Best Inspectors Poems

When I was young my mom, like most women, donned a hat when she went out.
Dad said it added to her beauty…of this I had...

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About a month or two ago I had this great idea.
To open up a Haiku Shoppe – kinda like a cafeteria.
 I knew they were...

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Headlines of irony in life…
Human satire—cuts like a knife.
The unsinkable ship, that sinks.
Surrounded by peeps, yet alone.
Priests who ‘prey’—yet sins they atone.
Pastor fights alcohol, but...

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Restaurants have ratings now;
They’re mostly A’s or B’s.
Eating in a C or worse,
You might catch a disease.

When eating out, I never think
About the kitchen’s state;
‘Cause...

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It's time to shock the system 
It's leavin' us behind
The company the government 
Left us down the mine

My great-great-great grandfather 
Up in Harper's Ferry town
Swinging...

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To Melbourne town he took the ship, the man from Marrawah,
to take in all the city sights, he'd  never seen before.
Disembarking from the boat,...

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WHEN YOU WANT TO HUNT

Which is worst, being on Board of Directors
Or did become dissectors call building inspectors
And no matter what they may ever do
Up...

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I wonder if it’s that hard?
I am young and full of years.
I walk this beach every day and watch
The tides come in, and drive back...

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© Ben Burton Feb 5, 2014

I view beauty with desire
But am seen through abstract eyes
Which begats a mystery
For I don't try to be that kind

The...

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I remember my mom having a collection of hats she stored under her bed.
For any occasion that could arise…she had a hat to set atop...

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Sometimes she will talk of it, not often,
but maybe her mother, just to see how she is doing, 
opens a door in her mind again.
Dead...

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I imagine my ancestors having once lived in parts of Europe
having the ambition to sail to America with prayers and some luck
leaving behind the potato...

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On And Off The Bridge

A shadow takes hold on the bridge at break of day
This unidentified contributory figure adds to the mystery
And yes, misery to...

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[The primary cause of the 1986 space shuttle disaster was an O-ring of a design that hadn’t been tested below fifty degrees. But hey... it’s...

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