Husband Friendship Poems

I loved her, and O!  How I meant not to!
To be my dead wife's husband, and a friend
Respectful of her sister, humble, too,
And now,...

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The Stake
by Michael R. Burch

Love, the heart bets,
if not without regrets,
will still prove, in the end,
worth the light we expend
mining the dark
for an exquisite heart.

Originally...

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Stay With Me Tonight
by Michael R. Burch 

Stay with me tonight;
be gentle with me as the leaves are gentle
falling to the earth.
And whisper, O my...

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Days of a Pioneer Christmas,
The beauty of a horse drawn sleigh.

The freshly fallen snow,
Husband and wife appearing in the horse drawn sleigh.

Pioneer village decorated with...

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Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
Earthdate/starttime: 11/04/19 01:10:26 AM
Earthdate/endtime: 11/04/19 02:55:46 AM

Poetic snapshot regarding immediate
actual, physical, spatial... environment
pertinent, relevant, salient... yours truly
commenced within fleeting electronic

date/time stamp indicated above bereft
attempts...

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The casement creaked under the scrutiny of darkness

A lonely candle flickered to the tune of one single log

Unhinged she sat where darkness fell upon her...

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Her daughter loved visiting the older couple who lived next door
but after the lady’s husband died the daughter said, “I don’t want to visit her...

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      Being together is not...

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"Fraudulent"



A writer writes of people 
walking lonely dark streets
begging for bread, shelter and cold without all

like he’s been there
trudging up and downhill knocking on doors...

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^^^^^^^^Email Insanity^^^^^^^^

We are ecstatic over baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis 
and football!
We relish snowflakes and the warmth of the sun.
And NASCAR, races? Why, we would not miss...

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A face pack guaranteed to make Miffy’s face look year’s younger.
She had never had enough suiters to add up to a husband, so she bought...

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My phone rings and rings; my friends miss me.
I do not answer, not ready to be upbeat or entertaining.
I cannot stand a Debby Downer, so...

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One day I received an envelope in the mail,
I opened the envelope, my sister Angela had surprised me with a picture .

This was a picture...

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Inspiring People 
Curtis Johnson               


So inspirational
Married couple    ...

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Arthritic Vision Ponders Dementia's Dreams of Love's Future!

I’m a fool for you, dear one, if weakness, my choice,
As a man, though redundant, a poetic voice!
I’ll...

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My days as a married woman with children,
My husband Walter and i had a cottage at North Bay.

This was an A-frame cottage,
Beautiful near the lake.

Our...

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I woke up this morning with no intended plan
I had no clue as to where I will go next, 
But I felt bold and strong...

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Today I stand before you
No longer your admirer
No longer just a lover
I have just discovered,
What I am worth to you 
Standing here with my arms...

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I think of the many good memories you and I shared,
When you came to live with me in my apartment.

Then you and I dated and...

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Calls in middle of the night
Hearing something isn't right
Your voice crackling with fear
Pleading for me to be there
I hang up and get dressed
Scaring me with...

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