Long Untrimmed Poems

Lady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch

May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.


The...

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Winter
by Michael R. Burch

The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.

The lilac of devotion
has felt the winter hoar
and shed her dress;
companionless,
she shivers—nude, forlorn.

Published...

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The Tender Weight of Her Sighs
by Michael R. Burch

The tender weight of her sighs
lies heavily upon my heart;
apart from her, full of doubt,
without her presence to revolve around,
found wanting direction or course,
cursed with the thought...

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Sonnets LII-LX

The Endeavors of Lips
by Michael R. Burch

How sweet the endeavors of lips: to speak
of the heights of those pleasures which left us weak
in love’s strangely lit beds, where the cold springs creak:
for there is...

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LOVE POEMS V

These are love poems by Michael R. Burch, about life, the dream of love, virtue, a first kiss, a first crush, the birth of a first relationship, the joy of a first love...

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Turkish Poetry Translations I



Ben Sana Mecburum: "You are indispensable"
by Attila Ilhan
translation by Nurgul Yayman and Michael R. Burch

You are indispensable; how can you not know
that you're like nails riveting my brain? 
I see your eyes...

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A homeless poet

A few days ago, I was walking home with my dollar store notebook in my hand as I walked. I was deep in thought about how I was going to fill these 250...

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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate
Rough winds do shake and darling buds of May and summer's lease hath all too short a day. Sometimes too hot the...

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A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
 
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under moss-stubbled oaks, full of whispers, complaining
to the...

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I’ve discovered that
My brain is a place that knows no bounds
Of expression.
A magazine of thoughts, live rounds
That lock
Into the chamber, my mouth
As my tongue cocks back,
Hammers forward and spits them out.
I’ve discovered the irony
Of saving...

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A mountain of grounded rock reaching to the skies
A rabbit burying into a whole
A pig building a house of straw
Why, concrete little pig, brick and sweat
A tree, untrimmed and ungainly
Buzzing insects, foaming with diseases and...

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He stands, 
his left leg resting upon a powder keg,
slightly bent, 
with arms resting upon his knee.
                  ...

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In the middle of June when the fireflies swoon,
          And the warmth of the sun lingers on,
         ...

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Sonnet 18: William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot...

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tainted smile
mishaping your identity
as you carry on
day by day
with a masking smile-
unprententious
real 
without a reason to feel down.
All confidence stripped,
while the waves crash at shore
and the untrimmed grass still growing-
to remind you that life goes...

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The flower buds
        with hue, texture and complexion
      fill the vast meadows to bloom in a flood
      ...

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In a spring kissed field with clipped wings, feet are tied
Never to display beauty and appeal where all men ride
 
As golden wheat field conceals my broken appendage and sheds

Forgotten as the seasons pass then...

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Nothing is wonderful



I was gazing onto the stars at night
Millions were shrinking being dwarf
A black hole from the infinite peeped
I shouted nothing is impossible at night

The dark deep dwelling remained making black
I was gazing at...

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How I long for your GOLD locks to frolic in the breeze,
And to flow to and fro, endlessly trying to me tease,             ...

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Now, I am speechless; I am without speech
As you transcend the simplistic to grand
Grant me the guidance of your gifted hand
In the temple of your pen, I beseech
To climb in your footsteps of verse, and...

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Silent stars start to shine in heat like burnished gold-
The weather is quite temperate tonight; a mild tangerine 
eventide setting of the sun has brought a new lease on life. 
Untrimmed cherry blossoms in the...

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SUMMER’S DAY ALONG LAKE SIDE

             Tried for a nice accommodation
            In TEMPERATE...

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Under shade of heaven, exposing a cheerful firmament…
my special child, mirth-filled, basked with delight
since he had in his possession, freedom-might
precious more than gold for optimized play engagement.

Midst temperate weather, calmed by azure sky…
his boyish complexion...

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The breeze was temperate as we both lay
upon our backs and stared up at blue sky.
Two birds hopped on the grass as if at play,
and buds on untrimmed bushes blushed nearby.

The oak which we reclined...

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At the very listening post
I made a pause, reminiscing the great times
We had at that very same post
Took a break from the beat of this remorseless life
We exchanged whispers and,
Only wished they were vows
At that...

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