#melodic
She dances soft
for no one to keep,
where weeds lean silver
and stray dogs sleep,
beside the railroad,
under the moon,
her laugh is heard:
the buzz of June
How quick she blooms
so low away,
like lily bells
in leaves of May,
white-throated flowers
the green grass knows,
ringing for winds
where no one goes
At dusky hour
through clover deep,
where fireflies wake
and blackbirds sleep,
she laughs at moons
so pale above
like foolish men
she'll never love
May 12
May 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM UTC
Lilac Girl, dimple eyed,
Fair as wind,
Green as sky.
Breath of air, malark song,
Summer rose,
Day is long.
Laughing dawn, sweet and still
Beckon soft
My Lilac Girl
Mar 31
Mar 31, 2026 at 6:06 PM UTC
“include using long, unpredictable lines, rhythmic displacement, and technical elements like vibrato or legato. It focuses on creating a "musical story" by balancing tension and release, often with 2-12 note, rhythmically varied, and frequently repeated ideas that evolve into longer, more intricate solos”
and why my poetry is so influenced,
listening to soft vibrato
that softens via disordered phrasing,
lines extended distended then
abrupt,
cutoff paused, the bridge returns to reconnect us,
Writer, Reader
Readier, Receiver,
we are ok!
though one of us has fallen behind,
but the rhythm returns
and we are connected,
rejoined,
conjoined,
and the tension is
released
together, we become an intricate melodic phrasing…
Mar 7
Mar 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM UTC
Sappho's Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy Michael Burch
Hushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleys
sleep unaware of the nightingale's call
as the dew-laden lilies lie
listening,
glistening...
this is their night, the first night of fall.
Son, tonight, a woman awaits you;
she is more vibrant, more lovely than spring.
She'll meet you in moonlight,
soft and warm,
all alone...
then you'll know why the nightingale sings.
Just yesterday the stars were afire;
then how desire flashed through my veins!
But now I am older;
night has come,
I'm alone...
for you I will sing as the nightingale sings.
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Apr 6, 2020
Apr 6, 2020 at 12:10 AM UTC
A mellifluous song
To titillate the heart
Has power strong.
So also your
Laughter has power
To piano finger dance on
Every which of
My fiber!
Dec 11, 2019
Dec 11, 2019 at 8:57 AM UTC
Oh beautiful wonder, how terribly i’ll miss you,
You taught me to love in the colour blue,
With your endless brush-stroked seas,
And skies blended with azure hues.
I’ve fallen in love with your scent that trails along sculpted roads
Even your dark corners, that I’d never dare to tread
You’ve latched on to my heart by every last thread
Oh beautiful people, how terribly I’ll miss you
You with your melodic voices, and hands of gold
Your language flowing through the wind,
pulling my heartstrings with every word.
And your welcoming faces, laced with a stunning smile.
Oh beautiful city how terribly I’ll miss you,
You with your crowded streets and busy nights.
Your nocturnal nature alive with your city lights,
bright lights that steal my every gaze,
And your laughter that will forever ring in my ear.
Oh beautiful wonder, only for you
I’ll have to leave my love here
For it is all yours, and one day when I fall in love with another place
My heart will pull me back to you
For it it still says your name.
Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 12:42 PM UTC
*The biochemical snow emanates bopping dejected the extended, short existences of winter,
Twisting and wandering in knee deep whiteouts that scream and moan,
The chemical spirit, at first light mildly falling in inverse star-shaped fragments,
Beseeches virtue before the wheezing shovels, the scraping ploughs,
The ghosts departed back to air in a crystal tune,
A triad stinging from the bare breach in grade school melodic period.
From the willowy walkway down the timbered trajectory,
Snowflake burdened branches combinate into a rhyme with the masked sun,
The raw, stripped light in overdue the hemlocks,
Stillness shattered only by the cracking cold.
The rivulet is icy over, yet liquid runs,
Underneath, under, deep in its veiled preserve,
Life, the anonymous shadow,
Scuttle’s from stone to stone,
Mingling up a smidgen of gravel from its silent inactivity.*
Feb 23, 2017
Feb 23, 2017 at 3:52 PM UTC
Endless thoughts swim
inside my head
as I drift into a
lyrical sea. Emotions
surge in rhythmic waves
as sublime ideas
flood the pages.
Paper drenched in
melodic verse,
passion gushes
and I'm engulfed,
drowning in the
whispers of my soul
as the ink
flows from my pen
Jan 5, 2017
Jan 5, 2017 at 6:19 PM UTC
Nestled between the covers
Are two stories unfolding,
Unraveling in the mystery of
How to detach from it.
The stories and memories,
Meshed together with an infinite tale.
A wordless story,
making its imprint on our flesh.
Bound, yet boundless
As birds that perch upon the edge of a wire.
Potential for motion,
A flight into a blanket of Love.
Shadows follow, for once cloaked
around our bare shoulders like a guide.
Mistaken as us, and comfortable
mistreating our views.
A grim reaper of our own Creation.
A once thoughtless prison, unshackled now
in warmth of our presence.
Recognizing a strand of
Familiarity, creating an endless
family from Kingdom to Kingdom.
We are not what we think,
And yet we think this into the now.
This creative moment of backwards
And forwards, as we sleep
A sweet lullaby
Of juxtaposition and paradox.
Mirrors are doorways
Into our Selves,
Onto a great pathway of
Questions that need no reply.
Voiceless songs and melodic silence,
Intertwining in the mix of
Magic and Absolute Truth.
May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016 at 2:30 PM UTC
Though I am merely a young girl with a wounded soul and a tattered heart, I promise that I have truly fallen in love with you--a work of art. All my life, I was afraid to make the jump with a fearless, open arm attitude. I was afraid I'd crash and burn; I was afraid to mess up your perfectly placed pieces. In all my solo act performances, never once did I think I would ever have a partner to sweep me off my feet and take me to new heights, but now, I am soaring over boundaries that were never before attainable. You've embraced me to join your assortment of colors to see which hues and shades we could create. You've written me into your melodic masterpieces to show that we are one in a world of malfunction. Hand in hand, we were molded for one another in the way our bodies shape together in statuesque perfection. Perhaps it may just be my imagination, but you--you, my love--are the stars inside of me exploding into a light show of auras and I can only hope I am the same for you.
-s.r.b.
Sep 11, 2015
Sep 11, 2015 at 12:34 PM UTC
All I see are crimson skies
Way up high, somewhere lie
If only I could fly, I’d see what hides
Above the clouds where the angels thrive
Crimson skies, crimson skies
Why are you so hard to reach
Crimson skies, crimson skies
Tainted by the soul like bleach
am I chosen
to walk this Earth forever
but never see the side of life
which holds my endeavor
Crimson skies, crimson skies
Why are you so hard to reach
Crimson skies, crimson skies
Tainted by the soul like bleach
This can’t be real
I want to escape to somewhere far away
I can’t find a grip anymore
I need to find another way
Crimson skies, crimson skies
Why are you so hard to reach
Crimson skies, crimson skies
Tainted by the soul like bleach
Where are you? Why are you so far?
Like heaven masked with blazing tar
Oh so bittersweet, how I love this terrible place
Up in the sky, it’s marked evil with grace
Crimson skies, crimson skies
Why are you so hard to reach
Crimson skies, crimson skies
Tainted by the soul like bleach
Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 12:13 PM UTC