A Possible Argument For Mercy Poem by Michael Burch

A Possible Argument for Mercy
by Michael R. Burch

Did heaven ever seem so far?
Remember, we are as You were,
but all our lives, from birth to death—
Gethsemane in every breath.

Originally published by First Things



Our English Rose
by Michael R. Burch

for Christine Ena Burch

The rose is—
the ornament of the earth,
the glory of nature,
the archetype of the flowers,
the blush of the meadows,
a lightning flash of beauty.

This is my translation/interpretation of a Sappho epigram.