Best Distills Poems

In a mire brewed
betwixt puddles of hell and mute dissent 
a martyr wades - 
weighed down by chains of shame and disdain
alas the thirsting self-absorbed...

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Someday I'd like to wander free
like butterfly, like bumblebee,
perhaps to plant a willow tree
beside the silent solemn sea,

before these things exist no more,
from mountain top...

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Manipulate the wordolator
spin it swirl it make it cater
   to your whims and what you wanted
your no dreamer, you are haunted
  ...

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The bitterness brims and bubbles away

As the heart that once felt love over-spills.

Leaving only burnt ashes left to stay

Betrayal hurts more, as vengeance distills.



As the...

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For them.

To her the word love refers to a boy.
Something she yearns for and misses dearly.

The day they met was cold and fraught with January...

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Expelling a sigh
the scent of your breath distills
a vapor of love...

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Oh Sweet Island!  Thou tropical paradise:
   Miles have I traced upon thy ceaseless reach
Of ocean-choked shorelines owed Heav’nly device
   Sheltering...

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Epigrams by Michael R. Burch

If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity 
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch

To write an epigram, cram.
If...

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to feel the peace
that will come
in time

as life
settles down
from it's mad pace

when reason 
distills 
into wisdom

those sleepless nights
with fears
unfounded

for courage 
is what will bring
the days

in...

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My mind distills away.
Scraps from the underworld.
Of education, tradition and media ****.

I'm tired of caring.
Sick of hearing, if I could.
Control my ears closed.

Block them from...

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Castle of Dreams

Lutes and violins
Gothic dreams, pleasures of sin
Recited poetry
In my chamber of fire
Wine distills lulled memories
She evaporates
Into my mind...

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CHEERY 1


Moon beams sparkle
Shadows contrast;
Mid-autumn light

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Bamboo leaves
Windy rustle here;
Evening conspires

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A fruit feast
Just for two;
Simple delight

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Brown leaves litter
Pathway winding;
Discarded memories

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Lovely windfall
Dream upon dream;
Happy movements

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Grassy contours
Edgy inputs;
Stray...

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“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature;
but beautiful old people are works of art.”  - Eleanor Roosevelt

Experience soaks in
And mixes with
Internal chemistry
The personality distills
And...

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As the river cascades
From Himalayas breast
With all its puissance
And rage, it distills out
Along its way, the grail
Of love, service and faith.

It finds the fondness
That grows,...

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Mime starts the show when form distills;
Yield in sure time the vibrant grooves.
Sense profound flow in curling fill;
Touch body rhyme that swirl still moves;
Incline the...

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