My Inner Voice Told Me
...A plethora of complex verbiage clogs and clutters solemn university tombs,
gem-encrusted sequestered vaults impervious on mountain peak percentage practical basis,
when express benevolence enj...
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Categories:
mildest, care, character, dedication, deep,
Form: Free verse
The Man In The Street
...The Man in the Street
Watch out, watch out for the man in the street
Who is finding a voice that you don’t want to hear.
Before, they were always the sheep that don’t bleat
And for too long, to...
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Categories:
mildest, political,
Form: Rhyme
DANTE TRANSLATIONS
...DANTE TRANSLATIONS
Little sparks may ignite great Infernos.—Dante, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
In Beatrice I beheld the outer boundaries of blessedness.—Dante, loose tr...
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Categories:
mildest, christian, desire, god, heaven,
Form: Epigram
The Odd Fellow
...He was a fish that wanted to be caught
(not so odd really).
His lips were new tires, they squeaked,
you could hear them coming
they flapped in the mildest of winds.
Some had Googled his eyes
tu...
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Categories:
mildest, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Nessun Dorma
...A gentle hand upon my skin
To balm my sleeping soul within
A fragile brushing 'gainst my face
Adorns my soul with air and grace.
The kindest, mildest, tender touch
Subdues my soul to mind too mu...
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Categories:
mildest, dream, night, peace,
Form: Couplet
Dedicated To the Two Most Beautiful Doctors In the World
...hello dear doctors
i am here to say i'm sorry
i am an idiot
i admit it
i feel better than i have felt in, well, LIFE
i fell one day and hit my head hard on the original hardwoods
my new lady ...
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Categories:
mildest, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, for
Form: Free verse
Old Shoes Record the Road of Life
...Life’s road is never straight,
instead the directions senseless;
a twisting, turning labyrinth
of adventures and challenges.
It wears down the spirit,
more than the shoes.
Danger...
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Categories:
mildest, appreciation, life, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
The Color of Laughter
...I was in a love affair with art, which had lasted for most of my life,
As beauty graces bush tree and field, whenever hued blossoms are rife.
I started painting at a young age, and had actually s...
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Categories:
mildest, art, color, fantasy, fun,
Form: Couplet
Spyware
...Spyware
It was no surprise reading Israel run this practice
and sell it to anyone with money to pay.
Israel, this enclave in an Arabic world, is an anomaly
its inhabitant lives in a bubble the...
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Categories:
mildest, angel, anger, angst, animal,
Form: Blank verse
Lovers
...You are my poem
I am the writer
To write the mildest feeling
And the best character
You are my image
I am the photographer
To capture the sweetest smile
And the best posture...
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Categories:
mildest, character, love,
Form: Free verse
Sonnets Xlii-Li
...Sonnets XLII-LI
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.
Footprints on beaches
now floodin...
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Categories:
mildest, bereavement, death, death of
Form: Sonnet
Poems About Mothers
...Poems about Mothers
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more...
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Categories:
mildest, child, children, love, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Such Tenderness, For the Mothers of Gaza
...Such Tenderness
by Michael R. Burch
for the mothers of Gaza
There was, in your touch, such tenderness—as
only the dove on her mildest day has,
when she shelters downed fledglings beneath a w...
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Categories:
mildest, angel, arabic, baby, caregiving,
Form: Sonnet
From Dawn's Spirited Breath, See Red, Red Rose
...(1.)
From Dawn's Spirited Breath, See Red, Red Rose
When Summer rose meets dawning's sweetest hush
Sun comes to bequeath its dawn bathing rays
Red beauty gleaming, rose stills early rush
Into ...
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Categories:
mildest, beautiful, beauty, flower, garden,
Form: Sonnet
Cleansings
...Cleansings
by Michael R. Burch
Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind...
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Categories:
mildest, holocaust, prison, race, racism,
Form: Verse
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