Rain Wedding Poems

25 years wedding anniversary today

Huge congratulations and best wishes to my dear friends, Carlo and Jo. You deserve every happiness and blessing. Thank you for...

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You're my land and I'm monarch,
You're my lightning in a pitch dark,
You're my orchard of various fruit,
You're my dress a colored suit.

You're my song that...

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His vows to her were succinct…simple and sincere…
spoken while looking into her eyes in a voice both loud and clear.

We’re about to take a journey...

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Amidst nocturnal blue naked confessions 
of our intertwined souls, hearing the 
mellifluous melody and symphony of 
our ocean, lulling our inner child’s deepest 
sapphire emotions...

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Purple and Gold
White, and Silver
The plates are fancy
People are dancing
The food is amazing
People are singing
The doves fly over
The rain pours
People take cover.

Overwehelmed in gifts
A huge...

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BEST MAN

He feels his situation could be dire
On the hard shoulder, stands aghast
A shiny black Mercedes flashes past
At that speed, the fuel will not last
But...

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Realization...
On impulse, the best man
stops to buy a bouquet of roses.
He dashes through the rain
in his three-piece suit.
The wedding must be stopped!
He will convince the...

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Sidewalk spring rain steps
years of tetter-totter angst
Main St. love apocalypse
Relationship on the rocks
Haystack needle search weary...

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body withers but our love grows
life’s a roller coaster for sure
through rain and shine, we are aglow
happenings any, hearts are pure

Gods benedictions, we imbibe 
body...

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Bent fingers trace embroidered leaves
on satin and long lacy sleeves.
Blush roses, twenty-six she counts--
A French word she can't now pronounce.

She blows dust from old envelopes
tied...

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Come quickly spring, just weeks away, fulfill your promise - life anew;
a ring to give, a vow to take, a oneness where there once were...

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dandelion seeds waltz in wind~ poured on wedding cake in rain

August 25, 2020

When plans dont go to plan Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Silent One...

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Death
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
 
You who are the final fulfillment of life,
Death, my Death, come and whisper to me!
Day after day...

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bachelorhoodwinked
by michael r. burch

(a poem about wedlock, or lock->wed)

u
are
charming
& disarming,
but mostly ***ALARMING***
since all my resolve
dissolved!

u
are
chic
as a sheikh's
harem girl in the sheets
but castle's no longer my...

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Fear

It is a very small demon. 
It is a tiny monster, 
that never stops chewing on;
anything it can get. 

It is the one that hides,...

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