Sonnet Romanticism Poems

those early attempts at a Mexican food
no store bought cardboard taco shells
she had to prepare her own
the appearance of the tortilla press
the arrival of the...

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she clarifies bacon grease 
to make the popcorn
once it is in the bowl 
add seasoning with butter
a tad of garlic, sea salt, sugar
the layers of...

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there is a gravity to you
whenever crossing the room
it is an existence that bends light
into an aura capturing my every breath 
a plasma that penetrates...

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Behold Beatrice, Pitcairn
the paradise sunsets lie in Tahiti
sunrise, the folly of Easter
islands, sanitoriums, deluded, denuded
limbos and purgatories, the never evermore
Polynesian metaphors transmigrate my mind
O to...

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No words
  can true love express
nor verse sonnet or song
the need the longing
to give
to have

No touch 
 can true love relieve
nor kiss cuddle or...

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“fantôme du noir chevalier”



whither doth thee cometh from?
Strange voice that I see
Coldness of ire burns 
the skin beneath sheets
paper white guise
black ink heart bleeding within...

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Where, O' Where Baby Did You Hide That Key


Where, O' where baby did you hide that key
THAT UNLOCKS THIS RUSTY CHAIN HOLDING ON ME
Is behind...

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Eternity Exists That We May Love

I hide not our love, its fathomless deep,
rising fevers from heart that never sleeps.
I love you, as morn's dew kisses...

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In the Whispering Night
by Michael R. Burch
 
for George King
 
In the whispering night, when the stars bend low
till the hills ignite to a shining...

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I was Bound to the ground, 
Reason I haven't  found.
I was with no wings to fly,
I wish I could cry.
I was Bound to silence
with...

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Oh, Burdock! Let me see spring's fuchsia
Against sapphire skies touched with clouds bistre
Let ivory raindrops flow from clouds lackluster
To nurture emerald hallelujahs 

Let thy fuchsia...

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Sing a song of love to me, long and slow
Sing it easy, sing it sweet, soft and low
I will listen day and night, ever more
To...

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