Long Curtal sonnet Poems

Juvenilia: Early Poems X

These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.

Regret
by Michael R. Burch

Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear...

once starlight
languished
in your hair...

a shining there
as brief
as rare.

Regret,
a pain
I chose to bear...

unleash
the torrent
of your hair...

and show me
once...

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The Tender Weight of Her Sighs
by Michael R. Burch

The tender weight of her sighs
lies heavily upon my heart;
apart from her, full of doubt,
without her presence to revolve around,
found wanting direction or course,
cursed with the thought...

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Inner Strength 

I gave up on me and never gave up on you. In the dimmest light, chance illuminates the real desire to fight. I could never feel justified or right, to take a stance...

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Just because you can 
Sailing ships away is easier then returning them back to port with red tainted monther land sand to perpetuate a pain then will later pledge a society by man’s evil ...

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Like ‘Nevermore’ sketched into water by Salvador Dali
Quickly running a message up a high mast in Mali
Or Michaelangelo his genius wild, cutting a lady less forlorn
With a savior already finished with work and free from...

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Greatly Divided

I, although unseen at times always give thanks to you all. Especially for allowing me to share my growth in the precious form of poetry. 

My prayer is that my words and works I leave...

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You’re the reason why I write poetry.
Seeing beauty and promise in the mundane.
You are the music – reverberating gong.
When you smile, I have won the lottery.
I walk around grinning like the insane,
‘cause you put in...

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OLIVE EYES

                                 ...

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Life and Death
don’t go gently into that good night
fight, fight, fight with all of your might 
stay here as long as you can 

we really don’t know what awaits us 
on the other side
that mysterious...

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YOU, ME, THE SUN AND THE SEA

I can envision your smile when mine wasn’t evident
I can hear your laughter when mine isn’t prevalent
I can imagine your glowing eyes beam while mine were dim
And I hear...

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Curtal Sonnet Sequence

A woman should be gentle, always kind
Yet he held her down to rape her again
Removing the smile that once seemed to glow
The joy of love had long since left behind
A fragile doll that...

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Importance of Humility / Reward For Generosity
LK 14:7-14

He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table. 
"When you are invited by someone...

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THIS IS DEDICATED TO MY OLD HERO---GABBY HAYES

IT MAKES ONE WONDER, IT MAKES ONE THINK
IT CAUSES ONE'S HEART TO SINK
IS HE, WILL HE, DOES HE HEAR,
DOES HE CONSIDER A CHILD'S FEAR?

I DON'T KNOW AND MAY...

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lovers of night
groove lovers
sing and to
the song
Lovers of night
Lovers of music
they really know whats
going on
Lovers of Night
Night players
reherst and play their songs
lovers of night
the singers
sing lyrics to the song
lovers of night
love music
fast, slow shorties
and long
lovers...

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The child was getting tired of being teased
Words flowed from her brother's mouth unfiltered
Had he more vocabulary he'd spew. 
She didn't care on that morning if she pleased
She went to the icebox unbewildered
  ...

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OGE

                                 Crushed dreams...

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IMMACULATE SIN

Darling don’t you find it odd
No matter if rain falls softly or hard
Somehow your house stands  upon dry sod
And your home requires no lightening rod
Because it never rains in your back yard

The rain...

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Think of me when you hear the crows
Hear my cries for help each time the wind blows
Every time you see a flock of birds see it as reminder of how far memory goes

Each time you...

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It has been a long journey 
Through life to find you
Your path meeting mine
I want you to know these words  
Of a most special kind      
They have been traveling...

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Dreams and Reality

I met her in the Book-Fair, three days the fair lasted
And she was spotted on all days, browsing and buying my books
Eyeing me without talking; I could read her mind in her looks
As...

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GOOD DAY C.J!

Methinks it be time to blink at the sun
Look at your lover and say “good morning hon”
Perhaps a cup of joe and then you can go
Go to that tree where all the doves...

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CLOSET IN THE SKELETONS

The lady held ransom a heart locked tightly such as a vault
And only she had the keys to call our love to a halt
Many times I’d seen those cursed keys
She’d use them...

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When trees awaken from their winter sleep
Their silent buds unfold and turn to green
Row upon silent row they gently lift

Bare branches, no longer in winter’s keep
Spring flowers burst from dormant bulbs unseen 
A gift

Wearing her...

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"Come to me, all you who are weary and 
burdened, and I will give you rest."

                  ...

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A grey, lonely leaf sighs holding a stem
Sobbing, and pleading to let him remain —
To stay, a day more, to see sun's next dawn.
My guru, an uncle, a beacon - gem,
My guiding star, I saw...

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