Angel Prison Poems

Dear Lord, I come to you with a heavy heart on my knees I pray for you to watch over my son yes my baby...

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Forgive me father. For I know not of what I’ve done. The chalice from a goat’s horn forged in fire, does not adhere to the...

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jacks my name
i used to drink
destroying my body
what did i think
couldn't see the real world
hid in a bottle ,just to be safe
 it was a...

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Yesterdays Child

Born on a Tuesday, 
or maybe it was a Wednesday... 
it really does not matter anymore. 
The sun is white-hot, 
and the dew is...

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They tell us once there was a crow.
Wavering alone in the peril zone 
The feeble is not straight on a clue.
It has been winging since...

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The Scales of Justice didn't tip my way,
I figure from the dues I've had to pay.
While thumbing down to Shaky Town 
I thought I turn...

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The Octopi Jars
by Michael R. Burch

Long-vacant eyes
now lodged in clear glass,
a-swim with pale arms
as delicate as angels'...

you are beyond all hope
of salvage now...
and yet I...

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The Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is...

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Down the pathway he walked
Not knowing where it would lead him
An angel of light guiding his senses
He reached the abode of the Most High

And light...

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Poverty stricken,
Defrauding them was unintentional,
But the magistrate's judgement and sentence was constitutional.
We have been on the street,
Hustling, surviving but making money remains strict.

In prison,
the Black...

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You are a sneaky sly fox
Trapping me inside a box
Of lies I do not deserve
What ever gave you the nerve
To treat me with such creulty
When...

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DREAMSCAPE


jailbird l l l l  bars l l l l l horizontal
free
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flying
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stairs

angel fish           ...

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My Daddy was a good man
Son of a preacher man
When I looked at Paw, I often saw
A Bible in his hands

Well, he lived a good...

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One Look
Equals a double glance 
Subtract the problem
Replace the stance
Tomorrow whispered this algebraic problem in life's ear
yesterday I thought you was sent to make this...

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We Walk Together  Hand and Hand

Tightly Holding each other's Heart
 
For what We Loved

Was a crafty Illusionist 
Orchestrating arrogant notes 

The Lords Lampposts are...

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