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Various Heresies 7
Pagans Protest the Intolerance of Christianity
by Michael R. Burch
“We have a common sky.” — Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
We had a common sky
before the Christians came.
We thought there might be gods
but did not know their names.
The common...
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Categories:
wild west, angel, atheist, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation With Commentary of a Wild West Classic: Summer Wine By T Wignesan
Translation with commentary of an archetypal Wild West Classic : " Summer Wine "
(I'd wage my bottom diamond dime future generations will re-discover and treasure this true American classic like only a few others of...
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Categories:
wild west, america, angel, betrayal, england, myth, romance, song,
Form:
Ballad
Various Heresies 6
Various Heresies 6
Altared Spots
by Michael R. Burch
The mother leopard buries her cub,
then cries three nights for his bones to rise
clad in new flesh, to celebrate the sunrise.
Good mother leopard, pensive thought
and fiercest love’s wild insurrection
yield...
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Categories:
wild west, atheist, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus, prayer,
Form:
Rhyme
Thirty-Two
from island corner, big Antrim lad
to Belfast city, a tiny pad
shattered windows, tilted clocks
Goliath had lost his socks
gargantuan giant going mad
Armagh apple girl, any topic
...
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Categories:
wild west, ireland, nonsense,
Form:
Verse
New Menu at Milton Creek's Aces Restaurant
*** Notice to the residents of Milton Creek ***
Tom serves as mayor. never complaining, so he gets what he requests
No blood in his steak, apple pie with sweet cream. Aces cooks that meal
to perfection...
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Categories:
wild west, people, places,
Form:
Rhyme
A Rum n Raisin Special - Seeking Milton
Their human ma and pa were spark out in reclining chairs
But Rum and Raisin watched the TV with enraptured stares
The western had just ended with the credits rolling past
And Raisin said, “That gunslinger was super...
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Categories:
wild west, cat, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Kit
Kit
Before I opened the carton,
I’d chose the name Kit,
Thinking of strong Wild West women.
Our little girl, Gigi, ran to my bedside, barking
Excitedly, “A...
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Categories:
wild west, animal, fun, imagery, pets,
Form:
Personification
Words We Cannot Escape
“Words We Cannot Escape”
Words we can no longer speak
we tap dance over keys
bruised blackly numb
Winter palette in hand
Autumn now gone
across white-washed notes fixated on stark enclosed walls
the scent of old Lavender...
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Categories:
wild west, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Handicapped By Fear
"Let not your hearts be troubled. Neither let it be afraid". Jesus Christ, John 14:1 ...
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Categories:
wild west, fear,
Form:
Narrative
Unquotable Quotes: Leftists Xviii
Unquotable quotes: Leftists – XVIII
(Note: What goes for the Left can go for the Right, too. All you need to do is to interpose the words wherever possible. Don’t read ideological warfare where there is...
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Categories:
wild west, freedom, irony, political, power, rights, , western,
Form:
Epigram
Up Soup Creek Without a Paddle
[Every good story needs a sub plot, so…]
He watched from his vantage point on the bank’s roof
And looked out for folk that he knew were uncouth
His years on the run had made him aloof
But soon...
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Categories:
wild west, western,
Form:
Narrative
Who Remember the Good Ole Days
Only the Real OG's will remember.
All of these old movies are from back in the day.
Some of you will remember and some of you won't have a clue of what I am talking about.
Let's...
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Categories:
wild west, change, growing up, life, memory, people, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Love Off-Sprung
futures cavort below the horizon
an expectant dawn glows, duly announcing the first born arrival
tomorrow then forward smiles, feeling good
half planned momentous moment, ordering fate, shaping survival
surf wave...
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Categories:
wild west, children, family, love, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Grave Request
grave request
from "the ur poems"
by Michael R. Burch
come to ur doom
in Tombstone;
the stars stark and chill
over Boot Hill
care nothing for ur desire;
still,
imagine they wish u no ill,
that u burn with the same antique fire;
for there’s...
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Categories:
wild west, death, destiny, extended metaphor, funeral, god, grave,
Form:
Free verse
The Function of Police
I hear a lot of shrill people these days
saying that we should defund the police,
as if these people just disappearing
would somehow make all of our troubles cease.
I could point out things would be a sheer...
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Categories:
wild west, conflict, how i feel, humanity, perspective, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Spaghetti - a Movie Not Made
Smoke signals rise from Sitting Duck cavern
In town the Pitt gang are trashing the tavern
John Wayne strolled in and he ain’t here to dance
They say that he walked like he just sh*t his pants
Don’t be...
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Categories:
wild west, america, native american,
Form:
Rhyme
Doozies and Whozies of the Wild-Wild West! Synopsis (For Deborah's Contest)
Eighteen hundred and three begins U.S. destinies.
Merriwether Lewis and his comrade, William Clark, agrees –
They will go forth, avoid Frenchmen, fighting growling grizzlies.
To find a water trade route that flows west to the Pacific seas.
Louis...
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Categories:
wild west, adventure, cowboy-western, history, men, men,
Form:
Monorhyme
The Last True Sheriff of the Wild West
He was old and haggard, in the year nineteen twenty something
A tall lanky old man, with a worn out hat and a rusty ring
His squint blues eyes pulled together the wrinkles upon his face
With an...
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Categories:
wild west, america, career, courage, death, destiny, integrity, patriotic,
Form:
Rhyme
Going, Going, Gone Extinct
Say bye-bye to these:
"Hold, please." (Hold what?)
Typewriter Repairman Ads
"Dial this number..." (What's 'dial?')
Down-time... Offline
...
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Categories:
wild west, fun, future, goodbye, history, nostalgia,
Form:
List
Guitar Gringo
He stepped down from the stagecoach kicking dust up with his boot
He stood a while, he lacked a smile, his teeth gripped his cheroot
His Stetson it was thick with dust, his guitar case was...
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Categories:
wild west, western,
Form:
Lyric
Ride the Western Winds, Part I
When Robert was a small child
he watched those brave cowboys
riding across the TV screen,
their exploits he enjoyed.
The horses, guns, and shinny stars,
the ever stylin’ hat…
It all spoke to Bob way deep down,
he wanted to try...
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Categories:
wild west, death, desire, dream, longing, loss, passion, sad,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
It's Good To Be a Cowboy
It’s good to be a cowboy,
just ask my old friend Dane,
who spends his days riding
across the Texas plains,
working for a big ranch,
he cuts, lassos, and herds,
brings them in at round-up,
brands them all in turn.
Works out...
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Categories:
wild west, america, culture, fun, how i feel, life,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Land of the Gun
Living in dark days
of the last generation of Noah
Evil beast animals now rule the Earth
Peaceful human beings
are perpetual moving ark targets
In constant danger from the archers’ grip,
the meek souls pray always to God
that the...
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Categories:
wild west, death, truth, violence, visionary,
Form:
Elegy
Granda's Tree House
I'm sitting in the garden
With my small son on my knee
He looks up at me with big brown eyes
And says “Tell me about Granda's tree”
My father planted a tree
In nineteen forty two
He nurtured it...
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Categories:
wild west, children, father daughter, grandfather, grandparents, mother son,
Form:
Rhyme
Arrested Anger
They arrested my anger:
my fingertips, they ink painted
These defiant ebony eyes
were given a sideway rearview
racial profile
A police photo shoot,
criminal style
I became a most colorful, unwanted poster child
for the rabid redneck white crowd,
who were...
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Categories:
wild west, anger, prejudice, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Verse