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POEMS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE by Michael R. Burch

These are poems I have written about Shakespeare, poems I have written for Shakespeare, and poems I have written after Shakespeare.

Fleet Tweet: Apologies to Shakespeare
by Michael R. Burch

a tweet
by any other name
would be as fleet!
@mikerburch

Fleet Tweet II: Further Apologies to Shakespeare
by Michael R. Burch

Remember, doggonit,
heroic verse crowns the Shakespearean sonnet!
So if you intend to write a couplet,
please do it on the doublet!
@mikerburch

These are original epigrams and parodies by Michael R. Burch ...

Brief Fling I
by Michael R. Burch

“Epigram”
means cram,
then scram!

Published by Brief Poems and The HyperTexts

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Brief Fling II
by Michael R. Burch

To write an epigram,
cram.
If you lack wit, scram!

Published by Brief Poems and The HyperTexts

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These are original epigrams and translations of epigrams that I have produced over the years ...

Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.

Published by Verse Weekly, Brief Poems, Setu and Borderless Journal and translated into Russian, Macedonian, Turkish, Arabic and Romanian

Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch

If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we’ll discover what the heart is for.