Long Tepid Poems
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EpitaphsEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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Categories:
tepid, bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
Fahr An' IceFahr an' Ice
by Michael R. Burch
From what I know of death, I'll side with those
who'd like to have a say in how it goes:
just make mine cool, cool rocks (twice drowned in likker),
and real fahr...
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Categories:
tepid, death, drink, fun, humor, humorous, light,
Form:
Light Verse
Solo PerformanceIt had been a hellish week.
On Monday
my lonely and tired AfricanAmerican husband
told me, as gently as possible,
that what I had hoped was a temporary separation
is to be extended into perpetuity.
This separation had been scheduled to...
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Categories:
tepid, age, earth, family, health, integrity, nature, spiritual,
Form:
Political Verse
Poems About Poems IvPoems about Poems IV
The Toast
by Michael R. Burch
For longings warmed by tepid suns
(brief lusts that animated clay),
for passions wilted at the bud
and skies grown desolate and gray,
for stars that fell from tinseled heights
and mountains bleak...
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Categories:
tepid, allegory, allusion, appreciation, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems XJuvenilia: Early Poems X
These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.
Regret
by Michael R. Burch
Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear...
once starlight
languished
in your hair...
a shining there
as brief
as rare.
Regret,
a pain
I chose to bear...
unleash
the torrent
of your hair...
and show me
once...
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Categories:
tepid, age, child, children, dream, teen, time, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Radiance, For Dylan ThomasRadiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil—
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes—dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
tepid, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Dylan ThomasThese are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
tepid, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan ThomasMyth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
tepid, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
Early Poems IJuvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
Smoke
by Michael R. Burch
The hazy, smoke-filled skies of summer I remember well;
farewell was on my mind, and the thoughts that I can't tell
rang bells within (the din was in)...
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Categories:
tepid, kid, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 36I sung all the night with the Devil,
It seemed harmony had found itself spooning with dissonance
Not indeed needing to be one or the same
Yes—the light indeed could sustain itself in the midst
Of what then was...
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Categories:
tepid, appreciation, dark, desire, endurance, inspiration, literature, meaningful,
Form:
Epic
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
tepid, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
How Clever You Are Reducing SaucesReducing sauces is a clever act that is not predetermined
Swimming in tepid waters often relieves tensions but a moose with a migraine prefers an ice cold bath. Bathing rituals signify statuses and this is referred...
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Categories:
tepid, appreciation,
Form:
I do not know?
Ninety Times a Fish Tail Equals a Spun YarnNine times a fish tail is spun from thin yarn?
Swimming in tepid waters often relieves tensions but a moose with a migraine prefers an ice cold bath. Bathing rituals signify statuses and this is referred...
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Categories:
tepid, baby, baseball, beach, beautiful,
Form:
I do not know?
Hero WorshipI want to respond
to the retired Marine
who watched Democratic Congressional Leaders
during the State of our crippled Union event,
disappointed at how their patriotism,
their loyalty to sacred sacrifices of soldiers
appears too tepid,
jaded,
ungrateful
as compared to more thunderous enthusiastic...
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Categories:
tepid, god, innocence, integrity, military, peace, usa, violence,
Form:
Political Verse
Before the Firing Squad
“Before The Firing Squad”
the firing squad
came dressed
in faux smiles
the intervention cake
was spoon fed, like honey,
by mother superior
to the lesser bee,
with self-righteous
magnanimity
she wore the badge
Devil’s Advocate, proudly,
without any clear authority
casting bloodied
nasturtiums around the...
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Categories:
tepid, muse, psychological, symbolism,
Form:
Epic
Ooniversal OoOOOniversal oo
Frightened tepid antisocial ant was football training avidly but failing to attend a fragrant tailor army. Oh dear. That was sure to be put forward to the sacred sanction ship and the sacred sanction...
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Categories:
tepid, absence, adventure, angst, anti bullying, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
I do not know?
A Ramble In a BrambleA ramble in a bramble kisses a shoe horn in a window box
Having deciphered which tunes and vibrations cause reactions it was time to make everything the same really. Shame it was that day for...
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Categories:
tepid, art,
Form:
I do not know?
Barbarossa IWhen giants hide their heads beneath the sand,
the body lies unshielded from the Sun.
‘Tis but a hedge to seemingly withstand
the winds of war that nothing will out run.
‘Tis opportune for those that seek to rise...
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Categories:
tepid, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Poland IHumanity is destined to dissolve
when fear consumes the minds of timid kings.
Such pandering lets lunacy evolve
and impotence is forced to face its sting.
An evil wind, with blustering conceit,
embarks to stage aggressions at your gate,
‘tis but...
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Categories:
tepid, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
If Your Prayer Is PoetryChild, pay close attention to what
I am going to say
to make you aware of a heavenly sight,
" The bell that you hear tinkles
with a joyful melody...
as if it were sung by invisible angels. "
Years...
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Categories:
tepid, child, death, heaven, inspirational, love, memory, mother
Form:
Rhyme
Nonpartisan Sham Bull***** NONPARTISAN SHAM (BULL SH*T)...
SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN updated *****
Innocuous, yet unhealthy threat looms across
(air/radio) telecommunications devices
where smart electronic devices enthrall
and decree they co-opt role bing boss
linkedin with plenti networks that criss cross
even primitive computers utilizing...
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Categories:
tepid, america, confusion, endurance, freedom, future, history, january,
Form:
Rhyme
RetirementNo more faxes, no more phones ...
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Categories:
tepid, funny, retirement,
Form:
Free verse
No Longer Fit For WorkNo more faxes, no more phones ...
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Categories:
tepid, age, funny, old, retirement,
Form:
Alliteration
Time's Loving DeceitAnger flies with swift wings
As tedious pleas for more time reverberate through his mind
He is the servant of Time- yet takes the blame
When her clawed hand unwinds the clock
He, the sovereign of the dark, the...
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Categories:
tepid, corruption, dark, deep, desire, grief, loss, lust,
Form:
Free verse
Oceanic Wedding of Sapphire EmotionsAmidst nocturnal blue naked confessions
of our intertwined souls, hearing the
mellifluous melody and symphony of
our ocean, lulling our inner child’s deepest
sapphire emotions in the depth of our
sensitive corners—a blue ecstasy, like...
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Categories:
tepid, love,
Form:
Free verse