Pounce Poems - Poems about Pounce

...Am I really this old, so many ghosts beckoning? —Michael R. Burch Sleepyheads! I recite my haiku to the inattentive lilies. —Michael R. Burch Stillness: the sound of petals drifting dow......Read the rest...

...If I were the Antichrist, I would wait and watch, When God gets tired of humanity He would unleash me, his scourge. I would begin by encouraging 'peace' After all I know all tongues, I would ......Read the rest...

... “Upon Waking” Slumber has its upsides while the outside runs around like a split fowlyard, cacophonous pecking at each other and at the ground… Elsewhere, like d......Read the rest...

... petal paw prints pounce starry eyes twirling with tail black rose under moon April 4th 2022 Contest: Black Cat Haiku Sponsor: Robert James LIguori 5th Place ......Read the rest...

...These are original haiku by Michael R. Burch and his translations of haiku by the Japanese masters Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Masaoka Shiki, and others. Am I really this old, so many ghosts beck......Read the rest...

...We suddenly strolled down Lakeshore drive facing Goethe street named after Wolfgang von Goethe famous German poet just at the crosswalk while waving to the hidden Walter Payton nooks wandering......Read the rest...

...I worry that my coat will murder me. Hanging on Banister’s Edge it’s a man lurking, dark. I’ve seen rows of killers shadowed and waiting, hidden in the ridges of the living room radiator, ready......Read the rest...

... Hear the faded out groans beneath each grocery store tomato, Blisters popping out as old, worker hands Begin to pick up the pace, Dirt growing thick, drilling beneath each thick fingernail A......Read the rest...

... I Am Time Tick, there is no escaping my escapement, Tock, as above the grasshopper resides, Tick, blink and you will miss me, as I dine, Tock, I am the reaper......Read the rest...

...Through thickened woods and thorny brush I chased the elf in silenced hush Around intoxicating pines And mossy-covered hanging vines Taking care to mark the way With petals dropped from rose ......Read the rest...

...cat chatters through glass mourning dove walks on back deck cat ready to pounce......Read the rest...

...The Revenant pt. 2 - Leviæthan I 'neath the grim pallor of a Plutonian moon, Sheltered in the cloak of Phantom's embrace, A tempest rages within flesh—entomb......Read the rest...

...Cancer, the big 'C', Do you think you mean anything to me? My Uncle has got you, You've taken my beautiful daughter too. But while I am able I will continue to fight, And I will fight you wi......Read the rest...

...There is a darkness always lurking around. Concealed, but ready to pounce, swoop you downwards rapidly and keep you there. Hold you captive in a hole, in darkness. There is a darkness called d......Read the rest...

...Dangerous animals pounce out of a plasma screen. Why would they not? Every watching eye is a jungle path, into a perilous land. Predators know their true environment. Does a painted jungle de......Read the rest...