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PREPARATION SENATOR

...Seven year old Boy with a dream
Aspiration to become a Senator one day
At an early age, the young boy needed to know how with the specifics
He tried doing research on his own, but didn’t quite kno...

What is love?

...What is love, really—
a figment of hope
sharp enough to shatter
centuries of lived patriarchy?

To think
education could make a dent
in what’s already carved
in bone & name.

To th...

Renee Vivien English Translation of her 'Coming Out' poem

...Renee Vivien English Translation

Words to My Love
by Renée Vivien
translation by Michael R. Burch

This is Vivien’s “coming out” poem, although the term wasn’t coined until many years after Vi...

Why Your Cities Burn, Part V

......A jolt ran though the broken men,
like wraiths they rose, streamed for the door,
Gobayth waved them on until
nobody remained anymore.
They raced on towards the small hut
where all of the pick...

Conquered, Part II

......Then one looked at her sand said, “Let’s have us another ’bout.”
But the man on her horse said, “No, I’m claiming that one now.
In lieu of my share of the gold when all of them are sold,
I’m ke...

The Night Storm

...Night fells suddenly sending rays of hope in the sky as
 anxious hearts make music with their flute and the violin with its tender strings bring back memories of my youth. It is the part of me that ...

April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

...April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad shy of 
fif...

Waltz of the Dead

...
Written 04/02/2025, for the Iron Maiden " Dance of Death" song, contest sponsored by Robert James L. 

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Scary lie shrouded in opulence  
I ponder over ...

My Youth

...I walk briskly on the pathway of truth
Searching desperately for my youth
I want to know how I got here
For some people act as if they don’t care
The light from the sun burns deeply in the
Groun...

Trapped in My Mind

...In the depths of my soul,
Is a longing to feel whole,
All i have is this pain,
The tears and screams in vain.

Beyond the reaches of time,
All i have is my rhyme.
This useless brain,
Harbours...

Brand New Beginnings Ballad

...The first book of the bible is Genesis, and the last thought I had, gave me a Revelation
When you think of new beginnings you smell the tears of a fresh coat of paint
Some might even say brand new ...

Pablo Neruda in English Translations including 'Religion in the East'

...These are English translations of Spanish poems by Pablo Neruda. 

Religión en el Este (“Religion in the East”)
by Pablo Neruda
translation by Michael R. Burch

for Tom Merrill

I realized in...

Nazriel Rising

...Nazriel Rising Small World Ace

She was as pretty as ever on this night
With me smitten to bits with her aura
As we met on our usual pickup location
Nazriel that one who so compliments me

We ...

Mothers Day

...Sitting on the lip of my bathtub,  
hunched over the edge,  
dripping and draped in terry cloth  
I cry out, "Oh God".  
I pray.  
More sincerely than I have since I lost my faith.  
I am certa...

With Stiff Dagger In Thy Hands

...et tu Brute with the stiff dagger
and warmblood dripping from 
the betrayed hands
witness the evil spirits of Judas
lurking behind the scene
burrow underneath the quiet earth
for thirty shekels...

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