Winter Abuse Poems

The sadness of getting lonely, weary and old
is none other than the anguishing thought,
we can't avoid feeling or mentioning at all cost;
daily unrest triggers the...

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This life's trying to kill me, 
Grind me down, 
Beating me slowly. 
Looking at pictures of the old me, 
I see my face but I...

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Re: viewing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not live

The following poetic account 
written more'n a dozen 
dirty dancing decades ago, 
while...

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A rewrite.

It's been a long cold dark lonely winter
Since you went away
I live in limbo
And torture myself every single day
The sun used to shine my...

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February 13th, 2023 - old man winter gave a one...two punch

Overladen snow covered crackle and crunch
though, this skeptic owned a doubtful hunch
that such 24/7 round...

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its  come in strong
no home feeling all alone
some hard to carry on
its  a hard beat
living on the  street
no  shoes  on...

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Meeting a princess

It was, according to the old, the coldest winter
any could remember, the wise said it was because 
the war had disturbed the weather...

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The man shook and said, “They wanted some fun,
but the boy was small, he started to bleed.
Patrick threw him out back, said, ‘This one’s shot,
but...

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The only thing colder than the brisk of winter
Is my lonely heart which has remained abandoned
Very few of those who enter my tragic life
Earn their...

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Summer sets in as winter falls astray 
Childhood memories of things untold
what has & has not been spoken 
tales of truth hidden behind secrecy and...

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                  death
      ...

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I wish you could understand my pain. The crack you put in my foundation. The wing you clipped from this earth angel. The crying is...

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These are poems for the victims of the Nashville Covenant School shootings.


Nashville Covenant Call to Love
by Michael R. Burch

Our hearts are broken today
for our children's...

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Beware The Ides of March 2023
 
Ides simply referred to first new moon, 
which usually fell between 
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.

The...

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The sober drunk

He woke up early, had fallen asleep when drunk
now, he was sober trembling hands and blurred vision 
full of self-loathing; what happened once,...

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