This is the Substack of Michael R. Burch with some of his very best poems and translations.
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.
A sanctum for classical aesthetics, biting criticism and modern beauty
I am a poet from Ireland. I specialise in writing love poems that are well-crafted, transcendent and full of emotive power.