Sad Sunset Poems

sunset sails on palettes of tangerine
I close my eyes to fondle this spectacle
in few nicks of brushstrokes; its glory done
my tears stumble , free falling...
asking...

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I was entranced watching the fading sun paint the sky in pastels. There were breathtaking moments of beauty as if he were brushing a canvas...

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Ki jo likhu mai dastaan  , toh tere naam ki wafaye likh betha 
Ki tere husun ka jalwa, dunya ko dikha betha ,
Ki tere...

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These are poems about shadows, poems about darkness, poems about shades in the form of ghosts and spirits...



Shadows
by Michael R. Burch

Alone again as evening falls,
I...

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The last embers of a sunset
sink below a dark horizon
almost mirroring a Rothko
painting in its somber
and weighted tones.
A sadness has found
a place to settle 
for...

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What is the feeling of being alone?
Alongside with guilt
Without anyone but a stone
With your name engraved on it

Death is like a torture 
With no hesitation
There...

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There’s a box lying somewhere.
Somewhere in a dusty cupboard.
Somewhere behind old paper, older words, and wounds older still.
Somewhere no one can find it.

I think about...

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"One day, . . . I saw the sunset forty-four times! . . . You know—one loves the sunset, when one is so sad."
 Quote...

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Here a woman and man sit on a bench.
The man beside her holding her hand
The woman weeps. The man is praying,
So it seems - we...

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The golden hope 
Of brighter tomorrow
Slides into the salty ocean
No steam or bubbles
Just the crimson joy of the clouds
Escorting 
With their shifting ochre tones
While fiery...

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the setting sun  \  bleeds his sorrow  \  streaking across sky  \  before falling  \  into the...

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For sadness screams in a chasm
Tears hidden in a creviced stare
Prayers praise a doubted God
Words sting a shrinking soul
Death itself will mourn
For those who can’t

A...

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Sitka sunset, her gorgeous gleam 
gives vibrant life to skyline seam; 
Her vivid hue, like stunning show, 
gives gorgeous glow against the snow. 

Her amber...

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Watching the ripples of the clear water of the Spey
Setting sun lighting field and trees of the strath
Salmon jumping clear to catch a fly
A sob...

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It is the perfect handedness of endless bliss
the cadence, embrace the double-mirroring kiss,
silence is the most notorious happiness parenthesis.

Even when the dual night vigil blew
All...

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