Chris Bursk

A Tribute To Chris Bursk

The selection that follows — just a small sample of the fifty-plus poems of his that have appeared in The Sun — display the heart and honesty that first drew us to Chris’s work in 1977. A self-described “compulsive writer,” Chris once said, “I do not wait for inspiration. . . . Some days I watch the page until a few words come — and then I find myself inside the world they invite me into.” That world will be missed.

Last Writes

My friend possessed the inclination and the ability to turn her experience of the world into a language that insisted on delighting in itself.

More Reasons You’re Thinking Of Killing Yourself

Because it’s embarrassing how many poems you’ve written / about killing yourself.

Unselected Poems

You’ve published enough books, old man. / Let someone else have a turn. / The letter doesn’t say that, / but it might as well.

In With The New, Out With The Old

Selected Poems

The Thing With Feathers

Are You Busy, Dad?

Faced With Terrorists, Who Wouldn’t Want To Harness All Of Nature?

A Model Community