Michael R. Burch has been published more than 6,000 times, including poems that have gone viral. His poems have been translated into 14 languages, taught in high schools and colleges, and set to music by 12 composers. His poems, translations, essays, epigrams and letters have appeared in major newspapers and magazines which include TIME, Writer's Digest, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Hindu, and many others. He also edits www.thehypertexts.com (a literary website that currently gets around 1.2 million page views per year) .
Auschwitz Rose
by Michael R. Burch
There is a Rose at Auschwitz, in the briar,
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These are humorous epigrams: puns, wordplay, quips, zingers, japes, jests, gags, giggles, one-liners, irony, etc.
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