Worms Poems - Poems about Worms

..."Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress" - Daniel Henry Rodgers The hourglass, a skeletal jester, mocks in the tomb's chill, Each falling grain an emaciated si......Read the rest...

...I saw a great many worms today As they came out in the rain to play. I said, “in this party, don’t partake - You are making a big mistake.”......Read the rest...

... "The Pages" Missing all those years like a page you could turn, a book you could throw casually aside, to be eternally forgotten in electric shady libraries; at som......Read the rest...

...Am I really this old, so many ghosts beckoning? —Michael R. Burch Sleepyheads! I recite my haiku to the inattentive lilies. —Michael R. Burch Stillness: the sound of petals drifting dow......Read the rest...

...Hummingbird’s perch sipping fresh liquid gold, while their wings flutter in luminous green. Soon to be zipping, zooming, flying bold. Sunlight brightens their tiny plumes to sheen. Purple finch......Read the rest...

...You say you caught a miserable cold, child, And mother won’t let you play? “When dawn drifts into enchanted meadows” Is just the tale for you today! The silent meadow comes alive at dawn With ......Read the rest...

...“Dragons don’t live up to the talk. I’ll find a way to fix the wagon”, Opined the jealous Jabberwock, “Of the scaly, lummox dragon.” This foul fiend then, most inhumanely, Pausing to munch ......Read the rest...

...It’s 5am here and 2am there I’m up with the blue birds Pulling the word worms from my mind Wiggling out seeking the soil We all want to be planted in We all desire to be made whole Golden su......Read the rest...

...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...

... I melt into the plural sky its rippling tableaus of tomorrow underneath open light waves see-saws the labyrinth like Delphi tendrils crossing channels all the changing faces played automati......Read the rest...

...A wet Robin Argues with the chilled worms Dutch Treat ......Read the rest...

...I like water, Except when it's green and lumpy a lot! Then I imagine all sorts of things. Leaf monsters growing, And having a fling. Slimy worms crawling, On the bottom of everything! Planning......Read the rest...

...The throne of the crow Dominates their subjects below Scanning each plot of sow For the murders they can overthrow. The two withered branches from the tallest trees Seat the crow and its eyes ......Read the rest...

...The early morning sunrise displayed in vibrant pinks and reds kissing the newly sprouted perennials in garden flower beds Sparkling the dew drops on the fresh kelly-green grass As Robins run and j......Read the rest...

... Hear the faded out groans beneath each grocery store tomato, Blisters popping out as old, worker hands Begin to pick up the pace, Dirt growing thick, drilling beneath each thick fingernail A......Read the rest...