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Poems About the Coronavirus I
Poems about the Coronavirus I
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote...
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Categories:
grinds, absence, anxiety, bereavement, caregiving, death, depression, fear,
Form:
Haiku
Poems About Poems Ii
Poems about Poems (II)
Kin
by Michael R. Burch
for Richard Moore
1.
Shrill gulls,
how like my thoughts
you, struggling, rise
to distant bliss?
the weightless blue of skies
that are not blue
in any atmosphere,
but closest here...
2.
You seek an air
so clear,
so rarified
the effort leaves...
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Categories:
grinds, muse, poems, poetry, poets, work, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Rip
R.I.P.
by Michael R. Burch
When I am lain to rest
and my soul is no longer intact,
but dissolving, like a sunset
diminishing to the west...
and when at last
before His throne my past
is put to test
and the demons...
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Categories:
grinds, death, dream, funeral, grave, judgement, sleep, sunset,
Form:
Verse
Ancient Haiku
These are translations of some of the oldest Japanese waka, which evolved into tanka, renga and haiku.
While you decline to cry,
high on the mountainside
a single stalk of plumegrass wilts.
—O no Yasumaro (circa 711), translation...
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Categories:
grinds, culture, imagery, inspiration, international, metaphor, nature, poetry,
Form:
Haiku
Haiku Translations of the Oriental Masters
Grasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow...
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Categories:
grinds, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
Form:
Haiku
State of the Art Ii
State of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
grinds, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Dream of Infinity
Dream of Infinity
by Michael R. Burch
Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair?
Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air
that your soul sought its shell like a crab on a beach,
then...
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Categories:
grinds, confusion, depression, dream, farewell, leaving, loneliness, longing,
Form:
Couplet
As Time Walked By
These are early poems of mine, written as a high school student in the 10th grade.
as Time walked by
by Michael R. Burch
yesterday i dreamed of us again,
when
the air, like honey,
trickled through cushioning grasses,
softly flowing,...
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Categories:
grinds, 10th grade, boy, child, childhood, first love,
Form:
Free verse
My Most Popular Poems On the Internet I
My most popular poems on the Internet (I)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lot...
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grinds, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR WHO WORE WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI
I AM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR I'LL NEVER EVER BE HIS VICTIM AGAIN I'LL NEVER EVER MISS THE STENCH OF ANGER RAGE VIOLENT OUTBURST THE SPITTING WHEN HE YELLED SCREAMED AMAZING I SURVIVED AFTER RETURNING...
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Categories:
grinds, allah,
Form:
Naat
More Iffy Coronavirus Haiku
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote this poem after having...
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Categories:
grinds, america, death, eulogy, health, humanity, natural disasters,
Form:
Haiku
JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM HISTORY AND SPOKEN WORD
Before the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco’s Fillmore District came to be, it was Jack’s. A poppin’ groove organ funk soul jazz club...
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Categories:
grinds, history,
Form:
Spoken Word
Domestic violence recovery
Why do evil exist why do people expose domestic violence victims to their abusers to cause harm shame to relive terrible pains I will never understand how we seek shelter hide like spies an yet...
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Categories:
grinds, allah,
Form:
Musaddas
Elysian Fields Are Beautiful in Spring
Opa John
The caboose sits red—its iron spine cradles the earth like Atlas
rails stretching into nowhere. The stream murmurs softly
its voice threading through Ellie’s laughter like silver wire
"Do you see it?" I ask her my voice...
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Categories:
grinds, daughter, father, flower, granddaughter, grandfather, heaven, spring,
Form:
Narrative
Most Mind Boggling Mysterious Mortal
Most mind boggling mysterious mortal
Mystification prevails stupefying yours truly
befuddled, he blindly stumbles along rocky
pathway illusory impediments strewn helter
skelter intangible obstructions hinder access
psychological barricades effective impasse
detains, deters, detours manhood maturation
manumission manifestation materialization
linkedin, when permanent submission arises
beckoning...
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Categories:
grinds, absence, angel, angst, atheist, birth, courage, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Parasite
I
The beggar outside the supermarket
You swore was picked up later
In a flashy car
Sat there in the sun for 8 hours
While you pissed & moaned
All the way home
To your bookless
Mausoleum
With a chlorinated pool
Where one day...
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Categories:
grinds, political,
Form:
I do not know?
A Slice of Life a Day In the Life Part 2
A slice of life / a day in the life
Out in the elements – almost every day, training,
weather, sunshine, cloudy – B. C. fate – raining.
Seventy five reps, twenty times over my head,
on my back,...
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Categories:
grinds, life, planet, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Midnight Massacre
Darkness swells from the depth of the sea,
waves crashes against waves,
the mad sea roars and vomits vengeance,
it belches and yawns at the sound of her name.
They have been drifting for many days,
entranced with panic,...
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Categories:
grinds, boat, dark, death, fear, men, sea, women,
Form:
Rhyme
Barbarossa II
As Barbarossa roars into the East.
its southern barb cut swiftly to the core.
And as it raged the slaughtering increased,
consuming any force that stood before.
His swift barrage devoured the ranks of Red
as iron divisions consummated death.
These...
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Categories:
grinds, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Desolations Midnight Snow
It falls softly as it tumbles...
Down from the sky darkly...
Deep in the heart of midnight.
Not a deity stirs at this moment out of time.
As young eyes stare into the void of an empty room.
Something...
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Categories:
grinds, absence, abuse, addiction, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst,
Form:
Free verse
The Universe Is Immense
How many people with foreboding palpitations
have I seen slip from middle age and slide into old age?
They slither into their last refuge, the dirt hole,
and ignorantly nestle into the forever unknown life stream
The ones who...
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Categories:
grinds, death, life, metaphor, peace, political, truth,
Form:
Prose
Angel of Mercy Please Intercede
Angel of mercy please intercede
Weakest most lame specimen
among human breed
control of my life I willingly concede
wordless son of a gun fires off
following capricious poetic deed
done dirt cheap while
traveling highway to hell
the speed...
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Categories:
grinds, 12th grade, adventure, angel, atheist, blessing, december,
Form:
Rhyme
50 Words For Poe: Automata
“50 Words for Poe: Automata”
Haunted eyes of an automaton
the monkey grinds his music
outside the Magic Theatre
Harry looks on
"For Madmen Only"
He enters of his own volition.
Boxcars he rolls
Double Sixes! the Macabre Maestro
conducts his orchestra
Hermine still sings
A...
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Categories:
grinds, gothic, horror, muse, mystery, poets, psychological, romance,
Form:
Free verse
N'Iron
strife riven island corner, rough hewn by rival visitation
vexed, looking in, looking out, on the edge of places to go
thrang in thrall of other realms, banners furling, batons flung
across...
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Categories:
grinds, community, culture, destiny, history, hope, humanity, places,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Double Standards
When one makes viable peace
Between erstwhile colonial whites
And erstwhile colonized blacks
To the advantage of the whites
We urge for a Nobel Peace Prize
Such was the case in South Africa.
‘It is all for...
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Categories:
grinds, conflict, peace, political,
Form:
Free verse