Butterfly Lullaby Poems

These are lullabies I have written as poems. 

Midnight Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

I.
A measureless rhythm rules the night—
few have heard it,
but I have shared it,
and...

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The Moonchild

The night is for demons
It is what they say..........
But the darkness always comes through the shining ray.

The sun is superior to that of the...

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In place of bookmarks or
turning the corner of the
many empty pages of my
autobiography

I so wish to fill in to 
commemorate the journey
and story of my...

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The Gift That I Give You                   ...

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Finally home,
Alone
Staring dimly 
into 
the night sky
Is it as 
beautiful 
As they 
say it was

All the lights 
And the 
dark-ness  
Seem to profit 
from...

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sweet gentle dreams ~ come to my little baby’s eyes….
        my baby needs to rest after a long...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Sappho's Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

Hushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleys
sleep unaware of the nightingale's call
while the dew-laden lilies lie
listening, 
glistening...
this is their...

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Re-Creating Peace

The basket of castoffs is full. 
No one can wear clothes, torn and stained. 
Holes and rips that show use. 
The scissors cut them...

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The Dawn Ballet

Let me dance for You, 
before I put my feet upon the floor. 
Let me sing out your praise, 
before the day has...

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The kiss

her lips had kissed many a man a butterfly
Fragrant and vivid like a spring day in May 
Yet not to the point of pollination.
...

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One More

Ingredients are a funny thing. 
Timing is probably more important. 
But it is hard to say really. 

I cooked all day, but…
I wanted it...

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Cartoons

Saturday morning, early, 
we sat around the toob…(tv)
We laughed. 

Road runner was too fast, 
the coyote was always too slow. 
Thundar was a Barbarian, 
and...

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Butterfly Nebula

Far away in the night
A sky full of stars
A song full of notes
A story full of words
And, most importantly…
A poem, full of Light!



I can...

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A lullaby 
For the suicidal butterfly
Tracing figure eights on my window panes.

Broken wings,
Torn by thunderstorms
And rosebushes,
Are still beating fruitlessly:
In hope, 
Or foolishness,
The two are interchangeable.

A...

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