the GAUD poems
...Poems from "the GAUD poems" and "the ur poems"...
& GAUD said, “Let there be LIGHT VERSE
to illuminate the ‘nature’ of my Curse!”
—michael r. burch
reverse the Curse
with LIGHT VERSE!
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Categories:
beatification, bible, christian, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Sharon
...Sharon
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 15
apologies to Byron
I.
Flamingo-minted, pink, pink cheeks,
dark hair streaked with a lisp of dawnlight;
I have seen your shadow creep
through eeri...
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Categories:
beatification, beauty, body, hair, light,
Form: Rhyme
Advice to Young Poets
...Advice to Young Poets
by Nicanor Parra Sandoval
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Youngsters,
write however you will
in your preferred style.
Too much blood flowed under th...
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Categories:
beatification, light, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
THE ur POEMS
...THE ur POEMS
& GAUD said, “Let there be LIGHT VERSE
to illuminate the ‘nature’ of my Curse!”
—michael r. burch
grave request
by michael r. burch
come to ur doom
in Tombstone;
the ...
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Categories:
beatification, angel, atheist, christian, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Various Heresies
...If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
-Michael R. Burch
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Willy Nilly
Michael R. Burch
Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly
and now they sleep
in...
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Categories:
beatification, atheist, christian, faith, god,
Form: Verse
Grave Request
...grave request
from "the ur poems"
by Michael R. Burch
come to ur doom
in Tombstone;
the stars stark and chill
over Boot Hill
care nothing for ur desire;
still,
imagine they wish u ...
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Categories:
beatification, death, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Epigrams Iii
...Speechless at Auschwitz
by Ko Un
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
At Auschwitz
piles of glasses
mountains of shoes ...
returning, we stared out different windows.
Ko Un speaks for all...
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Categories:
beatification, humor, literature, philosophy, poems,
Form: Epigram
U-Turn
...FROM THE ur POEMS
u-turn: another way to look at religion
by Michael R. Burch
... u were borne orphaned from Ecstasy
into this lower realm: just one of the inching worms
dreaming of Be...
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Categories:
beatification, angel, atheist, baptism, christian,
Form: Free verse
Gilded Waters Crinkle
...I listen to the waves washing ashore
when the wind is but a breeze, nothing more.
And I sit all alone upon the beach,
looking up at heaven, just out of reach.
Darkness defuses daylight'...
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Categories:
beatification, 10th grade, day, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Our Sacred Lady of the Divine Perfect Imperfections - Part 2
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"SUPERSEDURE"
(Part 2 - Our Sacred Lady of the Divine Perfect Imperfections")
In her heart there pounds a drum
it starts off faint, then buzzes to
crescendo, a ferocious hum,
like...
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Categories:
beatification, age, daughter, freedom, growing
Form: Free verse
Sangious Evensong
...Sleeping beside the obloquy's poet,
2:40 am,a candle seeks it's death:
In the plight of your dream.
Slow breathing,
Perhaps the moons learns of her slumbering,
Where the labyrinths of reposing,
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Categories:
beatification, introspection,
Form: Free verse