Best Burnishing Poems

 [Poem read at Sekoto’s inhumation ceremony at the Neuilly-sur-Marne-93 Cemetery, near Paris. Channel 4 in London recorded the reading as they did the funeral...

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The sun has lifted 
the weight of my day,
and sweeps gloom away,
burnishing each cloud
with bright golden rays

A dreary day,
and weary me,
finds glory in
divine display

Gold unfolds,
over...

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Early winter sun; low in the sky

Warm light burnishing the yellow leaves that stubbornly cling to the birches
Silver trunks contrast with their own dark shadows
Russet...

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Deep as defeat as conspicuous
As the influx of presentiment

Passion is aimless humility
Panic is native to injury

Reasoning divulging odium
Sparkles unchosen but chemical

Puritans' speechless delivery
Idles in syllables...

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When are we gonna leave this mood
You keep dreaming under the roof of imagination that you are with this person
And for how long are we...

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clouds drift through halos
burnishing sienna cliffs --
shady dale cups rain

By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, August 1, 2012...

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Minimal involvement with extracurricular activity at Methacton
   limited to playing Baritone Horny within the band
   though marginal interest existed to maintain...

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   "Autumn Splendor Serenade"


Autumn drapes green trees with golden leaves array
Lacing meadows in halos of wonder
Sidewalks scintillate in colored carpeting display
Crisp chilly air...

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Here by the green glades and the babbling brook
Waters cascading bright like silver foam
The breeze rustling through pages of my book
Bring memories flooding of my...

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Good night to the smiling
moon asia land burnishing the
seascapes of you and me,

strokes of soapy filled waves
washing the shore brandishing
white sand, gleaming.

I was here before,...

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he palms the mountains
burnishing the pointed peaks
she groans with desire...

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Thoughts of paradise
Swiftly diminish
Into melancholy memories…

Each gripping steadfastly 
Romantic eyes of then and someday
Burnishing our hushed moments of fantasy…

Letting us elude our todays
Which initially, divine...

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Thoughts juggle aspect of your character
Defining your perfections
Spotlights burnishing on curves
I dare to turn my attention
As your love walks a tight rope
While balancing a gorgeous...

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Autumn approached about a week ago as stealthily as a fox!
The corn has been shucked and the golden fodder stands in shocks.
Luscious apples have been...

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Beyond midnight her tears distil,
burnishing the valley between
her hieght of hope and depth of 
pain;
till dusky waves awash her dawn.
From whence comes these 
soldiers? 
pure...

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