“The life of comparison is deadly. One is always more than or less than and it is based upon a brief proof… — Michael Burkard Life Copy Share Image
“There, by that water which is also beyond, two black wings turn in their mirror, the mirror the tree makes above them,… — Michael Burkard Trees Copy Share Image
“Think of the letters which have placed you nowhere, have given you something lonely, and the restraint of all anger at loneliness.” — Michael Burkard Anger Copy Share Image
“I will still feel some importance in altering the room, because there you were, the pastiche of some lovely distant star as… — Michael Burkard Astronomy Copy Share Image
“oh candlelight upon your face, oh sad shadow of screen across your breast, oh love of life in my shadow— these, and… — Michael Burkard Life Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it gets lonely here, the sea water collapses out beyond the horizon like the dream I thought I understood, only to… — Michael Burkard Beyond the horizon Copy Share Image
“I can’t stop writing you. You, the pleasure which exiled me for awhile. You of the whom dream, the bell swinging with… — Michael Burkard Writing Copy Share Image