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Sonnets Xlii-Li
Sonnets XLII-LI

Distances
by Michael R. Burch

Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.

Footprints on beaches
now flooding with water;
the small, broken ribcage
of some primitive slaughter...
So near, yet so far.



A Surfeit of...

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Categories: compass, bereavement, death, death of a friend, funeral,
Form: Sonnet



A Vain Word
A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch

Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under moss-stubbled oaks, full of whispers, complaining
to the darkening...

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Categories: compass, autumn, beauty, extended metaphor, grief, heartbreak, moon,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Worship and Praise - the Pantoum Style
~ Worship And Praise   ~ 
( Pantoum ) 
 

~O~


Worship God, pray each day, all way. 
Keep the Lord always in my life. 
Surely follow Him every day. 
Worship and Praise, in good...

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Categories: compass, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THE ROYAL FAMILY BOONEY BLACK APRIL 1979
ABSOLUTLY NO FEAR OF YOUR THREATS FROM 1959 BASIC HEROIN ADDICT ADDICTED TO FENTANYL TODAY THE ROYAL FAMILY SPEAKS PERHAPS THROUGH SAINT ROYAL PLACE WHEN GUNMAN ARRIVED TO END MY LIFE FOR BEING AN INFORMANT...

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Categories: compass, allah,
Form: Naat
Premium Member FENTANYL CRISIS CHICAGO
BEING A CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE SURVIVOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM CORRUPTION FOR THE FBI GOING INTO HOSTAGE SITUATIONS THERE ARE SOMETIMES CASULTIES
MY...

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Categories: compass, allah,
Form: Qawwali



Modern Sonnets Ii
MODERN SONNETS II

I prefer the original definition of the sonnet as a “little song” of indeterminate form and length. These modern sonnets vary from more-or-less traditional to free verse.



In Praise of Meter
by Michael R. Burch

The...

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Categories: compass, art, romance, romantic, romantic love, song, write,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member A Small Bouquet of My Word Groupings
you were an infant
i would sing a song i created for you

'there's a baby in my arms
there's a baby in the mirror
but honey 
there's not really two
the child in the mirror
is only 
an image 
of...

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Categories: compass, appreciation, celebration, childhood, daughter, encouraging, faith, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Resonating Rightbrain Politics
Says Csikszentmihalyi,
"Social scientists
(Abraham Maslow, Lawrence Kohlberg, Jane Loevinger, [Ken Wilber, Edward Podvoll, Julian Jaynes, Jack Kornfield, Richard Dawkins, Clare Graves, Carl Jung] and James Fowler)
describe a dialectical motion
between [Yang-ego-form] differentiation
and [Yin-eco-logical function] integration,
between turning attention...

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Categories: compass, beauty, environment, health, political, psychological, religion, trust,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth - With New Footnotes
God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!

God Bless Each Day's Magnetic Field On Earth!

God bless each day's magnetic field on Earth (1) that shields the human race
from cosmic rays bombarding Earth and us (from...

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Categories: compass, love, science, space,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown
“The Juniper Prize: Between the Known and the Unknown”

That man built a house 
of straw and sticks
and the stories that burned within -

all consuming the titled prize;

like a bird 
sings a song
the metre repeats and...

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Categories: compass, muse,
Form: Narrative
Quest of the Heart: Chapter Two
Brave Shadow Mane


Falling free at a tremendous velocity
Cursing my decision for acting in haste
Through clouds and frozen rain I could not see the ground
Losing consciousness, in my mouth blood I could taste

Now this was indeed...

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Categories: compass, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Strange Creatures and the Forest of Egregore
“Strange Creatures and The Forest of Egregore” 

Where do we go -

when our rosebuds
stop still in the cold,
unwanted, 
along the unopened road?

we walk into the 
forest alone, 
there we meet 
strange creatures -

some say 
they...

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Categories: compass, dark, light, love, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Somewhere On Foot Part Two
“Oh please don’t worry.
I haven’t a heightened sixth sense… about the mint infused lilt here.”
There must be a compass without a point surrounding me
“Looking for directions.
The town you’re seeking is a few winding roads and...

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Categories: compass, beautiful, character, deep, environment, growth, immigration, philosophy,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: L 50 - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams
UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: L (50) - Tongue-Teasers

The « early bird catches the worm » only because the worm has not woken up yet.

« I don’t love you ! I hated your father ! » - must...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: compass, art, humor, irony, women, word play,
Form: Epigram
Accumulating Anger: My Love Was Serpentine
My love was serpentine to the touch
I can't quite explain it...the love of mine
Had gone away from my sight and such
I can quiz my mind to say otherwise, my bittersweet sugar wine…

Why am I extremely...

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Categories: compass, angst, longing, lost love, love, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Continuum - Part Two
Climbing from the sands, velociraptors turn as one
Triceratops and stegosaurs arise to share the fun
And then they march en masse toward that briny maelstrom
And Adam Adams yells, “They’re heading back where they came from!”

Suddenly, so...

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Categories: compass, future, humanity, time,
Form: Narrative
My Fruitful Flight During Nightfall
I’m getting tracked down by nightfall
Hear me…hear me…out as I fall…
Hear my call; my heart’s pounding in appall 
I fall down – hear my pleas and answer my call
Don’t hang up on me at all!
I’m...

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Categories: compass, beauty, betrayal, deep, desire, hope, passion, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
My Mind a Ship In Darkness
My mind a ship in darkness                             ...

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Categories: compass, adventure, , Lullaby,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Calming of Her Storm
"The Calming of Her Storm"



My mother gave me solace
I fell into her deep hollows
to kiss the wisdom of her 
breath chanting quietly 
I still hear her 
nightingale birdsong caressing 
the soft fluttering 
of her tireless...

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Categories: compass, love, mirror, muse,
Form: Free verse
Cocoons Hibernating In Summer
I made a U turn at dusk as dark night creeps  upon me
I tried to catch my breath from the horrible smell that was stifling me inside
I did not know which way to turn...

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Categories: compass, america, angel, christian, community, environment, insect, truth,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Mockingbird - Crown of Sonnets
#1
"It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird.
While playing games with rocks or guns, defray,
them, please, ...shoot old tin cans.  Each whispered song 
from Mockingbirds, can heal the wounds  of the day"

Virtues are...

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Categories: compass, children, discrimination, integrity, prejudice,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
When All Is Set and Done, Make Sure You Leave Living
WHEN ALL IS SET AND DONE, MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE LIVING:
Chorus:
We're all dreamers chasing dreams,
But does the dreams we chasing rightfully gleam?
Trends and hypes many yearn to keep,
We're all dreamers chasing dreams,
But does the dreams...

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Categories: compass, destiny, life,
Form: Lyric
Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry
Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry

Whether arsonist at fault
or confluence of ripe conditions
triggering perfect firestorm,
the titan of fire beside himself with misery,
though no fault of his own
the raging bullish conflagration
a taste of inescapable...

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Categories: compass, cry, environment, fire, humorous, inspiration, lost, winter,
Form: Free verse
Dream On
“Dream On”

Hm, my heart as it slips out of my reach
Like the waves of the sea, flowing passed the palm of my hand
Do you know what I mean? You’re eyes are as blue and playful...

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Categories: compass, beauty, betrayal, change, dark, deep, hope, uplifting,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Where the Ocean Meets the Mountain
You, Mariana—deepest trench of my knowing  
   I call you by name not to possess it
but because it is the only prayer  
   I have ever known how to...

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Categories: compass, assonance, love, metaphor, mountains, ocean, woman,
Form: Lyric

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