Long Wearying Poems

Snapshots
by Michael R. Burch

Here I scrawl extravagant rainbows.
And there you go, skipping your way to school.
And here we are, drifting apart
like untethered balloons.

Here I am, creating "art,"
chanting in shadows,
pale as the crinoline moon,
ignoring your face.

There...

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When the past tears apart the courageous, leaving…
	Bloodstained bodies – trembling tears, silence,
		Nightmares, grief and no reassurance or relief,		
			In the distance, so much disbelief, where honor
				Wore its shimmering veil – stands a mirror,

Haunted by the...

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Epigrams/Epitaphs

Childless
by Michael R. Burch

How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.

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Laughter’s Cry
by Michael R. Burch 

Because life is a mystery, we laugh
and do not know the half.
Because death...

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"50 Words for Poe: ASYLUM"



SHE:
Light
North
Magnetic Mouth
Scorched Brain seeks Rain
Soft sell
Heaven
Hard time
Tainted
Dark Rome inside
White room
Black Ball
Ghost walks through walls 
Words that save 
don’t always rhyme
Freedom
Flies
Midnight Blues
Morning
Star
LOVE
Mirror
Shards
Silent
Reflection
Reigns
through
open
Windows
Walks all Night
Sleeps all Day


HE:
Dark
South
Magnetic Mouth
Provides Rain for Scorched Brain
Hard Cell
Hell
Soft...

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CAUGHT IN THE REIGN

“am i a real princess?” she articulates.
the painting, on her canvas nails, pains her.
firm fountain of toenails are just fine.
shrugs, “who knows why!?”
her lashes, feel the flecks, of mascara.
her skin itches at...

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May 14 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Job 23-26

Key Verse – Job 23:16 For God maketh my heart soft...

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY HEART CHECKER

Lord God, You are my heart Checker 
against bitter...

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September 27 Scripture Meditations Based on Luke 1

Key Verse– Luke 1:53 He (God) hath filled the hungry with good things… 

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR FILLING ME WITH GOOD THINGS

Thank You for filling me with...

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October 12, 2022 Scripture Meditations Based on John 5-6

Key Verse – John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that...

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May 15 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 69-72

Key Verse – Psalm 70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no...

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Christ’s high rank, squarely behind it
In man’s life, The Brightest Candle Lit,
Though Bank Robbers celebrate their heist,
Nothing wanting from Carpenter Christ.

Also, our marking of our birthdays
And anticipation of Better Days,
Straight from Yesterday’s Frays,
That had knocked...

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The wind whistled a chilly tune,
As the day slipped toward a grey horizon.
Flocks of blackbirds darkened the autumn sky.
The quail's shrill call could be heard in the forests,
As the workers put their plowshares away.
The distinctive...

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September ambience descends
Hear the symphony of birds
Someone authored their choruses
And rearranged their notes.

Clumsy crimson clouds
Forming faces like crazy clowns
Faces of you ,the unknown and I
That cry a thousand tears when sad

River ripples rich rhythms
Visitors from...

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I find myself currently rented out
 by the mystery
Of a a so called smart watch
Digitally imposed hand's rocking
around it's clock 
Strapped around a fair maiden's
dainty wrist

Which simultaneously both performs the
functionality of a phone and cardiac
monitor...

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The days are long and unproud, they brood...
  and please not the weary soul wearying in its wake;
  when gnashing snow and rain bite
  cold and bitter nights ---
  smite the...

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May 30 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 116-118

Key Verse – Psalm 116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.   

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR DEALING...

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ONLY  YOU  MAKE  IT  POSSIBLE  FOR  ME



Only you  make it possible  for me:
. . . To question the way of this Life  and find my only...

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I’m in a dream of lightning beams.
I am all scattered by many things.
Then, whitewater awakes me, 
Into a wearying worry.

Where did my rudder go?
My pail has fallen overboard. 
Fifty holes are swallowing in the water.
The...

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...for the Rev. Eric Shirvell-Price

   adapted from the children's short story
  'The House With The Golden Windows.'


Morning; the child awakes, 
steps lightly 'cross the threshold 
of the courtyard.

Windows, eyes of the castle...

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You sit and think of what could be
but not with any sense of glee.
The future looks all dull and dark
so, before long you lose life’s spark.

Soon stinking thinking starts to stress
and heavy feelings start to...

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...for the Rev. Eric Shirvell-Price
    

Morning; the child awakes, 
steps lightly across the threshold 
to the courtyard.

The wndows of the mansion 
over the glen ablaze with sparkling 
brilliance draw his gaze and...

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..for the Rev. Eric Shirvell-Price


Morning; the child awakens, 
steps lightly 'cross the threshold 
of the courtyard.

Windows, eyes of the castle 
o'er the glen ablaze with sparkling 
brilliance draw his gaze, and 
peak his curiosity.

Suited for...

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...for the Rev. Eric Shirvell-Price
    

Morning; the child awakes, 
steps lightly 'cross the threshold 
of the courtyard.

eyes of the castle 
o'er the glen ablaze with sparkling 
brilliance draw his gaze, and 
peak...

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...for the Rev. Eric Shirvell-Price
    

Morning; the child awakes, 
steps lightly 'cross the threshold 
of the courtyard.

eyes of the castle 
o'er the glen ablaze with sparkling 
brilliance draw his gaze, and 
peak...

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...for the Rev Shirvell-Price, with respect and affection
 

Morning. The child awakes, 
steps light across his garden.
Windows of the dwelling o'er the glen 
ablaze with sparkling brilliance 
draw his gaze, and peak his curiosity.

Suited for...

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They are nothing
if not taciturn--these sprit travelers.
They do not shock, or ridicule,
for  they are single-minded in their quest
for timeless realms where magic dragons play
and roar for joy that cannot be contained--
unless they are ignored...

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