Writing

hymn to Apollo

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

hymn to ApollobyMichael R. Burchsomething of sunshine attracted my ias it lazed on the afternoon sky,golden,splashed on the easel of god . . .what,i t..

Nature's Villa

A Poem by Raul Moreno

Drowning Gingko hut,Resting on the golden leaves:Of yellow ocean.

Sonnets I-IX

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Sonnets by Michael R. Burch, written according to the original definition of "sonnet" as a "little song" of indeterminate length and form.

A Vain Word

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

A Vain WordbyMichael R. BurchOleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorlsas I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remainingtill sunset implodes..

Autumn Conundrum

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

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..

Yosa Buson translations

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Yosa Buson haiku translations into modern EnglishPicking autumn plumsmy wrinkled handsonce again grow fragrant―Yosa Buson, loose translation/int..

Yamaguchi Seishi haiku translations

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Yamaguchi Seishi haiku modern English translationsGrasses wilt:the braking locomotivegrinds to a halt.―Yamaguchi Seishi, loose translation byMic..

Lean Harvests

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Lean HarvestsbyMichael R. Burchfor T.M.the trees are shedding their leaves again:another summer is over.the Christians are praising their Maker again,..

Winter

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Winterby Michael R. Burchafter William BlakeThe rose of love's bright promiselies torn by her own thorn;her scent was sweetbut at her feetthe pallid a..

Myth

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Mythby Michael R. BurchHere the recalcitrant windsighs with grievance and remorseover fields of wayward gorseand thistle-guarded lanes.And she is the ..

L'automne

A Poem by Moonie

~Posting an autumn poem in February~

Nothing in our laughter as we fell...

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Nothing in our laughter as we fell...by Michael R. BurchWhatever winds encountered soon resolvedto swirling fragments, till chaotic heapsof leaves lay..

Hushed, yet Melodic

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Sappho’s LullabybyMichael R. Burchfor JeremyHushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleyssleep unaware of the nightingale's callas the dew-laden..

Rabindranath Tagore translation of "I Cannot Remem..

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

I Cannot Remember My Motherby Rabindranath Tagoreloose translation/interpretation byMichael R. BurchI cannot remember my mother,yet sometimes in the m..

Autumn Leaves

A Poem by MaximumFlight

Under the autumn wind,send the leaves to share a message.Colors, blend together,mend together these wounds infected. Leaves, whisper from far away..

Walid Khazindar "Distant Light" translation

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

This Distant Lightby Walid Khazindarloose translation/interpretation byMichael R. BurchBitterly cold,winter clings to the naked trees.If only you woul..