Best Levy Poems

With the rules she is quite savvy
Yet she has to pay a levy
She knows for a fact
The weight is exact
But, madam, she is top-heavy.


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This is...

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Acknowledging 
God’s omnipresence accepting
 that he is with us through out our life, 
there must be no misconception, that he is in
total control of our...

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I saw my mortality shaking in the wind.....

   I heard my soul walking softly with the Lord,

   no violent word could...

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~ Prepare my sons, a reckoning portends
in magnitude that quells our force at hand.
Lay low thy heads and pray the lance extends
beyond the sword thine...

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Five Tomatoes Away

Five tomatoes away
from devastation.
The bullies bully me.
They give big breaks to
corporations-While taking
unfair shares from citizens
and cutting down on
pensions and "Social Security".
I have no...

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I am the tangible wind 
the subtle breeze whispering 
passionate hints throughout 
uncharted mounds dancing
 
beneath the infamous sun
feeding hungry hearts gathering 
missing pieces holding...

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Imagine, if you will, orbs of light
superimposed on ebony space.
Two portals, found at the edge of night,
where dreams and reality embrace.

Sharing shades of a violet...

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When in the Course of Earth’s climatic events, 
it becomes necessary for cultures to resolve political bands 
which have connected Her with human nature, 
and...

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“Wind Song”




When the rain came it raised a torrent
music, little by little, raised the levy
light pebbles rolled over one by one
took with them 
all their...

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I was walking along,
    And I was singing this song,
        That has been playing inside...

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Woman of rationality
not known to all men.
Countess of Mercia,
scent of a woman.
Lover of masses,
dream of sashes.
In anticipation
no other man tried,
Wooing the coveted one
fear of life...

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The Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story...

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Poverty Slop and
jowls of ground beef.

Saliva to corn
that's creamed to belief.

Mashed silk potatoes
spread over the tongue

sealing meat in
to covered and mung.

Tin pan the Shepherd.
A pie...

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Water- Lauryn hill unplugged( Kian breakfast in bed)

I shouldn't spend so much time
in the forlorn
Saddened by the mistakes that haunt me
The past for which I...

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Concealed behind a congenial mask,
hidden hurts levy a terrible toll.
And to feel one fleeting moment of peace,
I must defile both my body and soul.

Cringing all...

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