Autumn Mirror Poems

in the early light of day
i rise from shadows of dreams

two days ago a cousin i hadn’t seen
called to say my aunt had died

at the...

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When did it happen? I’m thinking
It must have been when I was sleeping
I changed from young and restless
To the elderly, wrinkled, graying - old-fashioned

When did...

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I write upon the mirror of youth’s pizzazzy.
Stunning, clear, ravishing - the Spring of life.
          Enjoy...

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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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Wonderland
by Michael R. Burch
 
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the...

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The old woman walked the empty streets past houses painted white,
She heard the sounds of youthful laughter through open windows.

The wind blew autumn leaves around...

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"The Periwinkle Time"



Blues crushed prepossessing Violet
Lavender starbursts 
sharp as diamonds
undressed, a soul preys 
with black as crow feathered lashes
that rim the open mirrors 

There in...

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succumb to evil
darkness will morph my lost soul
poisoning my tongue...

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Spring bring forth the LIFE
Summer living the BREATH
Autumn dying near STRIFE
Winter raptures our DEATH


2019 September 09...

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A colored mirror on the lake,
Reflects beauty the trees do make
Bringing quiet peace, to see
With each different colored tree
Blended together, in a scene
Reaching from heaven,...

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Every morning, 
It comes down from the wall
looks at my face
Combing the fingers through the hair.
Showing the teeth and lips.

That time,
Realizing I’m a mirror
Feels like...

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Shy autumn first appeared in scarlet blush
to kiss the silent mirror of the lake
as umber shadows gathered in the hush
of amber afternoon and rose to...

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I stand before a mirror to look for green leaves
like the children as they play in a morning-street
I have to wait with amber patience for...

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Night falls and the mirror moon illumes the 
heavenly starry skies with gleaming ivory beams.  
Shiny and mellow, a splendrous silver orb, 
the delight...

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Broken mirror 

In a beautiful moon light night,
	when the moon was fully bright,
I dreamt that a glow sparkling and white,
	getting more power, blinded my sight.
Closer...

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