Hope Bat Poems

There lives a puppy named Weasel
She's almost big as a diesel
Artists paint her on their easel
She can be found digging up bones

Her heart is as...

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In the darkness of the midnight,
A messenger draws near.
Bringing solemn tidings,
Spreading tales of fear. 

Black-hearted little demon.
Against the darkened sky. 
Spreads lies and confusion,
To make...

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Vampires
by Michael R. Burch

Vampires are such fragile creatures;
we fear the dark, but the light destroys them...
sunlight, or a stake, or a cross—such common things.
Still, late...

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There’s a fluttering in my attic;
something’s alive up there.
The cat is getting frantic
and I dread going up the stairs.

I hope that it’s a bird,
rather than...

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It’s early August and the air is dry, I shake my head and step outside,
My small dark eyes  seem so bemused, everything I see,...

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I stumble around with no end in sight 
Yes all through the night 
I keep counting but keep losing track 
I sure hope I can...

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Bat mine leader.
The crown who face down.
Bat who ought to be chalk,
Change the rank scale.

A bird,
Who knows not his ways.
Yet, lead and nest
In the lion's...

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