Long Sculpts Poems

Sonnets V-IX



Afterglow
by Michael R. Burch

The night is full of stars. Which still exist?
Before time ends, perhaps one day we’ll know.
For now I hold your fingers to my lips
and feel their pulse... warm, palpable and slow...

once...

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NEW YEAR GREETINGS 2023
By Leon Enriquez


Two-zero-two-three comes now
To usher charming feel;
Live well this new endow
With blessings of goodwill.


Love is the charming way
To bless each face you meet;
Peace of mind fruits each day
As joy...

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(Dedication: For Ann)
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Man makes gods here to quench desire;
Urge and surge flood the pathway sight;
Sense hint and cheer in burning pyre;
Embrace warm blood in glimpse of light;
See phantoms near that play with fire.


Meet your true...

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Afterglow
by Michael R. Burch
 
The night is full of stars. Which still exist?
Before time ends, perhaps one day we’ll know.
For now I hold your fingers to my lips
and feel their pulse: warm, palpable and slow;
once...

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In the heart of inner wanderings hides, alas, a tormented soul,
Wilted by anguishes woven at the edge of the mind, where the thread breaks.
In verses, the silhouette of an overwhelming sadness takes shape, a landscape...

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Good books enrich
Your journey quest,
Learn to now niche
Your lavish best.


Start where you are
With ample hope,
Dare dream on par
To feel fond scope.


Joy comes to mind
To see the truth,
Love helps you find
As work sculpts proof.


Be patient then
With...

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Look to sure grace for peace of mind,
Prize time and space to seek and find.


Live from your heart as soul funds joy,
Give as you start with play and ploy.


Faith is the key as blessings show,
Hope...

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When Thor struck his hammer
upon the flat ground on Earth
it was the pieces withstood the blow we named rock,
constructs we came to know as the mountains.

Even before that time
I crossed my fingers
wished I'd one day...

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Evening cicadas
Cacophony climax;
Night time music

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By this playground
Noisy frolic parades;
Little feet gather

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Haiku moment:
Brief promontory,
Dragonfly buzz

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Raining non-stop
Wet moments splash;
Umbrella parade

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Aqueous verses
Heavy pieces drowning;
Pouring rain recites

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Walkway cobblestones
Busy footfalls conspire;
Old man ponders

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Odd faces
Cellphone conversations;
Bus-stop queue

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Gone away
Cannes vacation;
Stopover at Nice

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Fruit...

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Sun-soaked
spectral topography
sculpts with lattice 
of longing
                luminescent, 
the veering valley 
of my lucent life
undulating briskly
in plains of passion
with the cadence...

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Your indifference, the breath that sparked the fire beneath bridges,
Where my once sure steps now breach bonds and ridges.
Your scars are but an alluring landscape,
Their call, an echo urging me to reshake.
I return, a prisoner...

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Be now happy as you can be,
Live now cheery through all you see.

Be true and bold as love takes hold,
Joy warms the cold as darkness folds.



Be kind with jest and live your best,
Seize healthy zest...

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Dare to dream with zest,
Write your story well;
Prize your talent best,
Pen the way you tell.


Start now with clear heart,
Close your eyes and see;
Learn to attract art,
Feel and think deeply.


Start to use your mind,
Dare be profound...

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There starts right here
 Here with sure wit
   Wit that weaves clear
    Clear as a hit...


Heart knows the way
 Way to sculpt zest
   Zest in fond play
 ...

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GALLALEO

Man was born stark, innocent, into a mysterious jungle dark,
His raw brain did train at the point of a bloody fang and claw.
Around the flickering firelight, imagination sculpts, as fantastic shadows spar,
Dueling gods and goddesses...

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BEAUTIFUL SADNESS

“The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year,
Of wailing winds, and naked woods and meadows
brown and sear.”   William C. Bryant

Does she hear the tinkling bell in her sweltering state? No...

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(Dedicated to the Seeker in You.)
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Learn to sit still,
Let all things go;
Breathe slowly.

Learn calm goodwill,
Observe the flow;
Feel true beauty.

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Be silent now,
Let tension fall,
Watch you see you.

Be beyond how,
Purge bitter gall,
Feel you know you.

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Go deep within,
Go...

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On tundra that is intent to destroy and defy,
the winds and the ice will attempt to deny 
any who are willing to stray across boundaries.
Those who are willing to scale up a mountain, 
or leap...

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I remember as I stared
Out the window Pane
I thought for sure
That I was losing my brain
There is no way to explain
Other then the mountain has begun
To come undone

When the lava creeps
Mother nature no longer sleeps
Once in...

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We all are artists in a way and sculpt relationships
That daily join our fledgling lives, like passengers on ships,
The beggar you don't give a dime, friend calls (you haven't time?),
A-poem-panting-to-be-born's a gift that you can't...

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(Dedication: For Dorian Petersen Potter)
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Christmas is here with festive cheer,
Greetings endear goodwill right here.


The mood feels kind in lovely signs,
Words come to mind as heart aligns.


Love is the key that sets us free,
Grace makes lively...

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LOVE
By Leon Enriquez


Love owns my heart
Where hope finds start
As faith moves art


Love wears a face
So full of grace
In time and space

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Love is the way
To live each day
In work and play


Love is a gift
That...

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(Dedication: For Michael and Clara 
on your Wedding Day. May your days
as man and wife be a joyous celebration
of your life journey. All my love, Popz.)
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Discern the way
Yes knowing knows
Intent now plays


Discern the time
Yes good...

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Genesis 1:26-27
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock...

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(Dedication: For my darling Ann)
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Plain looks simple
Subtle feels nice;
Ecstasy knows

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Touch of wonder
Curiosity sums;
Beauty illuminates

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Day unfurls
Simple grandeur;
Familiar feel

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Eyes dazzle
Kindness floods;
All is well

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Travels greet
Here at home;
Thousand journeys

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In haste and heat
Haze or clear skies;
Joy knows wonder

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Day zooms into...

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