Long Telltale Poems
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Short Stuff: EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...
Negotiables
by Michael R. Burch
Love should be more than the sum of its...
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Categories:
telltale, body, clothes, death, eulogy, introspection, love, obituary,
Form:
Epigram
Free Verse IiiSalve
by Michael R. Burch
for the victims and survivors of 9-11
The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering images,
sometimes we still touch,
laughing, amazed,
that our flesh
does not despair
of love
as...
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Categories:
telltale, body, desire, kiss, love, together, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
The Angry Black WomanShe stood with her back turned to me
Leaning slightly towards where the light tapered off into darkness
Her faced buried deep inside her cupped hands
Her own shadow towered over her seemingly at odds with her...
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Categories:
telltale, africa, anger, beauty, betrayal, black african american,
Form:
I do not know?
Saturday, September 23, 2023Saturday, September 23, 2023
Coincides with first day of fall
and Autumnal equinox for said year,
where colorful splash kindled like tinder.
After I riff flecked about thee August
Autumn Equinox 2023,
this seasonal polymath teached you
fall Equinox...
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Categories:
telltale, animal, appreciation, autumn, celebration, cool, environment, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
telltale, betrayal, god, racism, religion,
Form:
Free verse
The Stranger*Image of Thunder & Lightning by Pixabay.
The Stranger
My life warps by its beasts of woes
depression dogs my day
at night, stress drains my restless soul
the wrongs have no delay
Myself am I, forsook decreed
hope laid by things...
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Categories:
telltale, allegory, encouraging, faith, meaningful, missing, mother son,
Form:
Rhyme
Seeing SpiritsFor years, Tim had the visions
Seeing things that no one could
If he spoke of them, he's crazy
He kept quiet, like he should
Just normal, little, visions
Of people who were dead
Just wandering in places
He knew weren't...
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Categories:
telltale, america, conflict,
Form:
Epic
The PoetIt is a fever.
The poet
They found the poet outside the park
His steps spoke many words of wine
His upper half seemed half asleep
And his feet walked a crooked line
His arms were spread as if...
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Categories:
telltale, depression, family, imagination, introspection, life, on writing
Form:
Rhyme
Re: viewing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not liveRe: viewing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not live
The following poetic account
written more'n a dozen
dirty dancing decades ago,
while I (a socially
withdrawn Homo Sapiens)
one indigent Yahoo
groveled...
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Categories:
telltale, abuse, america, angst, bereavement, children, confusion, daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
Antics of a Buzzfeed Ding HouseflyAntics Of A Buzzfeed Ding Housefly...
Non random, but (based on my very
far out, flimsy laughably
amateurish thinking)
faux feigned aye
firmly believe,...
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Categories:
telltale, 12th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, flying,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th, 1935 - May 4th, 2005Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
untimely death sentence ordained
approximately six months prior
to mother dearest celebrating
her seventieth birthday,
though the last three years of her life
impacted courtesy hysterectomy
to remove...
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Categories:
telltale, absence, age, anniversary, birthday, death, family, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Ruing the Emotionally Prosperous Papa Razz Zee Life I Did Not LiveRuing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not live
The following poetic account
written more'n a dozen dirty dancing decades ago,
while I (a socially withdrawn Homo Sapiens)
groveled along (on a secret...
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Categories:
telltale, 10th grade, 6th grade, absence, abuse, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky circa November 13thHarriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th,
1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday
of dear ole mom, who succumbed,
lost lease on life
nearly...
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Categories:
telltale, absence, age, america, anniversary, appreciation, bereavement, birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
My Unflamenco Loins In Xexual Abeyance In Fm UnfilfilledHad I, been I, would I have been born in the all time of all of things positive Spanish, esp the Flamenco fragrance of all things love, life and flourish casting all pertinent fate to...
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Categories:
telltale, beautiful, confidence, emotions, lonely, love, passion, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
How Did Wiccans Acquire a Bad RepHow Wiccans acquired a bad rep is not clear.
Misogynist bullies afraid of these women’s light,
A young teen with an ugly heart of jealous fear,
Might point a finger under cover of night.
But in Salem Massachusetts, hysteria...
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Categories:
telltale, america,
Form:
Chant Royal
In the Manse Market For a Preowned Spa HouseIn the manse market for a preowned spa house
Mine feeble efforts pale in comparison
to a kid scaling El Capitan
of Yosemite National Park,
nevertheless me, a dry witted husband
self emasculated milquetoast
of late ofttimes yawps imprecations
against fickle finger...
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Categories:
telltale, absence, allegory, angel, appreciation, autumn, black african
Form:
Free verse
No Eden HereNo Eden here, for there’s no snake;
There’s just a thief who likes to take
The labors of all our hard work.
My blood is boiling, half berserk
Near stripped of reason, one thing’s clear:
I’m settling the score...
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Categories:
telltale, humorous, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th 1935 May 4th 2005Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
Test teasing prophylactics embarrassing
purchase never made at local drugstore
unsurprisingly, obviously, invariably...
birth control taboo subject, best to ignore
subsequently intercourse...
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Categories:
telltale, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Elegy
Second Shingles Shot SuccessfulSecond shingles shot successful...
slight prick, but otherwise... positive pitch
re: without a hitch
the first innoculation approximately
five months prior also nary glitch.
Preemptive needling measure
regarding getting fully
immunized at CVS
(Zieglerville, Pennsylvania)13:08
military time May First
2020 bruised left arm...
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Categories:
telltale, age, appreciation, confidence, faith, health, may, miracle,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Autumnal Equinox 2022Autumnal equinox 2022 -
Thursday, September 22
in Northern Hemisphere 9:03 PM
Eastern Daylight Time
Empyrean découpage citadel
betokens (bespeaks) autumnal arrival
nine oh three post meridian
chariot of fire emblazons telltale signature,
one humble human doth
bid summer and his squandered...
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Categories:
telltale, autumn, color, environment, fashion, heaven, nature, september,
Form:
Free verse
Autumnal Equinox 2020 Tuesday September 22Autumnal equinox 2020 - Tuesday, September 22
(at 9:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time)
Empyrean découpage citadel
betokens (bespeaks) autumnal arrival
nine thirty one ante meridian
chariot of fire emblazons telltale signature,
one humble human doth
bid summer and his squandered life...
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Categories:
telltale, appreciation, autumn, color, dance, farewell, inspirational, september,
Form:
Free verse
Strike While the Iron Is HotCuz while ya steel got
moxie, don't nix chance if only a dot
before death finds
flesh rotting alot.
A self-actualized fringe benefit
as I racked up
...
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Categories:
telltale, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, inspiration,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Revelations About Dads Infamous Midnight LecturesRevelations about Dad’s infamous midnight lectures...
woke up courtesy therapy
Especially during past session
on May eighth
two thousand twenty one
between the hours of five and
six o'clock post meridiem.
Between three and four score years ago
the following poetic ill winds...
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Categories:
telltale, 12th grade, abuse, anger, angst, bullying, child
Form:
Free verse
Edgar and Me© Ben Burton 2-20-2015
If I were Edgar Allan Poe
I'd been dead many years ago
Two score, no more, the poet bore
Before rejoining his Lenore
Reflections now, from sixty-five
I'm wondering how I have survived
For, having shared his mental...
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Categories:
telltale, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Not of This Earth*Image of Child Sad Suffering provided by Pixabay.
Not Of This Earth
Poetic Form: Narrative
Asymmetric mistrals warp speckled vaporous pallidness toward rhythmless voids. Obviates an evacuating azure as a midday star pivots to a twilight qualm. Numinous...
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Categories:
telltale, dark, death, earth, scary, science fiction,
Form:
Narrative