Grief Hair Poems

I picked posies as I walked on by,
removing my red hair ribbon to tie.
   My life is sometimes tranquility ...
By morning the flowers...

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The echoes have returned
And they bear some bad news
The spawns are buried deep
With no liberty to lose

Maybe, these are waters with algae,
They're rich if murky
Forestalling...

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Blue hair, green hair
    yellow or pink
  Staring at dreadlocks
    makes me think 

  A soul in...

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I would fly down the cement sidewalk,                  ...

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The follies of fools 
The lord of fools 
The fools that are lords
a leader of the damned 
Insane the minority of minions 
Deplorable and disdained...

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I was named Paulette,                     ...

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Rubik's Cube, I am so square 
use me to have some fun
boys and girls of all ages love me
i will make you pull your hair...

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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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Sonnets LII-LX

The Endeavors of Lips
by Michael R. Burch

How sweet the endeavors of lips: to speak
of the heights of those pleasures which left us weak
in love’s...

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Wonderland
by Michael R. Burch
 
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the...

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You Lie

No.
I tell you what you want to hear. 
Sometimes when I do not, 
mostly when I do not, 
always when I do not, 
you...

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Distance Squared

The speed of light
is exactly how fast
my heart sends;
every prayer, 
every good thought, 
every perfect wish! 

The bright candle between us, 
it is the...

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Just Strands of Straw

I look into the mirror, 
my hair has dropped to the sink. 
It is a trail of tears, 
years of taking care...

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Tripped Up

Things take us from what is important, easily. 
Distractions of life, responsibilities we deem high on the list. 
Missed promises, forgotten details, getting older...

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