Heaven America Poems

Construction workers, fishermen,
hands broadened,
reddened cracks in the wintertime,
teachers, office workers,
a standing cashier feels aging
in her legs,
careers extended.
Can it be just a few more years til
they...

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If I were the Antichrist,
I would wait and watch,
When God gets tired of humanity
He would unleash me, his scourge.

I would begin by encouraging 'peace'
After all...

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These are villanelles by Michael R. Burch and and villanelle-like poems...


Villanelle: Trump’s Retribution Resolution
by Michael R. Burch

My New Year’s resolution?
I require your money and votes,
for...

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 Will you please remind "God"Of "God's Love by "Loving"! The love that God put "In You"should "Remind You"? God "PUT LOVE IN YOU"! He...

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I set out on a journey to appease my soul and honor the deity, but I got caught in a rift and almost fell from...

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Walk slowly with me until we reach the other end of the sea, pick up a bucket of sand and throw it all over the...

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Daylight breaks through the gates humming a solemn tune in my ears, here I am standing on the anxious hill gazing at the moon rotating...

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Take me to where the wildflowers grow and show me where to go, take me to where the wildflowers grow and wet my soul with...

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I opened a door in the Universe 
and found myself in the gallery 
of public opinion. 
A serious debate was taking place
over Freedoms
and God given...

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Fantasies glisten. Wealth untold.
Dimly clear; seen near and afar.
Wee men; chase around pots of gold.
Missed heaven. Prospecting a star.

She wishes; he’d only listen.
When lovers drift....

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The world is full of conflicts and the enemies are fill with rage, coming to steal, to kill, and to destroy. But God is still...

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Grab Bag Poems and Epigrams

POEMS

Less Heroic Couplets: Dark Cloud, Silver Lining, Dupes
from “Love in the Time of the Coronavirus”
by Michael R. Burch

Every corona has a...

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Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice

Rather than be a day late
and dollar short, I opted   
to post poem...

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They are forming clusters in the sky, and you cannot see them with your naked eyes you have to consult the giant telescope and go...

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A beautiful sunny day,
In the land of paradise.
Thunder rings in the distance as my,
Pulse quickens, and dread takes over.
There are no clouds in the skies,
I...

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