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Poems About Flowers
Lady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch
May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.
The...
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in memory, flower, june, rose, roses are red, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems Vi
Juvenilia: Early Poems VI
An Illusion
by Michael R. Burch
The sky was as hushed as the breath of a bee
and the world was bathed in shades of palest gold
when I awoke.
She came to me with the sound...
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Categories:
in memory, poetry, poets, teen, teenage, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Roses and Lilacs
Winter
by Michael R. Burch
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
The lilac of devotion
has felt the winter hoar
and shed her dress;
companionless,
she shivers—nude, forlorn.
Published...
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Categories:
in memory, desire, longing, love, nature, romance, rose, roses
Form:
Verse
Sonnets Lxi-Lxx
Sonnets LXI-LXX
Erin
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair?
bright carrot?and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children?some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid it. For nowhere
is evidence of...
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Categories:
in memory, heart, night, spiritual, wife, words, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Otomo No Sakanoue No Iratsume Translation
To a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh, my child living so far away,
do you pine for me...
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in memory, child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form:
Tanka
You Never Listened
You Never Listened
by Michael R. Burch
You never listened,
though each night the rain
wove its patterns again
and trembled and glistened...
You were not watching,
though each night the stars
shone, brightening the tears
in her eyes palely fetching...
You...
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Categories:
in memory, baby, birth, children, extended metaphor, feelings, soulmate,
Form:
Sonnet
Love Poems V
LOVE POEMS V
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch, about life, the dream of love, virtue, a first kiss, a first crush, the birth of a first relationship, the joy of a first love...
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in memory, birth, confusion, crush, dream, joy, kiss, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Things That Break Iii
Poems about Things that Break III
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter: a bubble, glass, a mirror, a twig or tree limb, a thunderstorm, cities and towers in times of war, old...
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Categories:
in memory, break up, farewell, pain, relationship, society, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
The massive convoy of threats
Begins with Hyundai's my stalker fatal attraction
rushing in front of our disabled vehicle then rams break
hard causing us to panic my spouse and I both disabled
this has cause severe discrimination and victimization...
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Categories:
in memory, allah,
Form:
Kyrielle
Victim 9 checker cab company arson not ruled out Ciro Gargano my abusive ex husband
You still frighten me Ciro Gargano the way you control city officials after committing arson murders of 8 fire chief gene kalinowski was great in calling in that favour even though you and my abusive...
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Categories:
in memory, allah,
Form:
Masnavi
Poems About Regret
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 . ....
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Categories:
in memory, memory, pain, remember, sad, sorrow, sorry, sympathy,
Form:
Rhyme
Munich Massacre celebration BXO82 operation brown sugar baby powder
I'm fondly reminded of touring Europe our housing quarters and daycare i worked were under planned attacks blessing the attack meant for women and children would strike celebration of black September the attacked touched down...
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Categories:
in memory, allah,
Form:
Quatern
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:
in memory, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
New Year Poems I
New Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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in memory, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Literary Feud Among - Pt 1
Prelude to what…..
I see you, / you / yes, come into my……
laboratory of alchemist mystical languaging.
where arsenic spills into the whirlpool of thought
and savage syntax shatter like glass on concrete.
Where Titans...
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Categories:
in memory, emotions, judgement, literature, poetry, poets, rude, writing,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Internal Affair with my murderers
She entered the parking lot of my townhome
devastated I was after several home invasion
my stalker an accomplice after the fact of arson
murderer of eight Ciro Gargano the sheer reason
the FBI approached me...
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Categories:
in memory, allah, literature,
Form:
Ghazal
The eye of the storm
Huge fluffy clouds began to form over
Sanibel Island as the salted gulf splashed
against the rocks around the lighthouse
coastal waters rose up as a calming coolness
carried this gentle warm breeze over to...
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Categories:
in memory, allah,
Form:
Nonet
Captivated By the Music
I loved my job as a librarian, and today I was walking to work,
In the warmth of a summer morning, when golden butterflies lurk.
I had some extra time, and it happens I took the scenic...
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Categories:
in memory, beauty, fantasy, imagery, music, nature, song, summer,
Form:
Couplet
Grandma's Gifts
When Grandma died, I found some things
Gifts midst tears that...
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Categories:
in memory, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
The Fall and Rise of Bernie Frasier
Part One.
Bernie Frasier, a funny man, a brilliant man, a can do man, if Bernie can’t do it, no one can! Bernie Frasier, a kind and friendly man, a gentle man,...
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Categories:
in memory, absence, destiny, encouraging, fate,
Form:
Narrative
Memory Lane
Moments to Reflect
Memory lane
Our memories are a part of us that helps us to grow. Reminiscing about the past keeps thoughts alive so that they will last. Memories are a record of all the things...
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in memory, faith, inspirational, day, pain, light, memory, day,
Form:
I do not know?
The Paradiddle of Being - Book One: The Struck World
I.
In the beginning was the Single Stroke Roll—
left-right, left-right, the primordial heartbeat
of existence itself, each alternation a binary choice
between being and non-being, the eternal paradiddle
of consciousness striking against the drumhead of reality.
Listen: the Buzz Roll...
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Categories:
in memory, childhood, identity, introspection, loss, memory, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Spoken Word
Deep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True Love
Deep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True Love
( “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them” – George Eliot.)
Deep in newly disturbed soil, lies my true love
'neath a canopy...
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Categories:
in memory, death, deep, depression, heartbreak, loss, pain, sorrow,
Form:
Elegy
Therapeutic Designs
Permaculture Designers
give first priority
to facilitating
and mentoring
long-term cooperative returns
for ZeroZone therapeutic investments
and traumatic divestments.
Our maps may include many zones
and these may have subclimates
currently a mix of healthy and pathological
but,
at the beginning and end
of each designing...
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Categories:
in memory, deep, education, health, light, passion, peace, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
This Day Is Bright Thoughts Take Flight
This day is Bright !
Thoughts take Flight .
Music – the companion of my soul !
Books – the confidants to my mind !
Daughters – the reasons for life to know
more than experience has allowed me...
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Categories:
in memory, daughter,
Form:
Rhyme