Nightingale and Roses
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“Nightingale and Roses”
the heart burst open
like a canary cracks open its cage with a song
listening to the nightingale with roses
flying like a throatful soul escapi...
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Categories:
heraclitean, muse,
Form: Free verse
No Mark
...No Mark
by Michael R. Burch
A wave implodes,
impaled upon
impassive rocks...
this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...
you are leaving
and the ungrieving
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Categories:
heraclitean, break up, change, divorce,
Form: Verse
Nothing Returns
...Nothing Returns
by Michael R. Burch
A wave implodes,
impaled upon
impassive rocks . . .
this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear . . .
you are leaving
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Categories:
heraclitean, romantic love,
Form: Free verse
Smart Play
...“That’s what I love about baseball –
it doesn’t mean anything.” – Woody Allen
The sun is shining, flags are flying,
Spring is here once more:
fresh-mown grass, and onions frying –
and so you...
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Categories:
heraclitean, baseball,
Form: Rhyme