Michael Poems - Poems about Michael

... Words I’ve heard my whole life Poor old David, poor old Michael, poor old daddy If you’re from the heart of Appalachia, these are… Words that mean the person is down on their luck, Lost in ......Read More

...Lorca Translations III Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright and theater director. He was assassinated by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War an......Read More

...Lorca Translations II Canción del jinete (“Song of the Rider”) by Federico Garcia Lorca translation by Michael R. Burch Cordoba. Distant and lone. Black pony, big moon, olives in my saddleb......Read More

...Lorca Translations I Gacela of the Dark Death by Federico Garcia Lorca loose translation by Michael R. Burch I want to sleep the dreamless sleep of apples far from the bustle of cemeteries. ......Read More

...POEMS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE by Michael R. Burch Fleet Tweet: Apologies to Shakespeare by Michael R. Burch a tweet by any other name would be as fleet! Fleet Tweet II: Further Apologies to......Read More

...My anti-aesthetic garment spews out priest Michael stands in river between olive trees whose roots draw libido like Daphne's laurels Apollo wore, in my drifting slumbering pale Astro Projection w......Read More

...The milk’s gone off today, I don’t know where it’s going It booked a cab to Stansted, then climbed aboard a Boeing. He doesn’t have a passport, I’m sure he’ll be ejected The milk’s gone off ......Read More

...POEMS ABOUT POETS IX Fleet Tweet: Apologies to Shakespeare by Michael R. Burch a tweet by any other name would be as fleet! @mikerburch Fleet Tweet II: Further Apologies to Shakespea......Read More

...Various Heresies 9 Post-Nashville Covenant by Michael R. Burch We love our God. We love our guns. We despise the weak. Don’t call us Huns! We love our kids. We love our schools. We lov......Read More

... Flackmoth is at the barber’s thumbing a magazine waiting for his turn, and comes across an article about death masks. Intrigued, he feels he should have one as soon as he gives up the ......Read More

...EPIGRAMS IV I didn’t mean to love you, but I did. Best leave the rest unsaid, hid- den and unbidden. —Michael R. Burch You imagine life is good, but have you actually understood? —Micha......Read More

...James Bond, is that you? Ever so true. Pecking away, like a woodpecker too? James Bond? I’m not even blond. But I’m still single. Now and beyond. What is your angle, your magical trick? Are y......Read More

...So I was walking down Market Street There's a guy in a suit, with a leotard over the shirt and trousers (but under the jacket) in 28 degree heat His thing was dancing to Michael Jackson's back cata......Read More

...O The very tender voice of Michael the arch angel speakth unto me and has told unto me that I am now surrounded by the tender hearted wings of the angels! For It is they who have been freely assig......Read More

...My dog is giving the sky a meticulous tongue lolling. Half way through the walk he dips his pink lapper into a muddy puddle then continues to paint the sky to his liking, 'his liking' being ......Read More