Long Tempt fate Poems

Prose Poems

Something
by Michael R. Burch

Something inescapable is lost?lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight, vanishing in a gust of wind toward an expanse of stars immeasurable and void. Something uncapturable is...

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~ Don't  Waste  Time ~
(Mirrored  Refrain)



Time  goes  by  so  very  fast
Days and  years  are  gone  past
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock
Time  passes...

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~ Don't  Waste Time ~
 (Mirrored Refrain)



 Time goes by so very fast
 Days months  years are gone past
 Tick  tock  tick  tock  tick  tock
 Time passes quickly,...

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Joyful music filled the village
when mother’s barren womb gave birth. 
Born to end Philistine pillage, 
and fill sad, anxious hearts with mirth.

No wine or product of the vine,
should pass your palate when you dine.
No razor...

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Twas a fortnight before Christmas
And my spidey senses were lit.
Knowing the bike I so wanted
Was to cost quite a bit.
Where my hope sprang eternal
But then I have to admit.
I wasn't too sure
If we were needy...

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(I.)
Within Golden Walls, Love's Gardens Await

Ripe are swelled grapes upon glowing vine
my darling on love's bounty we shall dine
in our paradise rests more than a dream
there flows truest joy from Heaven's first stream.

Within golden walls,...

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The mighty roar of the King of the
Bush at the crack of dawn,
Its majestic sound, being the first
Thing you hear, as you yawn,
And the laugh of the sly hunch backed
Hyena, as it creeps, slouched
Close to...

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When you get life has edges and dangers abound,
Pat yourself on the back, for this wisdom’s profound.
One who groks danger’s near has the best chance to live!
Fools who’re sure that they’re safe either brag or...

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Dear people,   
      So...let’s face it, 
this’s...
Taught to work hard and make it.
       told;
 ‘Pull 'em boots up by their laces.’
 ...

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Everyday Belongs to the Lord but the Lord has given this day to you. 
He bestows this in remembrance of all
You been through.
From the day you conceive and throughout the years that follow 
God has...

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'The storms are raging on the rollin' sea, and on the highway of regret'


It was surfers' paradise weather but he had only captured a dinghy

Made from lost dreams and drift wood collected in seasons of...

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Each realm we visit is a dream template,
wherein our essence is cloaked in a form,
that memory erased, we may tempt fate,
our lifeline at all times, touch of love warm.
Mistaken we’re only this body-mind,
even though we...

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The Precious Gift of Love
By Rick Rucker

Showered with Gifts, from Above,
Most appreciated, the precious gift of Love,

I thought, with Love, I was through,
Believing that I would never find another, True,

An unlikely twist of Fate,
Has sent,...

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Tick tick tick Time slips away
When do I get to see you just name the day
I’ll mark it down so I don’t forget
But if I don’t see you they’ll be a regret 
Do you want...

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Wound up tight trying to fight these feelings
That makes things seem not right
When we lose sight
Of what puts us into flight
When your life isn't so bright
How doubt brings shadows not light
I want us to learn...

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A fallacy, that every 'once upon a time' 
is a beautiful fantasy, for some hold lies
Fairytales have a hero, but also a villain
masked in sheep's clothing as a disguise

Red Riding Hood defeated the Big Bad...

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There was a young man lived under a curse,
For having the gall to tempt fate.
He's played fast and loose with the daughters of whose,
Was a warlock whose powers were great.

This handsome young man had a...

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Dedicated to those who have done their bit.
Keeping our country fighting fit.
Through all the turmoil of the situation. 
Standing tall with sheer dedication.

Nhs workers doing long hours.
Deserve more than a bunch of flowers.
Doctors and Nurses...

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They call me JAILBAIT, and all i can do is blush and look away
but when ever HIS NAME pops up on the screen of my phone
i get this GIDDY feeling and i know im not...

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Daze gone by and things forgotten.
Bees gone! And the corn is rotting....

And then one day... as if to say...
A Chance came by,
from the Cornman's Way.

The young One too, at 22, sat with Me.
And in my...

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Like Jesus I'm prophetic,

I've come to set you free

by loving the way 

ignorant men cling

to their prejudices

Love you indiscriminate

of right and wrong,

sin and not guilty

Blow your mind utterly

and completely

Bend the human condition

towards reunification

Leave ninety-nine well fed

and go...

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Seed 
Unshackled through force , gliding on air 
Liberation complete , nothing compares. 
My journey essential in hope of my kind 
A task not made easy by concrete and iron 

My fuel carry’s on with...

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time flows swiftly yet the second remains still 
but if seconds were only enough to catch forever as it wills
 
would it cease the rain from ending before it has begun? 
would the stars still...

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For the moment, I’m fine on my own
Searching for the right one for me
But I don’t want to die all alone
That’s the moral of the whole story

I’d give anything to meet my soul mate
I wonder...

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Just because I’m a dirty old man
Doesn’t mean I don’t need love
Just because I have calloused hands
Doesn’t mean I don’t wear gloves

Just because I curse a lot 
Doesn’t mean I don’t say prayers
Just because it...

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