Rain Fire Poems

A leaf
A tree
A flower

All of nature
A stream flowing
Rain heavenly pouring 
 
A woman 
A man
PROVOCATIVE

A child crying
All in nature
A sunshower 

Notice the rain
A RAINBOW full...

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Sri Lal
A Fire Rises

A fire rises in the pit of the gut—
and I forget myself.

At the grey langur’s door,
I give up. I cut my hair,
dance...

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Birthday Poem to Myself
by Michael R. Burch

LORD, be no longer this Distant Presence,
Star-Afar, Righteous-Anonymous,
but come! Come live among us;
come dwell again,
happy child among men—
men rejoicing...

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These are poems about sinking, poems about drowning, poems about loss, and poems about new discoveries we sometimes make while feeling lost...



Sinking
by Michael R. Burch

for...

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Quote By Poet "The faces of pretty flowers will brighten anyone's day."

Here in a lovely garden we sit,
growing very close-knit.
Our faces of pretty color,
are bigger...

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If you can find shelter when the firmament rumbles
And drips spears of weighty waters
Keep about you the hope that clear skies might come,
Be glad for...

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Did you ever look up to the big bright blue sky,
I did and I saw the blue eyes of God.
I know He is watching over...

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Daylight breaks through the gates humming a solemn tune in my ears, here I am standing on the anxious hill gazing at the moon rotating...

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I will roar,
I am not a bore.
My loud sound may put you on the floor,
or hiding behind a door.
They tell children I am angels bowling,
no...

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By Poet "Tears are rain from the eyes."

Last night it rained~a very tearful God...

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Raindrops are falling
Wind whistles through the treetops
The heavens are opening

I feed the fire
Feeling a final comfort
Relieved that I arrived home...

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Limericks IX



Scratch-n-Sniff
by Michael R. Burch

The world’s first antinatalist limerick?

Life comes with a terrible catch:
It’s like starting a fire with a match.
Though the flames may delight
In...

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I greet the dawn in silence

As the sun begins to rise

I witness all the violence

Of this storm within my eyes

In awe I watch in wonder

While...

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The sun, they curse,  
Witnesses the Summer,
Winter comes with grace,
The Sun, they desire.

The dance of the rain,
The elegance of water,
When buried grudge breathes,
Storm burst...

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Charred wood and ash 
stink, after fires
in Garigal high-country.

A single crow cries
road-side, on a black tree-post
guarding road kill –
a round brown wallaby
with feet stuck-up.

Ash covers...

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