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Best Burt Poems


Football Burt
So tender in years,
my heart still unhurt,
I remember his name,
sexy football Burt.

All the girls,
would moan, and sigh,
every time,
this hunk passed by.

Not a beauty,
I was tall, and lean,
some called me beanpole,
kids can be so mean.

So unnoticed,
and so very shy,
if a guy spoke to me,
I would nearly...

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Categories: burt, friendship, life, love, schoolheart,
Form: Narrative
The Burt Reynolds
Time’s never obliged ~
Heedless, impetuous fame
Exacerbates traits…
But factitious facades fade
UV-rays on gelcoats, craze…

Retouch, unfinished ~
Tide oblivious, streams on
Rising and ebbing…
Eyes old smile recognition
Young ones urge explanation…

Names so soon obscure ~
Ocean sinking impetus
Leaves afloat, excerpts…
Darn! That cannonball race zipped!
Speedy generations flash…


(3/7/2021: Caribbean, Windmill Cove)...

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Categories: burt, age,
Form: Tanka
Burt Reynolds, the Bandit
He was so super cool
Who on the screen bent the rules
When the sheriff was in pursuit with no holds barred
The 70’s rocked in part because of Burt Reynolds starred

And the Black Pontiac Firebird running ahead 
With Sally Fields as his sidekick without dread
Jackie Gleason the...

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Categories: burt, film,
Form: Ballad

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



But To Be Burt
like From Here
to Eternity's
beach
scene

we're just kissing
but for all
eternity
as the

tide though i'm
tongue tied
for a lack
of better

words
since
there
is no

water
in the
play
ground

sand...

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Categories: burt, muse,
Form:

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry