
This is the Substack of Michael R. Burch with some of his very best poems and translations.
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Neighborhood children call our house the "Halloween House" and it has been on the front page of the local newspaper in the past. The picture above was taken in the front-yard "graveyard." I wrote the poem below to go with the ghoulish pictu...
the HORROR
by Michael R. Burch
the HORROR lurks inside our closets
the HORROR hides beneath our beds
the HORROR hisses ancient curses
the HORROR whispers in our heads
the HORROR tells us DEATH is coming
the HORROR tells...
Ghost
by Michael R. Burch
White in the shadows
I see your face,
unbidden. Go, tell
Love it is commonplace;
tell Regret it is not so rare.
Our love is not here
though you smile,
full of sedulous grace.
Lost in...
Herein, I will explain why I think Mary Shelley’s creature in her famous gothic science fiction novel Frankenstein was inspired by Lord Byron. As I proceed, I will share some of my odder poems that were undoubtedly influenced by my boyhood...
MOON POEMS
by Michael R. Burch
These are poems about the moon and moonlight from various languages including Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Kurdish, Latin, Native American, Persian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrai...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I am a poet, translator, essayist, literary critic, editor and publisher. My poems have been published by hundreds of literary journals, taught in high schools and colleges, translated into 23 languages, and set to music 79 times by 36 composers.
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