Long Telling Poems
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Above UnderVerse 1: We held hands and I fell under your spell...you are the hell from above
My heart has turned to ashes, but I rose again like a Phoenix because of you and I's love
I bled...
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Categories:
telling, deep, desire, emotions, universe,
Form:
Lyric
Dragon StewOn an early morning just before school
My tummy is churning my head hurts too
My feet are cold my forehead is hot
I have a runny nose and a tongue with blue dots
“Mom come quick!” I helplessly...
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Categories:
telling, 4th grade, 5th grade, adventure, anxiety, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
How Time FliesIntro/read aloud:
You deserve a bro hug and a friendly pat...
That's the spirit - keep going forward
You're getting back of track...I'll try to encourage you without acting awkward...
I leave your side
Without a word...
I can't help,...
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Categories:
telling, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Lyric
An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
telling, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Fate decreed sexting or texting while married abominableFate decreed sexting/texting while married abominable
Therefore karma caught up to me big time
and delivered yours truly sent to purgatory
(figurative speaking) by casting a spell,
whereby the government issued Safelink
Tracfone got permanently disabled
and all the data
(including contact...
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Categories:
telling, adventure, animal, anxiety, appreciation, black love, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
The BartenderTwenty two years had passed by
She blinked, and a lifetime had passed
She started this job as a lark
She never thought it would last
Two husbands and rehab were part of this bar
The husbands...her clients all...
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Categories:
telling, america, community, family, heart, society, strength, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
The Storm Is In the CalmThe angles are in the storm
Just before the break of dawn
Sending a message to everyone
Telling them to remain calm
The angels are singing out loud
They want to break the treacherous cloud
and relinquish that awful...
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Categories:
telling, abuse, america, angel, anger, betrayal, community, england,
Form:
Narrative
Employment TraumaMy protagonist today,
a Gay Black Religious Mature Male,
not quite ready for silver-grey Obama temples
Is off this morning
to a new full-time job,
8 to 5,
Monday through Friday.
He has been out of his calming,
regular custodial collared routine,
for over...
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Categories:
telling, betrayal, caregiving, culture, health, prejudice, religion, work,
Form:
Political Verse
The Strange Case of Ft
"The Strange Case of F.T."
They say the dead don’t talk
the stories I have calculated
to deliver a saving grace
confessional shared amongst
my equal peers, or so I deem
you somewhat sometimes seem,
less than me, you...
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Categories:
telling, dark, horror, poets,
Form:
Narrative
No MarkNo Mark
by Michael R. Burch
A wave implodes,
impaled upon
impassive rocks...
this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...
you are leaving
and the ungrieving
winds demur...
telling me
that nothing returns
as it was before...
here where you have...
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Categories:
telling, break up, change, divorce, extended metaphor, farewell,
Form:
Verse
Chapter 48 -- Damian Delilah Mallory and Damian JuniorYear 2031 would soon come
To a close. Everyone will be
A little wiser.
Damian Junior wanted a
Girlfriend and he was soon to
Be 13. Amadeus and
Desharah will both turn 10.
The oldest kids had a desire to
Add...
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Categories:
telling, beautiful, birth, black love, business, cute, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
Our Earthcafe CoopIn one sense,
the Cafe CoOp
started as my therapeutic retirement dream.
But,
in quite another
the CoOp goes back to when I was eight,
and I thought,
assumed really,
everyone indulged in Thought Experiments
about what would my optimal Eden Paradise.
restoring peace and...
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Categories:
telling, business, education, games, health, humor, integrity, retirement,
Form:
Political Verse
Chapter 97 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Family Times and ProjectsDate: December 2042
Early afternoon, Damian was
Busy in his den planning the trip
To Trinidad. He called CJ first
To confirm his commitment to
The project. "Hey brother you
Still on for that trip we spoke
About."...
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Categories:
telling, absence, allusion, earth day,
Form:
Alliteration
The Thc OrdinanceI am fairly new to this Norwick community.
If I recall correctly
we have about forty thousand households here
where the Connecticut River
conjoins the Mohegan and Iroquois Rivers;
originally deep rich virgin eco-forest
of and for harmonic rhythm and...
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Categories:
telling, community, earth, family, growth, health, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Bipartisan DissonanceWhen oppositional cognitive dissonance
deflects focus from compassion,
I've learned to go back to when I deflected focus from her.
She sends me passive-aggressive messages,
bread crumbs leading back in time
to where she began to feel alone,
marginalized,
siloed,
anxious,
neglected.
If...
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Categories:
telling, conflict, math, parents, political, race, religion, sin,
Form:
Political Verse
Limericks Vi - ReligionLimericks VI - Religion
Pell-Mell for Hell Mel
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a Baptist named Mel
who condemned all non-Christians to hell.
When he stood before God
he felt like a clod
to discover His Love couldn’t fail!
Why I...
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Categories:
telling, christian, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, religion, religious,
Form:
Limerick
Chapter 126 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Holly: Holly's Orientation and InvitationDate: July 2049
Early morning combinations
Personal hygiene conversations
And kisses in most of the Hakim
Households. Damian was negotiating
For properties in Virginia namely
Virginia Beach. He wanted the
Prosperous realty. He spoke...
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Categories:
telling, allusion, birth, devotion,
Form:
Prose
Point of a GunYou are a 15 year old girl;
so young and able;
stature small , petite short not tall, they hardly see at the kitchen table;
And at school it's not cool;
you're chosen;
But not for love, just..
Lust;
you see...
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Categories:
telling, angst, appreciation, blessing, children, depression, children,
Form:
Ballad
I PromiseTo my dearest,
On this day you turn thirteen, officially a teenager! This meaning you are on the very first stage of discovering yourself, your music tastes, your food preferences, your style of clothing and even...
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Categories:
telling, beautiful, growth,
Form:
Free verse
Stranger Than Fiction*warning* disturbing lines have been detected - you have been warned, readers. Okay, enjoy this somewhat deep and astounding poem from me that took days to write...>:)
I bet you anything that I'm the laziest guy...
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Categories:
telling, deep, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 21-- Dolly Damian and Molly: Cascades Continued IiDolly was beside herself with thoughts
Of this powerful man, Damian Possessing
Her. She wandered around his
Spacious apartment before
Returning to his bedroom
to sit on his bed.
Damian was ready and dressed...
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Categories:
telling, emotions, feelings, love, lust,
Form:
Alliteration
Mexican severe repeat violent offender stabbing five persons with a butcher knifeNews release woman gets only
four years for stabbing five people
with a large butcher knife saying
I’m going to Mort you why would
Wisconsin concealed a butcher
knife dangerous weapon out the
hands of...
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Categories:
telling, allah,
Form:
Kyrielle
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
telling, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried not to retract,
but after so many tears
I have...
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Categories:
telling, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal, children, confusion, family,
Form:
Free verse
Billy BobBILLY BOB:
This is ANDERSON WALKINHSHOES...
Chorus:
Ooh...ooh....new life, new soul.
Ooh... Ooh... Life on a good road.
New page will be flipped after life shools me, we, they and you too.
Yeah, That's the truth.
Crazy what billie...
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Categories:
telling, change, christian, dedication, destiny, encouraging, inspirational,
Form:
Lyric