Flower Teenage Poems

Tui was a little boy, 
With a heart full of joy. 
He loved to play and explore, 
And learn about the world more.

One day, his...

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Where Dreams Are Born


In a realm where dreams are born,

Where laughter dances, joy is adorned,

Resides the youth with hearts untamed,

innocence glowing, souls unblamed.

Oh, the bliss...

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A beautiful flower bloomed beguiled
With teeming teenage exuberance
As rare as the floral rhapsody in the wild
Charmed us like we were in a trance.

She sparkled with...

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The toy box made of plywood painted white
my grandfather built for me when I was three
has become a time machine
a tool of torture
Why haven’t I...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems X

These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.

Regret
by Michael R. Burch

Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear...

once starlight
languished
in your hair...

a shining there
as brief
as...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems VI



An Illusion
by Michael R. Burch

The sky was as hushed as the breath of a bee
and the world was bathed in shades of...

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Teen
comes to
buy flower
for making love
with sweet sense of life.
Self coyness mind
makes all blush
for slight
mat. 

-September 12, 2018 Chattogram...

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A flower emerges amidst the pebbles
Eyes behold, its beauty; its fragrance stronger than all else
Its surface shinier than anything I’ve seen before
It dances in the...

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I hear it though a friend
and my knees begin to bend.
"It's Sasha"

My eyes grow,
the world begins to slow.
my heart stops beating
logic is fleeting

Hands quiver,
a gut-wrenching...

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I was nothing but a wall flower
in my early teens
Went to house parties and stood against the wall;
watching everybody dance, grooving on the floor,
wasn't no...

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Jar of hearts will keep our love safe
Unreaping hurts will make you face
Soon to be with you in
Timeless pains

Keep the love that we have made
Enthusiastic...

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a kid in love     in deep adoration-
oh   the worship    the longing affection
I breathed his name

writing it...

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Know me not as a delicate flower, but as a strong tree with deep roots of faith.
Know me not as a small fragile princess, but...

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I don't know whether I'm in love with her,
Or am I just trying to free myself from being alone, 
I don't want to see her...

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But there’s still his hands in the way… hovering over my eyes… Not allowing me to see what he sees. There’s all these thorns protecting...

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