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Richard Burton - Movie Contest
He was of humble birth no 12 of 13 children
In a small place called pontyrhydyfen *
He had a voice you could listen too
Never mind watch...

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Categories: richard burton, celebrity,
Form: Rhyme



Elizabeth and Richard
Elizabeth Taylor known as "Liz'
Her acting skills and violet eyes make her a star in show biz
Jewelry was her passion, but her simple kindness was...

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Categories: richard burton, life,
Form: Clerihew
Fifty Some Years Ago
(Taking headlines from October 1964,
the poem revisits our shared experience ...)

Monday 5: Fifty-Four East Germans Tunnel to Freedom

Back then, it was not in doubt,
(Richard Burton...

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Categories: richard burton, history, , cute, ,
Form: Rhyme
A Drug Dealer Reflects...
The chorus, a cacophony, 
as gulls exploded
from the mudflats, on the estuary,
sleet, brain-numbing,
pelted a grey curtain;
with hands thrust deep, pocket jammed,
I felt like Richard Burton,
selling...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: richard burton, life, social, drug,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Diamonds Are Forever
Hollywood couples in their own dramatic way
Are like characters in a Shakespearean  play
To be or not to be
That was the question you see
When they...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: richard burton, people,
Form: Rhyme



Dame Elizabeth Taylor's Gems
Don’t miss out! 
Elizabeth Taylor's most valuable,
Two hundred and sixty-nine jewel sale
Thirty Million Dollar auction,
Including her Emerald collection,
She quoted that her ring
Gave her the strangest...

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Categories: richard burton, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mind Bendingly Real
I wake from a bad dream 
Hey there new man
That’s what they said to me
Hey there how’s it been lately?
I stand, look and see

Elvis, Martin...

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Categories: richard burton, appreciation, cool, crazy, dream,
Form: Free verse
Poetry Reading Sonnet
The Poetry Reading a Sonnet
We stayed at a small hotel only brick throw away from one 
of Paris’s famous hotel where British MP’s let themselves...

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Categories: richard burton, appreciation, assonance, blue, color,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The End Stool
The End Stool

Always askew
As if occupants left quickly
Such is the life of the bar’s end stool

We’ve all noticed its isolation
Its paradoxical value as an observation...

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© Odin Roark  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: richard burton, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Liz and Richard
Liz and Richard

The actor Richard Burton
loved Liz Taylor for certain.
While filming “Cleopatra”
her heart he did capture.

Liz really thought Rich
would be her last hitch.
Love must have...

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Categories: richard burton, satire,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Looks Alive But In Reality Dead
Life is for many absolutely lifeless
so many struggles having to face
thoughts since birth always same
life seems all one long chase

One is born then one will...

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Categories: richard burton, death, god, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Retired VIP Guest Hospitality Specialist: Land Trustee-PS
A pure Hawaiian of rare birth,
living a life somewhat carefree,
fed farm animals by this squirt,
sticks and stones were real toys indeed,
set trash ablaze, be on...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: richard burton, addiction, appreciation, blessing, dad,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Now That Was Entertainment
Richard Burton
       was uncertain
     if Liz Taylor cried

     Fred Astaire
 ...

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Categories: richard burton, celebrity, film, fun, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
3 Winks To a Dream....Meditating [1977]
a popsicle 
a 
moment 
on 
the 
beach 
we 
never 
had 
Richard Burton 
the iguana 
Puerto Vallarta 

we 
never 
had 
a 
drink 
sitting 
on the king...

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Categories: richard burton, allegory
Form: Free verse

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