An Address To Miss Barker
Miss Barker, let me say a word,
though this to many seem absurd.
Your attitude I find pragmatic,
not judgmental, not dogmatic.
So poetry is not your strength
though some will go to any length
to immortalize themselves in verse,
writing dogerell, if not worse.
Avoid concerns to you so alien.
Be what you are, a Pomeranian.
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Categories:
barker, poetry,
Form: Epigram
Dan Barker
You believe in a book that has talking animals,wizards,witches,demons,sticks turning into snakes,food falling from the sky,People walking on water and all sorts of stories and you say that we are the ones that need help...Dan Barker...
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Categories:
barker, books, evil, faith, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Barker
am i not
only going
to get up on
a soapbox and
tell you what you
will see be
hind the curtain
but certainly you'll
agree that the pittance
you paid will seem less then
the value
of what you
saw in second
thought after you
left leaving you with
memories
like a drug
flashback
at any time
or anywhere
your paid penny
entrance fee
will pay over
and over
again
so ladies and
gentlemen
step right
up and
see
the
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Categories:
barker, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Michael Barker
Michael was run over by a bus when he was just fifteen,
He played football for Everton’s junior or youth squad,
But suffered an acquired brain injury, a fractured skull,
Which gave him mild Cerebral Palsy in his body, quad.
Everton suggested to him he try their disabled team:
“To be honest, I was a bit
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Categories:
barker, football, sports, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Trump Barker In Sideshow
Trump Barker In Sideshow
Trump's financial records are n New York on file
Look like he is going through period of denial
Seems so rich and everything he can afford
Even made Daughter Chairman of a board.
If asking her a question why should you bother
Who would say anything against own father
No matter what he did or perhaps direction
Trump was
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Categories:
barker, allegory, analogy, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Bob Barker
You were always in the television spotlight,
hosting the game show “The Price Is Right”.
Amongst the many loud audience cheers,
we saw you onstage for thirty-five great years.
Before that, you had many experiences
as the host of the show “Truth or Consequences”.
You were never a stranger to fortune and fame;
even with that very short-lived "The Family Game".
With
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Categories:
barker, dedication, history,
Form: Rhyme