Lichens Poems - Poems about Lichens

Flower Chide VI, Stemrise

...Toward Scent fold’s vale they cleaved the green,
Where wind runs thick with things unseen.
“Is it justice you seek or just her place?”
Lotus said, his voice low, draped in grace.
The blossoms pau...

Flower Chide VIII, Listening Leaf

...Beneath the Nefaryes timeless, tangled roots.
where dreamscents rot and anger hoots,
Pokenose stirs with a spore-slick grin
not to charm, but to drag you in.

"You reek of want without refrain,
...

Lost in woods

...Incessant drizzle soak pith
of each and every dense tree
in evergreen forest where
moss, algae, lichens paints lush
hues of green, blue and rich brown

While wet birds forget to sing
glistenin...

Learn Your Place In Society

...Prosperity proved no defense against the years or changing fates writ in the stars - nor masters of arms foresaw the weapons that unseated their lineages, leaving only ghostly bones where legions ral...

TIEN FORM SYLLABLE without title

...

in the midst of death lichens come to life


My secnd alternate Tien  form of ten syllable, no title 
Tien is inspired by Chidiock Tichborne first line of his monosyllabic 'Prime of Youth'...

More Than Ink

...
I Adamantly Refuse to Care or Show Concern,
After All
I Served Sincerely and Genuinely, Now I Sever
Hoaxed Mundane Emotions that No Longer Appeal to My Growth
Flippantly Burning Icy Bridges 
T...

Epigrams V

...Epigrams V

Are mayflies missed by mountains? Do stars
applaud the glowworm’s stellar mimicry?
—Michael R. Burch



Teach me to love:
to fly beyond sterile Mars
to percolating Venus. 
—Mic...

On a Decaying Log

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

As Fames Are Found To Fade

...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...

A Monikuhikuquatsequ

...in the midst of death-
                                  lichens come to life
    (moniku)

this summer morning-

azalea perfume hints

& yellows the lawn

   (hiku)

with buzzard on high...

Yggdrasil Salutes the Sun

...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...

Epigrams Vii

...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...

Itinere

...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...

Magical Morning

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

Chinese Translations Iii

...Chinese Translations III

Quiet Night Thoughts
by Li Bai aka Li Po
translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Moonlight illuminates my bed
as frost brightens the ground.
Lifting my eyes,...

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