Autumn Basketball Poems

It was to be a lazy afternoon
  spent at a nearby park.
 Jordan, Anthony, and I 
  swung on the swings 
 ...

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Near the end of October, a gelid wind blew
and froze the corollas of the dainty daisies;
it came as a surprise, sad was the face of...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The Desk
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a...

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waking up in the morning with a cheerful glee
happiness is all we see
delicious smell of mom's cook
given to you while reading a book 
living a...

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When I am gone, I leave to you 
 the sunlight that sparkles on the lake 
 the fresh green grass and the scent of...

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MY BROTHER RIEKERS GONE
                     ...

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nature has a way to sooth the inner sense
the mere simplistic brevity which permeates a reason
a hand to hold the heart will mend
the soul is...

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in a far off place
 gone from all known accepted civilization
 lived a man caught in his own world
 had a hut with green moss
...

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The Wind That Blew

The wind started to blow
 It was a col breeze
 So peacefully the wind blew
 Everybody and all the trees felt the...

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Stresses in dresses are not wanting streams today they are wanting to watch a film where animals sing. It is great to know that a...

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It clings to the cliffed shore,
 to the wintered face of the thistle path,
 to the fingers of the old man's glove
 as he waves...

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POEM 32 THEY ETERNAL 



I WILL LOVE YOU UNTILL THE END. 

YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME EACH DAY. 

AS EACH DAY COME...

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POEM 16 REAL DEAL FOR YOU 



WE ARE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR SOME SPECIAL THING IN OUR LIFE FOR US. 

THAT THING IS THE LOVE WE...

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The life of fishes 

I bought a cod fish
The fish-monger wrapped it in
A newspaper
I put in in the kitchen sink
Looked it in the eyes
Any recognition...

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