Hate Separation Poems

We may suffer tribulation and trouble
but does that mean the Lord leaves us alone?
We may be destitute, hungry and naked,
but does the Lord turn his...

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I see in the world, still today hate, racism, and discrimination.
We're supposed to work together under one nation.
I'll never understand how people can judge by...

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Pilgrim’s nightly enterprise
is an astral one -
searching the skies for
a glimpse of His Creator.
Like a sentry on patrol
he traverses his day
moment by moment 
pleading forgiveness
for...

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Waving a patriotic pennant is such the image 
Peaceful as a dove in war dirty as a pigeon
If Old Glory touches the ground 
Excommunicate the...

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No Mark
by Michael R. Burch

A wave implodes, 
impaled upon
impassive rocks...

this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...

you are leaving
and the ungrieving
winds...

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Each Color a Scar
by Michael R. Burch 
 
What she left here,
upon my cheek,
is a tear.
 
She did not speak,
but her intention
was clear,
 
and I...

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The Pain of Love
by Michael R. Burch 
 
for T. M.
 
The pain of love is this:
the parting after the kiss;
 
the train steaming from...

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Snapshots
by Michael R. Burch

Here I scrawl extravagant rainbows.
And there you go, skipping your way to school.
And here we are, drifting apart
like untethered balloons.

Here I am,...

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