Long Sweetens Poems

Completing the Pattern
by Michael R. Burch

Walk with me now, among the transfixed dead
who kept life’s compact and who thus endure
harsh sentence here?among pink-petaled beds
and manicured green lawns. The sky’s azure,
pale blue once like their eyes,...

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KGOD presents ...

SALUTATIONS!!! 

Well.  Let’s just get started! 
Here at the Ogden!  The God den of music and soul! 
So, let me introduce myself to thee, 
I am DJ Multi-Di-Minstrel Messenger!!! 
Thanking you...

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Love has a Southern flavor: honeydew,
ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spout
we tilt to basking faces to breathe out
the ordinary, and inhale perfume ...

Love’s Dixieland-rambunctious: tangled vines,
wild clematis, the gold-brocaded leaves
that will not keep their order in...

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She collects dolls,
Babies, she calls them,
Little darlings, children – honey
Like a mother, she touches them,
Piecing together clothing for infants, toddlers –
Girls and boys who might
Tell her she is better than she believes
In her heart, where...

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The scent of your feelings clings 
To the fabric of my dreams
It never leaves….it lingers
Lingers
Permeating everything
The scent of your feelings
Envelopes me

The fragrance of gardenia
When you are tender, sweet
Gentle and serene 
Tranquility showing through
In the gardenia...

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You’re the finest man I have ever seen
You are handsome and strong
Virile
Full bodied
Beautiful to the eyes
Alluring to the hands
Your lips
Send messages
“Come and taste
And never thirst again”
Your eyes
Changing hues
Like the sea
The sky
In between
Iris pools where I...

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The scent of your feelings clings 
To the fabric of my dreams
It never leaves….it lingers
Lingers
Permeating everything
The scent of your feelings
Envelopes me

The fragrance of gardenia
When you are tender, sweet
Gentle and serene 
Tranquility showing through
In the gardenia...

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stars twinkled brilliantly
against majestic snow-capped mountains,
delicate pure white flakes danced;
swirling, twirling, rhythmically.

she stood, nose pressed tightly
against the window pane; gazing in awe
at the magic the snowflakes created;
as tears spill from her emerald green eyes.

the cabin...

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In this land we had a President teacher
So was our nice neighbour next door
A fertile ground to hold holy such a duty
An easy guess : respect was far more important
Than what we thought of compensation...

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Two hearts begin together
Full of love, light and laughter
They grow strong and carry on
Through good and bad, happy and sad
Struggling past pain and sorrow
Finding the courage to face each tomorrow

Two hearts color the world
In hues...

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ROHRBACH CAFE

Intimacy.

A place
of shared warmth, an atmosphere of muted shadows and candlelight,
where
emotions, profoundly sincere,
softly glow,
flare,
then wane
until, fully consumed, they are dimmed
and gentled
by intrinsic breezes of serenity.

A cafe
of quiet murmers, hushed revelations
among tables close,
but afar,
where
evening lit...

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October 30 Scripture Meditations Based on Romans 10-12

Key Verses– Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SAVING GRACE

Thank You for Your saving...

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God-focused Christmas celebration along victorious fruitfulness
Such is our goal by His harvest-bountifulness
For us to increase in His service-productiveness
Along His grace that propels our growth’s blessedness.

God-focused Christmas festivities midst successful faith-sowing
Such is our aim by His...

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Fine rhythm in the walls so delicate
softly wrapping you in harmonious;
Your soft humming echoes the sentiment,
gaining momentum will it touch famous? 

A cascade of sound bounces all around,
gone hysterics it will surely incite;
When sanity is...

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A friend is a smile in a 
tearsful face, 
and a blessing to human 
race.
A unique gift to have, 
and a wonderful treasure to 
crave.
A friend is a home not so far 
away, 
and a...

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I need you today – this moment
I needed you yesterday, 
I’ll need you tomorrow and always
There won’t be one moment
When I don’t need you, dear Lord
Abide with me, Jesus…
Pour out your peace through me

There has...

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Not too long ago, and being so small,
                           ...

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The experience of years silently accumulates within unseen pages of “Future Recollection”, gathering mental cobwebs as they age.  Their vintage sweetens and enhances their contents with the passage of time.

The owner of the collection...

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The Flowers of Spring

Winter's icy grip may cling overly long some years
But the seemly reluctant warmth eventually breaks through
The frozen soil is released once more to bear its' fruit
And in a few turns of the...

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Poet's Notes:
My poet's notes must precede the next Echo Poem as well because the poet 
has not given me permission to publish her poems on my site. I can, of course, 
reference her poems without...

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The sky wears the colour of the beautiful sea / the wind whirls with storm dangling on the nuke of gravity /As I kneel beneath the dusky tresses of the night clouds / unwinding the...

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Had time be for leisure, 
The orchard's shade shall serve its purpose. 
Were it be for the stretches of time - 
Our loins shall melt in rhythm. 

Had she be forgiven, this moment, 
For despair...

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It was dawn, cool sunrise,
 extended Gleam defeating dark,
 Thirst quenching blossoms,
 Wet in morning dew;
 Blooming buds refreshing self,
 displaying arousing glamor;
 Rising high florets pride,
 Mentally flying high in sky,
 None like mine,...

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My dreams are light like a flaming sun at midnight,
brilliance held on ledges molding nights into shapes without edges
'til cherubs gently stir me to awaken restful slumber.
The future radiates in bright eyes without disguise.
They closely...

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"Dragonfly Teases"
 

 
He sweetens 
his days
and nights
Poe like
holding fishnets
clicks bait
and sweats
absent 
casting 
mystery 
reels 
he spins 
on the 
mouse wheel 
eternal 
harsh
addiction
he’s hooked
on numbers
in the trapping
is trapped
in the books
he is cooking

Some kind 
of...

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