Song Melodic Poems

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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Echoes breath of northern fields
where rhythms form as twilights dance
Alone my love does play for you
on mystic strings of found romance

Neath weathered winds on sunset...

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If only I could speak
The music in my heart
The melody drowning me out
Ceaselessly playing inside
I'd love to share this song
To whomever would listen
It seems to...

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The chiming of wind chimes hanging from my porch,
Calm my soul with the soft tinkling to my ears
As the breeze moves them with melodic motion
Carrying...

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Keys pressing soft chords on the piano
No colors here, just black, white and gray
A single light shines into the room
Is it possible to sing your...

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Melodic Muse
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You are peaceful and serene,
babbling like the little stream
How I've grown to love you so
my melodic muse, I've come to know.


You are my favorite...

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Hold on, stand up, and enjoy the sound
Move in, jump off, just don't sit down
The floor gives way, rewind and replay
Listen to the drum that...

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Shakespeare, with words, made his quill but dance
Upon parchment and paper, so daintily along
From poems to plays, with tragedies’ glance
Each word, so penned, could be...

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Whistling breeze, a pleasing song so dear to me
The sunlit drops dancing upon warm cobble streets
Dancing sakura so pink and pure of a snow below
Small...

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