Farewell November Poems

They fall gently as of softly fallen snow.  Then lay upon the solemn earth for a time, until winds pick them up and let...

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as though could no bear 
the farewell of the autumn ---
pain-filled bleeding hearts 


26 November 2022...

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trees, 
leaves sprawled
underneath, 
sway bare branches. 
birds embark on plight 
of sad farewell, dewdrops
glisten in misty mornings, 
frisky squirrels scurry in haste,
holding prized possessions in...

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After scary Halloween and its ghoulish pranks
November dawns with all-saint’s and all soul’s day
Carrying a pious note in the balmy wind
Along with the haunting memories...

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It is silence – It is grace
It is beauty and gentle thanks
It is joy and it is light – It is healing
With the promise of...

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While vehicle underwent routine oil change today...

At Norm's Save Station
551 Gravel Pike, Collegeville, Pennsylvania,
yours truly suddenly realized
fifty eight years earlier
(a preschooler living at Lantern Lane)
John...

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As October's ripened leaves
Reluctantly flutter and fall to the ground
So do her fragments and feelings
Of hope and possibility 

Despite the shrouded, woolen veil 
Pulled over...

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Listen to her death certificate’ 
Who’d  fought for life’s duplicate
“Severe Anorexia
Secondary to status asthmaticus”.

Oh! How it  had rung worse than Amnesia
And had meant...

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...fiery the angels fell...


A lost train bound for November 
lonesome wail of an engines whistle
Slicing through the night
Souls Destined for the rim of forever 
casting...

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As November ends, and December 
looms, the exit numbers continue 
to rise until they lose meaning but 
to each number a name is attached, 
some...

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November weaves herself a gown
that sparkles like snow falling down.
At Autumn’s Farewell Ball she’ll meet
the one who’ll sweep her off her feet
as they go waltzing...

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shivering
on a cold
november morning

we stood there
posing for
a family portrait

hearts heavy
saying our
goodbyes

as we laid
your soul
to rest          ...

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Vacuum
by Michael R. Burch

Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...

leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are...

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with Huzzah, but stood mute in proximity 
when ye didst call
in kitchen of century old stone 
mansion built and hall 

ways echo wing the absence...

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Lullaby 2

wind voices speak wild words
above an eider down of dreams
and nighted owl sleeps close to the trunk
when November rends our sky

rain changes from her...

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