Pronouncements Poems - Poems about Pronouncements

...(Snapping fingers rhythmically) Vocalese with ease... yeah... moments… improv… Off the top, breath bubbling, a spontaneous combustion of sounds, to be boppin' the melody/ Jazz popping vocal notes o......

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...Not in the flash of gold or diamond's gleam, Nor in the roar of crowds, a fleeting dream, But in the quiet whisper of the breeze, That dances through the leaves of ancient trees. Not in the ......

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...His lanky arms around her waist, Grey orbs focuses its attention on her The corners of his lips tilts just slightly upwards She notices his legs are shaking His hair sitting still,not messily ......

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...In Calcutta's heart, a symphony of need, A chorus of coughs, a symphony of pain indeed. Not music of strings, but of souls in despair, Yet a love song hums, a love beyond compare. Frail hands c......

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...On learning to become a guru... The following artfully crafted back in the day (actually poetic endeavor presented below written a few scant years ago) in response to unexpected positive feedba......

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...Hey, Mr. Politician, look, Just look, what you’ve done Stuck me back in combats And carrying a gun, Bayonet, spare mag, Primed stun grenade Sent to sort out the mess You bastards have made. ......

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...The Story by Kamal Nasser loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I will tell you a story ... a story that lived in the dreams of my people, a story that comes from the world of t......

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...Spent By Sy Roth Her ears still tremble with the sounds Shocked into somnolence gasping to make sense. The giddy bassist a rue of flapping gums missing the flats, The drummer’s lips moving......

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...Overcast sky, brings a rainy sky to earth ... In pronouncements of gray and silver the leaden voice call us all to the contrition prayer showing that the tenderness of the Lord is manifested ......

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...I'm trying to find a way to confront ignorance and hatred that will have some real impact. So far everything I've tried gets diverted into confusion and madness. There's no solid ground. We're......

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...It's inauguration day, January 20, 2021. I could be at home, watching the TV presentation pomp and pageantry. But old, achy, onerous and anxious, bladder full with no toilet near, I wait in a c......

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...State of the Art (III) These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work. Come ......

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...Poems about Poems IV The Toast by Michael R. Burch For longings warmed by tepid suns (brief lusts that animated clay), for passions wilted at the bud and skies grown desolate and gray, for......

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...Beyond the trembly weald to glassy glane beneath the wooden breath where thoughts remain 'twas a harkened land called Wordingtane. The Wizard of Words ruled this land in grips vernacular he had......

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...King of Lies It's all about you, Isn't it? Always, no matter what the disaster You've most recently caused. It always comes back to you, How badly you're treated By the Fake News (By which......

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