Sea Lizard Poems

Sun Poem
by Michael R. Burch

I have suffused myself in poetry
as a lizard basks, soaking up sun,
scales nakedly glinting; its glorious light
he understands—when it comes, it...

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I am a frilled neck dragon, and I hail from New Guinea he bragged.
We were all intimidated by this guy who never stopped or lagged.
Until...

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shifting sands
riding upon the winds
gritty curtains

curtains billowing
like a ships sails
ghosts

ghost flitting 
on the horizon
dry leaves

leaves skittering
across the sand dunes
tiny lizards

ancient reptile
descendants on journey
living legends

...

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The man who took the tail of a skink
Is safe from the chocolate mink
He stopped on foot to breathe to think
The man who took the...

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Even the Lazy Lizard

Even the lazy lizard knows when not to beg,
when not to emerge, from behind the hungry black rock of 
another dying hand,...

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Out in the middle of the boundless sea,
As far away from land as ever it could be.
An island stands alone with water all around,
And the...

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