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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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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Shadows
by Michael R. Burch

Alone again as evening falls,
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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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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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Smoke
by Michael R. Burch

The hazy, smoke-filled skies of summer I remember well;
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