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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 of, heart, night, spiritual, wife, words, write, writing,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member 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 of, allah,
Form: Masnavi
Premium Member 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 of, 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 of, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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 of, allah, literature,
Form: Ghazal



Premium Member 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 of, allah,
Form: Nonet
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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© Ben Devlin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in memory of, 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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Categories: in memory of, faith, inspirational, day, pain, light, memory, day,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member 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 of, death, deep, depression, heartbreak, loss, pain, sorrow,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member 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 of, daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Holy Spirit confirmation by my father Ernest James King
Ernest James King my father actually named after the King a James bible he taught me running golf all about god south side with you volunteering within the community east 131 street Chicago sharing a...

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Categories: in memory of, baptism, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In Memory of Jacque Fresco
At the age of 13 he experienced the great depression,
and that event helped shape his social conscience.
Even as a child he could clearly see all of the resources were still available,
but people didn't have money,...

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Categories: in memory of, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member K375 and K376 of Canto Xxxviii of the Thirukkural With Commentary
K375 and K376 of Canto XXXVIII of the THIRUKKURAL Translated with Commentary

(Biographical details of an author, especially of someone having thrived in a land given to scant regard for documenting history in a systematic manner...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in memory of, fate, life, nature, people,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Monumental Disaster
The beautiful days were here again, as sunshine lit blue skies,
And I was happy with my work, which had seldom held surprise.

My job entailed overseeing, the raising of national monuments,
So that all could remember, a...

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Categories: in memory of, creation, dream, fantasy, hero, inspiration, memorial, work,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Villanelle: Never Political But Spiritual the Ancient Indo-Chinese Pilgrim Ties
Villanelle : Never political but spiritual the ancient Indo-Chinese pilgrim ties

       In Memory of the late pathologist (and amateur Astronomer) 
Associate Professor CHONG Siew Meng, National University of Singapore*


Never...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in memory of, race, relationship, religion, spiritual,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Military order of the purple heart day
My husband and I both have been 
president's vice president's junior 
vice president including chaplin 
our life then was very busy full 
of volunteer working veterans 
helping veterans supporting local 
law enforcement and Rotc cadets...

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Categories: in memory of, allah, arabic,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member The Other Side of Vrbanya Bridge
Their story haunts my memory, I'll tell it to you plain..
in the city of Sarajevo, a place war could never touch,
and hope it never will again.

Already thousands remain so silent under rock and clay, 
in...

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Categories: in memory of, heartbroken, love, parents, prejudice, romantic love, together,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Garden of Regret
His Version of Garden of Hurt

Here I lie in this pit, this grave, that I have dug I guess you could say, this garden of regret that I have planted here, to remind me of...

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Categories: in memory of, death, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Loss of Love
Maybe this is a cliché, but it’s not you it’s me.
He was consistently reminding me how selfish I could be,
And saying the world steadily revolves around me.
I would normally disagree, but with his wisdom he...

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Categories: in memory of, break up, deep, emotions, feelings, heartbreak, loss,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Hiroshima, Theodore Van Kirk, Rip
On that day, in Aug 45
Bomber over the city that's very much alive
Nervous crew, cloudy day
Pilots instructions, open bomb bay

The words above as the pilot has said
What happens next the World dreads
The catch releases as...

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Categories: in memory of, america, angst, death, judgement, pain, people, world,
Form: Rhyme
Dear Victor
Dear Victor

The day you walked in I was just ten years old and for the first time I felt the gentle butterfly flutters of a young hearts innocent attraction. 
I wasn't the only one. With...

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Categories: in memory of, childhood, first love,
Form: Prose Poetry
Seventeen Hours
Uncover
I have uncovered something of importance
Well importance of me
I admit
my attention has been shared
my attention has been stolen, distracted
but my public
you already know the details
but my public
you already know the stories
yet I call you here...

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Categories: in memory of, cute love,
Form: Free verse
A Drum Major Martin Luther King Jr
" A Drum Major - Martin Luther King, Jr. ... "

( Rom. 13: 7 / Joel 2: 28 )


A Man Stood Up For Courage
In A Time, Others Condoned Evil
A Man Stood Up For Honor
In A...

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Categories: in memory of, society, tribute, prejudice,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Rest Is Silence
I left her behind
emaciated
I left her
dying
I left her
I left her
I wanted to die there with her
there in the desert
where I left my mother
there where the stench of the dead and the dying 
filled the air
I...

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Categories: in memory of, history, remembrance day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Killed In Chicago, 8 Years Old
                  


  ~Who  Was She~


The little girl shot to death?
I hear this and lose my breath.

Didn't...

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Categories: in memory of, america, black african american, chicago, children, city,
Form: Couplet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things