Long Utilizes Poems

State of the Art (III)

These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work. 



Come Down
by...

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Poems 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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Upon exiting the womb...

23,190 days ago,

Yours truly got hashtagged
as the 2,975,075,410TH
person alive on Earth
according to website
https://worldpopulationhistory.org/
my-population-number/.

Come November 15, 2022
(a little more than
four months from now -
actually one hundred twenty days
after today July 11, 2022),
the world's...

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I had deep thoughts on man.

Is he God’s masterpiece or a fiasco?
I determined, man is God’s failed handiwork.

The reason being, although God gave man a specially designed brain 
that is way superior from all other...

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Jesus made a comment about where you treasure lie
should also be the place where your hearts resides
He did not equivocate nor did He mix up His words
He said exactly what He meant what He wanted...

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Dear New Poet,

Modern poetry to me engages readers in seeking their own deep or higher meaning to life experiences. It utilizes symbolism imagery and varied verse that speaks to intellect and emotion.

The best advice I...

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An Obscenity Trial
by Michael R. Burch
 
The defendant was a poet held in many iron restraints
against whom several critics cited numerous complaints.
They accused him of trying to reach the "common crowd,"
and they said his poems...

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I know a man who went to the zoo but they wouldn’t let him out,
So hairy was his body that his heritage was called into doubt.

He asked to have a lawyer but none of them...

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America’s Bird


In all honesty, the extent of my turkey knowledge begins and ends with their unique sound and their great taste.
Come Thanksgiving and Christmas, turkey fragrance fills the house and nothing goes to waste.

I know...

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Us humans are delusional, in believing that we are the most superior 
          species than the rest of Earth's inhabitants. We are absolutely wrong!


  ...

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avid arm-wrestling against awesome Allie
brave Billy Bouncer balks a bit at Ballet.
cocky courage cancelled, civic concentration.
during Des Moines Diamond demonstration
energetic efforts enthuse eager Eddie
facing fearless frog-legged Freddie
gracious Greta grants gorillas gratuities
harry harpoons happy harpy Helga...

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avid arm-wrestling against awesome Allie
brave Billy Bouncer balks a bit at Ballet.
cocky courage cancelled, civic concentration.
during Des Moines Diamond demonstration
energetic efforts enthuse eager Eddie
facing fearless frog-legged Freddie
gracious Greta grants gorillas gratuities
harry harpoons happy harpy Helga...

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aristocratic antelope alarms and annoys
blue-eyed baboon’s billy goat buster
causing confusion, consternation and crying
distressing and disturbing deliberate donkey
egg-producing egret elevates enthusiasm
forever frolicking in farmer fred’s pastures
giddy goats gallop in garnished with garlands
happy horse henry hypnotizes henrietta’s...

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Why can’t the sky be purple with pink clouds?
Perhaps for some folk, it is…
What if you could really time travel to other galaxies?  Perhaps on some level, the essence of soul, allows it.

What would...

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There are parts of a whole and time undivided

	A poet is more than an inkwell lost in half essence

Opposites contradictions and strife for harmony
 
	An abundance of minutes and a scribe just the same

The nib...

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JEZEBEL IS A REBEL
REFUSING TO REPENT 
JEZEBEL IS RELENTLESS  IN TACTICS
JEZEBEL WORDS ARE SOOTHING,SWEET,
AND SEASONED WITH FLATTERY OF INSINCERITIES....

DON'T EAT THE WICKEDNESS OF DECEIT 
A STOMACH FILLED WITH MISFORTUNES...
JEZEBEL UTILIZES THE GIFT OF FALSE...

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I'd never need a holiday
If you were by my side
Every day would be like one 
For me from your provide 

I wouldn't want a break from you
You'd be at my right hand
But if you'd need...

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My kind of girl
Understands who she is
Stands for what she believes in
She cannot be broken
No one can belittle her
When trials come her way
She remains unfazed

My kind of girl
Walks with confidence
She exudes excellence
An epitome of elegance
She...

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Wisdom tree understands the nuances of the forest
She has lost her leaves; her bark is petrified but she is sane
Insanity parades around her, in the form of distorted elms and oaks
Those who meditate are drawn...

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I know who I am and love me even more… ripened like the finest wine never pop my cork.
I love harmony and don’t mean a tune, but a life from harmonious view.
I don’t tolerate the...

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Lines 1-2:
generally a request,
a plea or a confession rooted in his disregard for his own feelings
/his lack of self-respect;
Lines 3-6:
repeat of the request,
plea or confession from Line 1,
this time with altered details,
causing often a drastic...

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I do wake up before sunrise
My passion is golden light of growing sun
Sun also do slow beginning
Within few minutes sun rise took place
View of rising sun beauty of heaven
Touch the soul touch the heart
So get...

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