Mom Environment Poems

No one’s exactly sure how this buffalo in the 1960s
Found its way to live in the heart of the city
How it separated from a sky...

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POEMS ABOUT SCIENCE: COMPUTERS

The AI Poets
by Michael R. Burch

The computer-poets stand hushed
except for the faint hum
of their efficient fans,
waiting for inspiration.

It is years now
since they...

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In The Year 2060, It Is What It Is
Did Grandpa and Grandma know it would get this bad?
We talked about it now and then.
Now and...

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A fine family of foxes, 
a feisty mom and her two kits
living near humans by shrewd wits.
Her constant success flummoxes. 
Kits are tiny jack-in-the-boxes,
heads bobbing...

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My matriarchal genetic line
of narrative
not quite sublime
resonantly erupts
regeneratively abrupt

Loves repeating
robustly carnal wisdom's long
drawn out song

Continuously unabated
with unconditional
transgenerational regard
something emerging more positively
than simply not not hated

Unlike...

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Spending an entire weekend
             with one of your best friends
   ...

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Mans book
I am who I am and I was not born this man 
It’s the things that you’ve taught me
That have raised me to be
Something...

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My auntie winter's icy breath wacked my bare face hard, when I step out earlier on
She gave me the cold shoulder and iced me out...

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My EarthMom,
whom I worshiped without question
at least until age ten,
often repeated,
"A place for everything
and everything in its place."

She was usually talking about kitchen tools,
but I...

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Even today in Texas 
after twelve decades
people are narrating
the story of John,
the courageous little hero 
who fought two heartless outlaws;
was he allowed to own a...

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Almost every tree has been cut down,
a resort for the gamblers is being built;
elders and fortune seekers will frequent it often,
say farewell to those quiet...

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When I think about
what it was like
playing in the snow as a kid, 
I recall that cold
icy blanket crisp-crunching 
beneath my big boots.
Mom would bundle...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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(a series of haikus)

I will not woo
until this virus is cured
or there are vaccines.

I refuse to kick
my brother until there’s
some police reform.

I won't fight with
my...

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Open door
What a peaceful night 
As ada was laying down 
On her beautiful cool bed 
Trying to catch a sleep 
Cos it almost 10pm
She is...

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