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Dainty Vials of Nectar

...Dreaming of verdant meadows and amber acreage
    flush on the banks of a dazzling blue lake's ridge 

  Jousting with villains for the hand of fair damsels
    or expounding the writ close by th...

God Is Beyond

...rays
of sun
filter through
opaque panels
above the chancel
forming a cross
of sun rays
above
us

they
pray to
God above, 
everlasting
presenter of light,
represented
by th...

On-Off Old Glance Flashing Its Hint

...I gat no ing job
All I do is place a daring bet
Sometimes I hit the big stone with my toe
While if luck gat my back, it catapults me like a jet

Madness permits corncob 
Yet remain hopeful to h...

Soul Sanctuary

...Soul Sanctuary

Wandering through a moveable museum of memories columnar
Dusting off exhibits of moments held fast in watercolors gossamer

Milestones chiseled into fleeting moments of atonement...

Ambedo

...I stand still along the shore~
I was here two decades ago,
The sand where I used to walk on
with rainbows of seashells in my mind,
where did it go?

My eyes are hooked 
on the empty lonesome s...

Sanctuary

...Sanctuary

Wandering through a moveable museum of memories
Dusting off exhibits of moments held fast in gossamer watercolors;
Milestones chiseled into fleeting moments,
Soft edges of first love;...

Peace Prayer

...These are peace poems, prayer poems, hymns and lullabies I have written for family, friends and the world over the years ...

Peace Prayer
by Michael R. Burch

for Jim Dunlap

Be calm.
Be sti...

The Crooning Bee

...My heart feels crestfallen
Whenever I think about that day
She looked like a bee collecting pollen
In the garden of Deity as she pray


The raven attire on the pale skin
The ample lips and the...

Love Is Her Belief and Her Commandment

...Love is her Belief and her Commandment
by Michael R. Burch

for Beth

Love is her belief and her commandment;
in restless dreams at night, she dreams of Love;
and Love is her desire and her pu...

A Walk To St Mary's Church

...A restless night, another hum-drum day,
Resolve to take a pleasurable walk;
I make my way towards St Mary’s church.
Across the street, a sixteenth century home –
Maltravers Manor, testament to ti...

The Ordainment

...The chilled musky air torments the aging Saxon stone;
whistling through the aisles, the sound reverberating
as it sweeps along the colonnade.
Moonlight penetrates ancient glass stained windows,
i...

Jo Jo Part Two

...Coercion began
as the ground surrounds the seed
baring life and truth
A kingdom of soil
An army of soiled crickets
A pubescent king
Presenting Jo Jo
the leader of the region
and sire to the t...

Jo Jo Part One

...Coercion began
as the ground surrounds the seed
baring life and truth
A kingdom of soil
An army of soiled crickets
A pubescent king
Presenting Jo Jo
the leader of the region
and sire to the t...

From a Ruby Garland For George and Nora - My Parents -

...Europe was frozen in a tide of hate
The genius Jew was being persecuted
Bound to the intransigence of fate
His violin played the tunes they executed
Now it was time to think as they electrocuted
The ...

Sunken Bell

...Muffled tolling bell below 
calling faithful long ago

Gods churning black oceans will not cease
god please grant to them heavenly peace

Drowned the dead our lost tsunami friends 

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