SINKING
...These are poems about sinking, poems about drowning, poems about loss, and poems about new discoveries we sometimes make while feeling lost...
Sinking
by Michael R. Burch
for Virginia Wool...
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Categories:
appellative, death, fate, fire, grave,
Form: Rhyme
ROSE
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I was born cradled inside your palm
within the perimeters of a safe haven
brought to life by loving silty fingers
Rose is what I heard you call me
staying true to my appellative name...
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Categories:
appellative, analogy, flower,
Form: Personification
Contempt Has a Name
...I stand naked wrapped only in the truth
you vile, loathsome reptile.
My contempt of you is limitless
as I have been force-fed your hypocrisy.
Your postulations are lost on me
as my insight into ...
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Categories:
appellative, black african american, lost
Form: Didactic