Long Vexed Poems
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LimericksLimericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride?"
"Nevermore!" bright-eyed Raven replied.
The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus,...
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Categories:
vexed, giggle, light, nonsense, parody, silly, smile, word
Form:
Limerick
Limericks Vii - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, AbsurdLimericks VII - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, Absurd
There continue to be modern sequels of the famous "Nantucket" limericks, including this bawdy one of mine:
There was a lewd whore from Nantucket
who intended to pee in a bucket;
but...
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Categories:
vexed, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, sexy, smile,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About IcarusSouthern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching embrace,
you climb, skittish kite...
What do you know of the world’s despair,
gliding in vast solitariness there,
so that all that remains is to
fall?
Only a...
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Categories:
vexed, analogy, angel, bird, butterfly, extended metaphor, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
Limericks Iii - Grab BagLimericks III - Grab Bag
Being a peace activist, I once wrote a limerick in an attempt to stop needless wars:
Of Tetley’s and V-2's
(or "Why Not to Bomb the Brits")
by Michael R. Burch
The English are very...
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Categories:
vexed, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly, war, writing,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About Things That Break IiiPoems about Things that Break III
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter: a bubble, glass, a mirror, a twig or tree limb, a thunderstorm, cities and towers in times of war, old...
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Categories:
vexed, break up, farewell, pain, relationship, society, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
Merov's Ghost and Other Shots Across My BowMerov’s Ghost (1) and Other Shots Across My Bow!
In mid-November of Fourteen, I published my first web verse here, (2)
the earliest spanned sixty years, composed for Senior English class
one night in Nineteen Sixty-One. Assigned just...
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Categories:
vexed, blessing, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Forever Forgive MeForever forgive me
For my one and only iniquity
Please forgive me
With forbearance eternally
Lots of anger and lust
Got a hold of me…
So, I must...oh, I must…
Set my soul free
Forever forgive me
Determine my footsteps to the light
Emotionally unhappy
Intervene...
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Categories:
vexed, courage, emotions, encouraging, endurance, hope, longing, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
My Friend the Wise DoctorEu-e,
Eu-e-e,
Eu-e,
Bucky Fuller Big Bang.
U-C,
U-C-A-G,
U-C,
ribonucleic acid.
Yang-Yin,
Yang-Yin-Yin,
Yang-Yin
Bucky Fuller Big Brain
My Friend Bucky Fuller
came down to me today.
He said,
"Lao-tse's Time
grows not-not binomial
radiates fore
and gravitates aft
Space and Time
poetry as rhyme
Convex and Concave!"
My Friend Rumi Gloomy
said to me today,
"When you...
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Categories:
vexed, nature, perspective, spiritual,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
To Belong Is a Harmonious Bravery A sense of belonging
Is amongst your nobility
Peaceably, truly longing
To give praise to You entirely
Take me all the way with your sway of youth
Give me physical poetry, please, beyond the truth
You are more priceless...
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Categories:
vexed, angst, betrayal, confidence, confusion, emotions, encouraging, endurance,
Form:
Rhyme
Divine Comedy Translation, Hell Canto XiOn the extremity of a tall bank
Of big broken stones in round circle done
We reached up a more cruel clutter flank;
And there, for the horrible and strong stun
Of rotten stench which the deep...
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Categories:
vexed, fantasy, universe,
Form:
Terza Rima
Terror Bugs: Part 4 - A Freezer Mice Adventure[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 3 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________
The Terror Bugs pursued them through the skies toward the river
Cody flew just fast enough but still he felt a shiver
“Any slower and we’ll stall...
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Categories:
vexed, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Limericks Iv - Donald TrumpLimericks IV - Donald Trump
The Hair Flap
by Michael R. Burch aka "The Loyal Opposition"
The hair flap was truly a scare:
Trump’s bald as a billiard back there!
The whole nation laughed
At the state of his graft;
Now the...
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Categories:
vexed, america, humor, humorous, leadership, light, nonsense, political,
Form:
Limerick
Figuring OutWarped up lies
Illuminated goodbyes
The reason I hear his cries
Hopefulness and its highs
Amid the optimism, hidden inside
Utopia and its understanding lifts me higher than high itself and ultimately wins the window of my heart's mind
Tribulation and...
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Categories:
vexed, confusion, hope, joy, lonely, longing, peace, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
The Troll At Speckle BridgeThere was a time throughout this land
when all was well and kind.
Where Wood Sprites, Fairies and Pixie dust
were not that hard to find.
But times have...
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Categories:
vexed, adventure, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Canto Xxii Hell Translation Part 2(continued previous part 1)
The duke then: “Tell now: of others indeed
Some Latin among sinners do you know
Behind pitch?”. And he “I had to secede,
It’s not much, from one who near had to stow.
I...
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Categories:
vexed, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Perspective of An Invisible People"Perspective of an Invisible People"
Struggling for over four hundred years
Drowning in rivers of tears
Throughout the country's history
Accepting black people, still a mystery
Since the country's discovery, we've been abused
Standing with strength, will prevent us from...
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Categories:
vexed, america, emotions, encouraging, endurance, faith, family, forgiveness,
Form:
Free verse
Rum n Raisin 15 - World Wide WebIf you’re a human, a word of advice
Don’t leave computers with cats, rats or mice
If these share your home but you need to be gone
For heavens sake make sure that you’re not logged on.
Some creatures...
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Categories:
vexed, animal, cat, dog, humorous,
Form:
Narrative
Hell Translation Canto Xxxi Part1The same speech before hardly could bit me
So that were redden both my cheeks for shame,
And after gave me comfort as to free;
So used to be the spear, I felt the same,
Of Achilles and...
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Categories:
vexed, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
The UndertowThe Undertow
The two could feel the undertow
Pull at them both - then let them go
He wondered if she could know
Or sense it too and let it flow
The undertow in the fast-running tide
Ebbed and flowed at...
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Categories:
vexed, anxiety, conflict, confusion, desire, emotions,
Form:
Verse
My Heart Died a Little Bit TodayMy Heart Died A Little Bit Today
My heart died a little bit today
I watched the news and felt it skip a beat
Seeing the death and destruction on the streets
I remembered back when things seemed...
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Categories:
vexed, patriotic, political, pollution,
Form:
I do not know?
The Pasquinade of LifeI am the Mozart of my name
And I wait for you my Je’amour
To paint the parfai’d affair
And cross the fur elise of time
O vogue of vogues
Love is written in visions of glory
Even where the vogues...
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Categories:
vexed, freedom, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Heart of ManHere I am this afternoon thinking
Here I am this afternoon
Looking upon the courage of man
The questions keep coming
And my spirit keeps growing
And I try my best not to pen this verse
But the pain keeps...
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Categories:
vexed, anxiety, character, conflict, courage, spiritual, strength, wisdom,
Form:
Narrative
Wonderful Worthing Promenade Part 2Candy floss, seaside rock, smoothies, and flags sporting
Union Jacks
Replace the old traditions of striped deckchairs
And Kiss-Me-Quick hats.
Chipwicks for our salt and vinegar fries
And their pole-and-line freshly caught local Cod;
The Vintners Parrot: For thick sizzling...
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Categories:
vexed, sea,
Form:
Rhyme
When Truth Came a CallingThere's A knock on my door,
I ask "who is there". ?
Standing there are five faces. .
They answer" IN UNISON "Truth"
I ask" Why the disguise"...?
It is I,"Truth" they all refrain.
How will I know...
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Categories:
vexed, metaphor, tribute, truth, wisdom, prejudice,
Form:
Alliteration
Caged PassionI watched the shadows move and the curtain rise, and the moon suddenly appear from underneath the star lit skies, the clouds drift slowly and fade in the dark, and a bright light suddenly appeared...
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Categories:
vexed, business, change, cinderella, community, desire, romantic love,
Form:
Narrative