Outgrows Poems - Poems about Outgrows

Demolished Childhood

...No toys to play with,
she draws dolls on the dry soil
with soft soiled fingers.
The pale face is drenched,
not by joyous summer rain.
Is it dripping tears?
The sad wet eyes graze 
on mother’s ...

Quill

...The computer era, indeed, has marred you and the pen,
A romantic feeling, when I think of you, fills my mind;
Will those Calligraphic times, the writers loved, come again?
Wherein, a feeling of ha...

Bipartisan Desires

...My dubiously protagonist Self
outgrows toward a co-invested
cooperative
co-governing center

A core UnWhite House communication center
Tao training for sacred positive
and trauma negation memo...

Girl Alone

...Sitting at a bus shelter
hoodie baby, skinny, drab,
denim-discount,
elfin face,
 the nose ring an ugly stigmata.

She's been staring at empty walls lately,
I can tell, I’ve stared at those sam...

Tribute To Women

...To you, O women great, in obeisance, I bow,
For your primary forms of mother, sister, mate;
Full of love, patience, kindness and compassion, how,
The almighty has adorned you with goodness great;
...

Illusion

...Fate was cruel when you broke down the walls
I’ve never been shattered in midst of the rainfall
Was my life meant to be celebrated with love and joy?
As hasty as a thief, you took away gaiety; lef...

Hoodie Baby

...Sitting at a bus shelter - skinny hoodie baby,
denim-discount - sad little figure,
Elfin faced even with the nose ring.

I know this stranger.
Her alien eyes search for other alien eyes.
She's ...

A Moment Lost To Time

...Coordinates require input, chance comes coincidentally,
Rendezvous a meeting point, your wandering aimlessly,
Vector on interception course, we cross paths randomly 
Anticipation is foresight, I n...

Prohealth Virus

...Heightened global consciousness
of viral threats to health and safety
seem to now create
a multicultural shift
transcending liberal and conservative
responses to mortal fear
and anger against a...

Tide

...In sunlights defilade
weed outgrows the plant
and marshmallowed clouds
dissipate in whispered wisps
owed was freely given
and crested wave
beckoned burning shoe less feet...

Childless

...Epigrams/Epitaphs

Childless
by Michael R. Burch

How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.

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Laughter’s Cry
by Michael R. Burch 
...

Selected Lyrics From the Imaginary Invalid

... After graduating from UF, in the early '80s I wrote the book, lyrics and score for a musical adaptation of Moliere's farce Le Malade Imaginaire ("The Imaginary Invalid") and have decide...

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...

Snapshots

...Snapshots
by Michael R. Burch

Here I scrawl extravagant rainbows.
And there you go, skipping your way to school.
And here we are, drifting apart
like untethered balloons.

Here I am, creatin...

Kid At a Bus Stop

...Sitting at a bus shelter
hoodie baby, skinny, drab,
denim-discount.

She could be a female me fifty years ago.
Elfin face, the nose ring an ugly brand,
then again I'm an old bull - my n...

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