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Epaulets Poems

Statues of Horses

...Outside drives of dude ranches or of hobby farms
Cast statues of horses bred from Cortez' runaways.
They stand in basket planted ferns to camouflage their hooves,
Or rear atop a barn as though to ...

Categories: epaulets, america, discrimination, history,
Form: Free verse

I, Too, Sing America, and Did So In My Diapers

...I, Too, Sing America (and did so in my diapers!)
by Michael R. Burch

I, too, served my country,
first as a tyke, then as a toddler, later as a rambunctious boy,
growing up on military bases aro...

Categories: epaulets, child, childhood, children, memorial,
Form: Free verse

Damsel

...Epaulets of schmaltzy eyes set to be so loose
Given a glass of rosewater, its perfect booze!
This cattish damsel in the planetary alignment of swank
Regularly chichi, sometimes bltchy
Never mind,...

Categories: epaulets, fun,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Spring Snow

...It snowed last night
and spring’s nascent shades
were hidden under a sky of lead,
the cedars, green, cloaked
by a blanket of snow white
framed by tree trunks black.
The swollen stream r...

Categories: epaulets, color, snow, spring,
Form: Free verse

Tickle My Epaulets

...A little known fact, keep a young lassie as a pet
Cuddles me when I'm cold, my bippy gets wet
Cathie doesn't mind
Hates when I whine
Ah life's little pleasures, they tickle my epaulets<>

Categories: epaulets, giggle,
Form: Limerick

A Haunted Poem

...Snakes slither in my veins in lieu of blood.
There is a demon in my eye.
My stomach’s full of stinking mud.
A troll grins gleefully between my thighs.
My fingers form black widow’s legs.
My knee...

Categories: epaulets, body, dark, funny, halloween,
Form: Light Verse

He's Baack

...On the heels of 
last week’s snow storm,
Red Winged Blackbirds
have returned.
Resplendent males
red epaulets flared
against sleek black feathers
against  cold white snow.
Staking their
patch of catta...

Categories: epaulets, bird, nature,
Form: Free verse

I Look For You

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In the corner of the bookstore is a man playing dominoes
the crowd outside doesn't notice the confusion,
there is the sound of firecrackers and people turn
in all directions, the cameras s...

Categories: epaulets, history,
Form: Prose Poetry

Doorman

...Golden epaulets smile
A hint of vermouth
Through an opened door...

Categories: epaulets, on work and working,
Form: Free verse

You'Re Easy To Be Proud Of

...You have grown to be such a man
yet, I cannot help but see the boy in you
you are my Son, who wears many uniforms
as your father, I cannot help but be Proud,

I see you march in the Orange and Black
...

Categories: epaulets, family, son, love,
Form: Free verse

A Lofty Precipice

...In 2028, the votes were tallied
and the winner announced.
The loser had been trounced
by a good woman of the people.

Soon, epaulets came into her office
and other shiny suits so fine
as the n...

Categories: epaulets, political
Form: Rhyme

That We Might Lovely Be

...Robes of gold and purple
Flecked with a scarlet thread
Poemgranate,gold bells around the hem
Epaulets of onxy,engraved upon each gem.

Jacinth,agate beryl,amethyst
Jasper,diamond and sapphire,
...

Categories: epaulets, faith, people
Form: Rhyme