Rose Human Poems

                      He never complains...

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Without a shadow's kiss, 
           How blooms a hidden rose?
Without a storm's embrace, 
 ...

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The Cost of a Human Life

I sat as an observer
in a state’s superior court.
First-degree murder was the charge.
Cold blooded calculated murder was the act.
One teen...

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A Monoku by: Ink Empress 
  The ink of my skin doesn't define me nor does it construe my poetry.

Am I not human to...

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Human Spirit

     The Human Spirit
       I own !
       The...

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Blest to worship amidst granted stewardship
My human spirit* abides in God’s fellowship
For freedom-fulfillment against selfish aim
Prevailing as victor over carnal fame.
 
When terrors of guilt...

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Human spirit is like a fountain,
ever towering like a mountain; 
It is a flame, so clear and bright, 
that dwarfs even the brightest light. 

It...

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Those who live an artistic life are genuinely soul-aware. 
It is as vital to the human spirit as is the air. 
Artistry, sculpture, and landscape design are...

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Axis of my mind, body, thoughts, feelings,
Fears, emotions, passions, friendly dealings; 
My spirit incorporates each feature,
Of my being as an earthly creature...! 

Thinks, feels, motivates,...

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More creative than the wildest schemes
Power released in sudden splendid splashes,
Determined to succeed in gushing streams 
The human spirit like brilliant lightning flashes.

Indisputable and determined...

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A curve of sky
in a corner cusps a smooth,
thick dusting 

of carrot-mauve hues 
tonight. Drapes over heather
trees 

whose arms 
and hands bend with this drowsy...

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a child collapsed cold in the garden 
talisman waved with the wind 
violently close to a pardoning-
hardening, molding the kin to her seam inter-winged 
horribly...

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Staring at the world through albino lenses,
Sat a frail and delicate lass.
An epitome of beauty and grace,
With a pure heart of gold.
Tiny yet strong,
Fascinating and...

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Rejection Slips 3

Rejection Slip
by Michael R. Burch

Whenever my writing gets rejected,
I always wonder how the rejecter got elected.
Are we exchanging at the same Bourse?
(Excepting present...

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Black rose
Black hair
Black clothes
Blank stare
Lips black
As ash
Burned and cut
Scarred and rashed
She stands out from the crowd
She’s different from the rest
If only she was proud
To simply...

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