Love Villanelle Poems

Zinnia Jazz called at the daybreak of Spring
The bees buzzed "how on earth does your garden grow?"
And the fresh season tapped in time with a...

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Villanelle: Remembering Not to Call
by Michael R. Burch

(a villanelle permitting mourning, for my mother, Christine Ena Burch)

The hardest thing of all,
after telling her everything,
is remembering...

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It's been so long since I've swayed this peacefully
A message roll talks without voice; tucked safely within
'Cause mesmerizing is the light of your company

The sun...

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Drifting in the silence of the night,
I just want to reach out and grab you;
I’ll calm what is feral hold you tight; 

Ceiling fan spins...

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Hour after hour, I was sitting there, 
the time unknown, 
deep in prayer.

Her hand I held, but she was unaware,
I was all alone,
in much dispare.

I...

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All aboard and fasten well our seat belt
Focus on new flight, trip for new success
Travel light, sit tall, forget fears we’ve felt.

Our past storms and...

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I hold your hand, my guiding light
To our home, a warm November hearth
My treasure, my altar to life

Sweetest coffee, my pure delight
Blanket of bliss, your...

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A friend of Barney’s a friend of mine
The emotion’s worth my weight in gold
Thus, the tears you share make you look fine.

Not surprised if a...

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Cheerful, the splendor of the Christmas gift
When stars glimmer like bright crystalline light
Season of joy when our hearts need a lift

Dreams, like snowflakes, can tumble...

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With dense mist adrift you dance cadenced slow,
amid your steps my stalled heart beats return.
Out of sight, you shape in me your shadow.

When from chilled...

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Cold is coming and we must get ready,
winter is creep, creeping closer each day;
the pure white snow falling like confetti.

Weather stations say snow will...

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Safely stowed feelings keep the peace
Adrift with all of this, unheard
Forget myself, desist and cease

Truly my concerns should decrease
Perhaps my sanity is blurred
Safely stowed feelings...

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Get ready, He’s coming back a King.
Make sure you know Him – His sacrifice.
With Him, joy comes alive, a wellspring.

His love is glowing o’er the...

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In her absence, her reflection is my poetry.
Quill could ink a million verses about her perfection.
Her heart's a gem not found in any rare jewellery.

Legacy...

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Like the laughing lavender sky,
Reckless as the dark night who aches,
Breathing gentle who makes hearts sigh.

Blessing away silence, so shy
And, dewlike mist never forsakes,
Like the...

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