Long Mayflies Poems

Sonnet LXXXI-LXXXIX

Day, and Night
by Michael R. Burch

The moon exposes pockmarked scars of craters;
her visage, veiled by willows, palely looms.
And we who rise each day to grind a living,
dream each scented night of such perfumes
as drew...

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This poem was inspired by the photograph titled, 'Running Legs,' by Lisette Model.


I was an experienced hiker, who had rambled down many famous trails,
Like earth's charming, 365 day tales, of its seasonal, sightseeing avails.

I'd trekked...

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I was an unfathomable mystery writer, producing novels for ardent readers,
Much like a mystery of vanishing pearly moon, as sun comes up to greet her.

My days were spent devising fresh plots, like edgy seas, seeking...

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Would you still love Me, my honey sweet dear?
If The nectar of honey seized its eternal drops
Would there still be hope for you to love Me?
Oh my my, not is it late nor too early

If...

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EDIT
Oct 4
Part 1. How to destress in modern life
https://youtu.be/dzbLuLzMWE4

         A delicious languor steals over one
in the languid twilight falling over the meadow
Watching tiny animated spectrums
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                            sum dayz
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When God makes a plan for a king
It is God’s plan not the King’s
When a king strays from true purpose 
As an unfavorable appendage growth 
Turning asunder God’s intended nature for rule 
Whereupon pompous self...

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It was a pink sky this morning
The sky was streaked with pastel hues
But no bad sailor's warnings
were forecast on the news.

Cool enough to be chilly
Warm enough to desire outside
How great it is to be here
To...

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On the cliff at the Worm’s Head 
High above the horns of the bay
I see the surfers ride great waves
With horses’ manes
That ever fail, but never end
In the strong Atlantic surge

In the estuary at Dartmouth
Where...

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HAIKU
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the light of day
the darkness of night
twenty-four hours

a moment in time
one blink... total darkness
a bat does not care

o summer sunshine
fourteen hours... joy... heaven
then you got found out

one day... life for some
invertebrate imagoes
did you know... mayflies......

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Mayflies
by Michael R. Burch

These standing stones have stood the test of time
but who are you
                    ...

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The mayfly hated the caddis fly.
Although she was not quite sure why
All she knew was that she was supposed to hate caddis flies,
and so she hated him, with all his sneaking and his lies.
Despised him...

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Through our patio window
Pinned
With hundreds of Mayfly fins
Ruffling to the sunrise

I watch an ant
On our Torch Lake deck
Carry a detached translucent wing
Hoisted atop its back

Cleaning the lake’s frenzied hatch
One by one
From a moonlit dandelion

Blown to...

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The Meandering Brook
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the brook meanders across the moorland,
dividing heather and bracken with banks
adorned with wetland flora, looking grand.
sandy patches, fauna can fill their tanks.

birds of many feathers' quench their thirst, bathe.
water shrew, get lucky, a...

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As my eyes were closing in the sunset scene
I sang a lullaby down by the stream
 
Where it trickled through the mountains feet 
And misted from the evenings heat
 
Fireflies in flight in air 
Mayflies...

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The hummingbird moths are out tonight.  
They flitter in between my thoughts
And cause my brain to hum.
Are they really bugs or just misplaced birds?
We as men think we can categorize and containerize everything.
There must...

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Rituals

in the summer rain
we dance like silk winged mayflies
our skirts bright with water
the fields ripen

the soft dunes hiss
with the scraping of bone fragments
ancients are sleeping
on pillows of wind.
.
in the summer rain
our feet move on the...

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