Chars Poems - Poems about Chars

The Tears of the Wrong Woman

...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...

An ode to a wounded child

...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...

Regret

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






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Ono No Komachi Translations 2

...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...

Anzac Day

...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 ...

Spellbound

...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...

Winter Contemplations

...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...

Summer Night

...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...

Let the Sword Remain Sheathed

...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...

Winning the Battles

...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...

Ono No Komachi Translations

...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...

Ono No Komachi Translation: Autumn

...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...

When Love Sleeps

...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...

An Average Schlepper

...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 ...

Jupiter Laughs

...The world is a storm, like a hurricane. 
It tears down our hope
And showers down pain 
There’s floods filled with fear
And cyclones of shame
The fire it burns 
And it chars our name

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