Best Platinum Poems

He yearned for a modern Romeo moment - but she lived on tenth floor....

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So tell me was your soul weaved from platinum gold, liquified hot, bold mold when cold. 
Tell me was your soul seamed with blindfold string, piece by piece so effortlessly, spiritually free 
Oh baby please tell me was your soul dipped in gleam, a bright...

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You are the rarest and the heaviest
Of all our precious metals here on Earth…
Your sisters, Gold and Silver, are stockpiled...
But you are not...in case supply runs low.

To generate one ounce of you we need
Ten tons of ore and five months’ processing.
Outstanding jewelers, like Cartier,
Famed Faberge,...

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Through seventy years of change,
Orb and sceptre in your hands,
Serving your people, young and old,
You have reigned over these lands. 

To duty called when you were young,
You took the oath in Edwards chair. 
The crown sits well upon that head
That doth its precious weight still...

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Platinum Icons

Their tale to tell is much the same
with looks that helped their claim to fame
Blonde and curvy, they got the jobs
In films and shows they flaunted their gobs

Deep, husky voices from too many fags
Scantily clothed in all the top mags
Make-up and peroxide over abundant
They...

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My eyes are platinum, an abyss
They reflect the midday sky, a blue relic
I blink back molten metal tears

These garments are loose bleeding petals
They hang like rolls of skin, peeling and shedding
Billowing and sagging a Gothic shape

Black and bright this sight of mine
Shimmering like veils of...

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When the earth was formed, molten iron sank to its center to make the core. 
A cataclysmic meteorite showers that hit Earth after the core formed;  they say Earth’s gold and platinum arrived in a meteor showers that lasted 200 million years. 

Priced elements...

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Platinum dawn
The ambiance I feel
You coming on
There you are.

I'm never wrong
Fingernails scratching me
Awake from a daydream
As platinum dawn slyly slides

Across the rosy sky
I'm lost by and by
I'm grabbing air
Thinking of your  hair,

Soft and long
We grow reckless now
And younger by the hour
Skipping puddles and dodging
Thunder...

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Treasured class, like prized 
possession, sparkling sight
like midday sunlight hitting
against pure crystal, you've
light the night of my midnight
and recharge the battery 
hooked up to my heart's life.

My magnificent magnifying 
glass has explore and found
you the flawlessness of all
I need, like the destiny in a 
dream,...

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I now "quiver" when I think of us as kids,                                   ...

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Watching the ships come into the bay
Workers about, gathered on the quay
Alone, I contemplate this here quandary
Was taught never to air your dirty laundry
You must present yourself with poise
Hiding the inner turmoil and noise
The cross I bear, my eternal penance
Always front and center. Always in...

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Fair-minded whale playground, compass dismisses
    Ceylon sapphire zero horizon echo orchestral chamber 
    Forge rolling bow voyages of uncharted distance 


    Cut water instant recovery, oily onyx giants' undulations 
    Gleefully refuse gravity's...

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I'm not a Monarchist but I don't hate
The Queen. I lied to her when I was nine
At Finningley it was. We had to wait
For ages for her standing in a line

She asked me if we had a special day
Off school to come and see her...

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Sonnets XLII-LI

Distances
by Michael R. Burch

Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.

Footprints on beaches
now flooding with water;
the small, broken ribcage
of some primitive slaughter...
So near, yet so far.



A Surfeit of Light
by Michael R. Burch

There was always a surfeit of light...

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I am thrilled for you
Really and truly I am
Loyal servant am I
And a fair-weather fan

I love that you wear
Your heart on your sleeve
When it comes to the sharing
Of what you believe

And although I may never
Stumble across
You out shopping, at a bus stop,
Or out dancing to...

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