Long Tailed Poems
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Native American TranslationsNative American Translations
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I will extract the thorns from your feet.
For yet a little while, we will walk life's sunlit paths together.
I will love you like my own...
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Categories:
tailed, america, earth, native american, nature, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems XiJuvenilia: Early Poems XI
Myth
by Michael R. Burch
after the sprung rhythm of Dylan Thomas
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and...
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Categories:
tailed, boy, poems, poetry, student, teen, teenage, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
tailed, age, america, appreciation, depression, endurance, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
Freezer Mice: RepostedThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
tailed, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Freezer MiceThose primeval skies, no man ever knew
Ignited, as one massive boulder burst through
Hollow inside, creatures not unlike mice
Strapped themselves in as they plunged into ice
Instantly boiled then instantly frozen
None were to question the planet they'd...
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Categories:
tailed, adventure, fantasy, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
The OutlanderI am an Outlander
Who lives on a high hill
Overlooking a man-made lake
That once was a rapidly rushing river
Along whose banks the Ozarks Bluff Dwellers and the Osage and then Delaware
Hunted, fished, and created shelter
For their...
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Categories:
tailed, change, childhood, community, history, home, journey, remember,
Form:
Ballad
Mom's Old Photos - 2nd Half Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
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Categories:
tailed, memory, mom,
Form:
Narrative
Au Revoir Oh Perilous FreedomAu revoir oh perilous freedom...
Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996
after the comma error
punctuated mein kampf with disequilibrium.
Ever since the notions
of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
coalesced within the mindscape
attributed to one
or more...
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Categories:
tailed, age, america, anger, anxiety, bereavement, best friend,
Form:
Free verse
Ghost of Tsali ComesGhost Of Tsali Comes
Lost in mist and maze
Ghost of Tsali in the corn
River water runs
Colors of fall alive
“Til moon replaces sun
That’s when Tsali comes
Corn roots cling to bone
As he tends the empty weirs
This spot...
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Categories:
tailed, animal, autumn, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Ramen Noodles:) now this is what Im talking bout .... nothin iz 2 uncommon when all you got 2 eat iz Ramen
noodles 4 all y'all poodles
seahorse sonar struggle with senses
far beyond the realm...
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Categories:
tailed, dad, mother, relationship, spring, spring, winter, senses,
Form:
Lyric
ExistenceAll that does encompass bespeaks wonder in everything
bubbling brooks and waterfalls does your glory ring
terrestrial and celestial ever fill our eyes with seeing
how can not it's splendor not fill our very being
raindrops in waters...
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Categories:
tailed, bible, earth, god, life, nature, uplifting, visionary,
Form:
Quatrain
To Hunt the BugabooWith the morning crisp and frosty
and the Earth yearning for autumn's heat.
Darkness gave way to a fractured dawn
as the Sun rose in the East.
The forest became warm...
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Categories:
tailed, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Scary Tale Of New YorkIt’s Christmas Eve, Babe
In the car pound
It shouldn’t be this way
Should not have been found
But I’m the lucky one
I am the thirteenth one
And when I got a scare
I hi-tailed out of there
But everywhere I went
It...
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Categories:
tailed, america, horror,
Form:
Lyric
My Red-Tailed HawkHe was mighty as could be venturing down by the sea,
revered as the king soaring over his golden throne-
He was respected yet felt neglected and could never see,
all the beauty he held and sadly felt...
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Categories:
tailed, beauty, bird, depression, suicide,
Form:
Rhyme
Daylight savings time more'n minute effect on meDaylight savings time more'n minute effect on me
In 2024, daylight savings time will begin at two o'clock ante meridiem on Sunday, March tenth. That will mean losing an hour of precious sleep and moving the...
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Categories:
tailed, adventure, age, appreciation, creation, imagination, march, time,
Form:
Rhyme
I Cannot Single Handedly Rightly So Manageprimary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
despite taking Glycopyrrolate
2 MG Tablet three times daily.
Aforementioned physiological malady
the bane worse than death
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence genetically
gifted to yours truly,
invariably, objectionably,...
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Categories:
tailed, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
I Cannot Single Handedly Rightly So ManageI cannot single handedly – rightly so - manage...
primary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
despite taking Glycopyrrolate
2 MG Tablet three times daily.
Aforementioned physiological malady
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence...
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Categories:
tailed, 11th grade, 12th grade, allegory, anxiety, body,
Form:
Free verse
Insomnia welcomed courtesy high test coffeeInsomnia welcomed courtesy high test coffee
consumed later at night than usual
finds me bright eyed and bushy tailed
amply lively to learn
about an American radio
and television personality and pioneer
Wee Willy Weber,
who prominently and popularly reigned...
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Categories:
tailed, abuse, age, america, anger, angst, anxiety, february,
Form:
Rhyme
I Cannot Single Handedly ManageI cannot single handedly manage...
primary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
Aforementioned physiological malady
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence genetically
gifted to yours truly,
invariably, objectionably, and unquestionably
afflicts, impacts, and upsets
emotional (mental) health
diagnosed with schizoid...
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Categories:
tailed, angst, birth, dad, fate, grief, me, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Tropical TopicalTaming a tropical topical tree? Taking a trunk? Telling a tailor? Traversing a tale? Many ideas. Much like the ideological dramas of a beach front. Wavelength of winds. Movements if the tides. Coconuts can jump...
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Categories:
tailed, absence, allah, angel, beach,
Form:
I do not know?
Virtual FriendsVIRTUAL FRIENDS
be proud… and suffer
hate… and you will burn in hell
repent and save the world
True friends in life, not family, who are of course the best. No, friends on the other side of the fence,...
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Categories:
tailed, friendship, nature,
Form:
Haibun
Buzzy's LegendCopyright 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Poetic Lyrics By Thomas Lam Hsi
THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD...THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY...WHO ALONE CAN
SAVE FROM Satan...who plays 'all' roles...the devil...the 'Lord Jesus'...
the 'Father'...the 'Holy Spirit'...all 'Other Gods'...and 'alien gods'...HE...THE
LORD...
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Categories:
tailed, adventure, angst, boat, childhood, hero,
Form:
Ballad
Virtual Friendsbe proud… and suffer
hate… and you will burn in hell
repent and save the world
True friends in life, not family, who are of course the best. No, friends on the other side of the fence, the...
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Categories:
tailed, friend, friendship, metaphor,
Form:
Haibun
Riveting RomeoI was a famous, American actress, who adored performing for live audiences,
In stage plays, both modern and classic, like velvet time, which often rushes.
Rose acclaim filled long, chaotic days, of colorful masquerades and fulfillment,
Like Sleeping...
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Categories:
tailed, fantasy, happiness, love, nature, romance, wedding, work,
Form:
Couplet
Odyssey From Africa 12dOdyssey from Africa, Chapter 12 (d) The fireflower (cont.)
Dominated by one hilltop
Round in form, it’s summit hidden
In the whiteness of a cloud base
There they saw their destination
Now they climbed by steepening gradient
Through a...
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Categories:
tailed, adventure, africa, animal, history, mythology, nature, voyage,
Form:
Narrative