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Dawn Steps Lightly into the Day

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Silence quells the bells
as dawn sneaks into the space,
where darkness reigned supreme.
All is hushed and holding back.
For something to be assembled.
From the dis-membered memories, 
litteri...

The Waste of Cruelty

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Written: April 28, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Sara Jama

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When cruelty becomes a badge of honor
empathy transforms into an act of defian...

Off day

...Off Day

I try to write
And describe the colours of spring
But apart from my shoulders
Knotted and tight,
I can’t seem to feel - anything.
The sun may be smiling bright
But in my head, a heav...

Snot Man Blue Part 3, from THE WOMAN WHO COULD EAT WOOD

...CONT from Part 2
                        Snot Man Blue Part 3



Sick with guilt Snot Man Blue
quit his job there.
Sick with failure he ran away. 
He couldn’t face his parents there or anywhe...

Unlikely Mike, for Michael Jackson

...Unlikely Mike
by Michael R. Burch

I married someone else’s fantasy;
she admired me despite my mutilations.

I loved her for her heart’s sake, and for mine.
I hid my face and changed its conno...

Nights Infusion

...Nights infusion
bleary eyed rivals
in Soho tweed
Pharaohs joke was here
Denim clad oxymorons
with spotlight eyes
Archways lean close
as sticks befuddle
their spark of epiphany
A jewelled sil...

My Heart

...My Heart 

I am a glass half full 
Sometimes sloshing over the edge 
A temple for fireflies, sand dunes 
Water by nature, that cuts deeply 
Beneath the reeds, flowing fast 
Rapids, sometimes v...

Chutes and Ladders

...Ivy-covered sheepskin, firmly in hand
    the confident graduate, square-jawed and tan

  Pulled offers from prestigious start-ups all over the land
    a year later he played lead guitar, hat in...

Wide Awake and Sleepless

...The Laws of time seem elastic
In the long insomniacal night
That expands into an eternity
With no end seemingly in sight.
It’s  half past Wednesday week
By the real world’s steady clock
But in ...

The Pulsating Rhythm of My Heart

...Hungry and bleary-eyed
I lie on my bed late in the afternoon.
Rain pitter-patters on my window panes,
Thunder rumbles overhead.
A half darkness envelops the room.
I wish to sleep but repose elud...

The Harshest Trick

...I strolled beneath a barren wood,
feeling maligned, misunderstood.
Late night attempts at cloning sheep
bore little else but lack of sleep.

My research grant had been denied,
so I, exhausted, ...

Farewell, Dear Poet

... 
Those gold ornate gates opened wide, 
and on wings she flew up above;
to join in heaven her true love.

And we who loved her on earth cried,
her name is Connie Marcum Wong;
I kne...

Life Could Not Be Better

...You came into our lives a spark.
A blur of chestnut red, 
Igniting us with canine love,
And nestling by our bed. 

Chasing swallows in the park 
That teased you in their flight, 
Relentlessly ...

Retirement

...Woke up this morning, looked at the clock
Bleary eyed, thought it read 5:23
Way too early... turned over and went back to sleep
Woke up again which seemed like 10 minutes later
The clock ...

Loos, France, Fall 1915

...Slaughter amongst the slag heaps
Bodies bowed over barb wire
Screeching, screaming
artillery arching above
soon to descend
amputating limbs
shattering skulls
blood and brains
splattering stai...

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