Moderns Poems - Poems about Moderns

Persia Reborn

...
     A holiday is coming our way
       when Jew-haters almost carried the day

     The demagogic Persia of 2,500 years ago
        reborn today as Iran we know

     Eerie remembrance of ho...

Absolute Truth: How Can it Be?

...Absolute truth, both mystery… and paradox. 
“You make me wonder if you exist or not?”

The Greeks glimpsed you in circles and squares,
The medievals revered you in scriptures and prayers,
The mo...

Poems About Shakespeare

...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...

Poems About Poets Ix

...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...

Mankind

...Mankind, 
Years back , 
People who built
Where there were more trees,  
They were called all bad names
Find in dictionaries 
But nowadays
Many cities turning into forest shapes 
To be well - ...

So Long To Philosophy and Theology

...Marymount University is saying farewell to some storied majors
    including Art, English, Philosophy, Theology - and Math
  
  Artists will starve or survive, and Writers on AI can thrive
    Ph...

Off-Color Etymology

...A word that surely had to go
       Folks pronounced it 'Knee-grow'

     Just as with 'shi-tte'
       ~ It took a big hitt-e



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Note: 'sbitte' is Chauceri...

Nothingness

...
“Nothingness” 

Words 
lines drawn 
unending

dusk 
to
dawn

characters recognised
transcribed
in the mind 

where voices unheard
plant meaning
wild ivy grows 
...

Christ's Message Distilled For Dummies

...Christ's Message Distilled for Dummies
(You Might Not Like It)

Christ’s message distilled is we all are born sinning,
deserving of Hell (1) (but f...

Infection

...

Tried to clear my throat, though you
didn't look at me; may be you
assumed it is infection;
aimed to get your attention.
~X~X~X~

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On Those Who Diminish Truth, Part Ii

......Yet there is another reason that some
desire to diminish what is true,
those who hate truth because they are afraid
that it might limit what they can go do.

Whether it be a Hollywood pedo,
...

A Contrarian Thought

...This week Israel observes its New Year
   A holiday which some cheer
While others find it quite severe

Who will live and who will die is decreed
   To the drawn-out prayers, the devout take hee...

What Makes the World Go Round

...What makes the world go round?
   Some say it's music's sound  
And surely it's something rather pleasant
   Enjoyed by folks from kings to peasants...

What makes the world go round?
   There ...

Dogma Or Mystery, Part One

...The problem I have with religions is that they forget themselves. All of the great religions start out from a MYSTERY. Something or someone happens that is unique, remarkable, almost incomprehensible...

Colonies

...It's good to be modern, don't you think? 
Bowling alley, skating rink. 
If we moderns want a swim, 
we drive our cars down to the gym. 

We've mastered plastics, studied steel, 
no fears about ...

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