Long Thistle Poems
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Family PoemsFamily Poems
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."
So more than "much, " much more than...
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Categories:
thistle, child, childhood, family, father, father son, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About ChildrenPoems about Children
The Desk
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a mess
of things sometimes.I wonder how
he learned at all...
He...
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Categories:
thistle, boy, child, childhood, children, daughter, family, son,
Form:
Rhyme
BeckoningBeckoning
by Michael R. Burch
Yesterday the wind whispered my name
while the blazing locks
of her rampant mane
lay heavy on mine.
And yesterday
I saw the way
the wind caressed tall pines
in forests laced by glinting streams
and thick with...
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Categories:
thistle, anxiety, break up, change, confusion, sleep, time,
Form:
Verse
Dream of InfinityDream of Infinity
by Michael R. Burch
Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair?
Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air
that your soul sought its shell like a crab on a beach,
then...
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Categories:
thistle, confusion, depression, dream, farewell, leaving, loneliness, longing,
Form:
Couplet
Juvenilia: Early Poems XiJuvenilia: Early Poems XI
Myth
by Michael R. Burch
after the sprung rhythm of Dylan Thomas
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...
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Categories:
thistle, boy, poems, poetry, student, teen, teenage, writing,
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:
thistle, 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:
thistle, 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:
thistle, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
Poems About Children IiiPoems about Children III
Miracle
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart beat, you were mine,
and I see
infinity leap in...
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Categories:
thistle, adventure, child, childhood, children, dad, father son,
Form:
Rhyme
Early Poems IiJuvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
Desdemona
by Michael R. Burch
Though you possessed the moon and stars,
you are bound to fate and wed to chance.
Your lips deny they crave a kiss;
your feet deny they ache to...
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Categories:
thistle, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Poems IvLOVE POEMS IV by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about love, passion, desire, lust, sex, dating, romance, relationships and marriage.
She Was Very Strange, and Beautiful
by...
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Categories:
thistle, desire, love, lust, marriage, passion, relationship, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
Princess Diana PoemsPRINCESS DIANA POEMS
Fairest Diana: an Epitaph for Princess Diana
by Michael R. Burch
Fairest Diana, princess of dreams,
born to be loved and yet distant and lone,
why did you linger?so solemn, so lovely?
an orchid ablaze in a crevice...
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Categories:
thistle, angel, beautiful, beauty, england, princess, rose, woman,
Form:
Epitaph
Children's PoemsPicturebook Princess
for Keira
We had a special visitor.
Our world became suddenly brighter.
She was such a charmer!
Such a delighter!
With her sparkly diamond slippers
and the way her whole being glows,
Keira’s a picturebook princess
from the points of her...
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Categories:
thistle, children,
Form:
Verse
Metaphor of Outrage, Translation of Carlos Bousono's Poem: Metafora Del DesafueroMetaphor of outrage, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Metafora del desafuero
( In celebration of...
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Categories:
thistle, truth,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Adieu Dental Floss and Toothbrush(21st century pearly white prosthetics,
restored jaw bar wah key)
Aye noel hunger bristle,
and when false teeth soak at night
in tandem with stubby facial gristle
har reckon noah kisses
...
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Categories:
thistle, 11th grade, 12th grade, farewell, grief, hyperbole,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Oliver, a BoyMy mother's name was Seraphine
A sadder child was never seen
Her duty was to serve the table
Of newly widowed Mrs. Grable
Her husband Mr. Grable died
To keep the British gratified
For which the lady, born and bred
Was...
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Categories:
thistle, england, fantasy, innocence,
Form:
Epic
An Emerald, Most RareIt was glorious ...
A glorious, glowing morn ...
crimson crept up the sky, as if air-brushed ...
little round globs of fair-weather clouds tiptoed on the reach,
(so as to not wake the moon, laying down its head...
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Categories:
thistle, beauty, color, memory, ocean, sea, travel,
Form:
Narrative
A Vanilla DoveCypress trees like evergreen steeples
rise above rows of gravestone woes,
their shadows lie side by side like railroad ties
across writhing paths banded like snakes;
the gravel birth cords sinuous
sensing the ground seeking the...
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Categories:
thistle, bird, death, grief, hope, life, sorrow, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Silence of Thistle Truthseasons keep m o v i n g
and s w i r l i n g
memories keep f l o w i n g
and s h i f t i n g
through...
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Categories:
thistle, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Alpine WindIt's too hot and humid for September!
Even dust specks descending in the room's sunlight
are beads of sweat running down my sides.
I bring pencil, crossword and ice tea
to this chair and table, these angled shutters,...
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Categories:
thistle, humor, longing, weather,
Form:
Imagism
Childhood MemoriesChildhood Memories!
Playing soccer as a forward and a goalie in early childhood through first grade
meeting a pilot and a stewardess in kindergarten and even wanted to be a pilot for a while because I thought...
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Categories:
thistle, 11th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd
Form:
Narrative
Earth RoundThere once was a messiah with crown
so heavy it caused him to frown
when he gave it away
some folks say to this day
it grew lighter while revolving around.
There once were most men with dementia
so heavy it...
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Categories:
thistle, adventure, birth, blessing, humor, passion, peace, political,
Form:
Limerick
Christmas'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there
The children...
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Categories:
thistle, christmas,
Form:
Couplet
Seven Secret Garden SecretsComing To The Garden
Long-lost secrets at Misselthwaite Manor.
Mistress Mary moves from self-centeredness to
self-awareness, leading to self-healing.
This tale's secret seems simple but not so.
A space to sense one's spiritual serenity,
children seek silence in a stillness place...
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Categories:
thistle, allegory, children, garden, health, introspection, recovery from,
Form:
Free verse
Weather FrenzyThe rain came pouring down sending water throughout the troubled town, the negative energy is still lingering around and the sorcerer are running up and down the street disrupting the people’s heartbeat.
They come from...
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Categories:
thistle, allusion, america, appreciation, business, city, community, courage,
Form:
Narrative