Father Aubade Poems

Canticle: an Aubade
Michael R. Burch

Misty morning sunlight hails the dawning of new day;
dreams drift into drowsiness before they fade away.
Dew drops on the green grass...

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Hereditary traits
 
I’m my father’s son I carry his genes
He is a part of me this is inescapable 
If I hate him, I hate myself.
Now...

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Nature and love

 When a male meets a female and sweet music appears
In the animal world, a jaguar couple stays together for days 
but as...

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It's been a year 
One miraculous story 
Through 2020 God gets the glory 
We seen a lot 
We lost so much 
We never lost God's...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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(a hypothetical poem if the wicked were to win)

When the wicked claim their Heaven
they'll yay with exaltation.
As they praise their tasks forgiven
for their right at...

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(for Scarlets of the world)

Scarlet was born in a house of ill repute.
She learnt early how to use lipsticks, and
Dreams never visited her.

Enslaved by carnivorous...

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Her breath catches with each infliction. Her pain their addiction. She wades water in a sea of strife. Her day, her tomorrow, her animosity toward...

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Angela, sweep hence these leaden clouds.
Music, they say, can cheer the saddest heart.
Euterpe bids her frowning father smile,
so let her now reveal her powers to...

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Proud Servant
I was a prince in my father's house,
Even though my father was not a king
Neither was my mother a queen
I was loved by all...

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My father my lord 
My protective armour and sword
The captain of my ward 
The Holy Spirit that keeps me on board 
Forgive me for I...

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The masculine nature of man,
That's the 'he' in him.
The great super ego.
The drive to be the boss.
The strive to be the best.
The non-negotiable choice 
to...

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