Rose Rhyme Poems

No thorn could prick, my dying eyes to rest 
Below heavens window, God's borrowed guest,
Or fulfil my heart where love had sadly failed.
Like crusading knights...

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In tastefully lined up pots in a row,	
Multi colored balsams in clusters grow.
A visual treat to adoring eyes,
But never a haunt frequented by the bees.

Do...

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In Remembrance...

My Ebony Queen...

Although your beginnings were less than humble...
Still...you rose to the challenges of life and caught me whenever I stumbled.   ...

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I’m a crazy person,
I believe in Jesus,
I bow down on my knees,
And tell Him of my weakness.

I walk by faith,
Not just by sight,
I follow Him...

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Love me sweetly
I will you
I'll make sure
The things I do
Are all the things
You want me to

Your happiness
Is what I seek
Say my name
When at the peak
No...

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Rosa the gem of flowers
the queen of every plant, 
in spring she wears her fineries, 
her beauty the eyes enchant.
 
Her colours are so attractive...

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In a gentle voice,
without any other choice,
she sings in blushing rose,
as heartfelt yearning slows…

In a soft song,
resonating all night long,
her light trembles warm,
feelings flow despite...

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O my glorious rival in love,
For I fell in the cosmic river of yours. 
I flew in the rhythm of darkness within, 
For finding my...

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Disasters have plagued our planet since the dawn of time 
When primitive creatures rose from primordial slime 
And a comet came down to hit a...

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Jokes banned, thoughts criminalized 
Politicians try to sell
Safety reasons, no surprise
Their lies aren’t selling well 
Safety reasons grow like weeds
In rose gardens of the mind...

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The gathered, outside my house, lingered long,
As if it were Halloween night -
A rogue's gallery of goblins and ghouls,
They were an unwanted sight.

Their faces had...

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In a somber house on Maple Street, where shadows creep,
Lived Lily, a child, in silence she'd weep.
With every creak of the floorboards at night,
She'd hold...

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Classical infusion Beethoven’s “ode to joy”
Playing on blaring audiophile speakers annoy 
Purposely looped to destroy vagrants with electronic music
Blends of subversive elements and anxious acoustic...

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Birthday Poem to Myself
by Michael R. Burch

LORD, be no longer this Distant Presence,
Star-Afar, Righteous-Anonymous,
but come! Come live among us;
come dwell again,
happy child among men—
men rejoicing...

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Will you form with me at the centre.? Any colonials
Good and true..'Will you stand? To confront tyranny?
Here there is a place for you.! all you...

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