
This is the Substack of Michael R. Burch with some of his very best poems and translations.
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Yiannis Ritsos (1909-1990) is widely regarded as one of the most significant Greek poets of the 20th century. He has been called "the great poet of the Greek left." The French poet Louis Aragon called Ritsos "the greatest poet of our age."...
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The Swing
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 18-21
There was a Swing
tied to a tall elm
that reached out over the river.
There,...
Pfennig Postcard, Wrong Address
by Michael R. Burch
We saw their pictures:
tortured out of our imaginations
like golems.
We could not believe
in their frail extremities
or their gaunt faces,
pallid as our disbelief....
stones
by michael r. burch, circa age 16
i.
far below me lies a village
with quaint houses hewn from stone
and while Everyman who lives there
bravely claims he’s not alone,
i can tell him, yes u are!
for u cannot touch th...
“I enjoy Michael Burch’s translations of ancient poetry, several of which I have reposted here. They appeal to me because he attempts to maintain those poems’ poetic ideals that seem less important to more academic translators. He is also a...
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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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