Mayfly Poems - Poems about Mayfly

...*** COURAGE *** To wake up. To stand? To step out. Avoid thinking “can’t” and “but.” Surrender worries into the hands of God… To keep hope’s flame up. To listen. To discern. ......Read More

...For long, I had enjoyed solving assorted puzzles, and difficult riddles, too, For they entertain and stimulate an eager mind, as myriad stars often do. From years of solving, I'd grown adept, as ......Read More

... Amazing to be glorious mayfly Skimming over wetlands and ponds People look at my wings and sigh Iridescent colours I wield like a wand. 'tis sad my life is really fleeting I do so lo......Read More

... She had a brain injury of sorts, not physical or mental. just elemental. Now she speaks in a language that has no beginning nor end. She speaks from a Fountain, a Wellspring. Out pours the......Read More

...Our first kiss was a deathless Mayfly. Ten years onward, we sit in a Doctor's waiting room as sniffling strangers. She smells of baby-puke. Sometime later, she tries to sell me a cellphone ......Read More

...These are poems for Ukraine and Ukrainians. We Are Here by Michael R. Burch “We are here.” – Volodymyr Zelensky We are here. Were are here. And we won’t disappear. We are here. We are he......Read More

...Through our patio window Pinned With hundreds of Mayfly fins Ruffling to the sunrise I watch an ant On our Torch Lake deck Carry a detached translucent wing Hoisted atop its back Cleaning......Read More

...Tick-tock of a clock lasts a fraction of moment, Yet, makes me cognizant of the moments potent; The dewdrop that glistens from the tip of a leaf, Though its life is a second or minute so brief... ......Read More

...We’re born. We live. We die And sometimes wonder why. And sometimes With a bit of luck We get to get or give A ****. Are we so different, you and I From the miserable mature mayfly? At leas......Read More

... The Accidental Poet I have come t......Read More

...Of all of the beautiful seasons, I like summertime the best. As with blooms, greenery, and bird talk, it is richly blest. When comes dazzlingly warm weather, life moves out of doors, For the gar......Read More

...While sipping the brew from the bottle The world is just a big bubble Where the law is always denied For the people, I am a drunkard on the roadside As the sun rays leaks from the canopy ......Read More

..."The Children of Gaza" Lyrics: II These lyrics were written by Michael R. Burch and were adapted in places to the music by Michael R. Burch with input from composer Eduard de Boer. World premie......Read More

...World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems (I) These are poems about World War II and the Holocaust, which is also called the Shoah in Hebrew. Epitaph for a Child of the Holocaust by Michael ......Read More

...My most popular poems on the Internet (I) A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lo......Read More