Early Poems XX

Early Poems XX These are my early poems or juvenilia. Paradise by Michael R. Burch, age 15 There’s a sparkling stream And clear blue lake A home to beaver, Duck and drake Where the waters flow And the winds are soft And the sky is full Of birds aloft Where the long grass waves In the gentle breeze And the setting sun Is a pure cerise Where the gentle deer Though timid and shy Are not afraid As we pass them by Where the morning dew Sparkles in the grass And the lake’s as clear As a looking glass Where the trees grow straight And tall and green Where the air is pure And fresh and clean Where the bluebird trills Her merry song As robins and skylarks Sing along A place where nature Is at her best A place of solitude Of quiet and rest This is one of my very earliest poems, written as a song in the 9th or 10th grade. It was “published” in a high school assignment poetry notebook. Keyword/Tags: early, juvenilia, animal, nature, paradise, earth, eden, edenic, water, lake