Survival Poems

The Leveler
by Michael R. Burch

The nature of Nature
is bitter survival
from Winter’s bleak fury
till Spring’s brief revival.

The weak implore Fate;
bold men ravish, dishevel her . . .
till both are cut down
by mere ticks of the Leveler.

Published by The Lyric, Tucumcari Literary...Read More

Trying to live,
Attempting to live,
Endeavoring to live,
Another day another challenge,
Aiming to live at each step is survival,
Striving to live,
Temptation lured into more than addiction,
Struggling to live,
Eyes so heavy with sorrowful blinks,
Sneers coming from left to right like time was of...Read More

LEAVES

My mind wanders, as I sit at my cluttered desk, trying desperately to contact our clients.  Working from home during the Covid-19 Lock down, is a challenge with no staff.
 I imagine myself sitting in a field of abundant...Read More

COVID-19; EFFECTS

ROADS, ARE GENERALLY EMPTY
HIGHWAY,S AT HALF OF THEIR PACE
EFFECT ON COMMERCE, IS HEFTY
HOME, A PLACE AT LEAST SAFE

FEAR IN THE MIND, HAS A FOOTHOLD
IT IS SHOWN, BY THE BUYING OF MAN
SOME SHELVES ARE EMPTY, OF STOCK SOLD
TOILET PAPER, IT...Read More

While counting down darn dire days 
In distant yet heartfelt embrace,
Let’s stay at home like we are told 
For front line courage to unfold.
From such a global novel  turn 
We shall withstand and we shall learn -
Fittest is fine...Read More

Back to Belfast

I have been to the Ghetto thrice
To Auschwitz twice
And to Belfast once
And to tell the truth
Belfast is the winner of the weirdest places 
Where I’ve ever been

But to be fair
That was just before Good Friday-
The peak of the...Read More

The next two weeks are to be grim.
We have been told to prepare.
The light we look for has grown dim.
Any uplifting information is rare.

We are facing each and everyday.
Wondering how it will play out.
When will someone be able to say,
that...Read More

IT IS SO NICE TO SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER
DONATING AND GIVING TO THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED
AMERICA WE CAN DO THIS, PLANTING THAT SEED
WITH US ALL COMING TOGETHER IN UNITY
FORGIVING AND HELPING OTHERS
GATHERINGS AND OVERCROWDS TOGETHER DELETED
SAFETY AWARENESS...Read More

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Corona virus!
Beautifully sculptured like a jewel
Armless, with bulges of a crown
But only those who narrowly escaped
With scars of your sharp fangs
Can tell the potency of your venom.

A merciless human predator
Riding on the wings of morning zephyr
He rears his tent in...Read More

Although I am doing my best to wrap my brains around all of this, there's just no way to dismiss some meaningful things I dearly miss. Quarantining for the purpose of containment of a deadly virus is something we have...Read More

Like a boatman on his ship
Where the vastness of sea only exists
The urge to float towards certain destination
When the compass is pointing to every direction!
And the pole star becomes the only mean!

Along the infinity stretch of a road
Like the high...Read More

The flotilla of the ivory-varnished sailing clouds, 
gliding across the cerulean sky of serenading spring,
turned into the menacing fleet of sudden scare. 
Its shadow of invisible danger has changed our lives,
maybe forever.

Tangled in the complex social web of modern life,
the...Read More

April fools' day - (ordinarily) all manner of tomfoolery abounds

Pandemic straps tightly plied girded beltway
unlike any other All fools day
in annals of recorded ("fake") history
western civilization tapestry doth fray
April first two thousand and twenty
neigh, no time for horseplay

what with coronavirus...Read More

'Quality is Job One' is a great marketing tool for the Ford Motor company.

Until a cure is found, quality of life becomes secondary to survival itself.

After survival is achieved, life, as usual, becomes a matter of discussion.

Rationale and certain constitutional...Read More

For the better or for worse?
It spreads like a plague, deadly and swift. 
Fear is unleashed and fear is thick.
Stores are shopped clean; limits are placed on items we need.
Workers are laid off, funds are low—
make way for the thieves.
Conmen...Read More

This is it,
The moment has come,
That will decide,
How many human qualities we have left,
When we come out the other side and are virus free.

To those who say we are over-reacting,
I say we are not,
What we do now, 
How kind and...Read More

They both came to visit our home,
But they were never invited.

They were glad and excited,
But we were sad and desperate.

Though we tried to avoid them,
But they came always forcefully.

Then we saw two shiny cute eggs!!
Be it hot or cold, it...Read More

Everything I have known has change
Everything that was... is revealing
The truth of every country, every person... aim
A divided world against a one virus prevailing

We are fighting for survival
We are fighting beyond reasons
We are fighting for revival
Simply are we not but...Read More

The night before... I was in turmoil
Wait... was it the night before?
Does it really matter... how the mind will toy?
With how dreams and realities will applaud

It becomes only harder to know what is real
Because of the lies we learn to...Read More

A random chapter is being written on history’s page 
Of the greatest war being fought in this age
This unique war isn’t against anyone 
This battle is for survival of every person 
Humanity has waged this war to see another day
To...Read More

Coming unexpectedly it did quickly spread
Over here, over there, and everywhere
Roads are clear only for a few needed transport
Only for us the victims to isolate in social distance.
Never in my life, I have seen such fear and devastation,
After all, it...Read More

POEM " ANGELS ON MY SHOULDER " by martin gedge

I don't have wings but tend to things
that puts my fate to test
through trying times we walk the lines
in fear and sure unrest
but as faith should guide we cannot hide
to put...Read More

Day's of terror have arrived,
It made us wonder how many of us will survive,
The face of this terror is a virus,
That emerged into a pandemic for humans
Walking on the path of humanity's destruction
But we never realised the results of the...Read More

Life has changed we live in fear 
Stay safe take care are all we here  
The lockdown has started but when will it end
Will the system break or will it bend 
Will this world ever be the same 
Who’s...Read More