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Premium Member Autumn Whisperer
...Who whispers to the western wind to chill? and bids the leaves to transform thus to die. For soon the beat of summer's heart will still, as flocks of birds seek warmer weathered sky. Who whispe......

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Categories: briefer, autumn, change, earth, god,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Thru Maritime Miles-Beginnings
...Thru maritime miles of meals and mates I posed as a pirate for polishing plates For singing a song of the surf and the sea I traded my turf for a tempest of tea I had to be strong when I woke u......

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Categories: briefer, adventure,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Day That Ends In Night
...We Look For Holy Moments, And In Looking, Overlook Moments Blessed And Filled With Things From Mountains We Once Shook. Small Events Unfolding, Each One Smaller, Briefer Still. As Cav......

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Categories: briefer, father, father son, for
Form: Rhyme
What Good Are Our Tears
...What Good Are Our Tears? by Michael R. Burch What good are our tears? They will not spare the dying their anguish. What good is our concern to a child sick of living, waiting to perish? Wha......

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Categories: briefer, child, child abuse, children,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Me, My Muse and Me
...ME, MY MUSE AND ME! ME What I am about to say and do, Would be inconceivable by more Than a few, How could I dare, Its isn’t fair, For it is Christmas season, Do I have a valid reason I h......

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Categories: briefer, muse,
Form: Free verse



Come Down, For Harold Bloom
...Come Down by Michael R. Burch for Harold Bloom Come down, O, come down from your high mountain tower. How coldly the wind blows, how late this chill hour ... and I cannot wait for a met......

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Categories: briefer, books, culture, discrimination, education,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Saudade
...My heart felt old; I sought the cold. Canada’s land was what I planned. Among trees grand and far inland To dance my sad brand of sarabande. Yet precious moments come when joy flowers, Far brief......

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Categories: briefer, death, flower, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member winter wildflower -
... oh tell me what's this ruse, my little friend? proud petals spread and reaching for the sun did you not think that you should be undone by all the winter white the heavens send......

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Categories: briefer, flower, life, metaphor, nature,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member Summer Loves
...When gazing 'cross love's glistening expanse, The magic of those June thru August moons ... Was bound to weave the warmest of romance - Its be......

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Categories: briefer, lost love, love, romance,
Form: Sonnet
An Epanalepsis Poem- a Reminder
...EPANEPLEPIS POETRY A REMINDER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A man who knew what he was talking about, a man who knew! "Mankind must put an end to war or, war will end mankind" Quote President John......

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Categories: briefer, anger, angst, anti bullying,
Form: I do not know?
Unsung Hero
...Here he lies lifeless He whose hands had many healed though unsung by some Now, we cheer him home Down his homestead, we set him Our selfless hero! Pain is the pleasure of earthly patriot......

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Categories: briefer, bereavement,
Form: Haiku
Frosty Jack Goes Missing
...F - First of November, winter takes the reins, R - rime appears as Jack Frost has his first peek, O – Oddly it seems, the Sun moves out of town; S - shortly, the grass will turn a nasty brown. T......

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Categories: briefer, 11th grade, allusion, autumn,
Form: Acrostic
Poetry Howls
...When I first heard of “poetry howls,” I said to myself, “how sad”; is poetry meant to wake the dead or liven the living (though I’ve read of the living dead)? haven’t we enough noise around to confo......

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Categories: briefer, poetry, universe,
Form: Prose Poetry
If Anything At All
...should my voice fade in your ears and my love vanish in your memory it is then I will come gain although time may hide me yet again I will seek your understanding brief are my days amongst you ......

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Categories: briefer, absence, appreciation, blessing, children,
Form: Sonnet
Wife Lucy Gave Me the Dickens For Being Late
...Wife Lucy gave me the dickens for being late How could I say I had an appointment with Kate Kate was creamy saucy ......

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Categories: briefer, fun,
Form: Limerick

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