Short Fealty Poems

so soft
to the touch
her skin
fairly melts...
tingle
fingertips
tingle...
gently probe
inward
pledging
fealty...

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Head unbowed,
heart impaled

Memory old,
Celtic tales 

Allegiance sworn,
 fealty burned

Voices call
—freedom churns

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)...

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Being self-titled
aristocrat pure
Heraldry solemn
 liege a du jour

Knighted in fealty 
 loyalty’s throne
Crusading triumphant
—honor atoned

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)...

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The foreign fiend, of feckless faith and folk, 
Is feigning fealty to our fair fortress;— 
To force his form and fold on finished fact, 
He’ll find fit fashion of fetid fetish....

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The Killing Jars

As constant as the stars,
You said, and I believed. 
Swore fealty unto Mars,
So I'd not be deceived...
This song of love's sweet bars...
Died falling, from the jars. 

1.26.2017©deborah burch 


Rhyme...

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The golden chair of opulence
Seats a stately emperor,
Enrobed in royal purple hue
Of lichen moss that shrouds his bones from view.

And yet he holds you in his thrall,
Millennia since he has lived, 
You bow before his exhumed throne,
And kiss, in fealty, his toe of bone....

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V otive offering to fealty
A nnual dividend of loyalty
L ease to increase Love's equity
E arnest capital funding perpetuity
N otarized statement guaranteeing fidelity
T endered bond yielding longevity
I  nsurance premium covering each liability
N et value of past year's annuity
E mbassy of good will and amity...

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A prince of the air.? As well; as of realty, a younger twig to whom
Some proffer fealty.. Has gotten much attention in a
Certain area; thing..While Julians life is upon the scales.! Will some changes ring?? These scales
He owns in part, as he sits on Wales..Incumbent royal' a
People leader.? Advocate of fairness or just w e f pleaser??...

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They're all the same 
Two faced females.
 Nothing but lies 
In broad daylight 
Told without shame.

They promise all 
and keep but naught.
A fool believes 
their kind deceits.

Their fealty 
Becomes so leer 
Their lies revealed. 
Your world of hap 
Starts to collapse.

Alone again 
You find yourself , 
Bereaved of friends 
Who love you said....

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clock hanging pendulous
fealty
     realty
sitting stoned on the ride to work
dazed and bedazzled by the shining
working, heavy engine roar.
sitting stoned on the way home
waiting
    debating
wishing you had
avoided the trappings of middle-class
     two-car garage
            inflatable
                 single-serving
                      trophy wife
life....

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O, noble Belovéd,
     how sovereign you are!
Your rule is exalted;
     for you, we'd go to war,
conquer, and pillage. All men
     honor you, as do we;
they, Protestant, and pagan,
     swear unto you fealty.
So, grant us, our Daughter,
     this one wish; bless us now
with blood, oil, and water
     on our sworn heads and brow:
for you're now England's Queen,
with reign all but foreseen!...

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One dozen dead roses
A pocket full of red disposes
Fidelity, fealty their temporal wrapper encloses
Organic ode that nature's bipolar rhythm transposes
Trite requiem to all the brownnoses
A token gift that penurious love exposes 
Gone are the scintillating wax poses
The mirth, pageantry time hoses
Buried in the cemetary with Grandma Moses
Bring back the artificial supposes
To satiate all of the charming virtuosas...

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i don't think i deserve a second chance
you could pull away at my string
unravel me, make me dance
and that would be too much for this stasis of mine
frozen in different snowflakes of time
each bearing memories, asking for tithes
demanding fealty, a bended knee
lest they warrant me another execution
so ill sit, fester, let the salt enter
whilst i try to escape this wasteful brine, all of my own making
my own tithe...

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Solitude does seek some solace
Free from faithless fealty faces
 who fear fidelity and sooth.
 The fiends of night despise mice 
Who have big hearts in their bosom 
Which dead would rather devour,
For live flesh disgusts these heartless 
crows 
Who will never become your doves.

Death's wailing worms who 
decompose
 All but those who bleed 
blood and hearts, 
For the jackals shall see them killed, 
An off'ring to secret shadows....

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As the child draws from mother’s breast
a warn sought comforting flow
so the verses of a poet should attest 
to words gathered and fealty shown.

From the nipple comes the best,
as the terrier with a bone
will tug worry work to arrest,
so is the poet with a poem.

The poet’s constant effort to reveal,
by fullness of feeling in a new way
and with a fresh and different appeal,
mother’s costly sacrifice always gives sway....

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In the dark cold reality,
Unflinching vision world totality
I quivered at the quaking,
Twitching uncontrolled heaves shaking,
God's leaving town

My heart wobbled just thinking
The absence of some believing,
To be lost in such frailty
Kneeling to give an unholy fealty,
Ground sinking down

Hell's fires surely are baking
Truth is all in the damned faking,
Kings crowned in vacant royalty
Shudder to think of the loyalty,
Shops shutting down

Close your shudders!...

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As she lay fetal 
under constant oblivion
exposing internal frailty.
I declare love’s fealty.

As he creates 
the chatbot code
my circuit heart beats no less.
I drown silence and confess.

As he destroys
the covenant above
murdering blinded trust.
I expose his dark lust.

As she lay sunken
inside sullen reflection
lamenting paradise lost.
I calculate ultimate cost.

As he pleads
on prostrate knee
seeking my pity still.
I craft new code and kill.
...

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Listen to poem:

S-olar flares deeply stairs
A-mber, my heart swears
N-o one relishes my cares
D-rawn to your Auburn eyes
Y-earning to see their prize

E-ffervescence they disguise
Y-our honey controls destiny
E-verlasting the best to me
S-worn to you reverently

O-ffering you my fealty
F-or you see the best in me

B-estowing lemon green tea
R-arity you bring consistently
O-rnate your shades of honey 
W-on my soul's battle totally
N-o one outshines your brown eyes to me...

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-Loneliness Of Thy Lamb-

A batch of Gods fingers pointing at the clouds of sovereignty ...

Ready to be devoured. The sheer beauty of an ignorant flower coming of age. 

An entangled labyrinth. Bridled, majestic. Pledge fealty to the jungles paramore. 

Symphony of emotions dwelling through a psyche wondering...To what beholds the thought of being alone, if the thought itself...Is an injustice to merit?  

Envisioned by dreams, that someday...It'll be different....

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It's true I deeded my heart 
that rapturous date
 Sacral vestments our carnal 
annuities did aggregate  
Bartered my dreams; title did 
abrogate
Twined our limbs; bonded our 
estate
But fealty with baggage did not 
equate
Your mercurial state brokered 
new rate
Your charming assets failed 
o'er time to appreciate
Frivolous investments virgin 
stock did depreciate 
Mounting liabilities did fidelity's 
cost inflate
Now tainted, discounted 
merchandise seeking rebate...

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