Tatters Poems - Poems about Tatters

...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...

...What i've woven hardly matters. With my tapestry in tatters. Lay in place adorned with shadow. Await that sunlit meadow. But the harvest cannot grow, Without one to make it sow.......Read the rest...

... In a roaring ocean of grief, she plunged in. A widow, she's a hodgepodge of emotions; Caged all alone in melancholy's dungeon. Day in, day out she's going through the moti......Read the rest...

...Oh say can you see blood soaked Baltimore reeking of falsified documents blood soaked levies oh say can you see corruption over board Atta Mohammed and Bin Laden brought to trial on this land......Read the rest...

...I may not be everyone's cup of tea That I never invited anyone around to try If you ever had the chance to meet me You may not agree or agree But what you see Is what you get And bittersweet ......Read the rest...

...You wait In chortled glee Time’s ticking toll Sharpening itself ‘neath your dark robe And I Poor fool Fear not your sting As naught is left But tatters Of past now’s And you Life’s da......Read the rest...

...Dear God, they say you hate lies, But God, you lied, you lied to us, Isn't it written in your holy book? That we're all equal before you? Isn't it siad that you love us all? Why don't you bl......Read the rest...

...North Carolina ballerina, sweet lady of the Piedmont, she so sterling, died from the selfishness of a drunk driver. Gliding into a pirouette as she enters God's garden of youth. The anguish......Read the rest...

...The man shook and said, “They wanted some fun, but the boy was small, he started to bleed. Patrick threw him out back, said, ‘This one’s shot, but we have others to see to our needs.’” Dalton’s......Read the rest...

...Written 23 November 2023 Placed 1st in : Stoicism as Way of Life Poetry Contest Sponsored by Sotto Poet Stoicism as a Way of Life ......Read the rest...

...The Unsupervised Stop Sign 10-26-23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Unsupervised Stop Sign STOP! Red lights flash crimson warnings As arias of bloodred omens swirl about ......Read the rest...

...Walking down a forsaken road will often lead to mourning Life offers no guarantee of happiness. There is no warning that in dark places, there lurks a wicked demon, spawning temptations before us.......Read the rest...

...QUEUING THE DOING Who would care what people write It’s what they really do that matters Despite the fancy poetic metaphors Nor thinking it may give one pause Fearing one’s words are all in ta......Read the rest...

...An old tree fell this evening, Its ancient heart surrendered to the saw's cruel embrace, The gnarled branches yielding to human ambition. Nobody listened to the crying sparrows, Their voices, del......Read the rest...

...My flag is not black n white with a blue streak My flag is not a field of white stars n scars of machine guns My flag is not the fat face of a demagogue Orange, pale, like a bandit in the night, ......Read the rest...