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EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
If brevity is the soul of wit
then brevity and levity
are the whole of it.
—Michael R. Burch
To write an epigram, cram.
If you lack wit, scram!
—Michael R. Burch
Conformists of a feather
flock together.
—Michael...
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Categories:
on the rocks, bible, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Poems of Recanted BachelorhoodPoems of Recanted Bachelorhood
bachelorhoodwinked
by Michael R. Burch
u
are
charming
& disarming,
but mostly ALARMING
since my resolve
dissolved!
*
Disconcerted
by Michael R. Burch
Beth, my sweet,
fresh as a daisy,
when I’m with you
my heart beats like crazy
& my future gets hazy ...
*
What Goes Around, Comes
by...
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Categories:
on the rocks, desire, engagement, first love, girl, love, marriage,
Form:
Verse
Forever
“Forever”
When The Terrors came,
The Uncontrollable Ones,
she closed her eyes
and listened for the notes
her mother had planted
amongst the deep blues,
beds of Forget-Me-Nots,
she followed the
labyrinthine trail
and through a gate unhinged,
it would seem destroyed, thrown aside,
she...
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Categories:
on the rocks, dark, halloween, light, love, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Halloween PoemsIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
on the rocks, children, grave, halloween, horror, myth, silly, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Fahr An' IceFahr an' Ice
by Michael R. Burch
From what I know of death, I'll side with those
who'd like to have a say in how it goes:
just make mine cool, cool rocks (twice drowned in likker),
and real fahr...
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Categories:
on the rocks, death, drink, fun, humor, humorous, light,
Form:
Light Verse
It's HalloweenIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
on the rocks, cat, children, evil, grave, halloween, horror, moon,
Form:
Verse
Matsuo Basho Haiku TranslationsThe first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow low
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, investigate loneliness!
a solitary leaf
clings to the Kiri tree
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
The cheerful-chirping cricket
contends gray...
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Categories:
on the rocks, animal, butterfly, death, earth, life, nature, seasons,
Form:
Haiku
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations IiDusk-gliding swallow,
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers!
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies off, sated
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
That dying cricket,...
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Categories:
on the rocks, autumn, death, life, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Haiku
Poems About IcarusSouthern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching embrace,
you climb, skittish kite...
What do you know of the world’s despair,
gliding in vast solitariness there,
so that all that remains is to
fall?
Only a...
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Categories:
on the rocks, analogy, angel, bird, butterfly, extended metaphor, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
Salvation of a Formalist, An Ode To EntropySalvation of a Formalist, an Ode to Entropy
by Michael R. Burch
Entropy?
God's universal decree
That I get to be
Disorderly?
Suddenly
My erstwhile boxed-in verse is free?
Wheeeeee!
Eternal Currents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm...
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Categories:
on the rocks, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, write, writing,
Form:
Light Verse
Where Does the Butterfly GoWhere Does the Butterfly Go?
by Michael R. Burch
for the children of the Holocaust and the Nakba
Where does the butterfly go
when lightning rails,
when thunder howls,
when hailstones scream,
when winter scowls,
when nights compound dark frosts with snow ...
Where...
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Categories:
on the rocks, holocaust,
Form:
Verse
Whats Behind the CurtainI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
on the rocks, anxiety, dark, dream, imagery, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
BehindI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
on the rocks, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form:
Blank verse
Tawfiq Zayyad Translation: Here We Shall RemainHere We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.
Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...
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Categories:
on the rocks, arabic, poems, poverty, prison, race, racism, song,
Form:
Free verse
No MarkNo Mark
by Michael R. Burch
A wave implodes,
impaled upon
impassive rocks...
this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...
you are leaving
and the ungrieving
winds demur...
telling me
that nothing returns
as it was before...
here where you have...
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Categories:
on the rocks, break up, change, divorce, extended metaphor, farewell,
Form:
Verse
Let Me Give Her DiamondsLet Me Give Her Diamonds
by Michael R. Burch
Let me give her diamonds
for my heart's
sharp edges.
Let me give her roses
for my soul's
thorn.
Let me give her solace
for my words
of treason.
Let the flowering of love
outlast a winter
season.
Let me...
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Categories:
on the rocks, valentines day,
Form:
Verse
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...
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Categories:
on the rocks, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
Yosa Buson TranslationsYosa Buson haiku translations
On the temple’s great bronze gong
a butterfly
snoozes.
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hard to describe:
this light sensation of being pinched
by a butterfly!
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Not to worry...
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Categories:
on the rocks, age, animal, autumn, father, moon, mother, nature,
Form:
Haiku
GilgameshGILGAMESH . . .
Story has it you used your power to run amuck
Putting fear into the people, and brides in Unuk
So the people of Unuk pray to the sky God Anu
To sort out...
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Categories:
on the rocks, adventure, best friend, brother, character, deep, emotions,
Form:
Epic
Turkish Poetry Translations IiTurkish Poetry Translations II
Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Was there ever anything like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s mightiest armies pressing Marmara,
Forcing entry between her mountain passes
To a...
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Categories:
on the rocks, autumn, god, love, sea, time, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Athenian Epitaphs IiAthenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night:
his owner's faithful Maltese...
but will...
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Categories:
on the rocks, animal, best friend, death of a friend,
Form:
Epitaph
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his erection
For his love life it was a massive blow
To the hospital fled poor...
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Categories:
on the rocks, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About Things That Break IiiPoems about Things that Break III
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter: a bubble, glass, a mirror, a twig or tree limb, a thunderstorm, cities and towers in times of war, old...
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Categories:
on the rocks, break up, farewell, pain, relationship, society, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
Stay Focus On the Lord - the Cross of Salvation Style~ Stay Focus On The Lord ~
( Cross Of Salvation )
~O~
Stay focus till you
Reach your dreams goal
Just watch soul
And you'll be fine
Know with God's Love...
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Categories:
on the rocks, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Holy Bible - the Quatern Style~ The Holy Bible ~
(Quatern)
It tells the beginning of man
How God created all from start
He made the moon, stars, earth, day, night
It tells of...
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Categories:
on the rocks, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse