Nature Nose Poems

Fashionable Fall flaunts her lustrous leaves,
catwalks flowing flora with earnest ease.
Haunting lullabies from the quaking trees
cast chilling currents from mountain to keys.

Dancing diamonds of glistening...

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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...

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stars flirt in the sky
winking eyes tell love tales ~
shy clouds speed away

Interpreting the mysteries of nature has been part and parcel of poetic character....

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Come to a place of enlivening comfort.
In this exotic garden, lift your lungs. 
Vanilla beans dangle from the vining orchid. 
A likeness of birthday cake...

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These are poems about animals by Michael R. Burch

Double Limerick: The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch

The platypus, myopic,
is ungainly, not erotic.
His feet for bed
are over-webbed,
and what...

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TO THE NOSE THAT KNOW

Whilst we sat beneath the mistletoe
Rejoicing at the birth of new year's first child
He came with a vengeance, covered in brown...

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Nose Ring

  Shine of our love,
  Plain of Liquid
  Cold of Mountains
  Glass of transparency
  Mould of Nature
  Beauty...

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She sits in her garden surrounded by love
amongst glorious creatures sent from heaven above 
the birds in the air that sing a sweet song
bring a...

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The street was rolling,
with dumps of dumping,
lying,
here and there, 
there and here,
I was going somewhere,
when I cited the above
and the below affair,
I saw people with...

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My existence is a thorn
My extinction at the tip of Africa’s horn
Please forgive my deep rooted scorn
For the poacher’s gun I am born

Torn – unknowns...

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