Long Untaught Poems

Poems about Mothers


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...

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Untaught vocabulary seems to retard
our insanity multiplied by free speech
which becomes nothing more then
profanity to the public ear when not heard
through the committed

Outsourced, spun and sold to the masses
by the media who wish to entrance...

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I am a wood carver by instinct and intuition;
I am not a wood carver by trade or profession.
I carve the likenesses of things into something whole,
Into the shapeless wood, I carve the essence of its...

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BLESSED BY A LOT

Come on, Come on, Come on, God!
Where ya at? Tell me!!!!
Where? Nowhere for physical eyes to see,
But I know where you are,
Not far and seen with my third eye,
Dam, your everywhere, your...

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Never attempting of striking it rich,
whenever my cravings give me another itch,
I'm used to a quite and simple life:
enjoying good food and sharing a coldl glass of wine 
when relatives and friends drop by;
why be...

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Continued from Part 1

               “Upon your knees in golden naves, while peeking through the slots,
      ...

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I am a champion,
the thought and feel of it is real,the fact being indisputable and the reality pure,
with others,and in singular isolation victory over the misery of disrections is now,and future,
I am a champion because...

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Explosions rock the boat;
Ocean gushes inside.
The battered stern won't float,
All controls lock their slide.

Listing fifteen degrees,
The lifeboats fail to launch.
Swift decent lugs a squeeze
Impossible to staunch.

After mounting seconds
The vessel starts to slow,
While the stark deep...

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I will not leave untaught,
With what color freedom shines.
Not a stranger on this Earth,
But a citizen of the whole planet.
And as truths unfold,
What you feel freedom is, on this corner of the sacred -
This is...

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Each day the yellow school bus made its trek around the 
country roads dotted on each side with pine thickets, fenced in pastures, garden spots, peach orchards and then stopping at neat, well-kept country homes....

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Keep life simple and supple
When aside from your dimples you brush conundrum
For joys to triple or quadruple
To the beat at the feet of laughter’s drum

Whose percussion glorifies and ratifies
Happiness in all her splendor and majesty
As...

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Unwise friend, you ask me questions
that even I cannot answer...
is any rose, without torns, ever
going to survive a harsh winter?
And is a flower withered by its own vitality,
or is a healthy and strong body
ever seeking...

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With his belly full of whiskey, he is brass, brazen and tough,
cursing his antagonist with words, vulgar and rough.
His displeasure is qualified, as under his breath he swore,
words from a tangled life, his mother never...

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There was once a professor that sought
                            ...

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Arrived with intention!
It's all up to me
To believe that I see
Destiny
In me beyond to be
Creativity
Clarity
Clarifying triumphantly
Across seas above mountains created for me
Rise I say sensibly
Rise stand tall above the galaxy
Stand taller than the blowing above...

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It is said that the world is quite strong. 
When we both agreed, we were wrong. 
But systemic risk leads to a spare call. 
And it makes life hazy, as we shall.

When weak surfeit fulfills incisive inquiry, 
the diction...

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Spreading happiness is the need of the hour;
Practising it requires so much of willpower.
Redressing others’ problems is always fine;
Empowering the weak at all times is a good sign.
Accepting people as they are should be your...

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These headlines are a bee’s sting 
Most situations vinegar atop a slice 
Recurrences you would think good norm  
A father gone rogue taken his kid for wife 
Mentors hyenas over the innocent 
A sane...

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FROMTHIS2THAT


Biscuits and gravy
Salads and snot
Chicken fried salamanders
The clams and mussels 
The oysters	the army 		marines and the navy
No such relief will be brought
Delusions of Grandeur
The dankness in disparity 	the putridity
The slackened standards
Oh the wasted cognation 
The...

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The vibrancy of the rich hued kaleidoscope
Across the firmament,
Wide open eyes ~ a pantomime unexpected

A child’s innocent smile
Free from taint and defilement
Touching its cheeks with a lot of fondness~ an involuntary reaction
 
An old man’s...

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In my attempts to reach the heavens with my heart
Seeking for words that cannot be found
I search the mountains looking for glory
The golden riches unbound
Expecting to grasp one expression to share
The deepest most meaningful to...

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Love has a gentle grace
by Michael R. Burch

for Beth on Mother’s Day

Love has a gentle grace; you have not seen her
unless you’ve looked into your mother’s eyes
and seen her faith
—serene, composed and wise—
that you’re the...

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Poems – rhyming  or
Free verse – straightforward,
Which paint a picture
That make us laugh or cry,
That strike a chord within us!
Not ordinary! Not untaught
Or unlearned! None of those!
I used to think that others
Were on a...

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The light promises to fade
As the dark encompass do we try to see
There are doubts we cannot just shake
How shadows only tease for what could be

It is easy with the aid of light
Be it hard...

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The same ocean
Different forms
Sometimes silent,
sometimes violent
When will overflow,
when remain stagnant
When tides occur,
when privation
When benediction,
when destruction
Fog when fills everywhere
Silver oceans and white skies
Merge together into one whole
No solid differentiation
As humans standing in a map
Appear the same
Regardless...

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