Outgrowing Poems

Original Haiku 1 by Michael R Burch

...Original Haiku by Michael R. Burch

Keywords/Tags: winter, love, dream, kindness, sun, sea, leaf, leaves, autumn, spring, life, poets, words, stars, moon, war

Such a frigid winter day,
our word...

He has only just begun

...Schumann’s resonance rising
Magnetism impacting gravity
Pores of space begin dilating
Admitting within ethereal light
Altering reality as we know it 
Incomprehensible to our mind

Outgrowing c...

Outgrowing Self-Loathing

...My suit of self-loathing no longer fits
The mirror of compassion tells me so
Years of bad-intentions held back growth 
After a time, the length of my sleeves bind
I didn’t realize I’ve become ove...

Done With This 2018

...Leave me alone
Leave me alone
I am waiting to go home
Everyone's true colors have been shown
Everyone's level, I've outgrown
Now you get paid to be a clone
White girls get paid for what she's s...

Cages

...Rise! 
You are 
outgrowing 
that smaller shell; 
Smash breakable glass! 
It’s not fragile;
Cages were  
never 
real....

Out and In Copassions

...I could know no Self
without an Other

We could have no Child
without an EarthMother

No Ego
without an Earth-bound EcoSystem

I could understand no male
linear formation dominantly promine...

Pained But Free

...You could have just told me, but you made me feel unloved and a waste of time. 
If time was truly what you needed, you know I wouldn’t given you that. 
You’ve told me things before.. haven’t you? 
...

For Oscar On His 2nd Birthday

...Out of the mouths of babes echoes “Car! Car!”
  and points he the bended finger waving.
In my close held orbit his rising star
  shines in playful hugs and smooches craving!
Wise an old head ...

Child In Me

...In this blest childhood stature, may I stay
Savoring God’s goodness day after day
Cheerfully walking upon peaceful way
Basking under freedom, so purely gay.

With child*-like faith, I pl...

Ode To Monsoon's Debris

...Ye that have come from far
he welcomes thy air except weary dust
that still may hamper this sparkling light
turning bonds feeble
outgrowing and decaying thus dreads.
The air at times conceived
...

Sunflowers

...Sealed by love’s fidelity to be forever sweethearts
Upheld as one flesh midst caring bond to the utmost
Never outgrowing honeymoon’s sweetness-nurture
...

Mom's Delight

...Basking in mirth’s pleasure from seizure’s test 
striving boy blends well with Mom’s crooning voice
outgrowing not delights of lullabies 
wafting joyous bonding blest wonderment.

Around...

I Got Your Letter As School Started

...----------

Thirty tear-splashed pages
My response with runny ink
Not us anymore, don't you think?
Fire consumed it in a blink

You just left me!
Okay, you had a chance
You could not pass up...

The Shrinking Season

...The Shrinking Season
by Michael R. Burch 
 
With every wearying year
the weight of the winter grows
and while the schoolgirl outgrows
her clothes,
the widow disappears
in hers.
 
Originally...

Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uqZhnqHMAg


The orchestra strains to be symphonic --- a bee in a tin box.
Cigar smoke thunders, molecules of sound wilt
only to be dialed up through brass lungs...

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