Mountain Pass Poems - Poems about Mountain Pass

...All the shelves been emptied, there are no books left about; Both hist'ries and the words become nothing but a shout. Those in the old paintings that hang, but barely displayed, ......Read the rest...

...I shaved my head and wore a robe the mountain pass I found at last grew thin alas but fat I got on nature's lot her sounds were not my thoughtless strobe though I was dead to the mountain's......Read the rest...

...The bear came limping down With body singed and bloody paws Lay on the ground And let out its final groan Its spirit rose around The shoulder of the mountain pass Where all was blacke......Read the rest...

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU V These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. A cat in heat can't catch a mouse? — pathetic! —Kinpu, loose translation by Michael R. Burch It's......Read the rest...

...Dawn Chorus In the shifting colours of the spreading dawn A solitary song from the woodland trees Then a chorus of voices that rising morn Carried on the impulse of the earl......Read the rest...

...Girl it's been a long time--sorry to make you wait But this heart is a like a tired old freight train And it's going to take some time to unwind I've been staring out the door of this box car A......Read the rest...

...What lies ahead, I do not know, But I will confidently go Along this rough and tumble trail O’er mountain pass, dank, boggy swales, To scale the heights, be brought down low. Though ‘twas orda......Read the rest...

...One never knows where a winding road will lead A winding road can lead you up a mountain pass Or a hill road winding pass A winding road can lead to a stream or river bank Or lead you on a d......Read the rest...

...Time waits for no one man. It comes so swiftly and surely. Be sure to have a plan. ‘Cause when he comes, you’ll see That you might just be able to Pass by and run quickly Away from him and......Read the rest...

...Four friends and I, one Sunday, take a ride. our church still closed just short of one full year. We drive, white almond blooms on either side, instead. Their branches wave as if to cheer, “Prepa......Read the rest...

...Poems about Flight, Flying, and Birds Flying by Michael R. Burch I shall rise and try the bloody wings of thought ten thousand times before I fly... and then I'll sleep and waste te......Read the rest...

...Matsuo Basho New Haiku Translations Air ballet: twin butterflies, twice white, meet, match & mate —Matsuo Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Denied transformation ......Read the rest...

...The soul has to courageously experience all things, taking steps in new direction by adjusting the wings. Genuine sincerity regardless of fancy and pleasure, destinations journey to accumulate emb......Read the rest...

...A golden halo crested jagged peaks, It’s kiss of morning splendour Tasted like a Valley-fruit cocktail; Yellow-orange fire rising over the glass, And, full to the brim, sloshed streaks Down the ......Read the rest...

...Oh the places you’ll go when you find our right self You will become a pirate, a butterfly, shoe making elf. You will travel to Europe, you’ll glide down the Nile You’ll dance in the streets of Ve......Read the rest...