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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EARLY POEMS: JUVENILIA
by Michael R. Burch

These are early poems, most of them written between the ages of 11-18 and some published in my high school literary journal, THE LANTERN. Other poems were written later and several of those were published in my college literary journal, HOMESPUN.
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Smoke
by Michael R. Burch

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