Best Sweeteners Poems

they come to you
as if honey-glazed & tip-toeing on
lilac petals

always smiling
always politely congratulating
for acts that anyone could really
do

squeaky clean with
sparkling white teeth that outshine
those found...

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I started out with a few sweeteners in my coffee
And half and half
And then the experiments began

I am up to five sweeteners
A hot chocolate packet
Cinnamon...

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This town, this Silk Road had no toll to pay
yet from the east caravans again fill its
pharaonic marble and glass temples. Monolith

malls rise its clefts;...

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Young as just a week,
He was wrapped in a flannel.
His tender feet were shoeless -
Today was his appointed time;
 His feet must dialogue with gods.

The...

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 Artificial sweeteners 
 Refreshing flavor 
 A modern day conundrum. 
 It says diet, but 
 Truly you’re joining 
 The cult of 
...

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Chorus x 2
It’s okay if my ego wears jacket
it’s nice if my resume plays drums
I’m endowed, dazzling and full
so let the world know my hands...

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He was my henchman, my minion, my stooge, and we both liked it that way.
But then he moved away with a new girlfriend, and became...

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No Getting Back to Normal, a 9-11 Poem
by Michael R. Burch

for the survivors of 9-11

Intrude upon my grief; sit; take a spot
of milk to cloud...

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Break Time
by Michael R. Burch

for those who lost loved ones on 9-11

Intrude upon my grief; sit; take a spot
of milk to cloud the blackness that...

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