Chars Poems - Poems about Chars

...For tragedies we come together, Though not for long. The fire of intimacy Intimidates, chars fragile façades. Blood bonds over-stretched, Anemic. Silent months pass, when Tentative tentacles ......

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...Her tears fall like rain on a borrowed shore, A quiet deluge, seeping through seams, Staining the fabric of a life not hers— His shirt, his collar, his cuffs worn thin, Drenched in the sa......

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...O tender soul, o innocence defiled, What cruelties did your youth upend? Tormented by she who should cherish her child, Instead her addictions made her your fiend. Those eyes that should have b......

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... rose bloom set afire flame offense chars love most dire fray'd woe fuels grief pyre ......

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...These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems (waka/tanka) of Ono no Komachi… "It's over!" Your words drizzle like dismal rains, bringing tears, as I wilt with my years......

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...Across starboard bow the cliffs drew nearer, into harm’s way mighty battalions drove - men and mule upon cold waves of terror stormed the beachhead landings on Anzac Cove. Great southern ......

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...Succumbing to the night's allure, I greet the Goddess of the moon. And Luna rises, all aglow, elegant lady of the night. Dusk blurs the lines of light and dark, succumbing to the night......

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...Ripples of vibrant streams stagnate Songs of flapping birds relocate Forest rustles hibernate Skeletal trees shake, underdressed Mushy, scabbed apples numbly rest Brisk, harsh breezes pierce l......

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...Moonlight flows down from the sky like milk, The stars burn holes into the darkness, Their patterns take shape and I collect them, I trace them with my fingers, Their unnatural names danc......

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...Eruption of blazing emotion from the volcano of anger, chars innocent minds, you’re burnt by the lava of remorse. Spoken word of wrath, the sharpest double-edged sword, one side decimates your opp......

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...The eruption of blazing emotion uncontrolled from the simmering volcano of anger, chars the green minds of innocence, you are burnt by the lava of remorse. The spoken word of wrath, th......

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...As I slept in isolation my desired beloved appeared to me; therefore, dreams have become my reality and consolation. —Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch Submit to you—is that wh......

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...Watching wan moonlight illuminate tree limbs, my heart also brims, overflowing with autumn. —Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch As I slept in isolation my de......

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...love is awake it does not rest but a broken heart needs to sleep when distortion of truth chars upon the arteries of love that nourished the heart. trust must not rest its vital to sustain lo......

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...This fool doth not consider himself wise, writing paltry poetry difficult to read and/or actualize methinks perusers of great literature snub nose how I miserably advertise, laughable attempt ......

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