Shirked Poems - Poems about Shirked

...Still wrestling with impasse to contentment Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog just me and mine dark shadow slinking along outer limits of the edge of night doth blog passivity, the p......Read the rest...

...Speaking only kind, constructive words about others, Prioritizing peace among earth's sisters and brothers, Remembering green practices, essential to our lives, Easy as......Read the rest...

...They called him Lawrence of Neasden And he dressed in Khaki shorts And he always rode a camel Which he kept in his car port They arrived there in Central Neasden Having ridden all through the......Read the rest...

...Queen Elizabeth the Second passed leaving the World in a mournful state. How can this be--one who's so steadfast. She tempered Britain's every fate. Barely a bride on her honeymoon, she learne......Read the rest...

...Happy forty-sixth anniversary to you! Happy forty-sixth anniversary to you! Most people cannot get here, So congratulations to you two! Forty-six years of concentrated loving and wit. Not e......Read the rest...

...Wrestling with impasse to contentment Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog just me and mine dark shadow slinking along the edge of night doth blog passivity, the path of least resistance ......Read the rest...

...Poems about Poets IV The Princess and the Pauper by Michael R. Burch for June Kraeft Here was a woman bright, intent on life, who did not flinch from Death, but caught his eye and dre......Read the rest...

...How far do the ripples spread, when eventually we die Probably stay in the locality, level off, no major outcry But let’s say we’re famous, suffering unexplained death The ripples keep expanding......Read the rest...

...beMUSEd by Michael R. Burch Perhaps at three you'll come to tea, to have a cuppa here? You'll just stop in to sip dry gin? I only have a beer. To name the "greats": Pope, Dryden, mates......Read the rest...

...Yours truly shirked fidelity regarding faithful vows bequeathed courtesy angel of mercy, who pledged her troth July twenty fifth nineteen ninety six five months (not quite to the day) before "......Read the rest...

...State of the Art (III) These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work. Come ......Read the rest...

...Yesterday, It was just yesterday in September, He was laid to rest in golden casket, Though he lived a golden life to deserve more. Yet as men do, The celebration of hypocrites comes a......Read the rest...

...Poems about Poems (II) Kin by Michael R. Burch for Richard Moore 1. Shrill gulls, how like my thoughts you, struggling, rise to distant bliss? the weightless blue of skies that are no......Read the rest...

...Empty nest syndrome, plus lapsed romances revisited... courtesy Matthew Scott Harris sentimental memorialized mental archive No matter mine eldest daughter (born December 22nd, 1996) starred c......Read the rest...

...Tuning William Blake's Whistle by Michael R. Burch a musical prophecy, after William Blake I. Many a sun and many a moon I walked the earth and whistled a tune. I did not whistle as ......Read the rest...