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Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations
The 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: perishing, animal, butterfly, death, earth, life, nature, seasons,
Form: Haiku



Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations Ii
Dusk-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: perishing, autumn, death, life, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form: Haiku
Halloween Poems Iv
the Horror
by Michael R. Burch

the Horror lurks inside our closets
the Horror hides beneath our beds
the Horror hisses ancient curses
the Horror whispers in our heads

the Horror tells us Death is coming
the Horror tells us there’s no...

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Categories: perishing, dark, death, evil, grave, halloween, horror, scary,
Form: Rhyme
First They Came For the Muslims
First they came for the Muslims

after Martin Niemoller

First they came for the Muslims
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Muslim.

Then they came for the homosexuals
and I did not speak out
because I was...

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Categories: perishing, culture, discrimination, faith, god, islamic, truth, usa,
Form: Free verse
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: perishing, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
Form: Haiku



Various Heresies 2
Various Heresies 2

You
by Michael R. Burch

For thirty years You have not spoken to me;
I heard the dull hollow echo of silence
as though strange communion between us.

For thirty years You would not open to me;
You remained...

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Categories: perishing, atheist, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, religious,
Form: Verse
Athenian Epitaphs
Athenian 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: perishing, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form: Epigram
This World of Dew
THIS WORLD OF DEW

This world? 
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane's bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last? 
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Dewdrops beading grass-blades
die before...

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Categories: perishing, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form: Haiku
Halloween Poems Ii
Completing the Pattern
by Michael R. Burch

Walk with me now, among the transfixed dead
who kept life’s compact and who thus endure
harsh sentence here?among pink-petaled beds
and manicured green lawns. The sky’s azure,
pale blue once like their eyes,...

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Categories: perishing, dark, gothic, halloween, horror, magic, scary, surreal,
Form: Rhyme
The Peasants Truck
Everybody moved out of the country to get a taste of the shining city
Ripe banana, ripe plums, are perishing in Uncle Sam’s broiling sun
I cannot stand the scorching heat that is swelling up from the...

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Categories: perishing, angel, blessing, business, character, confidence, earth, friendship,
Form: Narrative
Souls On Fire
We have been observing the expanse of the parched land for many years, a land that stood the test of time and captivated by myriad dreams unfolding through the footsteps of the ages thus penetrating...

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Categories: perishing, adventure, nature, wisdom, work, universe,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Exclusive Birth Rights
Exclusive Birth Rights

I am German and guilty as charged by history and evil parental culpability
privileged by life and proxy thus I refuse to forget ancestral perpetration
though I propose without any diminution that systematic genocide is...

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Categories: perishing, humanity, , memorial,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Son of Amittai - 1 of 2
commissioning and attempted escape
“Son of Amittai, to Nineveh, go
And tell them of their great impending woe;
Their evil, like a stench, has come to me.”

But Jonah ran; he traveled down to Joppa.
(Wait, Jonah who? Oh, Amittai’s...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: perishing, bible, fish,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Thus Says He
Thus says He who guards the gate,
The atmosphere is stagnant,
Stagnant with discontented gluttons,
Tangled with tricks and deceptions,
Soaked with indoctrination,
And charged with foul breath. 

Thus says He who guards the gate,
The atmosphere is saturated,
Saturated with dirt...

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Categories: perishing, angel, change, success, truth, , cute,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Peace For Blacks
Hello, I come to speak of peace,
The kind which saves the mind from deviation.
To give life to dead instincts,
For the lost throne belonging to black men is found.
Let the whole world come to hear this...

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Categories: perishing, adventure, africa, age,
Form: Classicism
An Adverse World
   (I love you as a person,
But I hate being your son
I feel intense hatred nevertheless
Because of your doings that has put me in this distress mess...
I'm making progress,
Hardly a true success 
But,...

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Categories: perishing, angst, conflict, courage, dedication, emotions, endurance, father,
Form: Free verse
Under the Apple Tree
The little stall stands behind the black dilapidated wall whose bricks have been showing years of stained motion welled up inside the folly of man. The destiny of the wall speaks to the nature of...

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Categories: perishing, betrayal, community, confidence, corruption, england, environment, future,
Form: Narrative
Faces
They stroll through the garden of time with lots of synergy combined; hearts merges in one and passion walking hand in hand; summer burst through the trees and the temperature rage in the sea at...

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Categories: perishing, america, business, confidence, dance, emotions, flower, future,
Form: Narrative
The Stroke of the Pen
At the stroke of the pen you could find yourself in heaven 
At the stroke of  the pen you could suddenly drop dead. 
At the stroke of the pen billions could be spilling all...

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Categories: perishing, adventure, character, encouraging, endurance, environment, humanity, international,
Form: Narrative
Show Me Your Soul
All type of bodies are posing in front of me
All type of bodies are trying to attract me
Big bodies, round bodies, plump bodies
Rhythm-less body with no shape
Walking aimlessly around the place
I am not interested in...

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Categories: perishing, betrayal, confusion, corruption, courage, endurance, environment, international,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Against the Devil
Electrifying, the ache
Trembles in my thoughts,
Bringing sparks of memory alive
Sacrificing my sanity for immorality
Driving out the beauty, 
The tenderness, the soothing
Reaching beyond the sensitivity
Into the darkness, the black
Fear that echoes in nightmarish screams
Terror blazing beyond...

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Categories: perishing, christian, dark, depression, fear,
Form: Free verse
Commander
I feel invisible. And Christmas feels like another terror crisis for families. I design 
every city, feel no pity for this except, and  can't travel and have romantic sex in the 
cities with my...

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Categories: perishing, devotion, history, passion, peace, people, places, uplifting,
Form: Bio
There is room at the cross for you and collections
"There is room at the cross for you 2X
Though millions have come, there's
still room for one. Yes, there is room
at the cross for you."

Yes indeed Christ died for both you and me

At the wiping post,...

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Categories: perishing, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Lyric
God Loves Us But He Hates Our Wicked Deeds
We are among the beautiful people of the world.
Red and yellow, black, brown and white, we are
All precious in His sight Jesus loves the little 
Children of the world. Suffer the little children
Of the world...

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Categories: perishing, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Dramatic Verse
History Worth Writing
HISTORY WORTH WRITING
Gone are the days,
However unforgettable days    
Of great loss of humanity,    
Where people were preys to others,    
Killed massively,    
Yet innocent...

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Categories: perishing, africa,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs