Long Woodland Poems
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Various Heresies 3Various Heresies 3
Breakings
by Michael R. Burch
I did it out of pity.
I did it out of love.
I did it not to break the heart of a tender, wounded dove.
But gods without compassion
ordained: Frail things must break!
Now...
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Categories:
woodland, america, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, usa,
Form:
Verse
BergfriedI. The Settlement
Hickory bark bluffs
at the blend of two
...
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Categories:
woodland, adventure, allusion, metaphor, myth, native american, remember,
Form:
Narrative
2 Versions of 4 SeasonsThese 2 different versions are separated by nine years
Part 1
MUST BE SPRING
Small speckles of wild grass
Looking like tiny green drops
That had fallen to the earth
Were the very first sign
Waving in the...
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Categories:
woodland, lost love, seasons, time,
Form:
Prose
April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papaApril 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa
The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift into the empyrean realm joining the rank and file of...
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Categories:
woodland, absence, age, anniversary, april, bereavement, death, father,
Form:
Rhyme
This Transit RegenerationMy TransITion began there
right there
in my woodland playground,
when I first knew
something right feels wrong to others.
I was blind to curve-balls
hurled at me.
Being "It" is not why I grow
this TransIt mind and body!
Or, is it?
Could I...
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Categories:
woodland, angst, birth, bullying, culture, destiny, earth, environment,
Form:
Political Verse
The Drummer1
The drummer beats slowly, the drummer beats loud
as he beats of humanity wrapped in a shroud.
Well he beats of the rape and the killing of war
and the mind mangling sorrow we blithely ignore
and...
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Categories:
woodland, freedom, history, humanity, peace, society, strength, war,
Form:
Rhyme
April 9th, 2023 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed PapaApril 9th, 2023 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Borne aloft into the netherland
the body bearing thee soul
of Boyce Brandon Harris
birth name given to my late father
buoyed aloft united with spirit
of mine late...
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Categories:
woodland, age, anger, anniversary, appreciation, april, bereavement, birthday,
Form:
Free verse
A World Without Pity Part IiI will begin my story with this concise summary,
Of the amazing things that have happened to me;
After I had lost a home, where I'd lived my life long,
So they could build a highway, for the...
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Categories:
woodland, adventure, earth, fantasy, love, nature, peace, science
Form:
Couplet
I Felt So Out of PlaceThe 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:
woodland, adventure, fantasy, humor, imagery, nature, science fiction,
Form:
Couplet
April 9th 2021 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed PapaApril 9th, 2021 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Elysian fields embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad more'n six months ago,
nevertheless melancholy
still plucks mine heart strings.
Mine psyche still situated awry
placid countenance...
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Categories:
woodland, absence, angel, april, bereavement, birthday, dad, death,
Form:
Rhyme
The Bell In the BushThe Bell in the Bush
Down woodland paths the wolf did roam
Far away from his packs home
For game he’d wandered off to seek
The sick, the helpless and the weak
When happened he across a fawn
Tied amid, a...
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Categories:
woodland, animal, imagination, mother son,
Form:
Epic
On the Seas of Night PotdI loved sailing upon the blue sea, and I was never too far from it,
As one who knows sweet cravings, is seldom far from chocolates.
In my previous much loved vessel, I had sailed a thousand...
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Categories:
woodland, adventure, fantasy, nature, night, planet, space,
Form:
Couplet
Far Away, Far AwayFar Away, Far Away
Children when you dream at night you may see an awesome sight!
Magic fairies in the dew near trilliums of snow white hue.
You must search within your dreams by the light of midnight...
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Categories:
woodland, childhood, fairy, fantasy, imagery, nature, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Rhyme
At the Crux4/8/24
Aww shucks
Still at the crux
In a state of flux
With reality still out of touch
I've been puzzled much
So I smoke a couple blunts
That's a double dutch
From dawn to dusk
I turned myself into a husk
Just so I...
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Categories:
woodland, dark, deep, life, poetry, rap, sad, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
A Real CliffhangerIt was tranquil sultry August, and the birds were singing,
The insects were all buzzing, and toad frogs were springing.
And I was deep in the mountains, taking snapshots of nature;
For I felt I was a good...
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Categories:
woodland, adventure, bird, devotion, fantasy, flower, magic, tree,
Form:
Couplet
josephines placeIt was the summer of 2014, I was just about to turn 13, spending June of summer vacation with my Grandmère, in Paris. Tonight, we’re at a fundraising benefit for African relief (it’s always *something*)....
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Categories:
woodland, grandmother, humor, paris, writing, youth,
Form:
Free verse
The 4 Seasons a New ViewSUMMER
-----------------------
It was one of the warmer summer days
Not a breeze or cloud in the sky
The humidity so high
I could almost reach out
And pluck it from the air
I watched the sunlight
Hitting the north side of my...
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Categories:
woodland, life, seasons, time,
Form:
Narrative
Stalked By August TreesEvery time I change directions
lately, and possibly beforely,
Trees stand by to mentor
and nurture,
to feed with branched hands
to bleed when uprooted
from aptic past centuries
of hibernating winter naps.
Trees of original pheromone attraction,
August spawned
like Taurus colonizing crabgrass
embedded in...
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Categories:
woodland, august, community, food, health, history, river, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Soul Stance River - 5The delegation arrives in a procession of handsome, barbaric lineage
rugged in animal accoutrements and subdued in the presence of the future's skin,
the women, fine in wild beauty are bejeweled in beads, white and blues
that accent...
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Categories:
woodland, history,
Form:
Epic
A Dashing BladeIn a house high on a hill an old man grows weak, many years have gone, he lays in his old bed,
Back in the day, a dashing young officer with a brilliant red uniform he...
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Categories:
woodland, nostalgia, beautiful, old, sweet, beauty, summer, beautiful,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Lift Me UpTake me to where the wildflowers grow and show me where to go, take me to where the wildflowers grow and wet my soul with the dew of the morning, wake up my spirit at...
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Categories:
woodland, america, appreciation, best friend, blessing, city, destiny,
Form:
Narrative
The Walk HomeA walk home
...And there he lie in fetid squalor,
Upon the chaise in vacant parlour...
“What befell this young man?” a query.
A sorrowful tale - tis quite dreary.
Tricks! The superstitious mind doth play.
Bested -...
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Categories:
woodland, dark, death, evil, fear, horror, imagination, night,
Form:
Narrative
Among An Unnamed Female Person Known Within Mine Black Barbed KenAmong an unnamed female person known within mine black barbed ken
Analogous to black box
holding untold secrets,
(after deadly plane crash
no survivors except
a journeyman foreigner),
I share the following self
introspection with ye dear readers,
which purported hidden truths
might...
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Categories:
woodland, absence, angel, appreciation, beautiful, crush, fate, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
How Did Wiccans Acquire a Bad RepHow Wiccans acquired a bad rep is not clear.
Misogynist bullies afraid of these women’s light,
A young teen with an ugly heart of jealous fear,
Might point a finger under cover of night.
But in Salem Massachusetts, hysteria...
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Categories:
woodland, america,
Form:
Chant Royal
All In the Name of ProgressAll In The Name Of "Progress"
The wrecking ball long since
demolished boyhood house zen
located at 324 Level Road,
a once nonagricultural,
pastoral, rural residence,
which soulful yen
I called home while
veritably sequestered, quarantined, positioned...
sprawled atop spaciously shingled roof
countless years (B)efore...
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Categories:
woodland, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme