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Be of Good, Compassionate Courage
Dandelions…
They flutter, now I see
Fiery lions…
They're dancing with me
Sunlight…
Come out and shine down 
Moonlight…
Shun out my darkened frown

I am the infinitesimal stars in the tranquil, terrestrial night
I am the scars minutes before the sunlit dawn...

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Categories: for a while, confidence, courage, encouraging, endurance, hope, muse, passion,
Form: Free verse



Honey Bee Flying Around In Winter
I have been reluctant to pen this verse 
Because I don't understand what it was all about
I have been reluctant to pen this verse
Because I don't want anyone to  get hurt
Morning comes and evening...

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Categories: for a while, angel, blessing, business, community, freedom, mythology, people,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Who Put Luebella Down the Wych Elm
"Who Put Luebella down the Wych Elm?"

There are rumours
about me, some 
come seeking me
with their geiger counters
and ouji boards
with their heart 
shaped planchettes

unanswered questions
in the woods, crackling
within the sounds of leaves
invisible dead things speaking 
underfoot...

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Categories: for a while, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Fallen
“The Fallen”



Remote,
he sees himself 
in the reflection of cold close 
yet distant shop windows, 
his final journey along the 
Hard Time Road
walking alone, 
unforgiven, no home
for the rest of his natural life 
a million knives...

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Categories: for a while, family, freedom, friendship, god, i am, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Early Poems Iii
Juvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch

In the Whispering Night
by Michael R. Burch

In the whispering night, when the stars bend low
till the hills ignite to a shining flame,
when a shower of meteors streaks the sky
while...

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Categories: for a while, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form: Rhyme



The Tender Weight of Her Sighs
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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Categories: for a while, creation, depression, divorce, farewell, goodbye, sorrow, sorry,
Form: Sonnet
Juvenilia: Early Poems Ix
Juvenilia: Early Poems IX

These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school student and during my first two years of college.

Shock
by Michael R. Burch

It was early in the morning of...

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Categories: for a while, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form: Rhyme
For All That I Remembered
For All That I Remembered
by Michael R. Burch

For all that I remembered, I forgot
her name, her face, the reason that we loved ...
and yet I hold her close within my thought:
I feel the burnished weight...

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Categories: for a while, desire, dream, memory, remember, sad love, soulmate,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Chapter 98 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Teenager Invaders Misbehavior
Late evening March 2045

The Teenagers were adventurous 
They were venturing.  DJ and 
Damali Trech were both 18 years 
Old. The Copy Cat Club was the
Place to  be for teens.  It mostly 
Served...

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Categories: for a while, confidence, courage, emotions, father daughter, father son,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Chapter 18: Dolly Damian Molly and Polly: Love In Degrees
Date:   April   2026

The 1st degree is unknown 

Damian and Polly had planned
The trip to the Copy Cat Club
For weeks with Dolly and Molly
The club was popping when
They hit the scene.
The DJ...

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Categories: for a while, beautiful, culture, fun, good night, hello, integrity,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Chapter 126 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Holly: Holly's Orientation and Invitation
Date:   July  2049

Early morning combinations 
Personal hygiene conversations
And kisses in most of the Hakim 
Households. Damian was negotiating 
For properties in Virginia namely 
Virginia Beach. He wanted the 
Prosperous realty. He spoke...

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Categories: for a while, allusion, birth, devotion,
Form: Prose
To Be a Friend Pleaser
I heavily recall two times when I had made you cry,
Both of which bewildered and moved me
My response was that of disbelief, and regret
And never, upon recalling, 
Have I felt more of the need to...

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Categories: for a while, change, character, confusion, devotion, friendship, growing up,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Many silly poems potpourri
In most of my verse, my simple aim
is just sorta to enter tame.
Then, once inside ~
go completely hog wild ~
showing no reserve,
showing absolutely no shame.

"What do you think of my pup?",
I asked a cop as...

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Categories: for a while, giggle, poetry, silly, writing,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Chapter 119 -- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY: Damali Desharah DJ-- Desharah's and Sedanah's New Digs
Desharah  woke early morning 8 am.
She wanted to check out her new
House. But she waited for Sedanah 
To come out of her dreams. 
"WAKE UP SEDA."  They roomed
Together. That's what her mother 
Wanted....

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Categories: for a while, absence, confidence, voyage,
Form: Alliteration
Sonnets Xc-Xcvii
Sonnets XC-XCVII

Artificial Smile
by Michael R. Burch

I’m waiting for my artificial teeth
to stretch belief, to hollow out the cob
of zealous righteousness, to grasp life’s stub
between clenched molars, and yank out the grief.

Mine must be art-official?zenlike Art?
a...

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Categories: for a while, art, grave, grief, life, night, pain, smile,
Form: Sonnet
My Best is at Rest
My Best is at Rest.
This is a tribute to my Lifelong Best Friend Katrina.

My Best friend/Sister has passed on from this life.
She lived a life of love. To know her was to automatically love her....

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Categories: for a while, best friend, cancer, god, i love you,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Boys Get In Trouble Again - the Narrative Style
~The Boys Get In Trouble Again~Part 1- 
(A Narrative poem) 


 
Beth! Beth! Almanzo called out aloud for Laura upon entering their home., very late that afternoon, after so many long hours of work, since...

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Categories: for a while, beautiful, books, family, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Skin of Terror
Skin of Terror
- Daniel Henry Rodgers

(The stage lights come up slowly on Michael's face, which is crisscrossed with wrinkles from his fuming anxiety. He peers out into the gloominess at the wheel and tightly clutches...

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Categories: for a while, horror, mental health, mental illness, psychological,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Translation of Eric Mottram's Courbet: Elegy 8 By T Wignesan
Translation of Eric Mottram’s Courbet: Elegy 8 by T. Wignesan

Blanches oeuvres ouvertes
résident dans les jours
la surface du banc de travail est noire
les géraniums-lierres
les fougères et les adragans
accumulent leurs oeuvres et jours:
La toile noire de Courbet
un...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: for a while, america, art, creation, philosophy, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse
Women and their Man
What went wrong with women and why women worry.
Some women worry for it’s in their nature. They grew up watching grandma worry and momma worry. They lack confidence. They too often need reassurance. Their insecurity...

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Categories: for a while, change, forgiveness, god, hurt, men, relationship, women,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Little Blue Fairy
There was a little wind fairy who lived in a meadow near a small town, her name was Estella. Estella had beautiful blue hair like the sky, so her friends called her the little blue...

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Categories: for a while, blue, fairy,
Form: Free verse
No Happy Ending
Bright lights, big city...
bright lights, big city dreams...
please just take me away tonight
Let me rest on your elegance tonight
I have no energy left to spend in reality
so please knock me unconscious
just to be in the...

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Categories: for a while, friend, friendship, hate, heartbreak, irony, jealousy, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 37
The cold air seemed to help clear his head but the lullaby was persistent and 
he could not get it out of his mind.  He walked for just a few moments
before passing the the...

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Categories: for a while, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member The Boys Get In Trouble Again- Part 1
~The Boys Get In Trouble Again~Part 1- 
(A Narrative poem) 


 
Beth! Beth! Almanzo called out aloud for Laura upon entering their home., very late that afternoon, after so many long hours of work, since...

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Categories: for a while, books, celebrity, emotions, family, boy,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian Take
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
 
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*

In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: for a while, books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form: Elegy

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