Long Calla lilies Poems

Family Poems

Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch

There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."

So more than "much, " much more than...

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Erin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch

All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...

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Poems about Children


The Desk
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a mess
of things sometimes.I wonder how
he learned at all...

He...

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Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers III




Success
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;

there is no time for a ticker-tape parade
before bed, no award, no bright statuette

to be delivered...

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These are lullabies I have written as poems. 

Midnight Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

I.
A measureless rhythm rules the night—
few have heard it,
but I have shared it,
and its secret is mine.

To put it into words
is as to...

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It was never my intent to let her in,
She would receive a decent meal and then she'd go,
But as the daylight gave way to the night,
I couldn't send her out into the snow.

I tried to...

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Simplicity…I have always been an advocate of simplicity.
Of telling people to stop and smell the calla lilies.
Of telling people the heart should always be followed, and to
Never listen to those who would bring you down.

You,...

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 I walk neath a deep blue summer sky
            With the mighty wings of joy, I soar so high
     ...

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Finally it was time; the awaited day had arrived,
The church looked like a heavenly kingdom,
Decorated to complement the royal wedding,
The calla lilies adding their harmonic touch,
Candles altering the mood into a romantic gesture,
It was perfect...

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You brought your hands to me held open like little cups.
Your expression like the sunlight,
what  I saw were their emptiness...
You grinned explaining that they held your dreams.
I walked outside to the garden with you…
and...

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The valley of Rainbow Border Dahlias

It is calmed tonight. The voices of people

Once upset and decorative given the nature

The best of Calla Lilies' funeral

While the moon pallid and pregnant

Is blazing around the horizon and flowing...

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A little girl goes out 
into the fresh green field, 
hoping to pick flowers for her mother 
from cancer, she had been healed. 

She wanted to brighten her mother's day 
and help put a smile...

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you were walking along a blossom carpet
holding three yellow calla lilies
i could hear the blue river running along the rocks
toward the cullasaja falls where the water raged
we were like giraffes in the rain, first to...

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May

Emerald green sepals unfurled reveal
pearl white lily petals
under the blossoming May-tree.
                  ***

Note:
   The name for the...

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Warm breezes upon pale cheeks

song birds chirping in oak trees

yellow daises and pure white calla lilies 

calls out from nature, "come and see"

Come and see my beauty

my vibrant greens and blues

Come and see me smile

I'm...

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White trumpets rise, a silent, stark decree,
Their waxy bells, a whisper in the air,
Calla lilies, born of purity.

A single stem, a graceful embassy,
Where light and shade in subtle hues compare,
White trumpets rise, a silent, stark...

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Behind the mask made of many ears
Calla lilies earnestly listen
Their canals thirst for morning’s song
For the manic moon stared upon us
with hollow light transfixed
Behind the mask of valley’d green
palms and snow clad ears
was the sound...

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I am from

I am from my mom’s jean jacket with leather lining, from levi’s and converse. 
I am from the cracked blue painted walls and worn down white windows.
I am from the white calla lilies,...

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