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CurrentsCurrents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the clapboard slap of tide,
the clockwork shock of wave on rock,
the...
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Categories:
tarnished, assonance, extended metaphor, language, metaphor, music, poetry,
Form:
Verse
VacuumVacuum
by Michael R. Burch
Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...
leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are unable to know
that once intrigued us so.
Come then, let us...
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Categories:
tarnished, education, extended metaphor, farewell, first love, graduation,
Form:
Free verse
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
tarnished, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
An Bee Cailleach
“Éagmais croí a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla.
Faoi dhíon taobh istigh de na blianta seo.
Fanacht i bhfianaise, a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla.
Ós rud é go ndearnadh tú a chaitheamh.
Briseadh an tost seo”
"An Bee Cailleach"
She lives to...
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Categories:
tarnished, fantasy, imagery, joy, life, love, magic, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
4th Generation Soda Jerk -- Both Audio and TextThis is one excited kid and one PROUD father...
I took my son to the lumberyard last Tuesday afternoon. The day itself, though toasty, was the best in quite some time.
And when we’d finished shopping -...
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Categories:
tarnished, father son, relationship, youth,
Form:
Narrative
8 Little EgyptsSomething strange
and unexplainable comes this way,
this way, it comes to us sly and fast,
some say, perhaps,
it has already arrived,
it walks unseen, in the midst of all, of us
we go about our...
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Categories:
tarnished, easter, humanity, words,
Form:
Narrative
Once a Pawn a Time Within Castellated BishopricOnce a pawn a time within castellated bishopric
We purchased 2020 Hyundai Elantra
at Enterprise Car Rental
1207 West Ridge Pike
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428
April thirteenth two thousand twenty three
witnessed greatest amount of money
I spent at one time.
The following day...
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Categories:
tarnished, appreciation, april, bible, black love, dark, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
The Good GirlThe Good Girl
Penny has always been a good girl, now she is a good wife. She lives in a good neighborhood, drives a nice car, has two perfect children. Her husband is a doctor and...
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Categories:
tarnished, passion, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Prose
Family' Love' Booster'Family. Love. BOOSTER
...
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Categories:
tarnished, age, child, daughter, family, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
The Miracle of Marshside LeaIn Marshside Lea, there stood a tree, old in trunk and bough
'Twas long ago, this tale, although, it may still stand there now
And in its shade, the young sheep played as often did young lambs
Whilst...
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Categories:
tarnished, allegory, angel, animal, crazy, fantasy, farm, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
Gnarled ShadowsThrough shadowed trails, beneath the moon’s cold stare,
Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace in my gut,
No slumber dreamt;...
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Categories:
tarnished, conflict, dark, emotions, gothic, horror, pain, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
Personal Vicissitudes Pronounced Irrepressible Self LoathingPersonal vicissitudes pronounced irrepressible self loathing
Ever since mine late boyhood
when unstoppable coded
cellular processes did segue
I experienced abhorrence
toward yours truly,
an extremely introverted kid,
whose parents nor siblings
(one younger and older sister) could
not arouse him
out of...
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Categories:
tarnished, 12th grade, 2nd grade, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form:
Free verse
I Relished Being Hungry For Thanksgiving Pop Slop Gloppy GrubI relished being hungry for Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grub
whereby the missus didst potchke
created whirling dervish hubbub
after enjoying repast,
(fit for a tarnished king),
yours truly able, eager, and ready
to soak my ego freezing carcass in...
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Categories:
tarnished, abuse, adventure, appreciation, autumn, blessing, drink, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
The Shelter - 2nd Half In Text - Plus Full Audio VersionNote: this is the 2nd HALF of this piece, a little too long to post as one poem, sorry. If you enjoy story-poems, it's definitely worth the read, believe me. (Or the "listen".)
“We learned of...
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Categories:
tarnished, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
Gory GamesGory video games are playing on the television screen…everyone watches excitedly without a flinch of fear…where’s peace when I need it? Where’s love when I want it? Where’s their sanity? Is it replaced with vanity...
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Categories:
tarnished, change, confusion, cool, crazy, deep, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
I Posit Picayune Propensities Prevail Among Pesky ManagementI posit picayune propensities prevail among pesky management
Most favored renter status imposed on us
i.e. meaning myself;
(one tarnished prince of Highland Manor)
and the missus, his princess consort
who must abide by rigorous writ
of tidiness, whereby
every flat surface...
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Categories:
tarnished, abuse, america, angst, anxiety, blessing, community, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and StrengthMy ebbing physical prowess and strength
noticeably decreases in one direction.
I take lock, stock and barrel
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his...
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Categories:
tarnished, 12th grade, adventure, age, angst, atheist, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
Enthused By Tough Grafther life had been a rollercoaster of moody upheaval
manic fervor from sheer in-exhaustible passion
...
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Categories:
tarnished, analogy, courage, depression,
Form:
Free verse
The Difference In the Stories We Want To TellOhh I could have sat with my heart
--elevated with dribbled echoes--
ahhhhhh until it yet exhaled the tarnished seams
capturing only the quiet current lapping
and soaking dirty steel embankment
along the river’s edge beneath the...
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Categories:
tarnished, death of a friend, music, nostalgia, river,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Beyond the Realm of WishesIn sun-scorched dunes, beside a weathered sentinel,
a glint ensnared his weary gaze.
A tarnished lamp / grazed / its secrets unknown /
a genie unbound, a muted haze.
Three worldly desires danced like tempting fruit, ambition's...
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Categories:
tarnished, conflict, desire, inspiration, philosophy, psychological, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Narrative
RestRest now
O restless heart
released in ebb to flow
ride the other side of the king tide rising
buoyant your movement in rise with the waves
Rise! to beyond where breakers break long-suffering shores
pitiless the grind of...
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Categories:
tarnished, death, freedom, heaven, journey, life, spiritual, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Emotional Fatigue Courtesy Exhaustive Vituperative HarangueEmotional fatigue courtesy exhaustive vituperative harangue...
Lobbed and unleashed upon the heads
of (yours truly and the missus)
so called selfish "monsters."
The evening of Wednesday April 19th
witnessed us (birth parents of our first born)
weathering blistering telephonic brickbats.
She (unnamed...
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Categories:
tarnished, 7th grade, abuse, angst, anniversary, anxiety, birth,
Form:
Free verse
Hit the BrakesParts 2 and possibly 3 will come out tomorrow or this week... enjoy!! The other verse will be called Caught off Guard and the third - I have no clue yet! Enjoy reading this incomplete...
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Categories:
tarnished, adventure, angst, betrayal, confusion, courage, emotions, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Secrets
"Secrets"
I know something
good about you
you were a child once, too -
without malice
gentle as the petals of a rose
sweet and pure
no need to be berated
proven guilty -
Innocent
From your eyes
and smile
Light emanated
joy spilled
from...
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Categories:
tarnished, forgiveness, journey, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
He Was the BraveSat in his chair, the tv still on
He’s not changed the channel for so very long
The message on screen says a shut down’s ensuing
But press any button to carry on viewing
The remote, untouched on the...
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Categories:
tarnished, hero, remembrance day, war,
Form:
Couplet