Star Paris Poems

“22½ euros for a Martini,” Peter remarked, when he first scanned the menu.
“It’s not like we aren’t going to get them,” I said, “we’re not...

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It was the summer of 2014, I was just about to turn 13, spending June of summer vacation with my Grandmère, in Paris. Tonight, we’re...

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This is my modern English translation of Paul Valéry's poem “Le cimetière marin” (“The graveyard by the sea”). Valéry was buried in the seaside cemetery...

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Helen, Troyless
by Michael R. Burch

"The face that launched a thousand ships..."

Helen, bright accompaniment,
accouterment of war as sure as all
the polished swords of princes groomed to...

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Paris is where old lovers die
In cafes sipping memories
Lost loves like cream in espresso
Slowly fading, getting frigid in time
As I walk along the seine
I hold...

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need a muse from another galaxy
need a naked star for my green card
need a red wine after our love apsis
need a planet of new life
Earth...

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She sticks cons a fate
listening the young Bach
Jean Sebastian before the goodness
before the consciousness
after the Joy
to sing her first
her absolute perfect accordance...

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DEATH OF A ROCK STAR (Jim Morrison)
There's a man all alone and his name is well known
but he thinks all the world is a den
of...

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PERFECTION UNUSUAL TO HUMAN NATURE
AS YOUR BEAUTY IS PURE
A VOICE SO SOFTLY SINGING
YOUR WORDS ARE AS ANGELS WHEN THEY SING
LIKE A STAR LIGHTING THE HEAVENS
ULTRAVIOLET...

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