Rose Night Poems

"Lee, you awake?"
Yeah, sorry. "Where were you?"
Nowhere, my call? Fold.
Looking around the table, I couldn't have drifted that long,
Wouldn't have known from the stares, whatever...

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Night Labor
by Michael R. Burch

for Rachel Corrie

Tonight we keep the flame alive;
we keep the candle lit.
We burn bright incense in your name
and swear we’ll not...

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Red is the flavor of passion and desire
The taste of a kiss that sets your soul on fire
Red is the spice that tingles your tongue
Heat...

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Just when the summer sun had fully set,
   Sending shadows of twilight far and wide—
   It seemed about as calm as...

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Breathing in the luminous vapor that tastes like vanilla
While looking at illuminating our neon skyline
Since the moon and stars are veiled with the aluminium ceilings
Pastel...

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Nocturnals rose from slumbered sleep
Younger mortals began to weep
The shards of day flew with a sweep
As grey shrouds of eventide seep

Stars gifted their light, surplus...

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Before the Day Turned Into Night 1-21-24
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Before the Day Turned Into Nigh - ITQ

Through veils of rose twilight dances
Wink, a smile, coquettish glances
Flirts with the...

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Before the day turned into night,
the sun was shining big and bright.
It was indeed a wondrous sight
that filled my heart with such delight.

In afternoon there...

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As promised to Sara Baker... here is the Night Before Christmas, 
Cajun style ~ by James Rice
        ...

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I open my eyes to a dream-like paradise
An utopia my heart can't fathom
An abyss I wish to fall into
But now I get to watch it...

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summoned black diamond
sun's at other side of night
with the dream roses

heart of joy twinkling
gone down in sea of colors
star of plum evening

still in its peach...

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I- I learned so many lessons from your
N- negligent neglection of my rose petal heart 
D- Do you ever think about anyone except yourself? I...

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In a hellish nightmare pit, soldiers stand...
Along the Western Front's cruel, jagged land,
Where blood and tears paint the earth's sad lore,
They mourn their fallen with...

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Collected, like tears – dewy fresh,
Sparkling on the edges of tender leaves,
Kissing away the moon’s embrace,
Cleansing the spirit with trembling sprays,
Gasping lights, reflections of midnight,
Borrowed...

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Date:  July  2049

The expanse of the sky was darkness.
End of July 11 pm.  Dolly Molly
And Holly were keeping an all night
Party pleasant...

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