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Cook Me up a Jewish Dish

...
    Matzo ball soup, gefilte fish
      cook me up a Jewish dish
    Kneidels and kreplach, knishes too
      a bissele Chinese, egg yong foo… 

    Chopped liver and herring
      and if you...

Rock in America

...Rock is still allowed,
Yong and old so proud,
Teen queens and studs,
Shocking olden fuds,
To old rockers, we wave,
From our youth, a fave,
Every age of yore,
Will blame those before,
No limit...

boeing whats ongoing?

...BOING..?!#! Its off at boeing..' the wheels and doors have
Gone..planes just; over-drive the runways, they're rivalling
Sann-yong..They're rolling in inclusions, like its for a dare!!
People choos...

Tribute To Connie Marcum-Wong

...
We'll miss your presence, Connie dear
the special kindness you have shown-
and now we're feeling quite alone.

We'll miss your poems, that is clear-
the time you took to reading ours-
you...

How It Began

...It all began in a laboratory in Wuhan;
Shan Chi sneezed next to Li Huan,
And they both gave it to Sue Han,
Who spread it all over Fenghuang.

Shie Ming went to Taiwan,
And she wasn't the only o...

Havana Syndrome

...is a mass hysteria
induced by the sound 
of Indies short-tailed crickets mating, 
not, as conspiracy would have it,
the result of a sonic weapon,
a microwave attack,
or malfunctioning eavesdrop...

Robert Burns Translation: To a Mouse

...To a Mouse
by Robert Burns
translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Sleek, tiny, timorous, cowering beast,
Why’s such panic in your breast?
Why dash away, so quick, so rash...

Chaucer Translation: Rejection

...Rejection
a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Your beauty from your heart has so erased
Pity, that it's useless to complain;
For Pride now holds ...

I Have a Yong Suster Translation

...I Have a Yong Suster
(anonymous Medieval English riddle-poem, circa 1430)
translation by Michael R. Burch

I have a young sister
Far beyond the sea;
Many are the keepsakes
That she sent me.

...

Oasis

...Oasis
by Michael R. Burch 
 
for Beth
 
I want tears to form again
in the shriveled glands of these eyes
dried all these long years
by too much heated knowing.
 
I want tears to course down...

There's a Shark In My Soup

...'THERE'S A SHARK IN MY SOUP!'
Not an eyebrow was raised, 
Not a shudder nor blood-curdling scream.
For in Peking you see, it's a delicacy
To consume shark fin soup it would seem.

But when dine...

Ikuwintas Mo Ang Tali Sa Iyong Leeg

...Ikwintas mo sa iyong leeg ang tali, 
Itanim mo rin ito sa iyong puso, 
Panghawakan mo sa lahat ng sandali, 
Huwag mong bitawan nang dahil sa tukso, 
Ito ang sa iyo ay magkakandili, 
Kahit ano pa...

Remember

...Remember 

Ding dong ying yong 
Funny days before the 
Festival comes sweets 
Of fruits dress of Rose 
Dishes of fortune like 
Heaven forbid to think 
When you get enjoy the 
White flowers i...

Sa Silid- Aralan

...I.
Matapos ang pagsabog ng 'yong alindog,
Mayro'ng ingay'ng sa paarala'y pumutok,
Walang anu- ano, ang laya' y nasugpo.
Silid nati'y nagkakulay at napuno.
II.
"Dito sa bandang hilaga ng likuran...

A Lovely Baby Boy

...A LOVELY BABY BOY
(For Supei, Yong Chye, Hock San
and all family and friends)
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A special day for all to know:
A baby boy in early hours,
A lovely way to shine and show,
A...

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