Holiday Love Hurts Poems

Both as Crass and as Callas

As it is to admit openly out loud

I find myself recently trying to reconcile

Why it is I sorely miss much...

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I believe that deep down, love is the reason why every season feels like a treason. 

I felt a frisson with no valid reason,
It made...

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Rosy sunshades
By Michelle Morris
30/10/2022

You want me all to yourself
But wonder why I'm so reluctant
I don't even get to have me all to myself
Why should I...

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main road small hick town
ice cream shop bicycle ride
blue lakeshore - alone...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Heaven Here

I stare at the photo, 
unbidden… tears fill my eyes. 
I can barely see. 
I hate that about me. 
You would laugh. 
You always...

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I Came By…
(to see you)

You don’t see me. 
I see you, everyday. 
I am afraid to say hello. 
You may say good-bye. 

I just want...

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The Mermaid Calls

You draw me close, 
and I can not swim. 
You lure me, 
tempt me, 
and tell me…
things.

Your beauty is beyond, 
all that I...

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Tricks in the Dark

Evil does not need to be, 
ever in the shadow. 
In fact, it likes to walk, 
among us… best. 

It hides and...

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Red Rover

You know the rules. 
You had your chance. 
You lost. 
Now…
My turn. 

I will tell her the sky dims when she smiles, 
As her...

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My Best Friend

Carries a great load around. 
I can see it in her eyes, her stance…
Sometimes I hear it just beyond the words, 
she speaks...

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24/7 our attraction.24/7 our love.24/7 together we witnessing the love grow.24/7 No other knows the absolute truth; what goes on between me & you just...

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Home for the holidays


Welcome home, to the place you have never wanted to be.
The place you have never felt at home.
No longer the only place...

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Lonely teardrops gasping for air...my funny valentine he's never there.
 How can you mend a broken heart once it's been broke too many times. 
Realizing...

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As if pain could no longer hurt, 
she sings of love embezzled by loveless men. 
As if with a drought in her eyes, 
she echoes...

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