Michael Burch Poems

Ali's Song
by Michael R. Burch

for Muhammad Ali
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Auschwitz Rose
by Michael R. Burch

There is a Rose at Auschwitz, in the briar,
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These are humorous epigrams: puns, wordplay, quips, zingers, japes, jests, gags, giggles, one-liners, irony, etc.
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Shadows
by Michael R. Burch

Alone again as evening falls,
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The Pain of Love
by Michael R. Burch

for Tom Merrill
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Memory
by Michael R. Burch

A black ringlet
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Passionate One
by Michael R. Burch
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In the Whispering Night (I)
by Michael R. Burch

for George King
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POEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID

These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub shooting arrows and making people fall in love, the ancient Greek and Roman poets often portrayed Cupid/Eros as a troublemaker who was driving them mad with uncontrollable desires.
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Takaha Shugyo haiku and tanka translations

Takaha Shugyo is a Japanese poet. He was born in Japan's mountainous Yamagata Prefecture and began writing haiku at age fifteen. He studied with the renowned Yamaguchi Seishi and Akimoto Fujio, won the Young Poet's Award in 1965, then went on to found the haiku magazine KARI in 1978.
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