Rose Mentor Poems

I paused to stand and watch a man who had come to the road’s divide,
my wonder soared as I watched his stare slowly shift from...

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Loves tender moments are never dissolved in one place 
it is in the day-to-day activities that our heart rejoices 
Like an unexpected smile or an...

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Hello Sunshine, Good day World
May I but sip from the Chalice
Rain, a rose, Quiet repose
The Warm that is Linda Alice


written by Michael in 1975

(I found...

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There really is no others
The one that cares to show
Directing our hearts on where they shall go
Provided a fresh start
Caressed by my heart
Honored Jesus Christ
Who...

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Through the heart a vision 
Took care to nourish
So you may flourish
Took on the storms
Love reformed
Through depth of the ocean
Our devotion
Strength through dispansion
Our heart expansion
Opened...

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Light a candle of love and share the spark with me 
Breathe in the oxygen of dreams , together we can go far  
if...

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Advice to Young Poets
by Nicanor Parra Sandoval
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Youngsters,
write however you will
in your preferred style.
Too much blood flowed under the bridge
for me...

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the begotten   
             son
image of
      the...

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Life is most certainly like a game!
  You start with all the pieces.. genetics, soul, and name.

   “What’s in a name, that...

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this just one example of many peoples
   UNFAIRLY subjected
to subservience and exempt
   from enjoying the fruits of their labor.

January twelfth two...

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THE UNSUNG HEROES . . . 
 
O l hail to the poets born of observation 
Then to their perseverance and patience

For taking all that...

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7. Playing With Fire
My mom IS quite clear on the dangers of fire,
But if boy'S hooked on flame, then it'S hard to obey,
There'S a longing...

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I have got you at the tip of my tongue,
at the end of my mind.

My fallen star which rose again and shines brightly,
enlightens my dreams,...

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Stage lights glistened with faces
It was the moment I knew
Someone stood and shone 
Kept me hanging along 
Almost close to perfection
It never failed to hone...

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In a summer of lastingness, long ago,
what you had in store for me my love,
I could've never known.

Through the depth and channels
of the heart, you...

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