Friendship Paradise Poems

You, gorgeous Muse, with velvety skin
The sugary sap of my poetic pen
And the sole labyrinth of my soul
You inspire me and I adore you.

You are...

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Paradise in the tree is looking down at thee; paradise in the tree has a message for you and me, the stains are dripping from...

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Shared my list with God today

the pros and cons of the season:

how fond I am of blossoms, despite
all the sneezing – how showers cleanse
the air,...

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I 
Will
Stay here
Forever
In your warm embrace 
When all is coldness and empty
When Yaldaboath’s throne of stars crumbles and fades away 
Forever I will stay in...

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My godesse my beloved dream
There is a place nearby
Black and white necklace
That nest of sweetness
Full of  lively  tenderness 
Here the bird shall live...

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The NY EBS

There is talk of war. 
There is rumor and propaganda. 
There is concern and worry. 
No one wants to die. 
No one wants...

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Watermelon

You, 
me, 
two bikes. 
A trip across town, 
to the farmer's market. 

A hot day, 
an iced melon. 
Only one... cut in half. 

Shared together,...

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The book before me lay meaningless.
Numbers cropped up
Forming in nervous rhythm
geometric intricacies.
Letters and words converged
in tipsy web-like patterns.
My heart I cupped in my hands
and chasms...

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Caribbean Dream....

A schooner swoons over sapphire sea,
Eager the look in your eye, 
She leans to the wind as you lean to me,
There are no dark...

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The miracle is restoring
joy.

Sometimes this means bringing back the dead,
Opening the eyes of the blind,
Restoring limbs,
and so on,
but these are just means to a Greater...

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A garden of beauty, your faces show,
your beauty among the hay scarecrow.
All the flowers smell so fruity,
Your faces show, a garden of beauty.



The summer is...

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The night was dark yet cheerful
With a trip down the memory lane
Memories so gloomy yet blissful
Embracing the subdued heart's pain


It began as an effort for...

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Every Day You Play
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Every day you play with Infinity’s rays.
Exquisite visitor, you arrive with the flowers and the...

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Warm is the journey's end where tepid spirits play
On beaches of smiling sand and azure sun drenched shore
Birds circle the westerly winds from the lands...

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Please, may I walk into your paradise with you
with its streets of gold and bright skies of blue?
My darling, you are in my sorrow-filled sad...

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