Introspection Clothes Poems

“Each thing we keep- we lean on like a friend;
             engaged or not-...

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Newborn is 
a blank new slate
upon which ethos 
ethics stake
driven deeper 
by adopted faith
hand me downs 
their fabrics make
dress codes donned 
with rules to break
with...

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Last trees of leaves flutter bright yellow
Aviary of canaries freed from their cage
By this morning’s first clash of autumn snow

Birds pour out crumble below
Flatten their...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The Unknown Woman in the black dress
Her blonde hair laying over her shoulder
The dress complimented her tan, toned legs
Her black heels with bling on her...

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Epigrams by Michael R. Burch



Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
 
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...



Negotiables
by Michael...

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I made the coffee,
But, really, who made who?
Am I the master of my own destiny?
Or a servant of the microbes that steer me?
Why must I...

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I have been chilling all day thanks to wet slacks and socks and soaking wet tennis shoes this morning when I said okay to car...

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You have soul if you know right and wrong, 
You have soul if with others you get along, 
You have soul if you talk like...

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The red gown
by
Jude Kyrie

The red gown
No longer
Clinging to the curves
Of a beautiful lady.
Dressed for the party.
Or
Catching the cascading lights
From a glitter ball at the dance.
Or...

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I wonder
Who I might become
If I wore another man's clothes
If I thought his thoughts
Dreamed his dreams
Lived his heartache
Felt his insanity
Walked along his razor's edge

Would I
Understand
Empathize
Digest...

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He crouched among the ‘noble’ men
Of so much worth they were much to him
As seas carry creatures, he carries hope within
How much longer must he...

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I know of a man, a normal man.
He has hair and eyes
and wears clothes and shoes.
He walks, he breathes, he blinks.
He bathes, he sleeps, he...

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Clothes shine of it.
Dishes speak its language.
The dust ball in the corner
twinkles with its splendor
and delight.
For how can who you already are
help but reflect your...

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i tried to notice without noticing.
i tried to fit in by not standing out,
but i knew i was different.
their walls much bigger.
their yards much nicer.

in...

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