Burled Poems - Poems about Burled

I breathe you in

...I breathe you in
The scent of lust 
The sense of longing 
Of building trust

I breathe you in
Deep in my lungs
The softest whisper
Of lovers tongues 

I breathe you in
You're part of me
T...

In This Crazy World

...By Poet "In this crazy world we must now live. Be loving and be kind, it is free so give it away."

Today living in this crazy old world,
where our own feelings seem to be unfurled...

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 ...

bird in the hand

...
delightful what a dazzlement brings …

          what others deem prepost’rous things -

     so burled and brown and bound with strings

               hark - how sweet this waxwing sings …
...

Free Verse Iv

...FREE VERSE VI

Reason Without Rhyme
by Michael R. Burch

I used to be averse
to free verse,
but now I admit
YOUR rhyming is WORSE!

But alas, in the end,
it’s all the same:
all verse is u...

Unborn Again

...Sensibilities shaped and slapped and stolen.   (aha)
I am indeed a borrowed man.
For where amongst my stirrings stand
priori grand?

Mission thwarted by a bell.
Noble tell.
Some soul such as m...

Free Verse I

...Lozenge
by Michael R. Burch

When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a lozenge of sugar.

When I held...

The Iditarod Race

...Results

The Iditarod Race

To Nome!  To Nome!
The mushers are far from home.

Winding ribbon of snow,
Iditarod trail is hard to tow,
Blowing wind smacking faces,
As they pick up their pace...

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...

Unknown Parts of Bones

...Unknown Parts of Bones

He was killed after being fully grown,
And for him a bugle had been blown;
Music  made;
Properly laid;
Burled in Arlington are parts of bones.

James Serious Mysteriou...

The Liberal Church Is In Denial

...Liberal Christians are in denial, 
About how much they validate, 
The fundamentalist church old, 
Because the same story is told. 

I know that the Queen, royalty, 
Is a liberal, but that’s irr...

The Iditarod

...To Nome!  To Nome!
The mushers are far from home.

Winding ribbon of snow,
Iditarod Trail is hard to tow,
Blowing wind smacking faces,
As they pick up their paces,
Vying for their pot-of-gold....

Heavenly Bodies

...Sun shines upon the world
Too much or too little sun and there would be no life on our world
Moon creates moisture by which spirit is burled
Without it by the heat the leaves in trees would be cur...

Atlas

...Great bald eagle flies towards endless horizon
Above the mountains sun has risen
Below runs horde of bison
The colors whether spring or fall spirit can brighten

Atlas on his shoulders has weigh...

Out of Water

...Your all I ever wanted,
you just weren't one to give.
You had control, 
dug me my own little hole.
All the weight on my shoulder,
you never wanting to leave her.
Memories starting to blur,
an ongoing...

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