Rain Fate Poems

The sun, resplendent in its blazing might,
Burns fiercely o'er a barren, lifeless waste,
A desert dry and vast where earth is scorched
By searing radiation, deathly bright.
No...

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These are poems about sinking, poems about drowning, poems about loss, and poems about new discoveries we sometimes make while feeling lost...



Sinking
by Michael R. Burch

for...

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The pain in my heart threatens to be my end,
I sought to show the 'me' that God did intend.
Yet, silenced I stand, to the skies,...

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Written: April 14, 2024, For Silent One Forgotten Fields Contest

Rumi Verse: “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When...

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oh dear,
what a lovely day was it, wasn't it?
running across the sea, 
flying through the gates and castles, 
keeps of fears and madness...
growing the pretty...

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Gaze from my balcony I stand in serene reverie. A visualisation of reflective 
streams, a teardrop to stir bubbles
in circles. A panoramic view of my...

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It was a cold winter's day, the wind howled
Sky missing hiding above, the dark clouds
that were pelting rain had revenge on mind
the cold, wet city...

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How can love be so good for you
When sometimes
You get so drunk and intoxicated
It can also make you blind
Nothing can hurt so much
And causes you...

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If I had to choose a path,
Which way would I go, what choice would I make?
Would I follow my heart, or listen to my head?
Would...

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I just walked past all the rain stranded worms on the pavement yesterday
Not stepping on them but believing their path to soil or beak was...

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I wait—

here I wait
for white magic reverie
to embrace me   free me

here I wait—
an hourglass full
of leopard-print thoughts 
sugar-granular-musings spill
the beginning to the end...

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He rode a horse he got thrown off
Onto the ground his head hit first
In a pile of manure horses pie
On top of his head he...

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Bare, Naked and Raw
The Truth Piercing the Core
Emotions reveal Intentions 

Naked I bare My soul to You
You will always know My Love is True
You and...

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Another loved one has too soon been taken from me.
Bereaved, now I sorrowfully speak in subdued soliloquy
Consoling myself with solemn prayers, I try not to...

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