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Compartment 114
Compartment 114

Tags : Loss

Leave Taking

Leave Taking

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Leave Takingby Michael R. BurchBrilliant leaves abandon battered limbsto waltz upon ecstatic windsuntil they die.But the barren and embittered trees,l..
Besieged

Besieged

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Besiegedby Michael R. BurchLife -- the disintegration of the fleshbefore the fitful elevation of the soulupon improbable wings?Life -- it is all we kn..
If I Lost My Way

If I Lost My Way

A Poem by Dunamis Pneuma


If I lost my way, how would I get back? If I was to be found in a place I did not know, would I be able to find my way out? I am lost. I’ve run ..
Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings

A Story by Jason Scott


A gunman distraught during the holidays over the loss of his son releases his anguish at a busy shopping center.
A Thrill forever Found

A Thrill forever Found

A Poem by Anne Martin


Iambic stream of consciousness I know It's Shakespeare's fave for five to make a line.
Beckoning

Beckoning

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Beckoningby Michael R. BurchYesterday the wind whispered my namewhile the blazing locksof her rampant manelay heavy on mine.And yesterdayI saw the way..
A Prelude to Pain

A Prelude to Pain

A Poem by Phillip J Clayton


I have been in a bit of mental pain since the summer of 2018, this poem is a summary of my embrace and acknowledgement of things that followed.
Breakings

Breakings

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Breakingsby Michael R. BurchI did it out of pity.I did it out of love.I did it not to break the heart of a tender, wounded dove.But gods without compa..
My Father's Poem

My Father's Poem

A Poem by William Donovan


In WW2 homes that had sacrificed a son or husband put a gold star in the window to show the world the ultimate sacrifice.
Sonnets I-IX

Sonnets I-IX

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Sonnets by Michael R. Burch, written according to the original definition of "sonnet" as a "little song" of indeterminate length and form.
Imperfect Sonnet

Imperfect Sonnet

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Imperfect SonnetbyMichael R. BurchA word before the light is doused: the nightis something wriggling through an unclean mind,as rats creep through a t..
Muddy

Muddy

A Poem by Dianne S Penfold


Life is like a wet marsh that you are in.You are stuck unfortunately,You can't get out.The more you struggle,The softer the sludge becomes.You're sink..
This For You, The Lonely

This For You, The Lonely

A Poem by C Peril


Read this poem or else!
Autumn Conundrum

Autumn Conundrum

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Autumn Conundrumby Michael R. BurchIt’s not that every leaf must finally fall,it’s just that we can never catch them all.Originally publis..
My Father

My Father

A Poem by Tiff


The backs of my eyelidsDeftly remind me ofThat same time, same place, same feelingsOf when my tears meant something, cameFrom a place ofHonest Disbeli..
Album

Album

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


AlbumbyMichael R. BurchI caress them--trapped in brittle cellophane--and I see how young they were, and how unwise;and I remember their first flight--..