Borges Poems - Poems about Borges

... “Some Other Poet, White Iris” When I look in the mirror what do I see? I question existential questions and fiction, my eyes are the eyes of another staring back at me, ......Read the rest...

... "Serpentine" Give a woman enough rope and She’ll show you what hanging’s worth the life coiled around a body of work could be misconstrued serpentine She......Read the rest...

...Grab Bag Poems and Epigrams POEMS Less Heroic Couplets: Dark Cloud, Silver Lining, Dupes from “Love in the Time of the Coronavirus” by Michael R. Burch Every corona has a silver lining: I......Read the rest...

...The less I move my lips at my 4:00 am Saturday morning sessions The more These words are trees standing still beside a racing river A long way away Freight train bores the night Moon without ......Read the rest...

...Faceless head of coal Below him arms swing legs steam Over the apex of a highway bridge The spooky figure Cross-country skis on the concrete Glides right to left across the frost of my windshi......Read the rest...

...start over every day always be reborn Bloom with the passing of life bloom to infinity renew knowledge Reinvent every product improve skills Move forward without giving up Don't......Read the rest...

...Epigrams VII A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? —Albert Einstein, poetic interpretation by Michael R. Burch The Whole of Wit by Michael R. Burch fo......Read the rest...

...Sitting outside with loose papers on my lap, a gust blew the top two pages away. It was a poem that contained some creatures and the usual clouds and mists and how fossils feel about mountains. ......Read the rest...

...Through a Glass, Darkly This first translation of an unwritten poem By Jorge Luis Borges stands against Invisible Spanish on the left-hand page Sadly imperfect Anglo-Sax......Read the rest...

...A poem to close your eyes "I close my eyes and see a flock of birds. The vision lasts a second, or perhaps less; I am not sure how many birds I saw. Was the number of birds definite......Read the rest...

...dreamlike blue tiger casts shadow onto grey sand – marengo color Inspired by "Blue Tigers" (“Tigres azules”) story by Jorge Luis Borges. 12.07.2019 Haiku-Hue Poetry Contest Sponsor......Read the rest...

...Ojalá el universo se apiade de mí Y me convierta en otra estrella; Porque la última espada caerá Ante el desvaneciente sol, Opacando el vitral del alma... Desaparecerá el vitral Al abundarse ......Read the rest...

...There cannot be two identical things in the world. Two hydrogen atoms offer infinite locations within their shells for electrons. Thus, nothing can be definitely eventually known. All to the good......Read the rest...

...Next to my son's anger plate tectonics are nothing to me. His unhappiness was caused by me. His purpose and mine is to catch photons and store them in our bones. Time measures change which co......Read the rest...

...Should we invite the neighbors over for dinner? Their politics so different from ours. All the more reason. Combat anomie! He's worried the town's losing population but opposes immigration. I lik......Read the rest...