Playfields Poems - Poems about Playfields

...Privilege by Michael R. Burch This poem is dedicated to Harvey Stanbrough, an ex-marine who has written eloquently about the horror and absurdity of war in "Lessons for a Barren Population." N......Read the rest...

...The Tender Weight of Her Sighs by Michael R. Burch The tender weight of her sighs lies heavily upon my heart; apart from her, full of doubt, without her presence to revolve around, found want......Read the rest...

...The low suffer most the blow of the law And no better do they fare with its flow: From injustice to injustice it carries them But none ever calls this a flaw. For like that, perhaps, she can’t h......Read the rest...

...My days in the streets of despair took me from scanty shanties Intermittent through dreams drinking the syllables of books Cast before my eyes, I was at the bottom of nooks and crannies Hiding in ......Read the rest...