Petrarch Sonnet – For I Have Loved You
I Have Loved You When I reflect how my life is going then I find within me more that is
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Author: Phyllis Doyle Burns
Awakening Truth
An awakening truth can smack us right between the eyes sometimes. Like a sudden loud bolt of lightning on a
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Wicked Halloween Haunts Still
That wicked Halloween haunts still, in dreams she comes to him to tell of the night she died on Grays
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Little Pigeon River – Callahans in The Civil War
Little Pigeon River runs through the Sugarlands valley in Tennessee. Rusty and Jared – Late April 1865 Rusty felt
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Lighthouse Sonnet Series
Lighthouse Sonnet Series Cheerful Lighthouse My Love – A Lighthouse Sonnet Such fond memories oft come o’er me still Where
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Woodland Retreat Restoreth My Soul
O’ woodland retreat restoreth my soul, when a wayward arrow pierces my heart, let me abide within my nook to
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Sleep Banish My Sorrows, Take Me Away
Sleep banish my sorrows, take me away, to distant lands where love will abide, in the warmth of sunshine for
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Many Seasons We Live
The many seasons we live create memories, an archive of sharing and caring with loved ones, friends and others we
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Misty Nights in the Swamp Lands
Misty Nights … So dark the misty nights, and whispers tell that swamp legends linger from distant past, listen
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Deep Darkness in Her Soul
From whence came the deep darkness in her soul? Aleena tried so hard to remember when the yearning and hunger
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Sweetly Sings Robin in the Tree by my Window
Sweetly sings Robin in the tree by my window, and awakens me with her melodious song, little ones in nest
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Faerie Gardens in the Neighborhood
Neighborhood faerie gardens surround me, in my new home life is peaceful and sweet, birds sing in the tree close
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Grandfather Tell Me A Story
Grandfather Tell Me A Story San’i Niyol was my mother’s father. His spirit is as old as the four Sacred
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Wrong Ride
Wrong Ride … Carol waited for the van that would take her to her Monday appointment. When she was able
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A Beautiful Soul
Beautiful Soul … A beautiful soul knows love deep within, will find its way to truths, and gives the self
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Little Mountain Holds Secrets of My Soul
Little Mountain Holds Secrets … The little mountain holds secrets of my soul, it knows the sincere love expressed, so
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Bewildered Perplexed Confused
Bewildered Perplexed Confused … Today is supposed to be packing day, to get ready for the big move to a
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Mother Nature’s Time is Not Done
Mother Nature’s Time … Mother Nature’s time is not done Nor will it ever be, May she ever remain glorious
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Viking Berserkers, The Seven
Viking Berserkers What manner of men or beast are these soldiers, Be they supernatural warriors in a mad rage? We
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Grace Brown Forlorn Love and Murder
Grace Brown Forlorn Love … Grace Mae Brown (March 20, 1886 – July 11, 1906) Why do you cry Grace
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Household Packing Not My Favorite Thing
Household Packing … Household packing, not my favorite thing, New owners raised the rent by 300 dollars, Been here by
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Desert Rose Waits in Silence
Desert Rose Waits … Desert Rose waits in silence upon the lonely hillside, An ethereal vision within a golden glow,
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Demons Within
Demons Within Too many heartaches and sorrow in life eventually can get us to a place we would not normally
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