Elliptic Poems

Old Hands Chime Twelve

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Old hands counted fingers to define,
That the hours in a day chime twice twelve,
That the months in a year toll what the old hands told.
Twelve apostles, tribes and days of Christmas do unfold
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Whence Are Sonnets Sung, Full-Throated and Deep

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Whence are sonnets sung, full-throated and deep,
     with bars of dulcet bliss sweetly echoing;
how inspired rhymes, so happily tuned, make thee weep
     within thine innermost, and lofty, b...

Canoeing On the Current River

...Our riverbank launch at dawn
where dense forest chills the breeze,
where cottonwood leaves flutter like wings,
and weeping willow penumbras tease.

Glistening, rippling turquoise water churns.
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Eagle

...white veil over head 
chocolate feathers full fledged ---
benedictine nun?

karambit knife beak
dissected longan fruit eyes --- 
elliptic airplane?

scavenger for  prey 
dead and alive you e...

Sombrero In Space

...The word sombrero in Spanish was made
from Late Latin origin, meaning shade.
Predating Mexican type of headwear
that’s commonly presupposed, instead they’re

more generally hats designed with br...

Poseidon

...Planet with blue azure as the color
Orbits are elliptic and distant from the solar
Satellite here larger than the dwarfs is Triton moon
Equinox occurs after four score years soon
Inkling of diamo...

Restorying Earthjustice

...Restorative justice programs
empower victims
and enlighten remorseful perpetrators

To become active co-responders
in a partnership
to brighten win/lose
left-brain dominant trespassers
in 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...

I'M Leaving Eventually

...I'm Leaving (eventually)

I'm going to leave the planet 
never coming back
wave you all a quick goodbye 
as I vanish into black

Traverse the great elliptic 
skipping the asteroid belt
on pa...

Give Me Something Round

...Give me something round
Edges to life should be circular
Beware of the elliptic mystery
Rotate your marbles frequently

Give me something spherical
Two hemispheres in harmony
Held together wit...

In the Void

...No voice is whispered in the void
Explosions inside the nest of stars
Ignite into the operas of the galaxies 
Noiseless vacancies full of mysteries
Evolve, remain as vacuous as they are

Space,...

Comet

...elliptic orbit  ~
giant mass of rock and ice
a dirty snowball ~...

Bio-Thermal Geometry

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Mama, mama ...
I got a triangular problem
And I need you
to give me the square deal truth
Straight honest for real, lying foolproof — 
it’s a rectangle of a mess
I’m trapezoid in a ...

Biothermal Geometry

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Mama, mama ...
I got a triangular problem
And I need you
to give me the square deal truth
Straight honest for real, lying foolproof — 
it’s a rectangle of a mess
I’m trapezoid in a...

Future

...Ten million years from now when we become mature
When Earth rotates much slower around a faded sun
Turned orange with flares of yellow visible to the eye
People will find true love in their metall...

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