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Vallance Poems - Poems about Vallance


The Composition of Shadows
...The Composition of Shadows by Michael R. Burch “I made it out of a mouthful of air.”—W. B. Yeats We breathe and so we write; the night hums softly its accompaniment. Pale phosphors burn; the......

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Categories: vallance, writing,
Form: Sonnet
Friend, You'Re Not the Guilty One
...Friend, you’re not the guilty one The guilty ones are the evenings See how they drag you down into this obscurity... Trouble not yourself Everyday’s "Love’s Labour Lost" Vanishes away Your eyes......

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Categories: vallance, imagination, inspirational, love, nostalgia,
Form: Haiku



Don'T Forget
...Even if I've lost you To those mirrors You'll always be There before my very eyes Perhaps I can no longer Hold your hands Perhaps I can no longer Conceal your nudity In white cotton twills Y......

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Categories: vallance, imagination, inspirational, love,
Form: Haiku
Brother, Garbage Sweeper
...Brother, garbage sweeper, Don’t sweep anyone’s hopes away They’ve tossed into the streets... Tears, you know, Cannot smudge Our Avenues... Folks on the whole Keep their regrets All bottled u......

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Categories: vallance, imagination, inspirational, love, nostalgia,
Form: Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things