Long Let there be light Poems

It had been a hellish week.

On Monday
my lonely and tired AfricanAmerican husband
told me, as gently as possible,
that what I had hoped was a temporary separation
is to be extended into perpetuity.

This separation had been scheduled to...

Read More

You stole away my lonely melody, Lord,
And made it harmony according to Your accord
I’d like to thank You with all of my heart as I make sound
My mind is trying to look forward to a...

Read More

Like the Evening Star guided ancient mariners through calm or troubled seas
Let it guide and help spread this message of Peace to the far ends of galaxies

May it become the ‘Swan Song Poem’ of all...

Read More

WHAT DID GOD DO ON THE SEVENTH DAY

As I begin and end my day, I SAY
As I dwell amidst myself, darkness abounds yet within my light 	
And the earth was without form, and void;
And darkness...

Read More

"Angel Eyes" 

that dark angel
standing in the corner
observing the shadows of man 
pass him by -

he has angel eyes

that shine high beam
bright bushfires that light 
the entire transparent 
padded room parade

dance cards lit 
he’s biding...

Read More

There is an author, a creator, a maker of the LIGHT                        ...

Read More

Without form and void, 
The world gave a lunatic gaze. 
Lack of luminous light love bought,
Darkness did give her a chase. 
Open to no one was her, 
Water beneath and air above. 
Open to someone...

Read More

~The   Book  ~
(Quatern)


 It tells the beginning of man
 How He created all from start
 He made the moon, stars, day and night
 It tells of God's great love for man

 It...

Read More

(Apropos of Black Poetic Griots)

We may not be deemed apostolic recorders
But we poets, guided with divine wisdom, are
The lay scribes thereof in the chronicling of
Our life’s sojourn in the shadowing times
we spend here on this...

Read More

Brighter days and encouragement succeeded from when I had stepped out from the gloom.
I found beyond the door there was greater light to visualize nature and beauty than what I could have imagined. 
The swan...

Read More

All That ‘I AM’ - Revisited

Let all that ‘I AM,’ yes, my pulp, seed, and cover,
from dreams long misplaced to the fears, I’m resisting
(though friends think them offal). My eye’s tears from mote
(that makes sparks...

Read More

POEMS ABOUT SCIENCE 4: BIRTH/EVOLUTION

Simultaneous Flight
by Michael R. Burch

*The number of possible connections [brain] cells can make exceeds the number of particles in the universe. — Gerald Edelman, 1972 Nobel Prize winner for physiology and...

Read More

An Awakening, From Darkness Into The Light

As I walked the flame danced in my mouth
I wearied yet the earnest spirit flew.
I a poor lad born and raised in the South,
Had nurtured the anger until immense...

Read More

OH! Jesus Christ is the light of my salvation!
His banner over me is His love for me!
OH! Jesus Christ is the light of my salvation!
His banner over me is His love for me! 
OH! Jesus...

Read More

OH! We are His chosen ones.  We are His very special children of His gospel light!
And let His gospel light! Shine! Shine! Shine! All around His world! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

OH! We will spread the good...

Read More

POEMS ABOUT SCIENCE 6: EVOLUTION

Singularity
by Michael R. Burch

Are scientists confounded like the ostrich?
Heads buried in the sand, they shout, *Preposterous!*
This universe, so magical, they say,
proves there’s no God. But let’s look anyway ...

He said, *Let...

Read More

He gave me unconditional, abundant grace
He gave me unbelievable faith during life’s regretless race
The light of life is what I truly try to embrace
In this darkened world of loveless lust, this world of disgrace

Agape Love...

Read More

I’m sitting in a chair, rummaging through my purse, holding a cigarette in one 
hand and
franticly looking for a lighter with the other.

Damn it,
I whisper.

My head is spinning. I suddenly realize that for the first...

Read More

How magical it is to feel such a sad emotion
I need ingredients to concoct a happiness potion
Yesterday was not promised
So today I refuse to think about tomorrow
You want something from me?
Borrow my sorrow
It's like the...

Read More

Cuz god made me a Lamb CooCooCachoo,
And Blake a tyger with the potential to do.
I am one of the Unhappy; we’ve seen an unsettling light.
I made myself an Unhappy; I had to search for that...

Read More

Now that the rain is gone,

I can see clearly again.

I can make comparisons

 between the stars and your eyes.

Because they shine alike,

And both carry unsung beauty.


Like an artist takes time to perfect their work,

 so...

Read More

(or Titled:  ‘MoonBee’s  Song’)



(Gen. 1: 3, 4  /  Gal. 5: 22, 23  /  James 1: 17  /  Rom. 5: 5  /
/  John 8: 12 ...

Read More

In remembrance of a time
Myself, unknowingly was formless and empty
Darkness blocking out the light
Consumed of worldly chaos.
Then one day the light was revealed
Now being  able to look back in my life seeing God 
Was...

Read More

Did Shakespeare ever fall in love?
A rose by any other name would 
stink as sweet!
What would Y'eshua say if indeed 
Magdalene was his favorite disciple?
What miracles would he impress her 
with
So as to savor her...

Read More

An essence heard a heartfelt plea
meek, unconfident, not familiar
"Should I bother anymore? Please guide me."
His words hardly mist....
a response slices the scene
     with the speed of a guillotine.

skittering over the asymmetrical
similarities...

Read More