Flower Write Poems

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....

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The colour has no caste no religion
Just fetterless as a crowned pigeon,
The sun never marks any division
What's red, green, black or saffron.

All the colour is...

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          Spaghetti scholar
             rock...

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Quote By Poet "Life is made up of many happy tears and many sad tears"

Theirs was a perfect June wedding,
filled with pretty flowers and a...

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Write what you will of feather pen and blackened ink
Yield not your inner sanctuary nor your truth to prevail  

Let the magenta breeze flutter...

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Soul, Soul, where art thee?

I lie sleepeth, in the halls of
the underworld, as my spirit 
roam freely, reincarnating 
as different beings, going 
in and out...

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The artist captures the sublime
Upon the page in simple lines

A flower, statue, standing tree
A stallion, child – a chickadee

The artist works in simple ways
To illustrate...

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Why can't I write a poem
    'bout every shade of color
   kaleidoscope sunsets and brilliant blooms 
   ...

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Scented candles
Dyed purple pink petals
A5 coloured paper plane
A poem of promises
Dark shaded lips
Red as berries in season 
Sweet scent of sweet rosè
Glaring proudly
The lifeless eyes...

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Melrose, 
     a colorful flower of motley verse;
  Eccentric baffling moody contradiction; 
       ...

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The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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Caring and The Job

The caretaker got out of the car. 
She went to the back, 
opened the door, 
and pulled her ward out too. 
He...

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Thought Police

Be careful what you say, 
be careful who you say it to. 
It might be heard... 
by someone that does not like it!

They will...

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Ashes and Thirst

Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes. 
We have all heard this many times... before. 
But how truly large, or small can...

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Unsettled Calm

Why am I writing this, 
when they say... 
really no one cares? 
I don't believe they are right. 
The more "they" try to prove...

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