Ocean Epigram Poems

POEMS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE by Michael R. Burch

Fleet Tweet: Apologies to Shakespeare
by Michael R. Burch

a tweet
by any other name
would be as fleet!



Fleet Tweet II: Further Apologies...

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I love shore no less, ocean more,
Skin no less, but more so the core,
Love station no less, more the drive,
Love journey more than just arrive,...

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A big wave coming from the rough ocean
Is the worst possible situation....

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The Field
by Rumi 
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field. 
I'll meet you there. 
When the...

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The Hospital Asile

Like the highway as long it goes
Like the lover's longing 
Like the winter's silence 
Like prisoned midnight and falling dawn 
Like the voyages...

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Athenian Epitaphs II

These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...

Now his voice is prisoned in the silent...

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1. "Matter" is such a human "mind" illusion. Science keeps looking for stuff, runs into CONSCIOUSNESS and patterns. There is more FORM than matter (Namarupa,...

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Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch

I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.



Autumn...

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~ Inscription ~

Here lies Mother Earth,
we did not appreciate her worth.
She could not save the trees, animals, or the ocean,
or stop the flooding because of...

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~  "       "       "     "  whales ~

When...

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UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: Tongue-Teasers - XLIX

« Third Degree » is when you add « Insult to injury ».

If you take everything everybody says with a «...

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Whose mind do you have in your mind?
Danger is real, fear is a choice of heart.
On a black widow day, goodness died 
Hands above head,...

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“How deep is your love, for me?”

Tearfully, 

You asked me, my darling.  

 

“An ocean, 

as deep as my love for you, is yet

to...

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Every soul, a ship is,

Created to withstand the fiercest storms

That life’s ocean could ever generate 


Provided 


Her captain would never lose sight of 
 
Providence’s...

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The vivifying waters of humanity we are
That into the spectacular river of life flow 
Following the banks destiny has curved
Ourselves into the oblivion’s ocean throw...

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