Bas Relief Poems - Poems about Bas Relief

...The final sentence that I wrote – Ragged words I could not speak – And so the sentence for me spoke The letters written on the sheet – The words I wrote but could not speak Read my sentence ......

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...In the vast ocean of beings and tempestuous thoughts, You are the vessel that sails with heart at the prow, brimming with unsaid treasures. Not all can taste your depths, not all can penetrate the ......

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... Whither thou goest? Thy wither showest. Ruddy in pigment, but a wee figment. In bas relief, exceedingly brief. ---------- H/T to Maurice Rigoler's Our Puritan Mentality ......

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...As Joulupukki was talking, Seileach used his own magic to probe the tree, “Ah, very interesting,” was his response. “Yes, by all means lead the way.” The three of them made their way into the......

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...These are my modern English translations of sonnets by the French poet Stephane Mallarme. The Tomb of Edgar Poe by Stéphane Mallarmé loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Trans......

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...Late Summer sings with lazy voice. Autumn turns a new leaf. Green becomes gold--her story told. Winter's echo in bas relief. Golden leaves with red blush, Preen as if there's no ......

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...The clearest sky follows a warm morning rain [Experience tells me this again and again] Sometimes bringing a brightly colored rainbow To remind me of God’s great promise, although Shado......

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...Nucleotidings by Michael R. Burch “We will walk taller!” said Gupta, sorta abrupta, hand-in-hand with his mom, eyeing the A-bomb. “Who needs a mahatma in the aftermath of NAFTA? Now, that......

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...Privilege by Michael R. Burch This poem is dedicated to Harvey Stanbrough, an ex-marine who has written eloquently about the horror and absurdity of war in "Lessons for a Barren Population." N......

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...Two sides of the same coin – the good and bad; the dark and light; the yin and yang combined. My future self, the history I’ve had. My soul - the fulcrum of my heart and mind. My friends believ......

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...In Newtonian Mechanics, the future is the past What lags behind, what sits ahead, the Jester only laughs A one for one relation, its truth in bas-relief The numbers hail, the numbers fail......

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...See by Michael R. Burch See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem like hair at all, but like the airy moult of emus who outraced the wind and left soft plumage in their wake. See how her e......

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... Lying in bed, the light of my computer bright against the still images slowly changing on the silent TV across the room. Despoiling the image, nine seventeen, pm stands out on the botto......

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...County seat, of Mason County, Washington, highly rates United States Westernmost city on Puget Sound e quates above ground sans tectonic plates Population 9,834 per 2010 census end result from ......

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...============================ I sat one evening in the park upon a bench I thought my own but as the dusk got down to dark, I realized I was not alone I hadn't seen from where he'd come or g......

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