Hate Sonnet Poems

Amidst cruelty, bigotry, and hate,
silence amplifies a crocodile tear.
The sound of silence can influence fate;
it speaks loudest in the presence of fear.

You observe a drunk...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
Sophocles, Greek Poet

If love was a metaphor for flowers,
our souls...

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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.
Sophocles, Greek Poet 

Some suffering in life we can’t avoid.
However,...

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We'd look up at the stars on summer nights,
connecting with the universe somehow.
And we'd camp out away from city lights,
two best friends living on the...

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The color of love will prevail: we, white,
     black, yellow, red, shall pacify the clash
     between good...

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In depths of solitude, I stand forlorn,
With shadow as my sole and steadfast friend.
By society shunned, from kinship torn,
I ponder on life's edge, its bitter...

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What The Roses Don’t Say
by Michael R. Burch

Oblivious to love, the roses bloom
and never touch ... They gather calm and still
to watch the busy insects...

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In the early morning light of the day,
While we watch each other with shining eyes,
And your chestnut hair is in disarray,
But I still want to...

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What are these words that rage with hate and war
That scream with bullets’ searing, lethal roar
That slash with livid flames the midnight sky
And with a...

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Fighting against external enemies is natural.
Isn't my fight against myself a Herculean task?
Desires and drives that decrease me into an animal
In my predicament, my consciousness...

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Our differences are like the pieces of a puzzle called life.

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We’re like black and white, forever disparate.
While I look to the right, you search the...

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A gateway, as one leads from Terra firma to the sea
Or a path leading to experiences and knowledge
A leap of faith to explore newer potentials,...

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Thus, from the ashes, vile regimes evolve
to fill a void and seed a hungry wave.
A pulpit rage lets common sense dissolve 
as propaganda feeds us...

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I sit alone and meditate and think of all the things I hate

I think of things that I have done and all the people that...

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In liberty's realm, we bear a cross of might, 
Our skin, a testament to trials that tower high.
Injustice, a tempest, a loss that rages in...

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