Our Shadows Serving
...At the altar, see
our shadows serving
under the hand
of our Majesty’s Spirit.
In this succinct space,
how does God lean
into us, light up
our souls - with healing,
comfort, ameliorating w...
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Categories:
overshadows, christian,
Form: Free verse
inner and outer
...We all have inner and outer lives.
They’re messy, hopelessly intertwined, and more
than mere mannequins to hang our word-art upon.
I’m supported, in my unwritten life, by a structure
of moods, ...
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Categories:
overshadows, boyfriend, conflict, humor, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Sipping My Tea
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John 8:7
“So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
Sipping herbal tea, my min...
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Categories:
overshadows, appreciation, blessing, gospel, inspirational
Form: Free verse
Warning of Krishna-A Translation
...Wandering in the woods for years,
Trials and Tribulations without fears,
Scorching heat, thorns and flood flow,
Came the Pandavas with a divine glow.
For days not Fortune lay wrappen,
Wait and W...
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Categories:
overshadows, encouraging, inspirational love,
Form: Epic
Dream Awareness - Quiet Reflection
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Written: April, 16, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
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From a deep weariness of the soul
to the discomfort embedded in our ...
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Categories:
overshadows, appreciation, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Surrender
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While the past still overshadows my dreams
At times, I see the forest in spite of trees
Huge oaks – leaves of doubt fading from their limbs
Silent pines, wistful stories falling in cones ...
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Categories:
overshadows, appreciation, forgiveness, friend, god,
Form: Free verse
Love VI
... Fervent rainbows vow to deck
a gloomy, woeful moon
with merriness and blissfulness.
Whispered dreams of virtue
triumph over a murky ,
desultory brook.
The serene , meandrous
butterf...
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Categories:
overshadows, allegory, angel,
Form: Free verse
Another manger
...What trembling light,
what quiver of eternity
gleamed in the shepherds' eyes,
unaware heralds of an hour
that would shatter time
like a vessel overflowing with heaven.
You wish for the transpar...
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Categories:
overshadows, birth, christmas, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Coda at he Concert
...The son told the father, I can't even be bothered by fatherly concern, I'll be all right. See Mister Taco recorded the whole session from behind the giant umbrella. Well I have to get to my room, jus...
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Categories:
overshadows, music, song,
Form: Bio
Into the Gloom
...Into the gloom
by Michael R. Burch
Into the gloom, beyond the point of caring,
past fascist rows that stare and blanch and cross
and watch us always, by the sunset's flaring,
we watch our fo...
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Categories:
overshadows, death, earth, heaven, moon,
Form: Rhyme
- Holiday Blues -
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Christmas is full of all emotions
Mood blue and melancholy
Deep in a dark drawer
- Not so much jingle bells
The darkest time of the...
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Categories:
overshadows, blue, feelings, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Community
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Community, do you remember that
Our rapidly changing world, has stripped community from behind our backs
Technology connects us across the globe
But sometimes isolates us within our own mind...
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Categories:
overshadows, community, loneliness, nostalgia, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
My Life Redefined
...The winter storm in me blows me away,
from the beautiful spring that awaits,
The pensive rain showers on me,
than the warmth of the Sun,
Darkness in my life overshadows the light
Those pensive ...
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Categories:
overshadows, depression, hurt, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Silence
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While the gentlest sigh,
Shatters the surface of stillness,
Blending light with hues of wonder,
Broken thoughts, blessings, brilliance
Moments poured out on the seas
Music, melodies – lushes...
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Categories:
overshadows, appreciation, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
In the realm of beguiling shadows where illusions paint the sky
...In the realm of beguiling shadows where illusions paint the sky,
The bias for balance is ignored, as reason takes its flight.
Disregarding the light of truth, madness steers the moral tales,
Woven...
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Categories:
overshadows, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
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