Retains Poems - Poems about Retains

...If a man humane is that he ought be, Maybe, his grit’s grounded by child's good grace, Or his contented heart’s always happy, Perchance, he wears a child's innocent face. Good if he’s wise, f......Read the rest...

...I marvel how touch touches deepest chord, That rest of senses scarce can ever match, Time heals old wounds, touch stays on for long stored, And leaves a sign, a lasting mark to etch, I marvel......Read the rest...

... Written: March 05, 2024 For Edward Ebeh Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, Hermes, during historical eras of reign, Greek literature thrived—minds free of s......Read the rest...

...In the penumbra of oblivion, I've engraved words of gold, About flowers that assembled their petals from moments of beginning, About storms, in which the lightning melted into dark forces, And all......Read the rest...

...Through midnight of thoughts, where silences dance, Confessing love is like the whisper of a lost comet, In the web of my fate, only a stray star could rise, You are that star which turns every mo......Read the rest...

...Placed Second in : Four by four Poetry Contest Sponsored by Joseph May The Four Seasons Spring, season of b......Read the rest...

...In your light, I rediscover melancholy, A magic spectrum that envelops my being, As soon as you leave, I hide you within So your heart retains the happiness I feel. You are the toy that brings jo......Read the rest...

...Men are desires, untold stories, Women are secrets, adorned in dreams, Two different universes, searching for each other in the night, Traversing each other's mystery, bewitched and hunters in a s......Read the rest...

... "The Book of Changes" Thoughts arrived before words, 1000s of years before the crossing of curves always seen to be swimming upstream against the current thou......Read the rest...

...Written: October 29, 2023 _______________________________________ Years gradually build up over time. I sit on my knees and feel sublime. Wounds need to heal and lo......Read the rest...

...It’s Monday afternoon, the first day after Fall Break. Several of my suitemates are here, relaxing a bit before we hit the dining hall and then scatter, like debris from a bomb. There are a zillion t......Read the rest...

...Lorca Translations I Gacela of the Dark Death by Federico Garcia Lorca loose translation by Michael R. Burch I want to sleep the dreamless sleep of apples far from the bustle of cemeteries. ......Read the rest...

...I have a gross handicap: While sleeping retains my cap, As I read feet in shoes tap And easily a work “Crap!” …And spoiled kids’ knuckles rap; During sermon daring a nap, Bathsheba survey her......Read the rest...

...Still, somehow, a man of purest valor: From nothing flees - please, add Hard Labor. In labor finds his fun and ardor, At home nose for wild beasts’ odor… But he can’t lectures give on Labor: E......Read the rest...

...GLIMPSE My heart a pouch of rich wine overlays yours A drop of blood spilled over an arum lily It waits with longing intense, retains no tears As it remembers its cringes of final fear when it......Read the rest...