Poems About Poets Iv
...Poems about Poets IV
The Princess and the Pauper
by Michael R. Burch
for June Kraeft
Here was a woman bright, intent on life,
who did not flinch from Death, but caught his eye
and dre...
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Categories:
cædmon, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Various Heresies 5
...Various Heresies 5
Tonight, Let's Remember
by Michael R. Burch
July 7,2007 (7-7-7)
Tonight, let's remember the fond ways
our fingers engendered new methods to praise
the gray at my temple...
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Categories:
cædmon, creation, earth, god, heaven,
Form: Verse
Caedmon's Face
...Caedmon’s Face
by Michael R. Burch
At the monastery of Whitby,
on a day when the sun sank through the sea,
and the gulls shrieked wildly, jubilant, free,
while the wind and Time blew all aro...
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Categories:
cædmon, angel, christian, england, old,
Form: Verse
Caedmon's Hymn
...Caedmon's Hymn
by Michael R. Burch
At the monastery of Whitby,
on a day when the sun sank through the sea,
and the gulls shrieked wildly, jubilant, free,
while the wind and time blew all aro...
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Categories:
cædmon, angel, christian, god, inspiration,
Form: Sonnet
At Caedmon's Grave
...At Cædmon’s Grave
At Caedmon's Grave
by Michael R. Burch
“Cædmon’s Hymn,” composed at the Monastery of Whitby (a North Yorkshire fishing village), is one of the oldest known poems written in the...
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Categories:
cædmon, angel, bible, christian, england,
Form: Sonnet
Santa Monica Pier
...Santa Monica Pier
I remember watching
the ocean roll on the shore,
wave after wave,
crashing down on the solid sand
and I idly staring back
wondering if the Atlantic was as blue.
I watch...
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Categories:
cædmon, sociallight, history, light,
Form: Prose Poetry