Autumn Sacrifice Poems

The leaves where colour now has bled,
The green, the brown, the gold, the red,
As they volunteer to fall, to shed,
Are they dying, or, already dead?
Their...

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Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.


Tis here that I met you on a pleasing summer morn
Where blossoms of the cherry,...

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Autumn Sacrifice

Autumn empties herself out
EVERYTHING – her gifts from summer-spring maturity -
ALL her bounty – never hoarded in a grasping hand –
Gathered and released before...

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Poems about Mothers


Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch

There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves...

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In this world of hatred,
I break my wrist and arm to fight;
The chance had been created
In the midst winter night

The chances are between him and...

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haven't laughed much lately
the sound just doesn't hold the same meaning
not when the trees taunt me by dropping their leaves
making me think it's alright to...

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Chill breath
of Autumn sears
the poppy scarlet red 
visages of young men,long dead
appear....

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