Moon Giggle Poems

I.
Among twenty different brightly colored toys,
The only moving thing
Was the beak of a noisy parrot.

II.
I was of three family members,
Like a family tree 
In which...

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   Our stuffed animal, Marcus
     rarely, if ever, barks at us

   While our octopus, sultry Sadie
 ...

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There's a certain time of day
    tho' unwelcome, it never goes away

  'Cos I swear there are bosses with a secret...

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magic in the eyes, whirlpools twinkle
a cascade of mirth pouring in free fall
liberating lives, ha ha, laughter so simple.

a white puppy on heels, dearer than...

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I had to come round, word on the street tells me you were caught in

bed with big Brenda.

Well, let me just put that rumour to...

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Listen, chicks and girls,
All around the world,
'Tis Happy Halloween,
This is our one true scene,
A time for our ghouls, 
And spiders' drools,
By candlelight,
Charms recite,
With female energy,
Fly...

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LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE IV

Anti-Vegan Manifesto
by Michael R. Burch

Let us
avoid lettuce,
sincerely,
and also celery!


Rising Fall
by Michael R. Burch

after Keats

Seasons of mellow fruitfulness
collect at last into...

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As the world turns
The will within burns
Feelings of thought returns.

Gluttony, ego, spite
A slight bright bite
On-site in plain sight
No playwright
No exit or stage-right.

It was a terrible...

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--Ashtray's Mistakes--


Prehistoric defibrillating battlegrounds. The memorial, obviously unpleasant.

Entrapped in the know how, detrimental reimbursement.

Sundried; like the corpse of a moon bridge, fading away.

Tinfoil hats do...

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Passover’s coming so soon, so soon
  In two more orbits of the moon, the moon
Please take a matzo or a macaroon, macaroon
  And...

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'When Jupiter aligns with Mars'
  all I see are tiny stars
'When the moon is in the Seventh House'
  I am in my wife's...

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I want to eat Pizza
While wishing on a star
To taste the taste of happy
By being where you are

We’ll choose to be silly 
Not afraid of...

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“Bookkeeper” is the only word in the english language
That has three consecutive double letters
So the next time you're at a party and ask this question
You'll...

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My name is Luther
  and into the future I see
I trust you don't mind
  if I tell you now what will be

The sun...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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