Contraire Poems - Poems about Contraire

Mary was ten and she adored flowers, and she had three pretty sisters; But, she never could make a garden grow; like stars, losing jade glitter. Sisters Sarah, Martha and Alice spoiled Mary, for she was the...Read the rest...

bones are bones, when left alone … our marrow - the love, unvarnished, ...Read the rest...

Contraire by Michael R. Burch Where there was nothing but emptiness and hollow chaos and despair, I sought Her ... finding only the darkness and mournful silence of the wind entangling her hair. Yet her name was like prayer. Now she is the vast starry tinctures...Read the rest...

They come to me couplets, they come to me tight They come to me rhyming, they come to me right With lessened confusion, more light in the air All youthful illusions, exposed, ...Read the rest...

My thoughts are of you Only of you Sitting alone in your chair Rocking Gazing Out the window you stare But I know you still care Sitting Alone Rocking again, still in your chair A love So true A love I dream we'll share I swear I'll show you beauty...Read the rest...

isn’t grey the finest shade to fill the sky to aptly fade from misery’s old masquerade a drowsy disposition isn’t Cupid’s mind to blame for wretched love for passion’s claim straight through my heart, his perfect aim and malice ever after don’t you hear the...Read the rest...