Epigram Viii

Epigrams VIII Less Heroic Couplets: Word to the Unwise by Michael R. Burch I wanted to be good as gold, but being good, as I’ve been told, requires something, discipline, I simply have no interest in! Brief Fling I by Michael R. Burch To write an epigram, cram. If you lack wit, scram! Brief Fling II by Michael R. Burch “Epigram” means cram, then scram! Brief Fling III by Michael R. Burch No one gives a damn about my epigram? And yet they’ll spend billions on Boy George and Wham! Do they have any idea just how hard I cram? Golden Years? by Michael R. Burch I’m getting old. My legs are cold. My book’s unsold and my wife’s a scold. Now the only gold’s in my teeth. I fold. Experience is the best teacher but a hard taskmaster.—Michael R. Burch Time will tell, as it always does in the end.—Michael R. Burch One man's coronation is another man's consternation.—Michael R. Burch The Golden Rule is much easier to recite than observe. — Michael R. Burch The Golden Rule is much easier to recite for others' benefit than to observe oneself. — Michael R. Burch Consider a Golden Mean when the Golden Rule is employed. Some people are much harder on themselves than on others. — Michael R. Burch The editors of Poetry know no more about poetry than I do about basket-weaving, except that I know a good basket when I have it in my hands.—Michael R. Burch Cassidy Hutchinson is not only credible, but her courage and poise under fire have been incredible. — Michael R. Burch Cassidy Hutchinson is a modern Erin Brockovich except that in her case the well has been poisoned for the whole country. — Michael R. Burch The most dangerous words ever uttered by human lips are “Thus saith the LORD.” — Michael R. Burch Untitled I didn’t mean to love you, but I did. Best leave the rest unsaid, hid- den and unbidden. —Michael R. Burch You imagine life is good, but have you actually understood? —Michael R. Burch Living with a body ain’t much fun. Harder, still, to live without one. Whatever happened to our day in the sun? —Michael R. Burch How little remains of our joys and our pains. How little remains of our losses and gains. How little remains of whatever remains. —Michael R. Burch Sometimes I feel better, it’s true, but mostly I’m not over you. —Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: epigram, epigrams, write, writing, words, wisdom, humor, humorous, irony, quote, quotes, sayings