Tags : Night

The Closed Sea

The Closed Sea

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


The Closed SeabyMichael R. BurchThese are the narrows of my soul:dark waters pierced by eerie, haunting screams.And these uncharted islands bleakly ho..
Rabindranath Tagore translations II

Rabindranath Tagore translations II

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Patienceby Rabindranath Tagoreloose translation/modernization byMichael R. BurchIf you refuse to speak, I will fill my heart with your silence and end..
Bright Lover and Avenger

Bright Lover and Avenger

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Bright Lover and AvengerbyMichael R. Burchfor BethO, terrible angel,bright lover and avenger,full of whimsical light and vile anger;wild stranger,seek..
The Long Far Away Dark

The Long Far Away Dark

A Poem by Ken Simm.


Unashamed and Dedicated.
The Lingering and the Unconsoled Heart

The Lingering and the Unconsoled Heart

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


The Lingering and the Unconsoled Heartby Michael R. BurchThere is a silence―the last unspoken momentbefore death,when the moon,cratered and brok..
Silence

Silence

A Poem by Emma Hagreen


when anxiety presses down on you at night
Mary Sagittarius

Mary Sagittarius

A Story by R J Fuller


A woman's life seems to be in a rut, until she gets an idea of what a true rut could be. And she must discover the simplest solution to depart.
Where She Sleeps

Where She Sleeps

A Book by Amanda Han


Jewel and her father are constantly moving, but now her father wants to settle down and move in with her Aunt Adi. Then strange things start happening..
Chapter 1

Chapter 1

A Chapter by Amanda Han


She sleeps. Down deep. She can’t hear a thing. Yet the ground seem to whisper her name. Her dream. Her life. Movement above. She wants them to h..
How Long the Night

How Long the Night

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


How Long the Nightanonymous Middle English poem, circa early 13th century ADloose translation by Michael R. BurchIt is pleasant, indeed, while the sum..
More Stars in the Sky

More Stars in the Sky

A Poem by LazerRays


Nobody sees when a star fadesBecause there’s more in the skyIt doesn’t matter,Because the others still shineThe universe won’t mourn..
Midnight Hour

Midnight Hour

A Poem by Poetic Beauty


The time of day for lovers, artist and poets
Hearthside

Hearthside

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


HearthsidebyMichael R. Burch“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...”―W. B. YeatsFor all that we professed of love, we knewth..
Modern Charon

Modern Charon

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Modern CharonbyMichael R. BurchI, too, have stood―paralyzed at the helmwatching onrushing, inevitable disaster.I too have felt sweat (or ecstati..
Distances

Distances

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Distances by Michael R. Burch Moonbeams on water: the reflected light of a halcyon star now drowning in night ... So your memories are. Fo..
So near, yet so far ...

So near, yet so far ...

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


So near, yet so far ...by Michael R. BurchMoonbeams on water―the reflected lightof a halcyon starnow drowning in night ...So your memories are.F..
A Dying Fall, for Chloe

A Dying Fall, for Chloe

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


A Dying Fall, for Chloeby Michael R. BurchThere were skies onyx at night... moons by day...lakes pale as her eyes... breathless windsundressing tall e..
Hushed, yet Melodic

Hushed, yet Melodic

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Sappho’s LullabybyMichael R. Burchfor JeremyHushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleyssleep unaware of the nightingale's callas the dew-laden..
R.I.P.

R.I.P.

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


R.I.P.by Michael R. BurchWhen I am lain to restand my soul is no longer intact,but dissolving, like a sunsetdiminishing to the west, …and when ..