Long Pain of love Poems

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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NOT KNOWING

There are things that we have in mind that sometimes we believe them so much to the point of not listening to other voices that do not support what we believe today. There are...

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Poems about Poets



Long Division
by Michael R. Burch

for Laura Riding Jackson

All things become one
Through death’s long division
And perfect precision.



Nod to the Master
by Michael R. Burch

If every witty thing that’s said were true,
Oscar Wilde, the world would...

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Torn by the lies of the past
Of the future
Of the present 
Shredded by the mocking faces 
But I wanted to love
To be held with such care
But to dare 
To fail once more
To open that door
The...

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LETTER TO A SORE BROTHER, BEAUTIFUL SISTER (DEDICATED TO MY BROTHER’S AND SISTER’S LOVE)
 Early jungle makes me a desire
To be alone in the belly of our dear beautiful mother
Because our growing up is such...

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(Before you read, let me take through a little journey. I've written a number of pieces, "Her beauty, no season"; "Hey beautiful"; "What love is not"... these are to mention but a few. BUT THIS...

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There is a star for every
shattered dream
every time a person breaks
a star is added to the endless canvas
of the sky
and as I stand

Breathe

and stare at those fond memories
above me-
I collapse with the weight of it...

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My Black Is Beautiful       



My Black is beautiful because I belong to a people that shows its beauty 
through a wide spectrum of rich shades of brown, vanilla, walnut,...

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Do you know where my heart goes?  
It moves in and out of me.  
I don't have the strength to put it aside, work on the other things in life I value and...

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Frozen stars in the shadows of changing seasons, the pain of love engraved in acrylic gold
Swirls through the sunlight, draped in somber mists, the echo of endless memories
Of a timeless love story, I feel the...

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The letter I regret to read ever
Is that I cannot stop reading never.
The flowery words that draw me to tears
Meant to re-enact the pain of love lost.
Was it really a case of love lost?
Was the...

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I drank all of the brandy
I smoked every night till three
All because the man
Won’t come back to me

I talked online to an ex-boyfriend
I slept on the couch for a week
I cried and cried on the...

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It's her...
She walks along
While the melody of his favorite song
Plays on and on in her head
Waling alone it then
Begins all over again
It's enough to bring her down to her knees
Knowing that tonight it's him she...

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Why does my life feel staged, I loved and now I am enraged
Am I the bachelor or the bachelorette I have not figured out love yet
Why wont the rain stop falling from my eyes, they...

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She cries herself to sleep and wonders why
She says everyday, all I do is try
She can't take the pain or heartache, it's time to walk away
She hurts to bad to try and stay
She has loved...

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I am alone filled with the pain of love. My mind replays every moment with you as 
bittersweet words echo in my ears.  My chest tightens, and my throat narrows.  I choke 
back...

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When I meet you for Christmas
I though my lonely life has past
And god has finally smile on me
And send me someone last

And when you become my friend
It was a dream comes true
For never in my...

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« In love, mother.. ! »
sobbing words
an echo, like no other
the chokes and the pain, I recall
who was to blame for all that did befall?

What if
that love made sense
and the doors of heaven were open
to...

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When I sit there in the corner
I begin to think of what I've done.
I wish that I could end the pain
and go back before it begun.
When I think of all my friends,
I think of how...

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I hate to talk about this subject,,,it usually makes me cry,
and i would rather search for the love in it than to feel the pain inside,
remembering you as you once were, praying with me and...

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Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.


Tis here that I met you on a pleasing summer morn
Where blossoms of the cherry, out on the bough, adorn;
Underneath the cherry tree euphoria welled...

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I sit here and think of what I want to say to you.
I listen to each beat that beats for you.
Every breath that I breath for you.
Every move I make for you.
Every word I say...

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WHEN WE FIRST MET WE WERE SO HAPPY, SO IN LOVE 
AS THE DAYS GO BY AND THE TIMES CHANGE, 
IT SEEMS LIKE OUR LOVE HAS TURNED TO PAIN. 
THE PAIN OF NOT BEING THERE...

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Mind is puzzled, heart is heavy,
Mouth mumbled, eyes were weary.
Worried, curious, “Who is she?”
“Oh, she’s the one that got away.”

When anxiety hits, everything feels wrong,
Unlock the playlist, hear the sad song.
A constant battle, a dreadful...

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Adam was in his late 50s and Jean was younger than him by 27

They both had a lot in common, they saw life as if they were in heaven 

They spent most of their time...

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