Daughter Angst Poems

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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What The Roses Don’t Say
by Michael R. Burch

Oblivious to love, the roses bloom
and never touch ... They gather calm and still
to watch the busy insects...

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Just because an impetus arose...

to repost poem
(I chanced to locate
amidst plethora of poems on hard drive
of Macbook Pro)
written more'n a half decade ago
before yours truly...

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O daughter of thunder, slayer of dragons (and of men's hearts), why do you hurt me so? For which sin must I reside in this...

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For Silent One's - Mamma Poetry Contest

Where is the love, Mamma?

Through broken Louvre blinds, you're ever watching
Rosary beads clicking prayers on repeat mode, uttering
Your plethora...

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There was a lady in her late thirties

She loved juicy gossip and kitty parties

Kids were two, an older boy and a younger girl

Naughty devils but...

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Drink the poison from my blood, breathe the rot from my lungs.
Take all that has been decaying inside me and nurse it to health like...

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Good Vibrations 

It’s been one year,
three months 
and two days,
since Floyd last rode his Harley.

Damn stroke!
His F-ing left leg don’t work 
and he barely grips...

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I met my daughter 7 days ago,
I saw her little face through the neck of a broken bottle,
One I’d thrown at her quivering mother,
In an...

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How great in size the box must be
to hold the things lost there from me.
My much-loved daughter takes my breath,
as I snatch her back from...

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Divided heart that was once one
Is so tragic for daughter and son
Violet voices saying we love you still
Of course divorce is no teal thrill
Red eyes...

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Psychologically still thirteen 

Ordinarily meaning pre Internet days
familiarization with me would entail
bringing the avid listener 
into my private mancave hideaways
less a physical place than a...

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Driving to the hospital, you crack jokes.
Jokes about hate, and wanting to leave.
Those aren’t really jokes.
The truth is so easily heard.
I didn’t even have to...

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Killing me will not save you 
Saving me will not kill you
Without a choice we’ll be stagnate forever.
We will never get out of this hell...

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She's an eclipsed daughter, satanic stars slaughter, 

as smoked skulls scream powers, dead enchantress flowers....

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