Star Epigram Poems

I
Without pure hands, heart, I lift Creation
Yet to be blessed by you and The Son

II
Poets dig deeper, shun easier, rhyme & reason
We ingest atoms from...

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A starlet on stage, her fawning shrine
  
   Footlights dimmed ~ so too the shine...

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PLATO EPIGRAM TRANSLATIONS

These epitaphs and other epigrams have been ascribed to Plato...

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
But go with good fortune: I...

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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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I suppose it wouldn't be that bad to star in a cheesy tv show if the show was about cheese.

Careful what you order in the...

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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

sunflowers
hang...

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Epigrams/Epitaphs

Childless
by Michael R. Burch

How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.

***

Laughter’s Cry
by Michael R. Burch 

Because life is...

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Epigrams

Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.

Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch

If...

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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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When people's eyes bother you,
otherwise then look at the stars: 
they will never judge you badly ...!...

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Sex Hex
by Michael R. Burch

Love’s full of cute paradoxes
(and highly acute poxes).



Love
by Michael R. Burch

Love is either wholly folly,
or fully holy.



Nun Fun Undone
by Michael R....

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It is a gala day 
Under blue canopy
Deluge of sunray
In the chairs, sits starry galaxy


In sunny daylight
Stands up sparkling star
Gorgeously bright
Thousand eyes are focused on...

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Athenian Epitaphs

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato

Does my...

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Different
from the constant star
the shooting star
other trace
and another drawing
does...

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UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: L (50) - Tongue-Teasers

The « early bird catches the worm » only because the worm has not woken up yet.

« I don’t love...

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