AURORAL LILY
...TWILIGHT SKY GLOWING
WITH FLOWERLIKE AURORA:
LILY OF Lilies...
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Categories:
flowerlike, creation, heaven, nature,
Form: Haiku
Poems About Butterflies and Bees
...Poems about Butterflies and Bees
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
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Categories:
flowerlike, animal, butterfly, flying, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations Ii
...Dusk-gliding swallow,
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers!
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flie...
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Categories:
flowerlike, autumn, death, life, seasons,
Form: Haiku
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations
...The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow low
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, investigate loneliness!
a solitary leaf
clings to the Kiri tree
—Matsuo Basho t...
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Categories:
flowerlike, animal, butterfly, death, earth,
Form: Haiku
More Iffy Coronavirus Haiku
...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
sunflowe...
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Categories:
flowerlike, america, death, eulogy, health,
Form: Haiku
Inches Apart and An Honest Heart
...They stood inches apart
Both having a racing heart
Gazing into the eyes
With absolutely no reason for lies
They met weeks ago
Very busy and on the go
A date with a drink
In front of a...
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Categories:
flowerlike, celebration, emotions, engagement, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Grandpa Tribute To Grandfathers Everywhere
...Grampa?
It’s a question usually posed with an inquisitive frown
On an angelic face with large, limpid eyes
And whatever I’m doing, I stop and put down
Peer sagely over bifocals and look gran...
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Categories:
flowerlike, childhood, family, grandfather, love,
Form: Rhyme