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To Please the Poet

To Please the Poet

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


To Please The Poetby Michael R. BurchTo please the poet, words must dance --staccato, brisk, a two-step:so!Or waltz in elegance to timeof music -- mil..
An Obscenity Trial

An Obscenity Trial

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


An Obscenity Trialby Michael R. BurchThe defendant was a poet held in many iron restraintsagainst whom several critics cited numerous complaints.They ..
The Wonder Boys, for Leslie Mellichamp

The Wonder Boys, for Leslie Mellichamp

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


The Wonder Boysby Michael R. Burch(for Leslie Mellichamp, the late editor of The Lyric,who was a friend and mentor to many poets, anda fine poet in hi..
The Pulse of Love

The Pulse of Love

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


The Pulse of LovebyMichael R. BurchThe earth is full of rhythms so precisethe octave of the crystal can producea trillion oscillations, yet not losea ..
Poetry

Poetry

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Poetry, my Ars Poeticaby Michael R. BurchPoetry, I found you where at last they chained and bound you;with devices all around you to torture and confo..
My Ars Poetica: "Poetry"

My Ars Poetica: "Poetry"

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


My Ars Poetica: "Poetry"by Michael R. BurchPoetry, I found youwhere at last they chained and bound you;with devices all around youto torture and confo..
She is brighter than dawn

She is brighter than dawn

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


She is brighter than dawnby Michael R. Burchfor BethThere’s a light about herlike the moon through a mist:a bright incandescencewith which she i..
Storybook Lips

Storybook Lips

A Poem by Cameron Gilhooly


A common meter poem inspired by a day at the grocery store.
Daydream

Daydream

A Poem by Cameron Gilhooly


A trippy common meter poem
Sonnet: To Please The Poet

Sonnet: To Please The Poet

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Sonnet: To Please The PoetbyMichael R. Burchfor poets who still write in meter and rhymeTo please the poet, words must dance―staccato, brisk, a ..
The State of the Art (?)

The State of the Art (?)

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


The State of the Art (?)by Michael R. BurchHas rhyme lost all its reasonand rhythm, renascence?Are sonnets out of seasonand poems but poor pretense?Ar..
Poems about Poems

Poems about Poems

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Poems about PoemsWhat the Poet Seesby Michael R. BurchWhat the poet sees,he sees as a swimmer~~~~underwater~~~~watching the shoreline blursees through..
The Birdcage Boy and Something Strange

The Birdcage Boy and Something Strange

A Poem by rems


a girl has drowned, in sounding sound A birdcaged boy, on Bottlebrush Bay
Nature's Song

Nature's Song

A Poem by W. Barrett Munn


Blank verse written in iambic tetrameter. The Spondee in the penultimate line creates tension that breaks free of the repetition.

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