Torch Poems - Poems about Torch

My brothers, sisters, all of this I’ve seen As every day across the sky I’ve been. Whilst you have watched the flowers gleam and grow, ‘Twas I that held the lamp that made them so. And I have...Read the rest...

For you, who must remain in Asphodel, We weep for you, who have forever fell. Yet we, who lost the moment, gained all time. In falling, do we hope that others climb. And though we lost our little lot...Read the rest...

For teachers are the torch the gods may send, Whose patient light, the wounds of darkness mend; Who, but they bring beginning, there be end. ...Read the rest...

As we embraced in the enveloping darkness of his front porch, I am filled with peace and warmth, knowing I will always hold this torch. Shrouded in secrecy: love comparable to a scorch. ...Read the rest...

You are much like the cosmic light Who set into the flesh of plight Shining in the world that all see O Light, be merciful to me You are much like the blue sky’s heart Your elect, even when...Read the rest...

At the end of another summer day Rainbow of deflated asses crotches and breasts strung along our deck railing Flail like a Tibetan prayer flag Under the smoky umbrella of burgers and brats Grilling for dinner Souls adrift from their...Read the rest...

Out of the blue on this summer day Richie asks me if I want to swim with him across the lake Sure what the hell and that is that I will match the older boy’s vim and whim Two...Read the rest...

farewell stepping down less one this ticket empathy for our country the torch is passed, age has revealed its sly self ...Read the rest...

I rock in this outdoor cheap chair Its cushion foam like ice cream Half-eaten by the winter mice in storage I don’t mind Don’t need a full seat to see before me The drop off on Torch Lake Its fine line...Read the rest...

Your indifference is the abandoned torch that scours old bridges, Hiding in shadows the echoes of each tremulous and cold step. Your wounds, coppery reliefs that lure me dishonorably, Urge me to explore how I pretended, burning, turned...Read the rest...

PASSING THE TORCH Come to light another torch Why? Because the truth is in the hands of the masters in every prize Come to light another torch Why? Because the truth requires perfect accountability for one’s own...Read the rest...

In the shadow of the night, you're a torch in the fog, An echo of a heart that does not tire. You've planted an entire world within me, Your meaning grows in the coolness of the evening. Through the...Read the rest...

death colours' season takes a new torch to run with ...Read the rest...

The great bird feathered harpoon Flung from one shore to the other Soaring over the Caribbean green of Torch Lake Flies at the bow of my speeding boat Or should I say more accurately I race on the morning...Read the rest...

In the hot A-Ga-Ming night My wife and I skip the July 4th fireworks At the sandbar down south on long Torch Lake Start our own shoreline fire Count the red electrified dorsal fins Of the motorboat salmon swimming upstream Migrating...Read the rest...