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Born in February 19, 1958 / United States / English

Poems by Michael Burch

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See

... her features are--that time has made more spare, / ...

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She Was Very Strange, and Beautiful

... She was meant to leave, as the wind must blow ...

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Redolence

... the air is fresh and cool, washed of the grime ...

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At Wilfred Owen’s Grave

... Originally published by The Chariton ReviewWhat the Poet SeesWhat the poet sees, ...

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Ordinary Love

... "I love you," in the ordinary wayand tug the coverlet where once we lay, ...

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The Locker

... All the dull hollow clamor has died ...

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The Watch

... So dear, so precious, so precise, the touch ...

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Flight 93

... to OFF ... I heard the klaxon-shrill alarmslike vultures’ shriekings ...

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In Praise of Meter

... by kisses, should the heart put back its watch ...

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The Folly of Wisdom

... that once was a fortress to someone like merings wildly above us ...

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Pan

... ..... we still might fit inside those splendid hours ...

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Fahr an’ Ice, Apologies to Robert Frost

... just make mine cool, cool rocks (twice drowned in likker), ...

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Will There Be Starlight

... at the end of this rainbow ...

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The Peripheries of Love

... .. curiously motionless,as though twilight might blur ...

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Charon 2004

... Always, thereafter ...