The Canyons
...The canyons dim, the canyons dark,
fast river churning at its heart;
the canyons sheer, the canyons steep,
trees cling to walls, ready to leap;
the canyons tall, the canyons wife,
voice echoes o...
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Categories:
condors, appreciation, beauty, earth, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
secretary
...you circle each word
red, you enjoy
the correcting -
“read”
the riding crop
dropped
words race away
in your inner world
dark stallions
no bridle nor bit
bareback the beautiful
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Categories:
condors, muse,
Form: Free verse
Patterns of Our Fabric 2
...These are the moments that stir our hearts
and make our spirits soar, like Phoenix's,
Doves and Condors, wearing the freedom
of the sky as a shawl.
The mome...
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Categories:
condors, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Urban Afforestation
...Condors and skyscrapers
Concrete walls and glass walls
Are outstanding landmarks of a city
Blocking the view of the sky and greenery
Cars and heavy traffic
Highways and flyovers
Add to the haza...
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Categories:
condors, beauty, environment, freedom, green,
Form: Free verse
Absence Nonsense
...Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Aspen is a place to squander.
Assess, take some time to ponder.
Absinthe causes minds to wander.
Aston Martin’s gone; I pawned her.
Accent hair to make you b...
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Categories:
condors, silly, vacation,
Form: Monorhyme
Out of the Way
...*Image of Hikers Warning by Pixabay.
Out Of The Way
As a self-proclaimed ruler of my person, I am mindful of the internal convictions, external constitutions as Lord overseer of my ...
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Categories:
condors, death, perspective,
Form: Narrative
November Time Slip
...It snowed last night;
taking out the trash,
there I am, dozing in a garden swing set
deep within July.
It could be another year.
July in a London park
lying next to her,
wisps of gentleness ...
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Categories:
condors, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Higher Than the Alps Mountains
...Army of Napoleon Bonaparte,
Was so rhythmically marching,
Gliding across all rough paths
Like condors to conquer the Alps;
A woman aged in experience,
Warns him consequences dire;
For never eve...
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Categories:
condors, adventure, confidence, courage, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Final Lullaby
...Final Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.
Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging...
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Categories:
condors, death, eulogy, funeral, Lullaby,
Form: Lyric
December First
...It snowed last night, first fall of the year.
Taking out the trash,
there I am, dozing in a garden swing set
deep within July.
Mother of pearl eyes
above the clouds…it could be another year.
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Categories:
condors, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Hunger
...Hankering hordes of hungry hovering hawks haunt hoodoos in Utah.
Underfed California condors cruise canyon cataracts for corpses.
Nesting, starving swallows swiftly search for slime and straw in S...
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Categories:
condors, bird, food, nature, poetry,
Form: Acrostic
Canyon Dancers
...Deep in the canyon with the grace of your souls
carrying your memory inside me
Visiting places where we spent time before
seeing each one of your faces
Hearing your voices whispering insi...
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Categories:
condors, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A Haiku Anthology
...feathered wanderers
how far… what lands you espied
moonlight guides you on
~
feathers… how many
would it take to lift me… fly
a dreams worth… magic
~
the crow the raven
black as pitc...
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Categories:
condors, nature,
Form: Haiku
Naturally Blue
...NATURALLY BLUE
naturally blue you are self made from the creator
Tried, true you who
are not bronze, golden nor silver
But you are ever so true, you are natueally blue
Condors flying high, ...
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Categories:
condors, appreciation, black african american,
Form: Lyric
Whypt Syllabubs
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“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” Rumi
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Categories:
condors, desire, love, lust, romance,
Form: Romanticism
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