Long Whistles Poems
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Auschwitz RoseAuschwitz Rose
by Michael R. Burch
There is a Rose at Auschwitz, in the briar,
a rose like Sharon’s, lovely as her name.
The world forgot her, and is not the same.
I still love her and extend this sacred...
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Categories:
whistles, holocaust, horror, tribute, truth, violence, war, world
Form:
Sonnet
The Game of HockeyThe Game of Hockey
By Government decree, lacrosse
Is Canada’s national sport,
But in the hearts and minds of Canadians,
Hockey rules supreme.
Hockey is a winter sport enjoyed by Canadians since 1875,
When the game was first played, on...
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Categories:
whistles, hockey, sports,
Form:
Verse
Understanding Suicide Understanding MeUnderstanding Suicide Understanding Me
Awhile back I had a dear friend contact me to ask if I heard about the young mans suicide at a nearby towns school. I had not. After asking one time on...
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Categories:
whistles, character, childhood, courage, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Anything For a LaughI’ve always been a prankster and a lover of a joke.
I love to see the puzzled look on an unsuspecting bloke,
when he looks around and lifts his hat - totally confused.
Some take a joke for...
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Categories:
whistles, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Rough Roads To RoamThe flames of the furnace (well-travelled by wind
slowly glazing the rags of gray women chagrined
at the sight of a hair fleeing tresses now thinned)
sometimes billow like waves flooding naves through the night,
when the lightning...
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Categories:
whistles, culture, earth, humanity, planet, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Poverty, Angst and Anxiety DxIn the mirror, I see my face melt away in shame
And, yet I still hunt for game…feeling this shame without a well-thought-out
name
I hunt you down to catch some inspiration
I’m not looking for fame…I want...
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Categories:
whistles, angst, beauty, betrayal, change, hope, how i
Form:
Free verse
Richard Mcgeehan PoemRichard Mcgeehan Poem
Poetic license I employ
to match inventive
wisdom and witticism
regarding (brother in law of mine
husband of eldest sister of same)
interspersing, initiating, incorporating
fabrication whenever possible,
and only the subject himself
can discern fact from fiction
and get a...
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Categories:
whistles, adventure, age, anniversary, appreciation, birthday, celebration, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
Jerusalem, the Jugular -2It was not uncommon to discover a missing Brother Legionary
castrated, and decapitated
with a headless eagle carved upon his chest,
don't speak to me of morals and mercy
for I have seen and dealt the damage of rude...
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Categories:
whistles, history,
Form:
Epic
Your Outlandish Maze and My Time of Anguish and CheerIn the mirror, I see my face melt away in shame
And, yet I still hunt for game…feeling this shame without a well-thought-out name
I hunt you down to catch some inspiration
I’m not looking for fame…I want...
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Categories:
whistles, absence, angst, betrayal, conflict, confusion, deep, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Lost: For the Children of the HolocaustLost
for the children of the Holocaust and the Nakba
by Michael R. Burch
Something inescapable is lost—
lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight,
vanishing in a gust of wind toward an expanse of stars
immeasurable...
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Categories:
whistles, child, children, death, holocaust, loss, lost, sorrow,
Form:
Free verse
Once Upon a TimeThere stood a castle on the summit of a hill
Now fallen to decay, hidden among bushes wild
It perched like an eagle’s nest on the steep hill
It was owned by a Lord, gentle and mild
Blessed with...
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Categories:
whistles, celebration, cute love, irony, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
Nicholas Street Jail
The structure is imposing, massive and fearful. Built in 1862 as a jail and
gallows for the worst of humanity. "Living" conditions were sickening and
appalling. The top floor was reserved for death-row...
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Categories:
whistles, scary,
Form:
Narrative
One Summer NightI was rehearsing for an upcoming play, but it wasn't going well,
For I somehow lacked inspiration, and my delivery did not excel.
If only I could read more feelingly, I uttered with a sad sigh,
I would...
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Categories:
whistles, career, dream, fantasy, magic, rose, summer, time,
Form:
Couplet
Sacred Lakes
“Sacred Lakes”
There is magic
in your shaman bones
stories shaken like strange mojo
busy under cover of autumn leaves
turning burnished topaz gold
idling unrushed roll over
in honeyed slumber
turning back hands
to face a time of
blushing...
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Categories:
whistles, journey, love, magic,
Form:
Romanticism
In These Times of Warwithin these times of war
Within these times of war
Within the times of war
Silence of its terrors calling
Children play within their laughter
Now recedes in cries of torture
Screeching whistles scrap metal clusters
In murderous heat of summers day
rage...
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Categories:
whistles, war,
Form:
ABC
Press ReleaseThe not so Great Swami Minister of Health
unleashed a Press Release today.
One member of the O So Commercial Media bothered to show up
and described it as more of an assault, really,
than a release,
more of an...
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Categories:
whistles, abuse, culture, health, humor, integrity, love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Polly Gone - CollabFred’s feeding his neighbour’s pet parrot,
He replaced its water with claret,
Poll dropped off her perch
Now Fred’s in the lurch
and claiming it choked on raw carrot
Big trouble is looming for Fred
As Polly is very much dead
The...
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Categories:
whistles, bird, crazy,
Form:
Limerick
The CoopThe People's Coop
is a warm inviting place,
for some
a reading and meditation
and arts practice and performance space,
for others
a place to ride sleek bicycles
with self-and-other improvement book racks
while peddling energy into the cooperative Grid,
sheltered by solar panel...
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Categories:
whistles, change, earth, gospel, health, integrity, spiritual, visionary,
Form:
Political Verse
My HairMy hair has always
had a mind of its own
Stays doing whatever
it wants whenever
it pleases
Just never bothers to do
any of it, at my convenience
Will take its sweet time
to grow
When I'm most...
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Categories:
whistles, africa, beauty, culture, hair, nature, race,
Form:
I do not know?
Ashes Fall From the Joss Stick: Finger BoneMy name is Devi, a foolish name really for it means Angel, and I certainly am not. The city of Phnom Penh had been our home, father was a professor at The Royal University. I...
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Categories:
whistles, death,
Form:
Prose Poetry
LIVING DREAMSThere once was a piano that wanted to be
Anything other than of white, black keys
She loved her parents and her fabulous family
But she lacked love for self and her maroon melody
She asked the trumpet so...
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Categories:
whistles, 2nd grade, animal, appreciation, education,
Form:
Rhyme
All Is Well At the PondTwilight, the frolicking hour of the nocturnal animals.
A curtain of gray melancholy slowly shuts out the sun.
There are two gentle remembering streaks across the sky,
Then all is dark. The master artist knew what He...
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Categories:
whistles, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Free verse
Interview With Rock Star Johnny BravoInterview With Rock Star - Johnny Bravo
So Johnny, what happened? Why did you quit your musical career before it even got started?
It was that guy with the crazy curls, Greg Brady, who quit Johnny Bravo....
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Categories:
whistles, music,
Form:
Free verse
Trench Curse 1918TRENCH CURSE 1918
BY
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Patriotic songs give us reason to cheer
Except when “ over there” becomes over here
Mounting casualties are easy to explain
Men on foot crossing open terrain
Synchronized whistles signal the attack
Rise out of...
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Categories:
whistles, world war i,
Form:
Rhyme
Owl Parliament, Eagle Owl PresidingOwl Parliament is now in session, so be quiet please.
All whistles, hoots, growls, grunts and screeches need to cease.
As the largest of you all, I’m in charge, you see.
Not to mention, I have killed four...
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Categories:
whistles, bird, , cute,
Form:
Couplet