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Classic poem of the day

TOM T ROATH TO THE ENUIOUS .

I F Momus children seke to knowe my name and where I dwell,
I am Tom Troath and my aboade I list not it to tell
For wise men loue not to enquyre, who where, but what is said
And holde themselves therewith content till further proufe be made.

T HE DOUBLE DEALINGE OF THE R EBELLS IN S
COTLAND .

If tongue could tell or pen could write, the craftie cloaked case
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Member poem of the day

These are early poems I wrote as a boy starting around age eleven, then as a teenager in high school and my first two years of college. Some poems may be a bit later because I didn't consistenly date my poems in the early days and even when I did, if I revised a poem the original date of composition was usually lost. Thus the best I can do now is guess at a range of dates for some of my early poems. 

Hymn to Apollo
by Michael R. Burch

something of sunshine attracted ...

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