William Blake Poems
dark matter(s)
by Michael R. Burch
the matter is dark, despairful, alarming:
ur Creator is hardly prince charming!
yes, ur “Great I Am”
created blake’s lamb
but He also created the tyger
and what about trump and rod steiger?
The Echoless Green
by Michael R. Burch
At dawn, laughter rang
on the echoing green
as children at play
greeted the day.
At noon, smiles were seen
on the echoing
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Categories:
tyger, brother, children, creation, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Andrew Marvel, William Blake To Wordsworth
I
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame mysteries in the sky!
II
When the world is too much with us
He sends visions, Ramanujans, Christ
III
Shakespeare had dreams, even awake
When humanity was poor in tea & cake
IV
God gives words to poets: leaves sailing -
To begin - loving a pet, sky - urge growing
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Categories:
tyger, art, child, earth, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Tyger and the Owl
Strong willed
Your a tiger after
Your own lamb
Come to me gracefully
Watch the ripples in my plan
I'm an owl
Covered by the beat
Sitting beside cages
And bathing in my own heat
Where do we meet?
City or frozen tomb-
what unpleasant letters speak
Can be gathered with a broom
Father and mother
Inverted beside the bed
What conscious planes
Can be summoned in our head
Alas
theres
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Categories:
tyger, life, people, me,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Tyger
Pt 1
He represents his set, with
Every breath he draws,
He makes color his priority,
Matisse with machine gun,
Splurging Rothko’s’ vengeance
On the blue bodies of Americas renegades.
A Blood, from Compton
The roar of stolen
Car engines, echoes through
The jungle as all human turns Tyger,
Eventually.
His dad was a coke dealer,
His mum was a dope fiend.
Guru had four
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Categories:
tyger, red, animal, animal, red,
Form: Blank verse
The Real Tyger
Question, William, Question
Your mind is only as great as you take it
Genius, of course,
An artist of many wits and ways,
Take the path you feel is best,
Desire, Inspire,
Pick up that bible and read into it,
The mind of a romantic,
The mind of a genius,
Creativity came from within,
Desire, Inspire,
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame the symmetry of your
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Categories:
tyger, on work and working,
Form: Free verse