Long Walnut Poems
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The Boys Get In Trouble Again - the Narrative Style
~The Boys Get In Trouble Again~Part 1-
(A Narrative poem)
Beth! Beth! Almanzo called out aloud for Laura upon entering their home., very late that afternoon, after so many long hours of work, since...
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Categories:
walnut, beautiful, books, family, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Boys Get In Trouble Again- Part 1
~The Boys Get In Trouble Again~Part 1-
(A Narrative poem)
Beth! Beth! Almanzo called out aloud for Laura upon entering their home., very late that afternoon, after so many long hours of work, since...
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Categories:
walnut, books, celebrity, emotions, family, boy,
Form:
Narrative
Tozzath
Pellucid pachyderms wade across
the purpling River Manjees
and Tozzath watches from the bank,
the seat of his maroon pantaloons soaked with mud,
his nostrils flaring with the fragrance of ombadalias,
whose lacey petals flutter
like the wings of long-dead...
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Categories:
walnut, death, fantasy, girl, magic, word play,
Form:
Free verse
She Carries TUKAHOK In Her Chest
she is matawàhkwí
of the pullaook — turkey clan
she is lenni lenape
born where marsh meets
sky’s reflection
where grass (aski) bends
to east wind (achpateuny)
and water (mbi) feeds
all it touches
the year's spirit
in spiral moons
not lines on paper
each moon
opens its...
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Categories:
walnut, culture, family, history, native american, ocean, river,
Form:
Epic
Uncle Eldon
UNCLE ELDON
Now that I am old, I see more clearly through my mind's eye, than I did in my youth, all those special people who played such a wonderful part in my life....
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Categories:
walnut, dedication,
Form:
Narrative
Rum n Raisin 14 Pt 2 - The Flight Before Christmas Pt 2
Soon, the sun was lying low, a bright full moon was now on show
Santa switched on Walnut’s glow… “Ho Ho Ho and away we go.”
Walnut played along and led the team of reindeer and their...
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Categories:
walnut, cat, christmas, dog,
Form:
Narrative
More Iffy Coronavirus Haiku
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote this poem after having...
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Categories:
walnut, america, death, eulogy, health, humanity, natural disasters,
Form:
Haiku
Perspectives Miscellaneous
Good new,good news He said to me
'I have the power to set you free'
'Come ,along this path we'll walk',
I listened closely as He talked;
Eternal life and 'new life' within
upon Him I place my sin,
peace,wholeness and...
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Categories:
walnut, life, nature, philosophy,
Form:
Fibonacci
I Felt So Out of Place
The sunshine and singing birds, awoke me that fine day;
And warmth caressed my face, as the wrens began to play.
I stretched luxuriantly in my bed, while smiling broadly,
At the gaiety of beautiful summer, in all...
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Categories:
walnut, adventure, fantasy, humor, imagery, nature, science fiction,
Form:
Couplet
Unquotable Quotes: Teachers - Xxi
Unquotable quotes: Teachers – XXI
The pupil, the bitch and the walnut tree, the more the teacher beats them, the better they be.
In the old days, teachers were born to the métier like poets; today softwares...
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Categories:
walnut, children, humor, parents, student, teacher,
Form:
Epigram
Ode To a Tree - Synopsis - Epic
I.
Espy, distinguish divinely made lively, lovely Trees
Unisex Trees, inhales carbon dioxide, then breathes
out for us humans, life given clean oxygen
Stout roots run deep, holding God's earth
Also, with you we were taught our first lesson
II.
Animals take...
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Categories:
walnut, adventure, beauty, earth, earth day, introspection, nature,
Form:
Ode
Rum n Raisin 15 - World Wide Web
If 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:
walnut, animal, cat, dog, humorous,
Form:
Narrative
Honoring You In Living Color
Kitchen counters alive; the vivid colors of red, green, purple and yellow glass jars. Your garden flourished.
.
Pickled beets mingle boiled eggs; a pretty periwinkle purple.
.
Yellow and purple tinted fingers; dandelions and elderberries distilling; musty aroma...
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Categories:
walnut, mom, mother, mother daughter, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
The Bulldozer and the Bear
The Sun had risen to greet the day
and marveled at such a range of wondrous things.
Where below the warmth it brought to bare
was causing a Thrasher's heart...
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Categories:
walnut, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Christmas Dinner Guest
It's Christmas eve dawn
and something is very wrong
For the children unable to wait
watching for Santa and it's late
The stockings are empty not even a lump of coal
no presents under the tree did Santa bestow
Three little...
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Categories:
walnut, christmas, fun, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Little Jordan
A sudden feeling propelled me to go down to Ellanor C. Lawrence Park
and walk on top of the old colonial Spring house wall
I have been to that place before and walked back...
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Categories:
walnut, angel, autumn, blessing, business, change, culture, england,
Form:
Narrative
Rum n Raisin 18 - One Rainy Day
“I’m so very bored,” Raisin said with a frown
“Me too,” said Rum, “but with rain pouring down,
It’s not like we get to go out for some fun.”
Raisin said, “Will this rain ever be done?”
Sat on...
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Categories:
walnut, cat, dog, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ages of Carolyn
She grew up in the South, in the age of Jim Crow
In a town divided, no black friends did she know
She has her father's russet red hair and mother's walnut-brown eyes
The rarest combination, I surmise
She...
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Categories:
walnut, dedication, mom, mother, mother daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
Did We Notice
Emily: Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?
...
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Categories:
walnut, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Takaha Shugyo Translation
These are modern English translations of haiku and tanka by Takaha Shugyo...
ochitsubaki ware naraba kyuryu e otsu
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
dôkefuku nugazu tentômushi...
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Categories:
walnut, death, life, nature, write, writing,
Form:
Tanka
Takaha Shugyo Haiku and Tanka Translations
These are my modern English translations of Takaha Shugyo haiku and tanka...
hatogata horarete ichiju haya mebuku
A single tree
with a heart carved into its trunk
blossoms prematurely
—Takaha Shugyo, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
dôkefuku nugazu tentômushi no...
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Categories:
walnut, animal, beauty, heaven, nature, sea, simile, stars,
Form:
Haiku
Rum n Raisin 12 - And Walnut Makes Three
Raisin said, “Rum, I’m beginning to see
that there will be times when we cannot agree.
Disputes shouldn’t leave us at a complete loss
So I think it’s proper that I should be boss.”
Rum gave a stare that...
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Categories:
walnut, cat, dog, leadership,
Form:
Narrative
Infinite Blue, Pirate's Abandon01
memories
vast x-pan(d)s
BLue
Symbullic Prower
each let-ter numb
my hands
my oh my
the seimene
cognizance
WHHO?
its all backwards
the wizard? states plainly
you should grow your hair long and sail the sea once more
with a handshake and a heavy chest being loaded onto...
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Categories:
walnut, adventure, analogy, art, baptism, beach, best friend,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Trouvaille:Oh, These Underrated Realities
Hasta la vista to boredom binges
Wonder lurks on and going out feels different,I appreciate it so much more
Like I notice things and soak in stuff and live in the moment more
I love having a crowd...
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Categories:
walnut, adventure, imagery, life, literature, social, travel, voyage,
Form:
Free verse
Introductions In Order 4
The rain began to fall steady and slow.The fall rains that ushered in the real drop in temporatures.
Having assembled her pine boughed canopy to dissipate and scatter the plume and the partial entrance covering the...
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Categories:
walnut, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse