Flower Hate Poems

Night Labor
by Michael R. Burch

for Rachel Corrie

Tonight we keep the flame alive;
we keep the candle lit.
We burn bright incense in your name
and swear we’ll not...

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My shadow wears
a pink frilly dress
a sun hat with handpicked flowers
shoes that compliment everything
Her hair is like a noisy ocean down to her waist
beautiful and...

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Beauty is in the keen eyes,
Not in the clear blue skies; 
Clouds that twirl in shape,
Or forest greens that drape;
Life is beautiful, if only we...

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a war of words 
dripping, bloodied
emotions of elixir
drunken and fallen off 
of each page
love or hate
we are all in our own personal battle 
marching against...

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There is a food I hate to eat,
I hate it in my mouth
it taste like slime in my mouth,
the nastiest food on earth!

Oh how I...

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Day Dreams

I love to have daydreams, 
about the nighttime. 
I believe I can see it all 
clearer in the light. 
I am not afraid of...

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Counting Beats

There is a machine, 
that the doctor has, 
it is sheer magic. 
It can be placed on the belly of a mother, 
and the...

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The Autumn sun shone with golden magic
The warmth of the embrace was seen from afar
As I stood along the fence in the valley below

Inside the...

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each sleight is the haunt 
of some evicted ghost.
grieving me a life of greater pain;
I see pieces of people passing, 
drifting into the footsteps 
of...

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I hate February 14th. 
Don’t give me affection, attention, or love. 
Leave me alone. 
I’d rather be cut by my own thorns than have my...

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He had a conversation with an angel…he was seated by a stream…when he noticed she was next to him…then again he thought…it could have been...

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Sunrise, sunset paints sky in 
kaleidoscope of colors every day
At a flower garden, different flowers
of varied colors and hues sway

Green leaves each one unique
varied hues...

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Oftentimes I feel I am surrounded by hate that pens me in. Like it's just me, struggling to protect myself from the world's attacks. People...

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28/07/2021
 Hundred dreams
In the eyes
I just scream

Mind is a landmine while
I walk the deathbed made
find my style, lost a smile,
It is the same all day
Modern...

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Don’t the dog mind 
Or to it be rather kind
With no plans to you bite 
Nor attempt another act not right.

Don’t scratches on its fluffy...

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