Water Paradise Poems

The fog has not yet lifted from the enclave. The candyfloss glow of the sun suspended above the horizon of the valley in the Jock...

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Sun-kissed stones, where shadows play,
Whisper secrets of a bygone day.
Grand Canal, in sapphire dressed,
Reflects the love within ones heart.

Gondolas glide, like whispered sighs,
Through water streets,...

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I dream of heaven when I am awake, with shattered thoughts at daybreak

I see the sun on the horizon, my fair maiden from her sleep...

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Early Poems XX

These are my early poems or juvenilia. 


Paradise
by Michael R. Burch, age 15

There’s a sparkling stream
And clear blue lake
A home to beaver,
Duck and...

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Better to be an honest and shrewd man than to be an innocent dolt,
Better to be an enlightened pagan than to be a short-sighted piece...

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As we walk along the beach in Honolulu the sand welcomes are feet
The warm sun and the gentle trade winds a combo not to be...

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largest waterfall
from great Iguazu river
such a neat border...

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Holiday Paradise

is burning Rhodes is surrounded by invading fires and blue sea
no modern weaponry can stop this brutal onslaught.
The Med is far from here, where...

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Haiga for the Heavenbound

By Mark D. Stucky
We search for the...

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The sun shined on the open water, 
The sun’s reflection blinding. 
The orange and yellow warming up the cold blue, 
The cool breeze blowing through...

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A land of virtues with cultural grace
For myriad religions, a home place
A peace loving paradise by nature
Honoring traditions, its grand feature

Many a scholar hailed from...

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His love fills the heart, the soul
With glimpses of living water, hopes
Foretold by passages in scripture,
Words written long ago – by hands
Who knew He is...

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Beauteous lass Thy wounds are bleeding! 
Crowning crowning where thou go on? 
Mothers weep and babies  feeding
Crowds on crowds and trumpet blow on! 
Wearest...

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All night, all night came  shimmering light 

And lit all winding unseen ways
In clusters came there from the skies
The angels , elves and beauteous...

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Another day in paradise,
The sun is shining bright.
A sea breeze gently blows,
And there's not a cloud in sight.

With volleyball on the beach,
And surfers riding waves.
There's...

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