Long Comforter Poems

Listen
by Immanuel A. Michael (an alias of Michael R. Burch)

1.
Listen to me now
and heed my voice;
I am a madman, alone,
screaming in the wilderness,
but listen now.

Listen to me now, and if I say
that black is black
and...

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I have been reluctant to write this poem
Because I don't want to disappoint anyone
from going to heaven
I have been reluctant to write this poem
Because it has been a heavy burden
Yesterday  a little past noon
I...

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Jesus is the word of God, through him all things are made
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, 
And the Word was God
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us
So...

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ONE NIGHT SLEEPOVER
The embers of the fireplace glowed,
We were all alone in the forest 
spending a family vacation
 surrounded by big, shadowy trees 
and a river that never flowed.
At first, I acted as though 
I...

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It is filled with cultural and geographical interests.                           ...

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My youth minister once told me that seventeen was too young to have felt the pain that I'd felt. She told me that seventeen was too young to be so corrupted, so scarred. According to...

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What’s up with Santa
                               ...

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(Loneliness is the most painful emotions, making us feel abandoned, betrayed and unwanted) .

In my loneliness, I Looked at the crowds of people around me never helped me.
When the troubles of my life bothered me...

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FEAR


WHAT SCARES ME
FROM AS FAR BACK AS I COULD DREAM
THIS IS WHAT Fear has done to me
This is a verse, bout’ what is cursed..
What scares you?
Is it the crossing of a busy street?
What scares you?
Is...

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home again, jiggety-jog
oh, how kindly my castle welcomes me!
the pungent loves of earlier meals and my dear one's perfume
Je Reviens and Acqua Di Gioia

like manna for the sensual senses
a weary man dripping from a weary...

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WILL YOU?
He takes me on vacation to a resort 
just off the coast of Aruba. The hotel 
room is amazing...everything in it is 
white red and pink. From the 
couches, rugs and comforter on the...

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Q:   How is Jesus Christ going to prevent His eleven remaining loyal disciples
       from going astray? John chapter 16:1

A:   By causing all of them to...

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Q:   Why will the Comforter convict the world in regard to righteousness and 
       judgement? John 16: 11.

A:  He will convict the world in regard to...

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Destiny never announces to us our place of arrival
The streets, countries or cities
Sometimes our journey is by circumstance
Other times it is divine
At thirty eight years old
I was still looking for Mr direction
I was still in...

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In the pouring rain many miles from home
Stuck on the side of the road with a tire 
blown

Out in the darkness on a lonely stretch of 
country road
There in the distance
 I saw lights with...

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Francie folded with the first contraction .Sam had watched her eyes widen as the
amniotic fluid soaked her dress.The contractions began immediately as if a starter pistol had been fired.She could tell this time was not...

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Heavenly Distractions
 
Heavenly distractions Gods divine guidance that will set you in an idle space of quietness
Away from all the noxious noise
Where you are only able to hear his voice commands and promises
Instilling in us...

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A stain will be left behind when the ordinary color of red bleeds
There will be a mark of imperfection that it will surely leave
Yet the blood of red that flowed on the cross from Jesus...

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The wind came down from the canyon with a quite heat
It was to his back as he faced the crashing waves
He watched the pelicans skimming the rolling surf
The sun warmed sand felt comforting beneath his...

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Two dog night

A stillness had crept in under a cloak 
of finely sculptured snowflakes, descending 
quietly from an oppressively heavy sky. 
It blanketed deserted streets
 that longed for the busy life 
they had been built...

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Open Closed





 Open letter addressed by me to myself as  

               as though I am in any way complicit in...

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Governing my emotions through my faith in Jesus Christ.***

Only Jesus Christ is the very best pathway to preventing my emotions from going on an emotional roller coaster ride.  However, it is also true it...

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Please unchain me from this false utopia
This hopeful thinking is a hopeless flaw
Please forgive the wrongs I inflicted upon you
This tainted sorrow is infecting all of me too

Grieving for the death of yesterday
Take a breath...

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Achievement, 2 of 2
                         —Time to share—

I cried and bewailed 
while...

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~ (~) "Never thought the day would get here - you-know-days-they-often come-
at the expense of another; like when we were caught by your Pa, first dandling our feet in 
the murky puddles-when we were younger...

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