Father Eve Poems

Snow had fallen, Christmas Eve morning,
On every rooftop and branch adorning

Burying my rural world in white,
And changing this place overnight

Early, I had wandered out the...

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‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse.
My wife and son lay silent, all tucked...

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When angels war against Lord of the Flies,
     and saints oppose profane demons of doubt,
the skeptic, cynic, and the worldly-wise,
 ...

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Various Heresies 10



God to Man, Contra Bataan
by Michael R. Burch

Earth, what-d’ya make of global warming?
Perth is endangered, the high seas storming.
Now all my creatures, from...

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I often ask MYSELF,
What if I wasn't LEFT?

"Would I have been deceived if I wasn't ALONE?"
Of course, I will never know, but yet I wonder...

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Everyone blames Eve.
They believe
she was the cause, effect and reason.
But she was human
and did not weave
generational punishment on her own.
We cannot leave
the story there
without remembering...

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As the evening turns to a whisper, the sky changes to the color of wine  
and while the trees with their over-shadowed limbs hover...

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The New Year

It is a new year... 
It is a new day.
It is the first day...
of many more. 

The problem, 
and the answer... 
It came...

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It’s Christmas Eve
Once again, this year
I know – I believe
He came down from heaven
To give – and we receive
The gift, His grace, salvation
His love will...

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Without light, the world is cold and dark.
Sans decorous evergreens to light up the park.
Cries in the night, flesh hidden from view.
It’s a nightmare -...

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Born of man and holy breath 
Heaven’s angel who stops death
Father of the race of Seth...

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A Determined Devil -

As I lay another cedar beam plumb for our home
smoke plumes, serpentine and sulphuric, interrupts the sunshine,
I look below the ridge, Eve...

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Year One -

Tell me Eve,
does this Garden have everything we need,
do you think the walls are too tall,
are the gatekeepers reasonable, tolerable, right about it...

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Little girl in a rainbow jumper runs to hide 
And seek. Lifting hands to cover her face 
As soon as she finds the right tree...

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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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