Long Chiasmus Poems

Epigrams

Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.

Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch

If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...

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emotions are coursing over gnarled Travertine rocks 
surreal 
tears are my broken dream’s shards 
scattered on a barren soil

as my beloved rests in eternal sleep 
I opine
the lizard should have waited with his message 
cursed...

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Dear Alliteration, 
First friend, foremost;
Forgetting not,
Shy Allegory, 
Dressed in Allusion; 
Sweet Anaphora, 
How I need thee! 
How I need thee!
 
And Assonance; 
Never deep asleep, 
Nor rest Refrained, 
By Caesura; 
Clever Chiasmus; 
Who has pause...

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They are not the same person they married
When time was so kind and their hearts were too
In love to notice the flaws they carried.

Our lovers with heads in pillows buried;
Back-to-back like typical strangers do
Who never...

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I am the good shepherd;
    the sheep are my life.
He who is hired
    does not own the sheep,
Sees the wolf coming,
    Thinks about running.
Avoiding danger, flees...

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Old Pantaloons, a Chiasmus
by Michael R. Burch

Old pantaloons are soft and white,
prudent days, imprudent nights
when fingers slip through drawers to feel
that which they long most to steal.

Old panty loons are soft and white,
prudent days, imprudent...

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I will be with you, right here at your side;
Be strong and courageous; with confidence, stride.
Obey my commands; abundantly live.
Meditate on the law by day, by night;
Chew on my words, savoring each sweet bite.
Follow my...

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