Camellias Poems - Poems about Camellias

Matsuo Basho English Translations: Spring 1

...Matsuo Basho Haiku: English Translations of haiku about seasons, spring, rain, moon, flowers, blossoms, wind, river, etc.

Blame the rainy season
for my absence,
old friend Moon.
—Matsuo Basho, ...

The Dance of Dances

...In early morn, the clouds are light
And breezes dissipate the worries of yesterday
While wispy clouds' dance a fleeting sight
Both camellias and magnolia's limbs sway

Camellias' ve...

Spring Sonata

...Placed Second In :

Spring Sonata Poetry Contest

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                                              Spring Sonata

            ...

At The End Of Winter

...At the end of winter's cold
     And the beginning of spring
           While the Camellias still bloom
                  Come to me

Let's share some time
      Enjoy life together
      ...

Southern Living

...I moved South from Seattle's rainy haze,
To Atlanta's charm in the early 80s days.
They called me a Yankee, a foreign soul,
But Southern living soon took its toll.

Sightseeing spots, reminders ...

Homeless Poetry

...HOMELESS POETRY

These are poems about the homeless and poems for the homeless.



Epitaph for a Homeless Child
by Michael R. Burch
		
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful w...

December Flowers

...Filled with Jesus-fascination
Pure poinsettia Plantation 
Red, pink, white, salmon and yellow
Cover the fields like a rainbow...! 

Sweet-peas like little butterflies,
Cute cosmic angels in dis...

Camellias

...Sublime
Longtime
Showy
Snowy
Beautiful shrub, sublime, longtime blooms
Many colors snowy, showy plumbes    ...

Zany I Grow Old Disgracefully

...When I
                                                  feel down 
                                              and out of sorts
                                        and have no get up and go...

Poems About the Coronavirus I

...Poems about the Coronavirus I


yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch

plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse



yet another iffy coronavirus haiku ...

Maze

...I found a chateau lawn once, teeming with charm
A  MAZE it was,  growing cluttered yet it had an air
Of much lushness TURNING the space into a hued mantle;
Where PATHS of herbage, blue...

More Iffy Coronavirus Haiku

...yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch

plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse



yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch

sunflowe...

Takaha Shugyo Haiku and Tanka Translations

...These are my modern English translations of Takaha Shugyo haiku and tanka...

hatogata horarete ichiju haya mebuku

A single tree
with a heart carved into its trunk
blossoms prematurely
—Takah...

Takaha Shugyo Translation

...These are modern English translations of haiku and tanka by Takaha Shugyo...

ochitsubaki ware naraba kyuryu e otsu

Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shu...

Haiku Translations of the Oriental Masters

...Grasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch

Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, trans...

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