Long Wonderful Poems
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An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
wonderful, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Fairer, IndeedWOMEN ...
Truly amaze me ... they possess the super-human
strength to birth a child - one of the most painful
and demanding physical and emotional feats of end-
urance known to our species - yet they have the
self-confidence...
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Categories:
wonderful, appreciation, humanity, love, wisdom, woman, women,
Form:
Free verse
The Messenger
"The Messenger"
Love is rich with
venom and honey.
there was a female ...
snake,
it watched
with green-eyed
avarice, covetting
a dove’s nest
the dove,
was white as snow,
not young, getting on,
tiny flecks of grey
the dove
alone,...
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Categories:
wonderful, dark, journey, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Poems About FlowersLady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch
May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.
The...
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Categories:
wonderful, flower, june, rose, roses are red, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
- Au Revoir - Goodbye -- 2016 -
- JANUARY -
A freezing cold evening
Where the stars shining bright
With frost blade flanks
From mouth and nose steam
In the clear silence
White untrodden snows
Nature's frozen pulse
Sleep like a little baby
One gracious moon
After the night the...
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Categories:
wonderful, remember,
Form:
Free verse
The Tender Weight of Her SighsThe Tender Weight of Her Sighs
by Michael R. Burch
The tender weight of her sighs
lies heavily upon my heart;
apart from her, full of doubt,
without her presence to revolve around,
found wanting direction or course,
cursed with the thought...
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Categories:
wonderful, creation, depression, divorce, farewell, goodbye, sorrow, sorry,
Form:
Sonnet
The Moon As a Metaphor For Your MouthThe Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a...
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Categories:
wonderful, candy, love, metaphor, moon, romantic love, sweet,
Form:
Sonnet
In the WildIN THE WILD
Early morning, we go for a drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At 6 o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that we have missed...
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Categories:
wonderful, adventure, africa,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 108 -- Damian Dj Delilah Mallory Damali Cj: the New Temple and Djs BirthdayDate: January 4 2046
Damali and DJ were active in the
Small house sprucing up for their
Day. "Hey happy birthday partner!"
Damali jostled DJ. In the main house
Now 11 morning time. Damian had
Plans...
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Categories:
wonderful, color, confidence, deep,
Form:
Alliteration
In the Wild Re PostIN THE WILD
( Re Post)
Early one morning, we begin our drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At six o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that...
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Categories:
wonderful, animal,
Form:
Free verse
Please Consider Those Who - Not By Choice - Are Living Alone - 2nd ThirdThis is the 2nd THIRD of my 3-part poem - see Mark Stellinga on Poetry Soup for the other 2 THIRDS - couldn't be helped.
“What about neighbors,” I carefully pried...“do any of them check on...
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Categories:
wonderful, love, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
Doggerel IiDoggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the...
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Categories:
wonderful, animal, dog, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
A Wisp of ThoughtThere was a glimpse of time unknown to man
The things none may ever describe
All wrapped within this wall of thoughts
For if a moment of my thoughts are clear
They are not my thoughts at all
Never again...
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Categories:
wonderful, beautiful, dream, grief, lonely, lost, metaphor, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
May God - the Anaphora Style~ May God ~
( Anaphora )
~O~
May God always care for you in everything
May God keep you standing strong and tall
May God whisper in your ears words of wisdom
May...
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Categories:
wonderful, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
DEADLY GAME OF MRSAHow the Nation of Islam saved my granddaughter
from Catrina Bell queen pin gang leader it was a warm
day i was suffering from traumatic brain injury raising
five children including my granddaughter only four...
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Categories:
wonderful, beautiful, daughter, granddaughter, grandmother, my child, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Brain InjuryPain settles in quite instantly your senses
are totally unprepared for this graveness
the notion to sleep sets in like an energetic
twilight phase the injury abruptly strangles
thought my ears are always ringing with this...
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Categories:
wonderful, america, anxiety, beautiful, lonely, mental illness, peace,
Form:
Free verse
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried not to retract,
but after so many tears
I have...
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Categories:
wonderful, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal, children, confusion, family,
Form:
Free verse
Just Be Thankful - the Linked Style~ Just Be Thankful ~
( Linked )
~O~
Just be thankful
J
Thankful for all
U
All that you have
S
Have in your Life
T
Life that God gives
...
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Categories:
wonderful, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Reluctant Serpent - a Fairy TaleOnce Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia
This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them.
Why they hang about, instead of scurrying off.
A reluctant snake...
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Categories:
wonderful, fairy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Dog Daze I: Poems About DogsDog Daze
by Michael R. Burch
Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops on my chest.
I think Oz was made to love
from the...
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Categories:
wonderful, dog, family, friend, friendship, friendship love, love,
Form:
Verse
Sunday Morning JoggersGoodness, I nearly lost my balance on the spiral seashells and broken sea stone chipping matrix.
My quaint obsession with marine life and that skyline paradox blossoming so tantalisingly, might be a source of some...
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Categories:
wonderful, age, art, birth, devotion, feelings, heart, irony,
Form:
Prose
Lifeboat the SinkingAs to the this and the that and the how and the why,
I pass no judgement on the tale at hand.
And leave it to scribes to much later decide
...
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Categories:
wonderful, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Yvonne's Swan SongYvonne was very, very, very happy.
She loved her mother.
She loved her brother Phillip.
And she loved swans.
Oh, did she ever love swans!
She loved the way they looked
With their smooth, fluffy feathers,
And colorful beaks of orange, yellow...
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Categories:
wonderful, anti bullying, bullying, children, courage, mother daughter,
Form:
Narrative
Tips For Modern PoetsDear Novice Poet,
Welcome to the wide open wonderful world of poetry! Today more than ever before, a poem can easily be whatever you want it to be. The rules are simple. There...
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Categories:
wonderful, write,
Form:
Prose
His Love Is Divine - the Bell Style~His Love Is Divine~
( The Bell )
Lord
Can really save
His Love is divine
With Lord nothing to fear
Life can be so hard
But with him soul safe
With Lord we...
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Categories:
wonderful, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse