Long Tails Poems
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The Fallen
“The Fallen”
Remote,
he sees himself
in the reflection of cold close
yet distant shop windows,
his final journey along the
Hard Time Road
walking alone,
unforgiven, no home
for the rest of his natural life
a million knives...
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Categories:
tails, family, freedom, friendship, god, i am, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
Arthurian PoemsAt Tintagel
by Michael R. Burch
That night,
at Tintagel,
there was darkness such as man had never seen...
darkness and treachery,
and the unholy thundering of the sea...
In his arms,
who is to say how much she...
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Categories:
tails, england, romance, romantic, true love, violence, visionary,
Form:
Verse
The Tower RebuiltI shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and rough;
Upon which stands...
Crumbled stone walls
With an exposed slate roof in
Some...
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Categories:
tails, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Do We Come InWhere do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what...
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Categories:
tails, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership, people, rights, sports,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
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:
tails, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Poems About Children IiPoems about Children II
On Looking into Curious George’s Mirrors
by Michael R. Burch
for Maya McManmon, granddaughter of the poet Jim McManmon
Maya was made in the image of God;
may the reflections she sees in those curious mirrors
always...
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Categories:
tails, child, childhood, children, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandparents,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
tails, adventure, fantasy, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
The Pictish FaeriesThe Pictish Faeries
by Michael R. Burch
Smaller and darker
than their closest kin,
the faeries learned only too well
never to dwell
close to the villages of larger men.
Only to dance in the starlight
when the moon was full
and men...
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Categories:
tails, fairy,
Form:
Verse
Megan's Quest Part 5of7At that moment an explosion of mud filled the air
as their tension was now largely increased.
They tried to gather their wits but all took to stare
as for...
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Categories:
tails, adventure, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
Canto Xx Hell TranslationOf new pains new verses must be composed
To give matter for the canto twenty
Of the canticle first, treating sunk posed.
I just was inclined with desires many
To thoroughly look at the open deep,
Which was moisten...
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Categories:
tails, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Catonita Strikes - Part Two: a Freezer Mice AdventureContinued from
‘CATONITA STRIKES - PART ONE’
A Freezer Mice adventure
When no-one was around they did the finger-clicking thing
And grew to human size in time for what the day might bring
Their guns were charged and ready and...
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Categories:
tails, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Catonita Strikes - Part One: a Freezer Mice AdventureContinued from FREEZER MICE
The cat had travelled straight from hell, a hell beyond the stars
The cat that theories claim once levied genocide on Mars
She now seeks vengeance on descendants of the primal shrew
Whoever knew that...
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Categories:
tails, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Shaggy Dog Limericks: the All-Time Best -- Vote For Your FavoriteThe Spaniel
A Spaniel that uses its head
Can tell when its owner’s unfed
So instead of a duck
That is down on its luck
Will deliver a pizza instead
The Afghan Hound
The Afghan’s a dog groomer’s...
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Categories:
tails, animal, cat, cute, dog, fun, humor, pets,
Form:
Limerick
Aspie1—Milieu
Unique construction of body and mind
My niche in human pack not quickly found
Raw young heart of a curious design
The empty mirrors for my soul abound
Subjectively a bit odd to myself
A jangled, disconnected kind of...
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Categories:
tails, emotions, growing up, introspection, people, senses, society,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The Canopy and EconomySun and traffic - day economy.
Six a.m. drive to plywood mill. Too tired
to be angry. Each day a step
toward death. What is being accomplished? The
small satisfactions
within each day. Book consciously read.
And frustrations. Package dropped, honey...
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Categories:
tails, baby, day, history, jobs, teacher, tree, wind,
Form:
Verse
Snail Trails and Rat TailsMy transportive
awesome Muse
speaks of a hiking trail
for an aging snail.
My communicative
wondrous music
is dancing choreography
for an ageless bee
coming.
I ask if I might speak
with the Editor in Chief
of my town's daily GoodNews Bulletin...
No.
I do not have...
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Categories:
tails, community, health, humanity, nature, peace, school, science,
Form:
Political Verse
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:
tails, america, anger, anniversary, april, baptism, birthday, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Demolition DerbyThis is based on a true story -
The wind was soft and swishy as the sun was drifting down,
As most the town were mingling at the annual county fair,
When loud across the speakers by...
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Categories:
tails, car,
Form:
Narrative
Rum N Raisin 9 - France Or BustRaisin gave the globe a tap to make it slowly spin
“Rum,” she said, “it’s quite a big wide world we’re living in.”
Rum looked up from lapping milk and wiped some from his face,
“Use your nose...
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Categories:
tails, adventure, animal, cat,
Form:
Narrative
Advent of Other Happy EndingsThroughout 2016 I have been reading Rob Brezsny's Pronoia
Is The Antidote For Paranoia
now ending before I reach 2017.
This postmillennial bible of multiculturalism
ends with several questions or statements
with space to write in my responses.
I am about...
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Categories:
tails, destiny, earth, health, humanity, humor, political, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Of Unknown OriginNylon waste is often akin to a brushed out stable, manger, or stall. But brushing the carpet is often a resemblance of a swirling cloud of dust and tobacco shards and tobacco shards are not...
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Categories:
tails, beach, beautiful,
Form:
I do not know?
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 60Several days passed when Joulupukki finally had a chance to meet with the council.
“Seileach,” Joulupukki nodded to the Elder as he entered the council chamber convening once again on the...
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Categories:
tails, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Toilet Humor-Collab- Newest AdditionsLimricks prompted by a comment made by someone today
It's a fact, and no longer just a rumor
Some soup people barf at toilet humor
Have you sniffed your own butt
It stinks so keep it shut
Pessimism must...
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Categories:
tails, humor,
Form:
Limerick
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: Heading OutA dawning twilight's me. Oh, joy. Oh, what a joy. This day. Oh, what a day. A breath bestills my eyes and I, e'er slight, a deeper breath that reopened them and myself to a...
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Categories:
tails, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration, christian, happiness, religion,
Form:
Narrative
Finding Shelter During End TimesFinding Shelter During End Times (1)
Do you think you’d feel pride as the last soul alive
on a planet that dies as your knife pricks its heart
(not alone you’ve had help, the last lemming, perhaps,
to run...
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Categories:
tails, faith, love,
Form:
Rhyme