Wife Charles Poems

About time,
I've paid my dues I've crossed the line,
This moment I thought would never come,
Is in my grasp, the deed now done.

Don't get me wrong,...

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I bow down to the great Dickens
Whose name has touched every soil,
And whose art has touched every soul,
His  art "Hard Times" has travelled far...

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Dear Father, mine. 

I ran away from bad. 
I took my children with me.
I found a place to run to. 
It was an empty castle...

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While reading Charles Bukowski poetry? 
On the metro ride home? 
Listening to Buddha bar music? 
On my oh too hip iPod? 
 
I begin to...

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Charles d'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel


Spring
by Charles d’Orleans (c. 1394-1465)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and...

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As I throw open the curtains what do I see,               ...

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January 1, 2020, what do I see.                  ...

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Grace how sweet you are in my time of need,               ...

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S pring is in the air for all to see.

P retty little buzzing bees.

R unning like they are free.

I n and out of the beautiful...

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P retty sitting on the hook all ready to be used.

O ven hot and waiting to see you.

T he fabric can be cloth or yarn...

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I Needed Someone, through thick and thin.
I Needed Someone, with a beautiful grin. 
I Needed Someone, I could call friend,
I Needed Someone, to the very...

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Here I sit in my nest,                   ...

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What is the time?
is it daytime or nighttime?
I am so very confused,             ...

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Little acorn sitting in the tree,                   ...

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Breezing trees heard the whispers of leaves,                  ...

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