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Sonnet Lxxxi-LxxxixSonnet LXXXI-LXXXIX
Day, and Night
by Michael R. Burch
The moon exposes pockmarked scars of craters;
her visage, veiled by willows, palely looms.
And we who rise each day to grind a living,
dream each scented night of such perfumes
as drew...
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Categories:
whitened, dream, earth, flower, moon, music, night, stars,
Form:
Sonnet
Shangri-LaSo I wrote again. This took longer than it should have. Only fair to warn you, this is a long one.
SHANGRI-LA
Prologue
The village gates stood, like old men stand
Worn with age and bent by time
Rust had...
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Categories:
whitened, adventure, angst, death, faith, family, fantasy, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Red Desert of the Rising SunIn the red desert of the rising sun
In the surrealness of its silence
The sky turned grey and ominous
Amidst the blackened rain
As the suns fell into...
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Categories:
whitened,
Form:
ABC
The Queen Is Alive But the King Is DeadAt the time I thought I was in love
At the time I thought there was no one who could come above
What we had all those days we spent
All those days when I...
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Categories:
whitened, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
Defaulted LeadersI wish you would’ve told me,
That I was no longer worth your time.
Your back-handed alabaster murmurs
Stroll passed my skeptical exhales
As I greeted you like adults should
But, your whitened pupils
Spoke louder
Than your failed dreams
To be a...
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Categories:
whitened, leadership, life, people,
Form:
Free verse
Haiku Translations IHaiku Translations I
As the monks sip their morning tea,
chrysanthemums quietly blossom.
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
The fragrance of plum blossoms
on a foggy path:
the sun rising.
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
The sea...
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Categories:
whitened, animal, flower, moon, nature, sea, stars, tree,
Form:
Haiku
The Diary of Lord Kellington (18) Finale.....?I am a pandora's box.
Let loose upon an unsuspecting society.
Once my night life begins,
complications arise.
Let me pen an example.
Keep in mind, it was not my fault.
well, not entirely.
I awoke in my usual good humor. ...
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Categories:
whitened, funnynight, time, halloween, may, night, time,
Form:
Narrative
.."?Your Beauty!"..Blackberry kisses, within the celestial starlit mornings hour....
Stirring these passions aglow, amid the flickering flames of desire ~
Caressing such thoughts of you; smouldering embers, that burnish so very brightly!
These ardent heated emotions; florids, of the...
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Categories:
whitened, faith, life, love, passionlonging,
Form:
I do not know?
"your Beauty!"Blackberry kisses, within the celestial starlit mornings hour....
Stirring these passions aglow, amid the flickering flames of desire ~
Caressing such thoughts of you; smouldering embers, that burnish so very brightly!
These ardent heated emotions; florids, of the...
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Categories:
whitened, life, love, passionlonging,
Form:
I do not know?
Prince of a Cat - Ninth Life Long Since SpentWhile rifling through outdated poems of mine
some written quite a number of years ago,
the following mewing effort, I decided to post
for all purring cyber surfers linkedin
to the webbed, wide world to read.
Prince Of A...
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Categories:
whitened, absence, age, angel, best friend, cat, cute,
Form:
Rhyme
My Fairest MaidenGazing toward the horizon, embracing this now setting sun
While as stepping through this threshold, to find myself
Once more mesmerized by these thoughts of her portrait
Born, inside such cupids eyes of love
A feeling somewhat familiar begins...
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Categories:
whitened, lovetime,
Form:
I do not know?
The Thing That WentThe thing that went...
The first thing that went wrong -
was the buzzing in my left ear,
the one not buried in the pillow,
the one that was open to the world.
The second thing that went wrong
was...
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Categories:
whitened, flying, senses,
Form:
Free verse
GloriaGloria
I have always been a lover of art,
So much that I did no harm to any human,
Feared all creation as sacred creatures,
That wait only to shout to God, Gloria!
Gloria to Shembe! Gloria to Shembe!
Through...
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Categories:
whitened, africa, angel, gospel, visionary,
Form:
Narrative
~a Crimson Rose I~Driving along a coastal road
The top drawn down
On a magical seaside day
She, thumbing through a magazine
Reaching for the stereo dial
"Stop," I say, she smiles
The wind, dancing about her hair
Waltzing, she seems so, astonishingly beautiful today...
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Categories:
whitened, hope, life, loss, lovelight, light,
Form:
I do not know?
Prince of a Cat - Ninth Life Long Since SpentPreface to this brief bitty
written snap ting snapshot – word ditty
dates back before I reached gritty
age of eight and fifty, aye recall a kitty
rescued by my youngest sister, who took pity
and felt aghast,
at a...
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Categories:
whitened, animal, beautiful, creation, cute love, farm, fish,
Form:
Elegy
White MagicWhite Magic
In our uninhibited exuberance for the beauties of Mother Nature;
We sometimes seem to forget the strength of nature’s dark force.
Peel back the layers of beauty only to discover a sinister black magic,
Hidden amid...
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Categories:
whitened, beauty, inspirational, nature, seasons, snow,
Form:
Quatrain
Daddy's Hand: ImagesBig hands of this man
Who I remember as a child?
Growing up in and at a time,
When real men were fathers then.
Supporting that family, no matter what,
Working their fingers to the...
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Categories:
whitened, celebration, dad, father, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Summertime BluesIT'S BEEN A BUSY SEASIDE SUMMER DAY..
WHILE THE SUN WAS AT IT'S HEIGHT AND BURNING
UP THE DAY...
ON THE BEACH THEY'RE...
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Categories:
whitened, sea, people, beach, day, me, people, sun,
Form:
Blank verse
Sleeping Kate -Extended Version--I love the simplicity of the old one. But this extended version is special, I think...-
Caskets unmade
Naked bodies sprawled in waste
Yellow, white and pale brown skins all in one
Emaciated fear lingering in the pale...
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Categories:
whitened, courage, fear, grief, pain, sorrow, strength, world,
Form:
Free verse
OsirisTo the end, the Home will uproot itself in nomadic urge -
The Flesh will ache to lift as paper from its delicate strands
with their reddy pulse, to float off as the slip of...
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Categories:
whitened, birth, growth, imagery, life, senses, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Of Cigarettes and Smoking BluesOf Cigarettes And Non Smokers Blues
The smoker, he smokes incessantly, breathing out smoke like a dragon afire...
As I observed, it played in my mind, it's good thing one smart alec has long...
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Categories:
whitened, anxiety, community, confusion, education, humanity, identity, senses,
Form:
Light Verse
The Ship Part Twodown deck, down deck, on and on-
such an awesome ship it had been-
100,000 tons, or more, I guess-
that it will sink seems such a sin-
this mighty ship afloat-
not much longer, I did know...
and even with...
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Categories:
whitened, angst, confusion, death, faith, hope, natural disasters,
Form:
Ballad
My Lord and My LoveTake me , my love to the waters source
souls naked to each other and our course
my praise lifted the apple of mine eye
art thou glorious , tis mine song to cry
You must lead...
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Categories:
whitened, devotion, faith, hope, inspirational, life, love, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
OctoberOctober
Late morning light that casts a slanted path from Eastern sky
Upon a decaying terrain of diminished day
To torch the tumble of crisp and fragile foliage
Where a multitude of basking golden shapes rest serene
Waiting for some...
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Categories:
whitened, october,
Form:
Blank verse
Opposite DayIt's Opposite Game day
says JayJay
to on-screen enthusiastic friends.
I have no adult time or patience
to see or hear
right as not not opposition wrong
Right, like left,
only appositionally spaced
like I have timeless time
for western this nor eastern...
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Categories:
whitened, childhood, humor, integrity, language, peace, philosophy, weather,
Form:
Political Verse