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Desdemonaby Michael R. BurchThough you possessed the moon and stars,you are bound to fate and wed to chance.Your lips deny they crave a kiss;your feet..
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The Origins of SmokeSmokeby Michael R. BurchThe hazy, smoke-filled skies of summer I remember well;farewell was on my mind, and the thoughts that I ca..
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We’d like to think some angel smiling downwill watch him as his arm bleeds in the yard,ripped off by dogs, will guide his tipsy steps,his dodder..
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Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?You made the stallion,you made the filly,and now they sleepin the dark earth, stilly.Isn’t it silly, Willy Nil..
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Rilke’s First ElegyFirst Elegyby Rainer Maria Rilkeloose translation/interpretation by Michael R. BurchWho, if I objected, would hear me among t..
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SeeSee how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seemlike hair at all, but like the airy moultof emus who outraced the wind and leftsoft plumage in t..
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a poem for Christina-Taylor Green, who was born on September 11, 2001 and died at the age of nine, shot to death ...Child of 9-11, beloved,I bring thi..
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O, the Horror! Halloween Poetry!Halloween Poetry: Dark, Eerie, Haunting and Scary poems about Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Werewolves, Reanimated Corpse..
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Whatever winds encountered soon resolvedto swirling fragments, till chaotic heapsof leaves lay pulsing by the backyard wall.In lieu of rakes, our fing..
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Sumer is icumen inanonymous Middle English poem, circa 1260 ADloose translation byMichael R. BurchSummer is a-comin'!Sing loud, cuckoo!The seed grows,..
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