Song Poems
These are poems of mine that have been turned into songs by composers, plus a few that I would like to become songs.
Indestructible
by Michael R. Burch
for Johnny Cash
What is a mountain, but stone?
Or a spire, but a trinket of steel?
Johnny Cash is gone,
black from his hair to his bootheels.
Poems for and about Poets (I)
These are poems I have written for other poets, after other poets, about other poets, and about poets and poetry in general.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline blur
sees through his breath’s weightless bubbles ...
Both worlds grow obscure.
In Praise of Meter
by Michael R. Burch