Snuff Out Poems

Confession

...CONFESSION 

In September of 2020,
I killed a man. 
It was not an easy decision..
One that needed careful planning. 
It would be my
 First
and hopefully my last. 
But when I had set my mind ...

Ghost Light

...
Stun me.
Rewind your music.
Tap your feet to the sound that stirs you.
Listen—
the cuckoo clock is counting seconds back.
Brush the cobwebs from your eyes.
Reignite.

Slip into your own poc...

A land promised

...The Promised land. For a while, I thought that was an actual place where you could go if you had his grace. As the wilderness was this dry, hot, deserted place, where people walked with challenges up...

Left and Right

...See those two loners standing at the end of the bar?
One with a scowl and a face full of scars?
And the other much like him with a build just as slight?
Not the one on the left but the one on the ...

Say No To Tobacco

...Have you ever wondered that/
Tobacco can affect your mental health/
Think about your life/
Before you lit that first cigarette or cigar/
Did you ever get in trouble/
Did you have any drama/
Did...

Just passing by

...Light teases flirting shadows
He knows they are in his mercies
He will rule them, he will determine their fate
He can swallow them in his might
But they are of shadowed minds
They do not know th...

Stranger Danger

...When a stranger becomes stalker, the life you lead comes into question. Was it something I said, that someone took offense . Was it your objection or endless rejections to suitors seduction that fell...

UNSHACKLING THE MIND

...To the downtrodden, the marginalized, and worn,
Is this the fate that's yours to mourn?
The bourgeoisie, a cabal of power and might,
Gather to crush the poor, and snuff out their light.

The poo...

Blackbody

...I wish not to see another sunrise.
I wish not to wake another day.
I don’t want to trudge to another class or
drive down another highway or
let my tone deaf voice breach my lips again.
I want to...

my thirst for painting

...how do I extinguish my thirst for painting?
I wake up thinking of this hobby
and I go to sleep exhausted and happy from it

how do I quench my creative thirst?
I pick up a paint brush and swirl ...

Dark Knight Warrior

...Dark Night Warrior
Imagine a world where darkness reigns supreme, and the sun itself coders behinds clouds of despair.
Within this realm, a lonely soul seeks solace in the arms of another, only to ...

Spring Shadow

...Clouds bursting on clouds from the uncured rain,
Where stemmed wicks snuff out flower smoke,
Fissures that droop so much deeper—
The air full of seed will burn out the storm.

Where stemmed wick...

Preposterous Eros

...Preposterous Eros
by Michael R. Burch

“Preposterous Eros” – Patricia Falanga

Preposterous Eros shot me in
the buttocks, with a Devilish grin,
spent all my money in a rush
then left my heart...

Wind

...
I soar high above the mountains touching every elusive peak
carrying white fluffy clouds on my back, unhinged and free
The parched lands look up to me to quench their thirst and pray
I bl...

Twinkling Star of Montsegur

...Beneath stars twinkling 
Sophia and Christ flew down 
In the form of birds 
In the form of large vultures 
Vultures filled with grace 
Vultures from the Great Mountains 
The Mountains of Snow 
...

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