Lichens Poems - Poems about Lichens

...in the midst of death- lichens come to life......Read the rest...

...I Proudest of graves as get grey mass of moss, Where goats greedily browse young sprouts still green, The graves as get grey that had grandeur seen, Tallest of fames fade fainter with dull glo......Read the rest...

...in the midst of death- lichens come to life (moniku) this summer morning- azalea perfume hints & yellows the lawn (hiku) with buzzard on high......Read the rest...

...She raises her façade to greet the dawning sun; Yggdrasil a goddess, the empyreal one. Tree of life, tree of hope, in sunlight’s kiss; nurturer of the winged, in ethereal bliss. She births h......Read the rest...

...Epigrams VII A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? —Albert Einstein, poetic interpretation by Michael R. Burch The Whole of Wit by Michael R. Burch fo......Read the rest...

...when i arrived on earth I must have seen the rain through the window it was saturday in the hospital room busy women in white fluttering snowflakes in my made-up memory giving injections meas......Read the rest...

...A mossy pebbled path I took, I came upon a babbling brook; Meandering around the bend, I could not see w......Read the rest...

...Chinese Translations III Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai aka Li Po loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Moonlight illuminates my bed as frost brightens the ground. Lifting my......Read the rest...

...Epigrams VI These are humorous epigrams including a form I call "Less Heroic Couplets." Less Heroic Couplets: Mini-Ode to Stamina by Michael R. Burch When you’ve given so much that I......Read the rest...

...Tynecot. God's acre. Here.. A quiet churchyard on the Kentish Weald Finches flit from holly to yew Shafts of gold pierce the morning sky Calm is the air, serene is the view. ......Read the rest...

...climb slowly little squirrel cling to the lichens and bark enjoy your travels, bring home cheeky souvenirs 9/26/2020 “or bust,” an idiom expressing a determination to get so......Read the rest...

...in the midst of death- lichens come to life NOTE A one line haiku known as a monoku (was the original form of haiku,written vertically) my version is a variatio......Read the rest...

...in the midst of death- lichens come to life......Read the rest...

...Canada Jays Four seasons ‘round Canada jays are found, Perched in tree branches, safe and sound; Resting after flying throughout the North, In the Canadian boreal forests. Heard and not......Read the rest...

...This oak tree and me, we’re made of the same stuff.. Carl Sagan why lean on my unmoving breast? breathe my rest... climb my milieu... hull me out an adventure. soar a......Read the rest...