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Esme Teresa and Elle Norma: A Lament of Light

...At twenty weeks      they saw the light—  
two daughters  Esme Teresa and Elle Norma    
            wombed in delight—  
before the room  
            turned still     and gray.  

A silence  ...

A Blade of Grass

...Feeling like a blade of grass,
Trampled on as strangers pass.
Unwatered, left to nature’s whim,
A fragile life, a light grown dim.

Beneath the weight of careless feet,
I bend and break in cold...

What The Roses Don't Say

...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 swarm their leaves ...

They sway, bem...

Heart-Shaped Slipper

...Million and one things better than applause..
okay to go through life ne'er seeking praise.
Though rain tree unwatered, grows half as tall,
an unloved heart wilts in overbear'n shade.

Your so c...

A Moment I Knew

...(Before you read, let me take through a little journey. I've written a number of pieces, "Her beauty, no season"; "Hey beautiful"; "What love is not"... these are to mention but a few. BUT THIS IS TH...

Unwatered

...'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'
Were I to be more truthful, and less kind
Once fair, your hair now more consumed by gray
Your dewy luster I struggle to find

As weighted toll of years ...

'I'm Sorry'

...Two simple words with such healing power;
fragile things broken is fixed,
hurt feelings melt away

A phrase that sows the seed of forgiveness,
a seed that...

Positively Deviant

...She seems afraid to say too much
and not listen enough.

Perhaps fear of becoming misunderstood
and, worse, too quickly dismissed,
her moment,
even in this small-staged sanctuary,
unnoticed
u...

Forget Me Not

...Last summer you stole a bottle of cheap bourbon from the collection your father keeps in the cabinet. 

Last summer your throat was smothered by fire when you swallowed six shots in a row, and when...

My Heart Will Go On - POTD

...POTD 30th August 2018 

The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings?  Or did shadows...

Doublebinary Ecology

...In/ExFormation Trees,
like snakes fleeing
and foeing toward ZeroZone destinies,
ponder bionic ecology
of on-line life and death health market trends
grown redundantly Left v Right,
North reduct...

An Unwatered Seed

...An unwatered seed is simply a dream undreamt
   Quench the seed's thirst, and a dream will sprout
     Water the soil, lest your dream rots in the dirt
    An unwate...

Pink Cotton Candy

...Pink cotton candy striated clouds
Intermingle with blue
Lure the artist to observe painting
Upon a canvas true

Distant doves sing a summer song
Happy to raise a large brood
Soon they'll b...

The Dreaming Tree

...So long I thought my trust was gone
withered in a vase that sat 
unwatered neglected posterity's memory 
pressed and ordered flat

I suppose some slight yet weak desire
believed that someday st...

Yesterday

...Yesterday, time stirrred of reveries when
All of Summer brought colours bright;
My love's longing roamed this place, yet
Troubles whipped our days; in a rush it  
Seemed your tenderness withered fast...

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