Long Word to the wise Poems

TRUMP SMELLS B.O.


TRUMP SMELLS B.O.

BUST UP THE BEAT TO INTRODUCE IT'S TEMPO

GOT ME PLACES TO GO

SILENCE IS GOLDEN GOT BLOOD THAT"S UNFOLDING

SITS IN HIS IVORY TOWER ENGAGED IN THE WALL WHILE HE SITS IN HIS...

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THE RISING HILLS, THE SLOPES, TO QUENCH MY THIRST.
In the last century, the hopes were little,
Grasses they collected, yellow bananas, they peeled,
To move up the slopes, preparation was fore filled,
Oh the grower of banana trees,
To...

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O Aphrodite,
Grecian fertility goddess
Matriarch idol of the womb,
your wise children love not reproducing
— Ancient Zion chant
heard in the echo chambers
of the caverns along the Aegean sea

Dwindling cries, dashed on the rocks
in luxurious maternity wards,
are slowly...

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Epigrams VI

These are humorous epigrams including a form I call "Less Heroic Couplets." 



Less Heroic Couplets: Mini-Ode to Stamina
by Michael R. Burch
 
When you’ve given so much
that I can’t bear your touch,
then from a safe...

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Various Heresies 11



The beauty of the flower fades,
its petals wither to charades...
—Michael R. Burch



the U-turn poem
by michael r. burch

Life so defaulty,
Life so unfair,
why do wee prize U,
what do U care?

LORD who lets unborns
drown in a...

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THE SWEETER, THE BITTER
The sweeter the bitter, the bitter the sweeter;
There is nothing like a free lunch, the sweeter the bitter
Lift me high so you can pull me down, the sweeter the bitter
Only my loved...

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THE SWEETER, THE BITTER
The sweeter the bitter, the bitter the sweeter;
There is nothing like a free lunch, the sweeter the bitter
Lift me high so you can pull me down, the sweeter the bitter
Only my loved...

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THE SWEETER, THE BITTER
The sweeter the bitter, the bitter the sweeter;
There is nothing like a free lunch, the sweeter the bitter
Lift me high so you can pull me down, the sweeter the bitter
Only my loved...

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The end of this world is one: vanity and death
And its beginning was one: creation & birth. 
Tomorrow may not to us belong 
So as we travel along,
Let's do our part and not wait long...

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Farcical fancies,
Woodland rhymes,
These are not just
For bedtimes!

Farcical fancies,
Wait and see;
You’ll repeat them
Back to me!

—————

Woodpecker, really,
Won’t you hush!
By now, aren’t your
Brains all mush?

Woodpecker, silly,
Watch your head!
If I did that,
I’d be dead!

—————

Polliwog, Bullfrog,
Here’s a joke
It’s so bad,
You’ll...

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Like a messiah nailed down.
Steaks are high...
Cant ask why, for me, it's do or die.
You would have to live it to get it.
To see why I couldnt regret it.
To see what the significance is.
What the...

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the sweat on my hand is a visible thing
am I talking irrational as if philosophical 
why does one equate logic with fear
I shed a tear to numb the pain
sparks pertrude through my voice as if...

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The mind commands the body immediately obeys, the mind order itself and it meets arrogance and lets that mean genie out of the bottle.

In your addictions the line between life and death is very thin...

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Social injustices can affect so many

A hand to grasp to hide & hold
Set on fire to its oratory fragrance...

The streets were fought for territorial rights;
Out of negotiations with a long line of strife
The gangs outside...

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A heart can bleed an evil deed

Yet in nature lie dormant after the fall
A return to fear after all
The climatic edge toward their own demise
Still a word to the wise

Cursed
A sin will always find you...

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What I'd like to give you is an ounce of my cologne.
It promises not to turn heads, but to keep level heads.

Trust me when I say, "I've been around the bin a few times".
Word to...

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"GOOD RIDDANCE!"

I'll have to make some changes
Things will never be the same
What you did touched me
There's no one else to blame

What you did was unforgivable
The time we used to share
I've given up being the victim
And...

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There were ten of the female gender in my immediate family.
Comparatively, there were five of us males and a dog name Jack.
Whether needed or not, I'd say there was a two to one advantage.

I'm not...

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The Doors Of Perception

Hollywood portrays the sinner as an actual saint
 It's reverse psychology at it's best thrown in the mix
 We perceive choice as a willing license to sin
 Yet there stands a glimmer...

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THE DUTY OF SOME POETS IS TO  TO FULFILL THE TRUTH.THE DUTY OF OTHER POETS IS TO FULFILL FICTION. POETRY HAS A DUTY TO FULFILL WHAT EVER NEEDS TO BE FULFILLED,AND CAN BE FULFILLED...

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The rain pours down so you find yourself some shelter,
Safely tucked away behind your favorite sweater.
You ask is all okay, knowing that things could be much better.
She only opens up a smile while your left...

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They fell in love and married when she was about the age of twenty.
He knew she liked to talk since she'd already bent his ears aplenty!
She could babble at twenty miles per hour with gusts...

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CRAZY MIRROR






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Sex invokes the most powerful emotion
 you can feel. Sex is the very definition 
of the word real. Here's a message for
 girls and boys: sex is not a plaything;
 it's not a toy.

In the...

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word to the wise I came to get down & so you all frown
Gucci Man, Gucci Man, Gucci Man so here I stand with mic in my hand
I came to get down boggy down to...

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