Tag: life
group name: poetinaction
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September 17, 2008 11:32 PM EDT --
Out Of Balance
©9.17.08 Robert Burnham
Silent Comprehension
Realizing; . . . more
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October 13, 2008 05:04 PM EDT --
I saw the wind in your eyes
And you saw me see it
So you looked away.
Now I wonder where you've drifted to,
Like a yellow leaf with brown edges
Ever falling.
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November 11, 2007 02:31 PM EST --
The pain will heal you
he used to say;
The bruises are my mark
to show how much I love you.
Deep down she knew differently,
but for some reason,
it felt . . . more
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June 12, 2008 07:31 PM EDT --
Reversing the forward
Personifying rewind
In the direction I walk toward
For my future to be realigned.
Fun in a freedom juvenile
Locked in memorabilia
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April 20, 2008 07:33 PM EDT --
I guess it's true, that as we grow old, we remember our greatest mentors. It's inevitable, since they reached within and touched our very souls. Very few people can do this and they . . . more
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April 11, 2008 11:59 AM EDT --
Deep inside shattered dreams,
tucked behind
ripped out seams
of disrepair... . . . more
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October 02, 2008 09:50 AM EDT --
Hope has the mission of Hip Hip Hooray
Massaging our senses with sunny days
Springtime is forever, by letting its wish
Be a gentle flower your soul can hold
As the stages of the moon multiply . . . more
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June 26, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
FLOW
eternal bridging
cleansing the past in ripples
forgetting time
wandering with a purpose
always moving forward
Michelle . . . more
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September 13, 2008 11:15 PM EDT --
She had sorted
through the trash heap
of her life...
discarded memories,
men,
broken dreams,
and stupid decisions.
She sorted,
searching for clues
to herself,
the woman she . . . more
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January 23, 2008 12:14 AM EST --
(This poem is dedicated to my fellow founding Gather Guides, who I consider to be my dear friends. I wish them nothing but the best as we move on from our Gather Guide . . . more
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March 29, 2008 08:43 PM EST --
LINCOLN LOGS and TINKER TOYS
© Robert C Burnham
Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys
Life was simpler then
All I wanted was to build a home
And with a wife . . . more
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May 24, 2008 11:25 PM EDT --
It has to be there
Somewhere
In the midst of
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August 27, 2008 03:19 AM EDT --
Ode to the countrymen who mind their P's and Q's
Discussing times forsaken after friendly pint or two
Standing inside byways, watching a match consume
Troubles as feathers fly and maybe a . . . more
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December 06, 2007 06:13 AM EST --
My strength is waning
and I look to the Heavens;
I just don't know
if I can walk this road
any longer;
It is so much steeper
than I thought it would be
(and climbing has never . . . more
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February 01, 2008 05:28 PM EST --
I was always the good girl,
never saying what I felt,
never being who I was,
good at pretending,
a master of lies,
good at smiling
when I had tears to cry.
But the price . . . more
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August 24, 2007 07:37 PM EDT --
Tender
A father cradling his newborn
Big brother helping sister stand after a fall from her bike
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July 01, 2008 07:48 PM EDT --
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July 18, 2008 08:18 AM EDT --
The unfinished autobiography of Robert B. I haven't been all good, but I haven't been all bad either.
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December 08, 2007 02:02 PM EST --
I will stay by your side on the darkest day
when your best intentions are not enough
lost in shadows I'll help you find your way
I'll stay by your side when it don't . . . more
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May 19, 2008 03:18 PM EDT --
I shall make a batter to make a lovely cake
Ingredients well prepared in the steps I take
A pantry overflowing with spices and herbs
A teaspoon of each sprinkled over promised verbs
For . . . more
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