Shining Voice Poems

I know what’s true –
I won’t be dissuaded
I have my view
And it can’t be degraded

I won’t allow myself to be
The target of a witch hunt

The...

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No one can take my voice away
No one can, not today, not even tonight, 
Not today with no more fright
I want to feel happiness tonight,...

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Delicate petals in hues of pink,
Passionate scarlet, gold and ginger
Silently breathing, laughing
In the breeze with gentle impressions
Subtle whispers, notes so faint,
Beautiful blessings – swaying
The dance,...

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I only have my voice to spread truth and make a difference
Whether anyone listens or not, I must spread facts that I know
I must keep...

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In dawn's aura, mountains glistened with snow.
Rooster's crowing proclaimed the break of day.
December's frosty winds began to blow
as clouds shadowed a sullen shade of gray,
and...

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Up bright and early with HORUS
Enjoying the sounds of the Morning Glory chorus

Feeling the energy and riding with RA at noon
Beautiful, warming rays piercing my...

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We sit in our idle houses
plugged-in to the world wide web 
of digital madness and make-believe. 

We text tweet posts from on far and shadow...

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The flicker of light green catches the corner of my eye
From clothing of leaves worn on the trees
With sun shining between the wooded shade
For a...

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Saint Augustine so eloquently stated, “Our hearts are restless until we find our rest in Thee.”

Restless heart, “Listen to the silence”
The whispers of kindness inspiring...

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Sonnets XVII-XXIV

Discrimination
by Michael R. Burch

The meter I had sought to find, perplexed,
was ripped from books of "verse" that read like prose.
I found it in sheet...

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I’m not sure what you expected me to be
What path you were hoping that I would follow
You tried to keep my spirit from wandering free
Mould...

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Somewhere the sun's shining
  Perhaps in your heart
For the sky's gray and complaining
  From the very start

Someplace laughter's ringing
  Perhaps in your...

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The stars shining as bright
as a turn being sincere and real
the moon overshadows
in the midst of the days
beautiful birds flying in the skies
highly, the sun...

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Tenar bass and soprano
And all the voices that I know
Sing one song of peace
Voices that never cease

Now the music is fading
Now The sounds are changing

All...

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Poetry slam

Do you understand

Giving it straight

To the man

Standing right up there

And enacting a plan

Be exciting

Don't be bland

The recite with passion

And let your voice be heard

Spread...

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