Poetry
Experience the beauty and depth of Lori's poetry, where each verse is thoughtfully crafted to stir the senses and evoke vivid emotion. Her latest collection, Whispers from the Kitchen: Persona Poems, brings a fresh and imaginative twist to the poetic form—giving voice to everyday ingredients as they share their stories, secrets, and personalities. Rich with imagery, humor, and unexpected wisdom, Lori’s poems invite readers to see the familiar in a new light and to savor the poetic magic hidden in the heart of the kitchen.
Persona Poems
When Ingredients Speak Every cook knows this secret, though few say it aloud: the kitchen speaks. It hums. It remembers. It carries the scents of what came before— and sometimes, if you’re still enough, the ingredients begin to speak back. This collection began in that quiet moment— a bowl of basil bruising under thumb, a clove of garlic releasing its truth. Each one had something to say. Each one, a personality, a story, a voice. These poems are odes, yes— but also confessions, declarations, soliloquies from the pantry. The ingredients speak in elevated tones, not because they are lofty, but because they are ancient, alive, and deserving of reverence. Read them aloud. Taste the words. And remember: the next time you cook, you are not alone
Autumn is the season of transition The hush between abundance and decline, the moment where warmth lingers but shadows lengthen. In Autumn, Love and Happiness, Lori Burchmann gathers the hues, scents, and silences of the season and threads them through reflections on time, tenderness, and the grace of growing older. These poems move like falling leaves: some tender, some fierce, each carrying memory and meaning in their fragile descent. They celebrate love’s endurance, even as it is reshaped by the passage of years; they honour the beauty in vulnerability; they remind us that aging, like autumn itself, is not an end, but a transformation into deeper colour and sharper light. This collection is both elegy and celebration—a lyrical meditation on impermanence, intimacy, and the quiet astonishment of still being alive to feel it all.