Borges Poems

Misanthropic Melodies

...Misanthropic melodies played from a broken violin
Prehistoric prophecies that ignite new ideas before they begin
Telescopic telomeres that formulate a scientific grin
Endoscopic X-rays and a docto...

Concrete Hearts, the Deep End Keys and the Miniaturist's Poetry of Sleep

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“Concrete Hearts, the Deep End Keys and the Miniaturist's Poetry of Sleep”

Following the Babel paths,
where footprints progress
like rough-hewn braille,
temptation shows i...

Some Other Poet, White Iris

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“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,
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Serpentine

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"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...

Grab Bag Poems

...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...

Co-Exist

...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...

Life Plan

...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...

Epigrams Vii

...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...

Best Poem Ever

...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.
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Through a Glass, Darkly

...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...

A Poem To Close Your Eyes

...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...

Blue Tiger

...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...

Ojala El Universo Se Apiade De Mi

...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 ...

Uncertainty

...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...

The Happy Tectonics

...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...

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