Dark New Years Day Poems

POTD 8th Jan 24


 NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE

The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moon cast its...

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What can
will be put to rest,

but each New Year
is a history
of our old – predilections
governing the heart and soul
of man...a nest of cupids and
demons~ bearing...

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January…new year, new me.
Met you and now I’m happy. 
We watched the ball drop and kissed at midnight.


My February Valentine
hearts and flowers because you’re mine
as...

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As most of the world ends the year 2022, let us remember that endings open us to new beginnings. And that even though we celebrate...

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if i ever wanted to start over, where would i go:
- i return to the balcony on patrice lumumba street,
on the third floor, i see...

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New Year Poetry

Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch 

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days...

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2020 has been a year of blue,                  ...

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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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The Century’s Wake
by Michael R. Burch

(lines written at the close of the 20th century and introduction of the 21st century)

Take me home. The party is...

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this very night 
unfolds the darkness
as the stitches of memory
unravel with time 

I see you 
in the loop
of mind 
on the threads
of thoughts
trying to poke...

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weary waves whooshing
hoisted horizons hankering
dark dances drooling
felon fate fostering
airy atmosphere amputating
salient seas scrunching

mystic melody moaning
fiery figs feigning
voluptuous veils vying

callous crest crumbling
rustic rays reeling
lusty labium leering

tactic...

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What do I mean
when I struggle to define my vocation
as a Climate Activist?

How am I anxious
and how might I more positively
anticipate?

An Activist,
hoping for resilient interrelationship
and...

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I look up to the sky, while the sun is going down,
A flock of pelicans fly, beyond the seawall mound.
Stars peep out of the dark,...

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The birds are chirping, 
My heart leaps up for joy
For the music I hear is calming
Exciting every cell in my body

I look across the long...

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Thunder roars throughout the night,
Echoing off the walls of white.

Beyond the rooftops the sky glows
With splendid colors of varied tones.

Glint of the fireworks coquettishly imbue
The...

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