Ocean Rain Poems

The drop in millions of them
Waits in the ocean for its turn
To go up to the heavens

It believes it'll stay there
Because the drop before it
Rose...

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Anyhow
Was just thinkin’
Which is not recommended
On rainy cold spring days
The pollen count is down
But who cares
Its too cold and wet to go outside
Dammit, the heat...

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Through an ocean of thoughts that overflow like a rain of stars,
The women of this world wear their invisible crowns,
Queens of their own realms, castles...

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I love you beyond the borders of language,
where words stumble,
faltering in the shadow of feeling.
No map charts the expanse of this tenderness,
no compass finds its...

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Suddenely...in a breath, from the westward orange glaze of the firey sky, fell quickly of lavender hues to pulse a heavenly hymnal calling you my...

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These are poems for my friend and fellow poet Kevin Roberts...

Nightfall
by Michael R. Burch

for Kevin Nicholas Roberts

Only the long dolor of dusk delights me now,
...

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Oh what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?

I saw truth tellers doxed, and their addresses listed
I saw...

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Sitting in his favourite cafe
Latte in hand
Engrossed in the words
In his familiar newspaper land

Startled by a loud rumble 
Dark clouds loomed above
The heavens suddenly opened
His...

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Raindrops are like Teardrops
Giving life to those in need
Every flower, every weed
Raindrops glisten
While Teardrops listen
Raindrops sprinkle
While Teardrops twinkle
Raindrops may become a downpour
Or too few to...

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Has there been any relief to the heat where you live? - Speaks Volumes

W'en it is raining here
It brings so much joy
First raindrops vanish
Into the...

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can't equate worth from how they respond
     delighted to see me
then I'm all wrong
      dance at...

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It’s been 36 days since you were dethroned 
You were the free-standing house, I was the fist that ripped the power line in half 
You’re...

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two storms rode through town last week

one bombastic in oratory: 
   fist-shaking, fiery-eyed, finger-pointing,
   thundering as an Old Testament prophet

one timid...

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Regret beats down like rain
Longing is like a still aquifer
No matter how I cup my hands
Regrets slip through my fingers
Filters underground to longing

All my failures...

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Beautiful rain
By Michelle Morris
02/08/2023

Oh, beautiful rain
Oh, beautiful rain 
I see your gentle tears

Oh, beautiful rain
Oh, beautiful rain
I feel your love draw near

The grass is green...

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