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Premium Member Dreams of the Battle of Thymbra, Lydian Persian War
Dreams of The Battle of Thymbra, Lydian-Persian War

In the midst of a battle I awoke thrown
walking over the crimson red dead.
Found and drew the shaft...

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Categories: achaemenid, conflict, death, history, imagery,
Form: Narrative



See
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...

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Categories: achaemenid, age, goodbye, life, loss,
Form: Sonnet
Privilege
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...

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Categories: achaemenid, courage, hero, patriotic, thank
Form: Verse
Free Verse Ii
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 was a...

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Categories: achaemenid, angel, child, childhood, children,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things