Touching Heart Poems

Many Angels In My Heart Are Held
Many angels in my heart are held ---
One to keep you & I safe by night & day; 
Another...

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In my dream I hear the haunting strings of a violin tune that we both adored.
It is a sad violin tune, melancholy and touching to...

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stones
by michael r. burch


i.
far below me lies a village
with its houses hewn from stone
and though Everyman who lives there
bravely claims he’s not alone,
i can tell...

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Faraway in a distant land hope grows 
age of centuries battlefield of truth 
a merry go around 
cotton white kisses clouds 
dancing joy blows them...

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In the heart of inner wanderings hides, alas, a tormented soul,
Wilted by anguishes woven at the edge of the mind, where the thread breaks.
In verses,...

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MY HEART WITHOUT YOU .......


YOUR LONG HAIR STILL LINGERS UPON MY COLD FACE 
TOUCHING MY FINGERS SKIN AND SOULS
CANNOT FORGET YOUR OPEN HAIR ON MY...

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The ho’oponopono prayer goes like this:
“I’m sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you, I love you.”

It's very touching, especially given how simple and universal these words...

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When the words were intense
and the soul no longer 
conceded to comfort 
Thoughts got blind 
and the heart beats in tension 
Silence
*****
Absent are ardent 
words
an...

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Lorca Translations I

Gacela of the Dark Death
by Federico Garcia Lorca
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I want to sleep the dreamless sleep of apples
far from the...

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Like seasons passing,
It starts off spring.
Butterflies in the stomach,
soft, gentle, cool.
Hinting at something
Lingering in the air.
A brush of hands,
still shy
as it forms.

Come summer,
Hot, bright, fiery.
Excitement...

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Oh, amazing girl, why do you sit alone,
What troubles you? Let me reveal
That you are God’s own masterpiece,
A creation carrying a divine touch.
God, in poetic...

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Going inward
Receiving moments of grace
While time unfolds
Touching your heart with my breath
An expansion
Doorways to enter

Each gift revealed through my willingness
Vulnerability my partner
Coaxing me towards unimagined...

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15 ….. In The Heart Of A Valentine.

Love does shine in the heart of a Valentine, 
my rose does shine so bright, 
my precious love,...

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Some feelings don't easily flow.
Unless informed and encouraged
to release the waters of life
inside of us, our lives become
dams without outlets. In our best
effort, expressions from...

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Your touches do not touch me.
What's a touch if it doesn't touch the heart?
Rubbings just remain skin-deep.
They do not penetrate the skin.
Flesh to flesh relation...

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