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Poems About Poems IPoems about Poems (I)
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~underwater~~~
watching the shoreline blur
sees through his breath’s weightless bubbles...
Both worlds grow obscure.
Muse/Goddess
by Michael R. Burch
“What will you conceive in...
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Categories:
hewn, creation, god, muse, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Butterflies and BeesPoems about Butterflies and Bees
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Album
by Michael R. Burch
I caress them—trapped in brittle cellophane—
and I see how young they were,...
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Categories:
hewn, animal, butterfly, flying, insect, sky, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
The Making of a PoetThe Making of a Poet
by Michael R. Burch
While I don’t consider “Poetry” to be my best poem—I wrote the first version in my teens—it’s a poem that holds special meaning for me; I call it...
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Categories:
hewn, art, love, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Verse
State of the Art IiState 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:
hewn, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems XiJuvenilia: Early Poems XI
Myth
by Michael R. Burch
after the sprung rhythm of Dylan Thomas
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and...
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Categories:
hewn, boy, poems, poetry, student, teen, teenage, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
ObservanceObservance
by Michael R. Burch
Here the hills are old and rolling
carefully in their old age;
on the horizon youthful mountains
bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
By dying leaves and falling raindrops,
I have traced time's starts and stops,
and I have...
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Categories:
hewn, loneliness, lonely, longing, loss, lost, seasons, time,
Form:
Sonnet
Radiance, For Dylan ThomasRadiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil—
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes—dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
hewn, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Dylan ThomasThese are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
hewn, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan ThomasMyth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
hewn, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
And Still I Drive - Part OneStars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly staring back at my
Abject countenance with detached contempt and...
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Categories:
hewn, heartbreak, places,
Form:
Rhyme
IronbarHe just appeared to me, like wispily curling
Chimney smoke,
One grim and early morning in the very midst of
Decembers briefest days, on the highest slope,
Toiling through my daily round; where, slowly
Driving up...
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Categories:
hewn, nature, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Early Poems IiJuvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
Desdemona
by Michael R. Burch
Though you possessed the moon and stars,
you are bound to fate and wed to chance.
Your lips deny they crave a kiss;
your feet deny they ache to...
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Categories:
hewn, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Poems IvLOVE POEMS IV by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about love, passion, desire, lust, sex, dating, romance, relationships and marriage.
She Was Very Strange, and Beautiful
by...
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Categories:
hewn, desire, love, lust, marriage, passion, relationship, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
The Moon Also Rises - the MidwatchThe Moon Also Rises
The Midwatch
Harry Mayer
The X.O.’s in the shower
and the Captain’s in his bed.
The Chiefs’ are playin’ poker
as we’re steamin’ to the Med.
“I’ll take that bet and raise you”
is what the Bo’sun says
from the...
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Categories:
hewn, humor, military, sea,
Form:
ABC
Botched and Bungled Interpersonal Opportunities ViewedBotched and bungled interpersonal opportunities viewed...
tonight October 25th, 2022
terrifically summarily requoting
poetic outdated iteration,
I share the following lines
echoing in the valley
of love and delight.
courtesy 20/20 hindsight
October twenty fifth
two thousand and twenty two
admirable,...
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Categories:
hewn, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Reaping Short Terms BenefitsReaping short terms benefits...
before marital savings bond matured
as a then quinquagenarian.
Courtesy gerontologists medical practitioners
allowing, enabling, and providing
the elderly population to live
longer and healthier lives.
Linkedin with longevity loosely translates
to resurgent libido spurring
older folks predilection
to participate in...
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Categories:
hewn, absence, abuse, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, betrayal, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 51“Are you ready, DynDoeth,” the half elf asked?
“As ready as I can be,” was his response. “It is in your hands now.”
They walked across the vestibule and started to enter...
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Categories:
hewn, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Gateway TownGateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence,
with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway.
Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for influence
within the lawn-jockey, pink flamingo neighborhoods of moral decay.
T.S, Eliot,...
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Categories:
hewn, allusion, city, class, longing, racism, slavery, urban,
Form:
Rhyme
On Hearing That Ronniefor Ronald Hindmarsh-Midwood
...
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Categories:
hewn, friend, friendship, light, pain,
Form:
Elegy
Botched and Bungled Interpersonal Opportunities ViewedBotched and bungled interpersonal opportunities viewed...
(summarily iterated June 30th, 2020)
I share the following lines
with utmost delight
courtesy 20/20 hindsight
June twenty ninth
two thousand and twenty
corrigible, fallible,
and intelligible light
hearted fella (aging
baby boomer) usually polite
doth not trend toward
superficial nor...
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Categories:
hewn, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
Argh Daylight Savings Time March 13th 2022Argh Daylight Savings Time – March 13th, 2022
Once again, yours truly
dishes out his regular dose
of literary gobbledygook
even Count Dracula
would not even bat an eye
nor give me his evil curse,
butta I avoid tempting him
courtesy fanged...
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Categories:
hewn, america, change, confusion, history, light, march, morning,
Form:
Rhyme
Argh Daylight Savings Time March 14th 2021Argh Daylight Savings Time – March 14th, 2021
Once again, yours truly
dishes out his regular dose
of literary gobbledygook
even Count Dracula
would not even bat an eye
nor give me his evil,
(albeit harmless) look
regarding feeble effort I undertook.
Don't forget...
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Categories:
hewn, adventure, confusion, evil, good night, hello, husband,
Form:
Rhyme
Voyage To the Bottom of ThisVoyage to the bottom of this...
prevaricated forth write Declaration!
As most every girl and boy
taught back in the day,
learning base sic life lessons,
when going to Zerns,
now permanently closed,
but once upon a time one...
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Categories:
hewn, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, america, business,
Form:
Free verse
July First 2023 Will CelebrateJuly first 2023 will celebrate...
our sixth anniversary at Highland Manor Apartments
Subtitled: The perspective of one festive folky fellow
friendliness ofttimes prompts me
when crossing paths with another to say “hello,”
whose demeanor trends toward being mellow
courtesy about...
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Categories:
hewn, absence, abuse, america, anger, angst, animal, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
The Black CrowThree wholesome troubling years before, a thousand cursed days back
I lay, most stiff within my bed, my house of death did reek
And all my nightmares, all my slumbers, they were deep...
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Categories:
hewn, horror,
Form:
Narrative