Ocean Divorce Poems

I haven’t words for explaining,
Reasons aren’t within my grasp.
I don’t know how to speak of then,
Without reflecting shadow of doubts.

I know that the past can’t...

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Devastated
Individuals
Vowing love now departing
Over time
Reconciliation
Comes with
Eternal peace for all....

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On the loom of existence, our saga unfolds, 
Lives woven in controversy; a story is told. 
A symphony of chaos, a dance of extremes, 
A...

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Sidewalks

We walked along the sidewalks
that paralleled the beach,
the ocean roaring in the distance
just beyond the soft sands,
an echo of all the waves
that have ever touched...

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It’s an awful feeling to be wrong
Like a fish thrown back and having to explain the trick to others
Or a child at the chalkboard 
Walking...

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I was always functional to him, like the way a paint brush is functional to an artist.  It only serves a purpose.

My purpose was...

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The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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When she was young,                                          ...

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He could remember the chorus of warnings under the lonely heavens withholding its dazzling stars
The voice of Mr. & Mrs. Hart resonating within the walls...

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Tall neon city lights dance on the water
as the gentle waves crash onto the harbor.

The ship blares its horns
and calls for its last passengers to...

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Poems about Things that Break II
 
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter.
 
 
 
Water and Gold
by Michael R. Burch
 
You came...

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Some ink runs, not all ink fades.

I'll be damned you think you can win that easily.
It's true your words captivate and tease me.
I can't even...

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No Mark
by Michael R. Burch

A wave implodes, 
impaled upon
impassive rocks...

this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...

you are leaving
and the ungrieving
winds...

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Silent Wisdom

Did you see?
Did you look?
What do think?
They are so…   …   ?

Words heard directly, 
indirectly or by accident, 
but never by...

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Ocean waves softly crashing under the moonlight
Spoken whispers as we walk hand in hand along the shore	
Motion of the waves crashing is hypnotic and refreshing
Emotion...

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