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Premium Member Open Oceans





"Open Oceans"



Kneeling on pearls
wisdom preys

praying
preying

hungry hearts
count the days 

wasting away
in all that preying 

for prayers 
to be answered

children become
strangers

reading 
strange words

finding 
themselves puzzled

genuflecting to a deity
they do not know, nor wish to

fumbling
mouths closed,

swallowed hole
in the...

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Categories: my child, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form: Epic



Premium Member The True Mother
“The True Mother”

What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow 
bleed out Life’s dreams 
rust crumbles to dust

Virulent apathy spreads 
Betrayal’s destruction 
hand...

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Categories: my child, betrayal, imagery, love, mother daughter, psychological, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
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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Categories: my child, child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form: Tanka
World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems V - Ber Horvitz, Yitzkhak Viner
World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems V - Ber Horvitz, Yitzkhak Viner, Franta Bass

Der Himmel
"The Heavens"
by Ber Horvitz
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

These skies
are leaden, heavy, gray...
I long for a pair
of deep blue eyes....

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Categories: my child, evil, holocaust, race, racism, war, world, world
Form: Free verse
I Promise
To my dearest,
On this day you turn thirteen, officially a teenager! This meaning you are on the very first stage of discovering yourself, your music tastes, your food preferences, your style of clothing and even...

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Categories: my child, beautiful, growth,
Form: Free verse



Poems about Children III
Poems about Children III

Miracle
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart beat, you were mine,

and I see

infinity leap in...

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Categories: my child, adventure, child, childhood, children, dad, father son,
Form: Rhyme
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: my child, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Xenophobia pt 1
TITLE:
       Xenophobia

Heed the warning
This isn't for the faint of heart
Verbalizing my deepest yearnings 
They're bound to be a bit tart...

Because where I'm from is called the Bible Belt
Where folks...

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Categories: my child, america, anxiety, prejudice, universe,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Innocence lost
Remembering that day in May - when I became corporate prey
On this unforgettable day - an innocent child was thrown away
Last night as I lay in bed - I read the news here's what it...

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Categories: my child, abortion, baby, betrayal, boy, child, confusion, creation,
Form: Free verse
Talk to me Stop talking
Just a view on the inner critic. Every time I read what I wrote I see a different angle. This person never even opened their eyes. Some day you can't.

The day had begun. Simple. It...

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Categories: my child, mental illness,
Form: Prose
The Pain of Love
The Pain of Love
by Michael R. Burch 
 
for T. M.
 
The pain of love is this:
the parting after the kiss;
 
the train steaming from the station
whistling abnegation;
 
each interstate’s bleak white bar
that vanishes under...

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Categories: my child, age, bereavement, death, farewell, funeral, pain,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- an epic poem 36
They were joined by Ceridfen, Lumi, Gwaldon and several others a bit later in
the day for a late mid-day meal.  Seileach, the efficient elf that he was, had already forwarded a letter containing specific...

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Categories: my child, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- an epic poem 109-End
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A babe born, in darkness braved
Bring love to the world if only for a day
No questions asked, nor answered, nor saved
Let peace abide in every child, we pray
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As they stood watching their son, enthralled in...

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Categories: my child, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member A Welcome Intrusion - 2nd HALF
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts. 
   The 1st HALF can be...

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Categories: my child, father son,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 12
His words stung me, as the cries from the maelstrom seem to retort
Their scattered, foreign words and wails retching their say
I listened, almost mesmerized,
Pulverized

“Come,” Said he,
With threatening authority

Upwards, higher than the balcony from which we...

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Categories: my child, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, conflict, hope, muse,
Form: Free verse
Contend With Me
Contend with me while you can 
Contend with me and I will deliver the master plan
Contend with me and I will make you smile
We have been through worse than this
And we have always rise up...

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Categories: my child, anti bullying, betrayal, birth, celebration, destiny, earth,
Form: Narrative
Sun Thief
Once upon a time, there lived a boy called Simon.
He was an ordinary boy who did what ordinary nine year old
boys do: collecting bugs and putting them in jars,
speaking to imaginary friends, riding a bike...

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Categories: my child, conflict, fantasy, imagery, mystery, myth, power,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Words The ship Melanie Dear Melanie Troubled Times LossTouch
Words
The ship

Words come to me like spring. 
They set free, they shed the shroud, 
open with all their glory, beauty and sing. 
They stand tall, they ring out loud, 
from a life that blossoms with...

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Categories: my child, daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- an epic poem 13
     “Are there many Fairy Folk other than the elves?”  Joulupukki queried.
     “Not so many as before the humans took control of the world.  The...

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Categories: my child, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Held aloft
We'd laid old George to rest the week before,
at ninety-one he now rejoined his wife,
no heirs to his estate, so one thing more
to do, and that's clear where he'd spent his life.
Downstairs had been quite...

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© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: my child, heartbreak,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Time
Time 


Did we think that time would always there for us?
An infinite amount of time to use as we please.

Never counting time.....and never thinking it would end

Did we ever doubt that someday time would be...

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© TJ Silba  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: my child, 10th grade, angel, anniversary, appreciation, birthday,
Form: Free verse
The Children of Gaza Lyrics: II
"The Children of Gaza" Lyrics: II

These lyrics were written by Michael R. Burch and were adapted in places to the music by Michael R. Burch with input from composer Eduard de Boer.

World premiere, April 22,2017,...

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Categories: my child, child, child abuse, childhood, children, mother son,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member You'll Never Tell My Secret
(His Version of Your Secret I’ll Never Tell)

You call me your love, such a sweet endearment from someone I used to know, a sentiment that I am undeserving of and rightfully so
The secret you’re referring...

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Categories: my child, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Flight
I awake to the dawning of another day
To my knees, I fall and begin to pray
This prayer is different, unlike any before
All of the sudden, a sound outside my door

Upon my feet, I run down...

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Categories: my child, christian, destiny, flying, inspirational, leaving, prayer, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Monoku Monday - Aug 2021
"Bits and Pieces III"      Posted 1 Aug 2021
Pun Ishment
	bread is like the sun      it rises in the yeast and it sets in the waist

English Class
	epitome...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: my child, humor,
Form: Monoku