Best State Of The Art Poems

State of the Art (III)

These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work. 



Come Down
by Michael R. Burch

for Harold Bloom

Come down, O, come down
from your...

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Up
to date-
M O M A 's place...

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State of the Art (IV)

These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry. 



Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch

“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...”  — W.  B.  Yeats

For all that we professed of love, we...

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State of the Art (II)

These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry. 



What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch

What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer 
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline blur
sees through his breath’s weightless bubbles ...
Both worlds grow obscure.



In...

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The State of the Art (I)
by Michael R. Burch

Has rhyme lost all its reason
and rhythm, renascence?
Are sonnets out of season
and poems but poor pretense?

Are poets lacking fire,
their words too trite and forced?
What happened to desire?
Has passion been coerced?

Shall poetry fade slowly,
like Latin, to past tense?
Are...

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Today, I poured out the content of my heart.
I emptied the past and threw out the weak part.

I tore up anger, bitterness and hate
shredding all parts that belittle and berate.
I patched up compassion, empathy and love;
sealed in benevolence I was empty of.
Arrogance I once paraded...

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if we could see radio waves
if all shapes and colours they would be
all we would see is radio waves
as far as the eye could see

Pointecchio Italy 1895
his father got a message across the sky 
six years later he came to Newfoundland
with balloons, wire and kites...

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Hoboken is broken and
nobody's jokin' so
just buy a token and
get out of town  !!!...

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Hoboken is broken and
Nobody's joken' so 
Just buy a token and
get out of town ......

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STATE OF THE ART HEARING-AID

I’m digging up the garden beds, preparing for the spring,
with a magpie and two blackbirds waiting for anything
that moves so they can pounce on it and scoff the tasty bug,
before waiting patiently for more garden to be dug.

Old Jimmy Watts who...

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