Labors Poems - Poems about Labors

...In the land where skies once wept with grace, Now echoes of war, tears stream down the face. A family torn in the midst of strife, Caught in the crossfire of two nations' life. The father, once......Read the rest...

...Cowpoke by Michael R. Burch, circa age 16 Sleep, old man... your day has long since passed. The endless plains, cool midnight rains and changeless ragged cows alone remain of what once was.......Read the rest...

...I was a red-violet, sunny morning person, usually up at the crack of dawn, When orange light poured from the east, upon revival, dewy green lawns. With a cup of aromal coffee, I'd watch y......Read the rest...

...Rest From My Labors by Lanier Thomas I’ve been acquainted with war and violence And escaped, me thought, to a land of silence. But war followed me and gave me no rest, hence I must meet, face ......Read the rest...

...Low evening rain. Do the trees weep, or does the sky? Gray margins swirl. Yesterday the sun was a brightness, on the wrists of small boys. They played out a violent movie a shrill mock savage......Read the rest...

... In an endless night, time is my nemesis. In the realms of sleepwalking nightmares, where trumpets blow an eerie tune, I can see the Grim Reaper, perched upon my tomb. I search for the san......Read the rest...

...Chain reality the reality of those chains are they yes they had a bound are they through oppression except forth my depressions works labors Force what's going on with those who just hold on to it th......Read the rest...

...O beloved Christian Pilgrim, as you are busily traveling heavenward, on your's life's journey's. Please tell your beloved Lord and Savior very clearly as it can possibly be. When your journey end......Read the rest...

...CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS Catullus LXXXV: 'Odi et Amo' loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch 1. I hate. I love. You ask, 'Why not refrain?' I wish I could explain. I can't, ......Read the rest...

...Grab Bag Poems and Epigrams POEMS Less Heroic Couplets: Dark Cloud, Silver Lining, Dupes from “Love in the Time of the Coronavirus” by Michael R. Burch Every corona has a silver lining: I......Read the rest...

...I was a planetary climatologist, who studied climate variability and change, Like sweet variability of stunning, green tulips, in lavish garden rearranged. Studying the said effects on the biosph......Read the rest...

...Bluntly, someone said they could never imagine my being married. This stung. I laughed. I am more a comic than a romantic. Pain is preferably felt without witness; better yet, with punchl......Read the rest...

... Honeysuckle breathes in the shallow wind, Life's lapel, with a side of ground scouting gopher. Great rusted machines peak the interest of the flower children who blossom in t......Read the rest...

...Upon silver tracks, in moments held in suspense, Gentle steps of angels are faintly heard, idly interlaced. The vault of heaven quivers in translucent azure; Through the eternities creeps a divine......Read the rest...

...When freedom defers its justice, A fearful republic becomes Impotent to expedite. Has our constitutional complexity ......Read the rest...