Dream High School Poems

To move, a person crawls, then walks.

Two wheels
A frame with a seat
That same person

Takes the 3 and works them together
Into a bike.

Aha!
To move, hop on,...

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Tears are the prayers that can't be spoken
Love of God is love the can't be broken
Dreams are wishes for God to see
Thoughts are ways God...

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Classes spent           dreaming.

Unmatched beauty etched          ...

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Seems like only yesterday,
when I wore a white cap and gown.              ...

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She's a little girl with big dreams, 
But she's doubting her potential all the time, it seems. 
She asks herself if she has all that...

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I grew up on a lilac dream
along with a few shows on tv
I like video games and writing stupidly long things
I got taught that life...

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Early Poems XVI

The Beautiful People
by Michael R. Burch

They are the beautiful people,
and their shadows dance through the valleys of the moon
to the listless strains of...

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She seemed to float into the dance.
Stunning, emerald-like, on a silver cloud.
With ruby red lips, whispering velvet sounds.
We, young girls, knew we hadn’t a chance.


Our...

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Early Poems XIV

Am I
by Michael R. Burch

Am I inconsequential;
do I matter not at all?
Am I just a snowflake,
to sparkle, then to fall?

Am I only chaff?
Of...

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If I open a school,
You’ll worship every rule;
To begin to touch a Tool
A Proven Settled Fool:
A Pond to Swimming Pool
Now A Horse, once A mule:
One...

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We learn from our mistakes,
From the wrong turns, we take,
From the fake friends we make,
And from the times we almost break.

Our mistakes help us grow,
But...

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The definition of normal
Is conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
When I was graduating fifth grade
All of my classmates were crying,
They were sad
To leave.
Leave...

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The Man…The Spirit

His name was Dr. Martin Luther King;
He was a peace-loving human being.

HIM

Preaching peace and love–
A mountain top of a man:- 
Martin Luther King.


THE...

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Some say we’re in the hands of fate
But decisions yet to come
Will only prove that we create
The people we become

The future has an unseen face
And...

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And when his eyes met mine on the glittery night,
Just that moment when universe forgot every plight,
Every drop of my blood turned shimmery,
Those Stars above...

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