War Love Poems

Two of our dearest friends offered a gift to my
wife and me. My wife immediately consented
Without question to the opportunity to go on an 
All...

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Battle scarred but unbroken

I was captive in a silent war.
My body, the battlefield.
A quiet siege waged beneath my skin,
where cells divided 
and uncertainty grew.

This body,...

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Sonnet for Antony and Cleopatra
Two Empires Entwined
He gave up Rome to chase her scented air,
 A queen whose kiss could rouse the Nile to sing.
...

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To love your enemy

I should not say this, but there is no way to hide
I had a wonderful childhood when our country was
at war and...

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Original Haiku by Michael R. Burch

Keywords/Tags: winter, love, dream, kindness, sun, sea, leaf, leaves, autumn, spring, life, poets, words, stars, moon, war

Such a frigid winter...

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?Black soil 'n' seeds
?Black waters
?Black axe
?Black trees
?All grew the girl into a woman
?
?Black house
?Black home
?Black hue
?Black terrain
?All grew the boy into a man
?
?Black weather
?Black wind
?Black...

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A cloud bursts,
and the earth drinks -- 
the sun shines,
and the earth ripens;
the moon, sanctuary
of werewolves and Love,
keeps alive our fictions. 
...

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Your Rain was tears on my window pane -
the first poem of yours I had seen -
pain-drops spattered a snow-blank expanse,
grief-blue with regret and what...

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Place my head upon your shoulder
Wrap me in Your warm embrace
Chase away these premonitions 
Grant me, Jesus, saving grace

Will you let me feel your presence?
Bring...

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first love's false flame burned way too hot
and left me nothing but the want
for fiery passion to remain
to keep me bound in love's pleasure-pain

like chasing...

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## Love is a War

I know what happened when the love that couldn't stay away from me for even a moment became distant. In that...

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I didn’t want to light the flame,
But damn, you handed me the match.
We played a bitter little game—
Now neither one can scratch the scratch.

I offered...

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I’ve knocked on every door of medicine men—
doors painted with hope.
Swallowed pills of every size and colour.
Been told,
“This one never fails.”
Another promise—
fulfilled only in disappointment.

The...

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Red flowing hair, she waited long
in her arms,  he did belong
why go to fight, she did not know
a bloody battle, the Somme, in flow

she...

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You told me you could never leave
You told me you would never say goodbye
You told me you never wanted to be free
But you told me...

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