Life Villanelle Poems

''Reflection of two world faith's, they're [+ & -] for now, HAIL, the created who followed their rules, be 'change' in their faith that bear's...

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Villanelle
by Michael R. Burch

Is poetry mere turning of a phrase?
Has prose become its height and depth and sum?
What happened to the songs of yesterdays?

Does prose...

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RIVERBANK

The river of life flows fast toward the weir
This scene is now reality, not a pantomime
So smile for the ferryman as he draws near

Is that...

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Hour after hour, I was sitting there, 
the time unknown, 
deep in prayer.

Her hand I held, but she was unaware,
I was all alone,
in much dispare.

I...

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All aboard and fasten well our seat belt
Focus on new flight, trip for new success
Travel light, sit tall, forget fears we’ve felt.

Our past storms and...

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I hold your hand, my guiding light
To our home, a warm November hearth
My treasure, my altar to life

Sweetest coffee, my pure delight
Blanket of bliss, your...

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The quicker you get ready, the less you will cry
Fix yourself up, make yourself look pretty
It will distract you from the sting of goodbye

Not so...

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A light instrument flows, ink darkness; folded within
Flowers; a painless, healing, prescription of treatment 
Such secure grounding, found; in glowing obsidian

Happiness; gives sharp antithesis of...

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Written 20 December 2023 
Get Ready Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Shadow Hamilton

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Embers trailing an afterglow of dawn,
welcoming harmony lingers aloft,
as chess pleasures the first move of its pawn.

That will make Mary quite contrary yawn,
passed Mary was...

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            Get Ready 

         Blind lane...

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Should you ask did I prepare
I believe I did, I’d say;
follow, and I’ll see you there.

I’ve had a life, have an heir,
left no debts for...

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Get ready my friend for the journey ahead,
The road will be tricky and twisted with turns;
On life's winding path we're often misled.

The mission is won...

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Go slowly, my friend, and enjoy the ride
Don't rush through life with haste and stress
There's beauty and wonder on every side

You have a precious gift...

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Go gentle into life’s eve, death’s your friend,
Old age clamours to wear a new garment,
Rage not against death, death is not an end.

Should night be...

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