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Autumn Conundrumby Michael R. BurchIt’s not that every leaf must finally fall,it’s just that we can never catch them all.Originally publis..
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I Have a Yong Suster (Medieval English Riddle-Poem, circa 1430)translation by Michael R. BurchI have a young sisterFar beyond the sea;Many are the kee..
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I shattered your heart;now I limp through the shardsbarefoot.by Vera Pavlova, translation by Michael R. Burch
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Ali's SongbyMichael R. BurchThey say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.A man can be more beautif..
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For all that I remembered, I forgother name, her face, the reason that we loved ...and yet I hold her close within my thought:I feel the burnished wei..
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Autumn Dayby Rainer Maria Rilkeloose translation by Michael R. BurchLord, it is time. Let the immense summer go.Lay your long shadows over the sundial..
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Love has a Southern flavor: honeydew,ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spoutwe tilt to basking faces to breathe outthe ordinary, and inhale per..
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Love Stronger than Timeby Victor Hugoloose translation by Michael R. BurchSince I first set my lips to your full cup,Since my pallid face first nested..
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for BethI want tears to form againin the shriveled glands of these eyesdried all these long yearsby too much heated knowing.I want tears to course dow..
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A Surfeit of Lightby Michael R. BurchThere was always a surfeit of light in your presence.You stood distinctly apart, not of the humdrum world,a chari..
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