Best Wearying Poems

Through a fluttering veil of luscious hues,
Fair Lady coquets with the majestic Sun,
As the wicked Wind caresses her tender cheek,
The harshness of Winter all undone.

Sparrows...

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There is an ache, a hurt that makes no list.
Its name isn’t cancer or heart, but loneliness.
Its victims are usually old, but may be young.
They...

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The days are long and unproud, they brood...
  and please not the weary soul wearying in its wake;
  when gnashing snow and rain...

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Morning... the child awakes, 
steps lightly 'cross the threshold of his front yard. 
Windows of the mansion o'er the glen ablaze 
with sparkling brilliance draw...

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Over two-thirds of my lifetime
I have been climbing,
searching for an elusive peak,
Stretching for the pinnacle.

Would I ever attain?
Find freedom from the guilt
of not pleasing other...

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...for the Rev. Eric Shirvell-Price
    

Morning; the child awakes, 
steps lightly across the threshold 
to the courtyard.

The wndows of the mansion 
over...

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They are nothing
if not taciturn--these sprit travelers.
They do not shock, or ridicule,
for  they are single-minded in their quest
for timeless realms where magic dragons play
and...

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Snapshots
by Michael R. Burch

Here I scrawl extravagant rainbows.
And there you go, skipping your way to school.
And here we are, drifting apart
like untethered balloons.

Here I am,...

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You sit and think of what could be
but not with any sense of glee.
The future looks all dull and dark
so, before long you lose life’s...

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"50 Words for Poe: ASYLUM"



SHE:
Light
North
Magnetic Mouth
Scorched Brain seeks Rain
Soft sell
Heaven
Hard time
Tainted
Dark Rome inside
White room
Black Ball
Ghost walks through walls 
Words that save 
don’t always rhyme
Freedom
Flies
Midnight Blues
Morning
Star
LOVE
Mirror
Shards
Silent
Reflection
Reigns
through
open
Windows
Walks...

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A word for the wise I wield awhile
Whether the weather whacks or whoops 
Walk with the Word and not with the world  
Wield your...

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Aspirations and labor will tire your sinew
And when all the wearying drudgery is through
Some slovenly fool will give you a careless burial
And take charge of...

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September 27 Scripture Meditations Based on Luke 1

Key Verse– Luke 1:53 He (God) hath filled the hungry with good things… 

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR...

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Trying out a ten ton tortoise on a trotter angle is never the same as tying a fish to a rock. Godly greedily grabbed groping...

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...for the Rev Shirvell-Price, with respect and affection
 

Morning. The child awakes, 
steps light across his garden.
Windows of the dwelling o'er the glen 
ablaze with...

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