Women Villanelle Poems

Forsooth, one must stand proud and get ready my dear
Hold thy breath for combat into that coveted dress
Ladies, unite, squeeze tight - let thy true...

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The quicker you get ready, the less you will cry
Fix yourself up, make yourself look pretty
It will distract you from the sting of goodbye

Not so...

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No other pair; compares beyond
Beauty lashes out; to seduce a smize;
I looked upon; two magic wand

Brown is the color to which is most yawned;
But it...

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That boy will make you want to cheat,
led through mirrors in Joker’s fun house;
Your happiness cannot take a backseat;

Twisting your form you think it’s defeat,
perfect...

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One-eighty billion dollars one man has, they say.
It is outrageously obscene when once you know
half the global populace earns two bucks a day. 

Due to...

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Their really comes a time in our lives :;when we come to "REFLECT AND REALIZE" who "BROUGHT US THROUGH"!!!! I am so,so,so,  glad when...

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The strong winds swooned her hair in air
Her tears had welled up inside to the brim
They wanted to lay a distraught grief bare

Stalked, abused, and...

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DEDICATED to Justice-Lover, Freedom-writer, THOMAS WELLS:

"OTHER man's ... chokehold" : American cop
Black folk and freedom heroes hit the street
Rage, rage against looting what The Slaves...

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How sad I think of washing the bed sheets
When my partner  holds me in his arms
Instead of kissing me  he   might...

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The tears of women, men and children’s death.
It’s small and cozy pews, there’s no one left —
The church near water’s edge sighs Spirit’s breath.

Up comes...

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Christmas Morning

Store displays are filled with all sorts of items:
Ladies wear, manly things and toys for children.
Christmas morning is for opening presents.

Pole to Pole colourful...

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Because Her Heart Is Tender, for Beth
by Michael R. Burch
 
She scrawled soft words in soap: “Never Forget”
dove-white on her car’s window (though the wren,
because...

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Ordinary Love
by Michael R. Burch 
 
Indescribable—our love—and still we say
with eyes averted, turning out the light,
"I love you," in the ordinary way
 
and tug...

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Clouds  float in  the vaguer shades of grey
Stroking air like silk shawls women wear
Mauve and lilac ,blue  and white today

In summer,whispy white...

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Villanelle: Nothing human insect bird animal is not woman

Nothing human insect bird animal is not woman
E'en animals lock horns to deserve right to propagate
She's Man...

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