Long Wronger Poems

New Year Poetry

Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch 

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?

For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...

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I've never been a coward
I've never been named Howard
I'm not a doctor but I'm like a doctor
Struggling with patience
And I hate this and how I debate this
Delete this, delete that
Like I delete fat off my...

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As I stood before the porcelaneous basin,
And streamed into its already uric and xanthous-stained depths,
A stain, a sight and a liquid yet yellower and more urinary;
And as cloudiness, not of mind, but of that which...

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Slewed and screwed by another Farage barrage


No longer a skewed malicious mirage

Stronger imbued with pernicious camouflage

Wronger spewed such vicious sabotage

Doom Monger crude officious collage


Slewed and screwed by another Farage barrage


Rabble rousing by ghoulishly espousing

Nige will...

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Sam, Sam, the drunken man
Hiccup, hiccup, stagger
Sprayed by the skunk again
Stench replaces swagger

Uncle is a rebel
Standards sinking lower
His Lust rings the death knell
Evil hands him over

Hiding in the closet
Moving from the shadows
Twist the truth to...

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I'd like to imagine, a time before I was born,
life for my parents was breezy,
going out with each other, exploring the world,
living a care free, just living it easy.

My Dad being a romantic,
all the things...

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In the distance I saw you there
Forgive my silly childlike stare
But lately I’ve become so aware
Of your whispers of light

You shine brighter than the rest
It’s incredibly obvious you’re the best
All night flight I’d gladly invest
For...

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God tell me if I'm alive or dead,
And if I should continue or have I reached the end?

I fell down,
who was there to pick me up?
You weren't,
I reached out and my hand you didn't grab.
God...

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I saw you cry today,
I can't tell you that I feel your pain,
You're his daughter,
this time God couldn't get any wronger,
he shouldn't ever taken your father,
I swear that in my head my screams couldn't get...

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Fallacious wars

 The war in Ukraine disturbs me greatly
Russia invaded and invasion is as we know illegal
with few exceptions like when NATO attacked  
Serbia, Bombed Belgrade hit the Chinese embassy and laughed about it.
Not...

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Grammar fools

My ignorance just makes me stronger
But when I try to write, it makes me wronger
I decry anyone who knows more than me
I call them names without an apostrophe
Because I’m so clever, don’t need to...

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Something a politics professor once said
has been crashing round and round my head.
He said: "Zara. You could convince white
that it was black and black that it was white instead.

It's also been said that I struggle...

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Death is scary,
Not very airy,
Death is Life,
Weather or not is a diease or a knife,
Everyone dies,
This isn't lies,
Death is fear,
Death is a tear,
That is shed,
Or a gash in the head,
Death is powerful!

Life is stronger,
Not much...

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