Long Turn over a new leaf Poems

These are poems for the victims of the Nashville Covenant School shootings.


Nashville Covenant Call to Love
by Michael R. Burch

Our hearts are broken today
for our children's small bodies lie broken;
let us gather them up, as we...

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When I awoke, I took a breath
And then another.
I couldn’t help myself;
I think I’m addicted.
I think I’m addicted,
To air.

Just yesterday I took 22,500 breaths.
I didn’t waste any though;  
I took them one at a...

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Charlotte and the bear came out of hibernation at exactly the same time.
The bear was irritable and hungry, and she looked tasty.
Don’t even think about it, I’ve killed bigger people than you before breakfast.
The bear...

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It  was  very cold outside .
 Mist and fog engulfed everything on the earth
 to be viewed by mortal eyes . 
I was roaming aimlessly – 
unclad with any manmade clothes . 
Frowning...

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It  was  very cold outside .
 Mist and fog engulfed everything on the earth
 to be viewed by mortal eyes . 
I was roaming aimlessly – 
unclad with any manmade clothes . 
Frowning...

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It  was  very cold outside .
 Mist and fog engulfed everything on the earth
 to be viewed by mortal eyes . 
I was roaming aimlessly – 
unclad with any manmade clothes . 
Frowning...

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"It is so easy to make resolutions, but to keep them is an uphill task"~ By Poet

We take new resolutions on each New Year’s Day,
But never seriously stick to them and success ebbs away.

I am...

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all the glitz, glam & gluttony 
that comes with this time of year
in our overstuffed, overwhelmed,
neon-light-extravaganza-empire
provoke through the television screen
on the streets, in the restaurants, in the
parks, in the stores, in the warmest of places...

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alaric
whose command of gothic tribes
under roman mandate 
allowed him to see a people who were
forced to fight but reap no reward
in order to perpetuate a treaty with the
empire---
after being passed over &
denied the possibility of...

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My New Year Resolutions for twenty-twenty three
will find me writing more limericks, and I foresee
poems of a gentle nature and none about grief,
for I vow this year I'm going to turn over a new leaf
by...

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O' Salty tear, a mere clear drop that you are
You've emerged for a million different reasons
many of which only the shedder knows
for you've emerged in all seasons.

The season of sadness or reason of joy
the tears...

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You call her a mother; she lives on earth 
I sensed the level of her duty
With due regard of honour, she: a mirth
I call her the murdered yet a beauty

All the pains of living for...

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I really believe poetry contests are beneficial
But I find myself writing lines so artificial
Trying to win a fleeting notice or score a trophy
That I lose sight of writing good, quality poetry.

Various requirements sometimes put me...

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Crossroads

You will never see them coming
Yes, the crossroads
Where you have to choose 
Choose a new road to tread in
Lose  what you thought could be "forever"

I don't  want to turn over a new leaf
The...

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Who Said Can't- Constanza

Who said can’t breathe air of freedom?
That’s what you make your self-belief.
Your portion from life you won’t thief.

Breath to life bears many kingdoms:
For you and your treasures’ relief;
Except should your choosing are...

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I had always wished I could hit a magic reset button 

To be able to go back in time to change the things I did wrong 

There’s so many things I would have done differently...

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I walked a long time on this earth with blinkers on my eyes
When one day suddenly I was struck by a bolt from the sky
Hey you down there what do you think of yourself?
I’m going...

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Laughter's Best Medicine

thoughts that spring up out of hope
 when you have a fight with the soap on a rope
 can't even think to dismiss this earthly bliss
 when there's a dozen of pots in...

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Many times life has left me with a puddle full of misery to soak in
Many times life has left me heartbroken
These feelings can't be put into words and spoken
It's a heavy feeling nobody ever gets...

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YOUR WILLPOWER YOUR CHOICE

It seems the term delinquency,
Tunes into almost any frequency,
The Meter band does vary though,	
In societies both high, and low.
For adulthood they haste to make,
A taste of life they wish to take,
A status...

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Tears are the words of my heart,
My heart’s faltering voices         
The reassuring echoes of my soul;
When my heart hurts
my eyes cry tears,
They also shed tears
when my sad...

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Turn Over a New Leaf Turn over a new leaf. Let God be the one cleaning blood.Let the power into your soul. Let Christ offer you an escape.From the sin of Satins sinful ways. Turn...

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Turn Over a New Leaf Turn over a new leaf. Let God be the one cleaning blood.Let the power into your soul. Let Christ offer you an escape.From the sin of Satins sinful ways. Turn...

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Summer waves goodbye, as it tip toes forward.
Autumn shadows the land, without saying a word.

The hues of fall gradually makes its appearance.
The traces of summer breeze by, saluting in reverence.

Autumn light rain covers over the...

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I'm ready to turn over a new leaf
But have found the day is too windy now
Spring you are a motivational thief
Spurring me on just to then disallow

Every hope is refreshed, revived, renewed
Bulbs flowering through covered...

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