Heaven Rights Poems

These are villanelles by Michael R. Burch and and villanelle-like poems...


Villanelle: Trump’s Retribution Resolution
by Michael R. Burch

My New Year’s resolution?
I require your money and votes,
for...

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Mother Earth, a gift so rare, 
A place of beauty, beyond compare.
A world of wonder, where life abounds, 
A paradise of sights and sounds.

From the...

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Wake up in the midnight,
Staring at the window outside
It slightly far above my sight
A little girl’s hands folded
Cries out in pain
I can read her facial...

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The least racist person is a racist
The least fascist person is a fascist
The least criminal is a murderer
The least sinner is a big sinner.

The least...

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“Be fruitful and multiply" god said *
So they stripped women 
Of their reproductive rights

"Fill the earth and subdue it;" god said *
So they killed the...

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Butterfly

Butterfly sweet, 
lovely wings of gossamer gold. 
Stretch your tips to the stars, 
as that is the reality of freedom. 
Glide for hours above the...

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Devil is a liar 
Works with fire 
He is also the fire
Claims to be higher
Than the almighty Father 
Has everyone's lustful desire 
Designed the blissful...

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Feeling Young

Quiet is the morning, 
the sun coming over the mountains...
in the distance. 
Not quickly, 
but exactly at the right time. 
The day has begun....

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PREFACE

I wrote this after I saw a poet suggest
~ that all the unvaxxed be put to death,
A moronic statement and one thar rings 
and mirrors...

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I shall not weep for fallen angels
I shall weep when there are no more
my thirst cannot be quenched from empty wells
I shall not weep for...

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Outside the pearly gates
a billionaire is refused entry by St Peter

Why am I not allowed in 

You already had a lifetime of heaven 
whilst others...

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I
Praying for peaceful stewardship of our planet
Praying for exposing the evil police dragnet

II
Police instead your stewardship of the planet
Plant not police where stewards ought to...

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Angels in Blue
Saints in Green

The hospital is a cold and sterile place. 
It is not meant to be…
warm or nice. 
It is meant to be...

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Pineapple Delight

Today is the first day, 
The rest will all just follow, 
and sometimes get in the way. 
There will be good times, 
bad times,...

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Filial Child 

Halfway to heaven, 
so thrilled to be saved.
My life, 
changed forever.
Filled with your spirit,
wrestles to serve. 

On fire…
in the night,
running through the streets,...

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