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Psychologically still thirteen
Psychologically still thirteen
Ordinarily meaning pre Internet days
familiarization with me would entail
bringing the avid listener
into my private mancave hideaways
less a physical place than a juncture in relationship,
(whereby one or the other of us)...
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Categories:
tempted, 7th grade, age, angst, birth, blue, family,
Form:
Rhyme
Rejection Slips 2
Rejection Slips 2
The Shape of Mourning
by Michael R. Burch
The shape of mourning
is an oiled creel
shining with unuse,
the bolt of cold steel
on a locker
shielding memory,
the monthly penance
of flowers,
the annual wake,
the face in the...
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Categories:
tempted, beauty, death, desire, life, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Marina Tsvetaeva Translations
I Know The Truth
by Marina Tsvetaeva
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I know the truth?abandon lesser truths!
There's no need for anyone living to struggle!
See? Evening falls, night quickly descends!
So why the useless disputes?generals, poets, lovers?
The wind...
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Categories:
tempted, love, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, truth, women,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 88 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Solomon Brothers: the Billards Blowout
Early afternoon. The Solomon
Were in their, (according to Damali)
Club house. But the reality of the
Circumstance is this. The Club
House was the Damian Domaine.
Damian's Billards. Damian didn't
Know it was their chosen hangout.
As the...
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Categories:
tempted, africa, allusion, devotion,
Form:
Alliteration
A Christmas Snow Angel - Part 1
The young lady's car slowed to a stop ...
As she pulled as far off the highway, (onto the shoulder), as she could
(Allowing for any snow plow that might come along).
She had chosen poorly this time
Believing...
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Categories:
tempted, angel, appreciation, christmas, snow, uplifting,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems Vii
Juvenilia: Early Poems VII
These are early poems I wrote as a boy and as a teenager.
The Leveler
by Michael R. Burch
The nature of Nature
is bitter survival
from Winter’s bleak fury
till Spring’s brief revival.
The weak implore Fate;
bold men...
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Categories:
tempted, boy, child, childhood, fear, high school, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
The Reluctant Serpent - a Fairy Tale
Once Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia
This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them.
Why they hang about, instead of scurrying off.
A reluctant snake...
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Categories:
tempted, fairy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Just Be Thankful - the Linked Style
~ Just Be Thankful ~
( The Linked)
~O~
Just be Thankful
J
Thankful for all
U
All that you have
S
Have in your life
T
Life that God gives
B
Gives every...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Pray For the Lost - the Linked Style
~ Pray For The Lost ~
(Linked)
~O~
Pray for the lost
P
Lost in this World
R
World, Needs Prayers
A
Prayers, Love, God
Y
God sent His Son
F
Son to Save All
O
All who are lost
R
Lost, Blind, Confused
T
Confused, thru...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Beary Tales Episodes 25-33, Poet's Notes
Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are new GEMS, improvements to previous verses and improved footnotes...
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Categories:
tempted, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Jesus Is Great - the Linked Style
~ Jesus Is Great ~
(Linked)
JESUS IS GREAT
J
Great is His name
E
Name so Holy
S
Holy is He
U
He, Son of God
S
God, our Father
I
Father Almighty
S
Almighty and true
G
True and...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Saviors Near - the Jewels Rule Style
~The Savior Is Near~
(The Jewels Rule)
Jesus is near
With Him there's nothing to fear
He's returning any time
His Love sublime-
Return prophesied...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
God Is Lord - the Jay's Way Style
~God Is Lord~
(Jay's Way)
God is Lord
With Him I can do it all
Sees me thru everything and each time I fall
With God by side there's none I should fear
He always...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Death Watch
Death Watch
It was early morning.
The sun was barely above the high hills on the other side of the lake.
I was at the end of the dock slowly reeling in my line.
I could see fish jumping...
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Categories:
tempted, death, father, poetry, sick, drug,
Form:
Prose Poetry
One Thing That Love Is
Everything here is true
Just as stated
because it's already happened
or - it has yet to occur -
but it's very soon to occur
and I have such strong feeling
that the future will be as I see it
as...
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Categories:
tempted, dog, love, memory, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Bow To His Grace - the Candlelight Style
~ Bow To His Grace ~
( Candlelight )
~O~
He makes heart aglow
Lord You make soul glad
Vanish all my fears
With His Love care
To Him ...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Bow To Your Grace - the Candlelight Style
~ Bow To Your Grace ~
( Candlelight )
~O~
You make heart aglow
Lord You make soul glad
Vanish all my fears
With Your Love care
To You I pray
Every...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Jesus Christ Is Lord - the Nonet Style
~ Jesus Christ Is Lord ~
( Nonet )
~O~
My Holy Bible is true and right.
Tells me what...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
NOT SO SHINING KNIGHT
THE NOT SO SHINING KNIGHT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIDELITY AND INFIDELITY INTO THE MARRIAGE LOTS OF NEWNESS WE DID EVERY THING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERING LAUGHTER LOVE WHEN MY KNIGHT BEGAN SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH TIME WITH...
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Categories:
tempted, allah,
Form:
Naat
Fabrication
"How Do I Feel Today"
written out of depravity of sleep, of self assurance of happiness
written out of love and vulnerability
I was so sure, aware; I had a plan!
but as the case with all my well...
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Categories:
tempted, how i feel,
Form:
Bio
A Poly-Amorous Man
(One poet's vision of what being indwelled by Christ's heart might look like)
What makes me feel loved isn't easy to say,
And not because the heart of...
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Categories:
tempted, love, integrity,
Form:
Rhyme
Once Pawn a Time
Once pawn a time...
About four plus weeks after
frazzling fiasco from friggin fraudsters
white knight still mourns swindled money
Lynne Costello Senior Civil Investigator
(assistant to Philadelphia attorney general)
unable to recoup forfeited funds.
While holed up in castle keep,
(albeit fetchodit...
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Categories:
tempted, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Morning Devotion
MORNING DEVOTION
Heavenly Father:
I lift up travelers to You.
I pray for peace for Jerusalem and safety for Israel. I pray that between one and all of Her children would come to a saving knowledge of...
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Categories:
tempted, christian, faith, god, inspirational, jesus, prayer, religious,
Form:
Free verse
Deprived Of Your Love -When My Life Changed
Glib rhetoric concerned with striking independence may seem frivolous,
nuanced rational quite often a typical traumatic casualty,
the once interminable interdependent passionate zeal disintegrating in rapid spasms,
a longing sated and mutually embraced by two compatible persons...
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Categories:
tempted, break up, courage, cry, emotions, feelings, grief,
Form:
Free verse
The Path of Healing
I have heard some things in class today
I pray I make more progress and struggle less
Praying for peace and quiet someday
I want a clear mind from regret and distress
Cold-hearted lies
Won’t open its eyes to...
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Categories:
tempted, angst, emotions, encouraging, endurance, faith, passion, sorrow,
Form:
Free verse