Long Take it from me Poems

TRUMP SMELLS B.O.


TRUMP SMELLS B.O.

BUST UP THE BEAT TO INTRODUCE IT'S TEMPO

GOT ME PLACES TO GO

SILENCE IS GOLDEN GOT BLOOD THAT"S UNFOLDING

SITS IN HIS IVORY TOWER ENGAGED IN THE WALL WHILE HE SITS IN HIS...

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[A few years ago, I wrote this poem “On Writing Poetry” for creative writing students. I hesitated to put it on Poetry Soup, but I did some revisions and decided to share it with you....

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EGBERT THE ADORABLE OCTOPUS & OTHER NONSENSE VERSE

Egbert the Octopus
is so damn cute
& smarter than u
(the point is moot) 
'cause he doesn't pollute
when he commutes, 
only, perhaps, 
when he (ahem)  "poots"! 
—michael r. burch



Monarch
by...

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Pssst ...
Hey kid, 
I heard you came into a trunk load of cash
Can I ask, do you know how to manage it?
Moving from poverty to wealth
is a big deal
Everybody you know,
a little piece they’re gonna...

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Oh my sweet and beautiful Penelope
Oh how beautiful you are, and when I see you come down
to the pearl gates of immortality and come down to see me,
as we join hands and walk the shorelines
I...

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When I was a kid I wanted to fly high in the sky like a book inside the hook it’s always a reading rainbow I never ever thought I would feel this pain tho flying...

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I've never been a coward
I've never been named Howard
I'm not a doctor but I'm like a doctor
Struggling with patience
And I hate this and how I debate this
Delete this, delete that
Like I delete fat off my...

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A Letter To Trump
you don't know me & that's good
is your choice of water Fiji  now
going to speak to you man to man
Mr. Trump do you really understand
when you took the oath of all...

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I've got a fist full of Buddha,
And a fist full of Rand,
A pocket full of Jesus,
And the other's filled with sand,
That's in case I need to make some glass,
As it will proceed my foot in...

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The truth of life is it can take you down
So much hurt and pain it spins you around 
Take it from me their will always be
Struggles in life you will see

I grew up without a...

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You know what depression feels like? Well, let me just tell you.  It feels like you're helpless, like you just feel so broken, that you'll never be okay again; as if you ever were...
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As I get down on my knees before you and present your ring
It signifies my life starting anew
Knowing that you would take it from me happily agreeing
Creating a new covenant that we both agree to...

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Clusters of refugee bubbles
         Expelled from the side of my tank
         Rise expanding in upward travels 
  ...

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I know a place where many people would like to visit but cant. I know a place where a lot
of people don’t know I go. I go to this place when no one can get...

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Catty girls catty girls everywhere
No escape from their hurtful stare
How would it feel if u were standing there? 
Say no big deal it's OK I don't care

I do care your hurting my kid! 
Don't tell...

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My body is precious to me worth more than silver and gold it's meant to be touched, caressed, and held. My body which God has made a stranger came along and stole it away. ...

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You are pushing me too far, now we've passed the line,
We ain't coming back, that's a fact..  now it's time,
To lay down some ground-rules on you fools, because I'm,
Fed up..  so shut up!...

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i was good,
though i was born with mens eyes
crawling on my skin like ants, 
following me through the grocery store. 
i was good, i was 5 the first time 
i was told to close my...

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When I was little my daddy would enter my sister and my bedroom at night
to do things to his little girls that hurt or sometimes tickled and bring his flashlight
mom never let us out of...

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When I was little my daddy would enter my sister and my bedroom at night
to do things to his little girls that hurt or sometimes tickled and bring his flashlight
mom never let us out of...

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It has happened once again,
I don't know how it started.
This is something new,
these waters, uncharted.

You told me your name
and added a sweet hello.
I should have turned away
and not let my interest show.

The conversation began,
it flowed...

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Bartering a deal with the Devil
She smiles and says trust me sweetheart you're nowhere near of qualifying level
I won't lift a claw to dabble in your dirty work
I'll provoke and highlight qualities within your soul...

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In my bed.
Winter blahs.
Colorless ground
Icy jaws.

I poke my head
Timidly forth.
I see some green
I feel some warmth.

I stretch my tendrils
Toward the sky.
Spindly spikes
Reaching high.

Slowly my body
Unclenches, unfurls
Displaying a wonder
Color and curls.

I dance in the breeze
In joyous...

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One moment they’re perfect,
The next they turn their backs
When you start lining up 
All the red flags.
When they start 
it will be like a dream,
Thinking its good when 
Their intentions turn mean. 
You won’t see...

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Of all of the maladies
that pay us a call
emptiness must be
the darkest of all

Like a thousand blank pages
of an untitled book
Or a lifetime of savings
that somebody took

This consummate void
that kills all your drive
is made up...

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