School Sunshine Poems

When short and running a cross country race
The short guys know when to pick up the pace
Just as we start up the hills
For we know...

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From my point of view
-each and every one of us is a son or daughter
-most of us have someone to look up to-
some of us...

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Many months had passed,  
with much anticipation.  
I counted every day,            ...

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Quote By Poet: "As one year ends ~ another is waiting to begin. What will the New Year bring? Only time will tell."
 
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Early Poems XVII

Morning
by Michael R. Burch

It was morning
and the bright dew drenched the grasses
like tears the trembling lashes of my lover;
another day had come.

And everywhere...

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Climbing the bushes
Longing for sunlight
And saying hello to the morning walkers
Or the happy school children
Plenty sunshine more flourishing
It sees to the rise and fall of...

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After all the long months waiting and planning,                the day had arrived for you to meet me.   ...

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Smiling and laughing, days on the sand
Under the sunshine, our bodies tanned
Music, picnics and splashing in the pool
Making some iced drinks, keeping us cool
Enjoying vacations...

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Endless, Youthful days
are never forgotten by anyone, 
neither by us nor time:
they were yours and mine;
can they never be taken away 
from these nostalgic minds
drunken...

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Photo of old school
pops up in Facebook newsfeed
the kind I can feel

yellow sky, edged brown
as golden sugar cookie
when you know it's done

the bright almond sun
on...

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No snow has fallen yet,
daises still soak up sunlight,
no wind makes them shiver;
grannies gather outside and chat,
many have silver-gray hair.

Little sparrow afraid of winter
trembling and...

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To the north are the gators 
Growling “see you later” 
Then going south 
Playing French quarters with their mouth 
“We love our Hurricanes
And bit coin...

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Sanctuary at Dawn
by Michael R. Burch

I have walked these thirteen miles
just to stand outside your door.
The rain has dogged my footsteps
for thirteen miles, for thirty...

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hymn to Apollo
by Michael R. Burch

something of sunshine attracted my i
as it lazed on the afternoon sky,
golden,
splashed on the easel of god . . .

what,
i...

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The sunlight glitters through the curtain
Creating small beams of soft light
As we sit eating at the dining room table
A breakfast of eggs, bacon and pancakes

The...

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