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The Crow

...He spreads his lordly cape to slow his descent, gloved talons softly gripping metal throne, his obsidian pallium opulent and ominous. Empowered by wonder and awe, I swallow fear, holding the chthonic...

Hesiod: Ares translation by Michael R Burch

...Ares
by Hesiod
translation by Michael R. Burch

Ares, exceeding all men in manliness, bronze-harnessed charioteer, golden-helmed gladiator, strong-armed spear-hurler, dauntless shield-bearer, cou...

As Regards These Little Creatures

...Whether of what, o'ershadows
For our lordly ways
At the level of a friend
Do keep us always;
If low bent, or on grazed knees
Preferential eyed.
What applies to any child
Can here be applied....

Exterior Garment

...Physical is the coat I wear-out
in the elements – the ephemeral
shell of me, and not the yoke, man's 
embryo of spiritual wealth...longevity of 
experience and immortal growth – 

True! -- of t...

Animal Poems 2

...Animal Poems II

These are poems about animals, limericks and other forms of doggerel.



Ballade of the Bicameral Camel
by Michael R. Burch

There once was a camel who loved to hump.
Pleas...

Light Verse and Nonsense Verse Vii

...LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE VII

Fair Elle was an eely lover
who squiggled beneath the covers ...
She was hard to pin down!
When I did it, she’d frown,
then wouldn’t do none of my druthers!
...

Who Put Luebella Down the Wych Elm

...
"Who Put Luebella down the Wych Elm?"

There are rumours
about me, some 
come seeking me
with their geiger counters
and ouji boards
with their heart 
shaped planchettes
...

Our World's Coinhabitants

...With as little thought, think you
Can be brushed aside
All their concerns, as waste of
Sweepings to one side?

Then have you not once witnessed
The regard given
To duck clans, a road, crossing...

Composing a Lipogram

...
You may think that writing
is dysfunctional-
to script a thought not using 
that sign of ABCs post-D.
This art that's built of words 
is inspiration-bound;
finding worthy, optiona...

Messi

...Argentina's son, a lineage to immigrants
shaped by boyhood aspirations 
diminutive left foot striker
taunted "dwarf" in childhood 
his growth hormone deficiency 
                    overcome thr...

Bella T

...Brusque cold snaps crisp as a pine needle stab
evoking shivers in the elevated altitude silence
Lordly evergreen points, pierce the ephemeral
like aspen gold splashing in the emerald thrall,
as t...

Are You a Sheep Or a Lion

...Living life in their lane, lunge-ful lions do not apologize.
Enthusiastic echo roars resound as shy shaven sheep rise.
Gnashing their torn-up teeth, gnawing on marvelously manly meats, 
Lions tear...

A Notable Rat

...I feel sorry for the dead rat.
It was not an urban or country,
it was a suburban rat; it had a code of behavior.
It never infested, or stole
it strolled these leafy avenues
with a certain rodent...

Challenged Nigerian Pharmacists

...The Roadside Medicine Sellers
Are Pharmacists' bold tellers
Of an enduring contest
Not unlike a weighted test!

Ever waxing Drug Dealers
Competing as Sure Healers
But spinning laughing profits...

Stately Snapdragons

...Delicate petals on stately stalks sway in the breeze,
sweet, scented nectar attracts hummingbirds and bees.
I watch them while sipping iced tea in my lawn chair,
Snapdragons adorn my g...

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