Dream Roses Are Red Poems

Roses are red, or purple, or pink
an artistic palette in colors that link.
Petals unfurl in radiant hues
a vibrant symphony—amor’s untamed muse.

Red blossoms, a fiery embrace
passion...

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Soap of my  heart somewhere far but near my heart,
Oh! Grand daughter and daughter of some African
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I will not write this gorgeous 
Poem tonight for she sleeps 
Gently in my mind dreaming of
Beauty and Forever fragrant
Fields dreams of quiet and 
Unique...

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Four cafés in his small town,  on fourth floor window looking at the neighbour tower , he saw his friend entering the  shopping centre 
He...

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Blossom
Beautiful
Red
Spacious, elegancy
Spread amongst
Given in orderly.

A touch of class
Lasting moments
Romance
A trip to Paris
Days to remember,
The couple wed
Honeymoon, holding of hands.

A vacation well planned
A huge fancy suite...

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Throughout full room sprays of sweet nothings suffuse
Mellow are memorial moments, mirth as well as my muse
High-floating foams, filled with redolent renaissance
Gently freshen up and...

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As Her Beauty Rivals Red, Red Roses

Gift unto her red, red roses
And perhaps a kiss or two
In her portrait she reposes
With her beauty through and...

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Winter
by Michael R. Burch

The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.

The lilac of...

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Puzzles in Pink

Yesterday is just a dream. 
I took you everywhere, 
but you... do not remember. 

My little one, 
you cried and cried. 

We went...

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Dreams of Halloween

Like a shadow moving in the darkness…
It is something seldom seen.
A total act of malevolence,
as monsters haunt your dreams…
As the sun goes down...

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ALLAMA IQBAL TRANSLATIONS INTO MODERN ENGLISH



Excerpt from Rumuz-e bikhudi (“The Mysteries of Selflessness”)
by Allama Iqbal aka Muhammad Iqbal
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Like a candle...

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I have a dream that our great country NIGERIA
Would be one where the rights of women are respected
One where youths with visions are the lawmakers
One...

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I know how to drive you crazy
But I also know how to treat you like a Lady
I've been thinking I want to wife you lately
I...

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SE PROMENER
Down by the River Seine, where light abounds
come take a walk with me, a sheer delight,
just listen to the distant flowing sounds
of Paris coming...

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Rose exquisitely you colour 
my every wish silken touches jewels

When a dream comes true 
from the flames blushing petals

Sweetest dove loving cotton shades the warmness
blue...

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