heart, humanity, life, love, relationship, together,
Form:
Free verse
Salat DaysSalat Days
by Michael R. Burch
(dedicated to my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch Sr.)
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the front porch swing,
dangling his long...
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Categories:
swing out, age, america, appreciation, depression, endurance, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 73 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Historical Hakims' Hit the Road10 o'clock am the morning
Quest: A country side bike ride.
Molly woke Dolly and Damian.
Woke Everyone on that July
Morning of 2038. They had a Bicycle
Expedition to tend to plus a newly
Minted swimming pool...
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Categories:
swing out, cancer, missing you, nonsense, rude, scary, visionary,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 64 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen- Vacation XivDamian Stood with the front
Door opened and said, "Family!
We will be leaving in fifteen
Minutes. Do whatever you have
To before we hit the road. Use
The bathroom whatever!
Come on!! HAKIM!! About 7
minutes...
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Categories:
swing out, bridal shower, business, chanukah, child, devotion, father
Form:
Alliteration
Poems About Children IvPoems about Children IV
Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch
Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the...
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Categories:
swing out, child, childhood, children, dad, father son, grandfather,
Form:
Rhyme
Climates of Ballistic ManagementSenator Fuller,
a permaculture designer
turned architect of exterior landscapes
then public sector architect
of EarthShip cooperative interior landscapes,
is with us today
to tell us about why he supports Sanders,
at this point in time,
although he is making no commitments about...
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Categories:
swing out, destiny, earth, health, humor, peace, political, true
Form:
Prose Poetry
To Be a Friend PleaserI heavily recall two times when I had made you cry,
Both of which bewildered and moved me
My response was that of disbelief, and regret
And never, upon recalling,
Have I felt more of the need to...
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Categories:
swing out, change, character, confusion, devotion, friendship, growing up,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 156-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: TIME Keepers and CRUEL BALL Plans!Date: May 2051
Raining morning dawning. Everything is
Best and rest in all Hakim Households.
Hours passed and in Damian's dome
Dolly rose and gently kissed Damian.
"Rise my husband. Strong man I remember
You." She...
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Categories:
swing out, absence, allusion, child, home,
Form:
Prose
Free Verse IiiSalve
by Michael R. Burch
for the victims and survivors of 9-11
The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering images,
sometimes we still touch,
laughing, amazed,
that our flesh
does not despair
of love
as...
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Categories:
swing out, body, desire, kiss, love, together, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Sunday Morning JoggersGoodness, I nearly lost my balance on the spiral seashells and broken sea stone chipping matrix.
My quaint obsession with marine life and that skyline paradox blossoming so tantalisingly, might be a source of some...
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Categories:
swing out, age, art, birth, devotion, feelings, heart, irony,
Form:
Prose
Categories:
swing out, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Bleeding Before Rome -2Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees,
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage,
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...
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Categories:
swing out, culture, heart, war, world war ii,
Form:
Epic
MemorabiliaMy wife and I met more than a few of this type of “shifty wheeler-dealer” during our many years dealing in antiques and collectibles.
...
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Categories:
swing out, sports,
Form:
Narrative
Once Upon A Time In Milton CreekThe sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All the store fronts were decorated; it was a colourful sight...
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Categories:
swing out, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form:
Narrative
The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For WarThe Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand,
To face the other tribe across...
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Categories:
swing out, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
Tiny Town Events - 2nd Half -- Text With IllustrationTHIS IS THE SECOND 1/2 of my "Tiny Town Events" piece, posted separately, (one half at a time), due to Poetry Soup's poem maximum-length requirement.
To enjoy the entire story, you'll need to first go to...
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Categories:
swing out, love,
Form:
Narrative
On Fam'Ly Traditions - Final ThirdOn Fam'ly Traditions - 3rd third -
With 2 dinky bedrooms...and only 3 beds...the one time I'd been here I'd slept on a cot! And tossin' a coin for the one with 2 beds...the-odd-man the...
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Categories:
swing out, family, together,
Form:
Narrative
Couples CounselingMy early 20s Eldest Black Lives Matter Son
wears his disabling ADHD label uncomfortably,
impatiently,
like a possibly self-redeeming crown
but with unfortunate MessiahComplex thorns
as the Great WhiteMan's sacrificial lamb.
His First, and hopefully last, Girl
is an ADHD Latina,
with sparkling...
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Categories:
swing out, earth, games, health, humor, integrity, mental illness,
Form:
Political Verse
Uncle Arthur‘She’s on again - the annual campin’ trip regatta,
and we’ve got ourselves together for our plans to Wonnangatta.
The high country; you can’t beat it for the peace and quiet
unless of course some plans get...
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Categories:
swing out, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Daily Star Tuesday IssueThe daily star Tuesday issue...
announces Summer Solstice 2023
regarding ray zing planetary earthlings
Wednesday, June twenty first
at 10:57 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates
most daylight hours of the year for
people...
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Categories:
swing out, age, angel, appreciation, beautiful, creation, england, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Mad Molly Shaw 2 - Molly Stands Firm[If you’re a glutton for punishment, you
Can find ‘Mad Molly Shaw’ using the poems
Tag at top of screen]
****
Mad Molly Shaw wasn’t...
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Categories:
swing out, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Beary Tales Episodes 7-14, Poet's Notes7. Playing With Fire
My mom IS quite clear on the dangers of fire,
But if boy'S hooked on flame, then it'S hard to obey,
There'S a longing for “MATCH GUN” (6) that most boys acquire,
Small'S the chance...
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Categories:
swing out, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form:
Quatrain
Devils Rhapsody in Blue
Hypocrites sucking off the silicone tit
of the antichrist spirit.
Man infestation from the pit of
deliriot.
In hallowed halls of discord, whispers echo,
the chorus of the damned proletariat,
a venom, seeping...
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Categories:
swing out, art,
Form:
Rhyme