Work Goat Poems

After school on my TV screen you were there
Giving me power from my bullies or scratching my hair.
How can I forget how you looked, orange...

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Wonderworks
by Michael R. Burch

History’s
mysteries
abound
& astound,
found
(profound)
the whole earth ’round,
even if mostly
underground.


The Procrastinator’s Creed
by Michael R. Burch

It’s always, “Tomorrow, I’ll do it.”
Work? I eschew it.
I never collect...

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You will love my secret recipe, she assured me.
It has goat cheese.
I kept silent.
And lots of good healthy vegetables.
I thought goat cheese sounded yucky.
Now she...

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Deprived (sleep)

The small green light
on the radio dial... 
glares at me in the dark. 
It is like a lazar light show going off. 
I threw...

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Here is just a little clue,   
Look inside the words I write,
Other words hide in there, too,
When packed in tight, they unite.

Scapegoat is...

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Papi Mario Is Not A Goat

triple down economics as I sit back and recline in the tropics
sipping on Pina Colada being massaged by a woman...

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catching his goat


my dear
if you aim on catching his goat
you best stop beating around the bush
you best not play in the pasture as a sheep
just...

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You used to be employed at this bank as a clerk.
But you screwed things up because you're a jerk.
You brought your goat to work with...

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You could call me a goat in heaven 
Yes I am the goat that waters and watches the crops in Gods garden,
for it is still...

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The purple on his chin was tellin'
there was just no use to lie.
That pesky, good for nothin' goat
had eaten Mother's pie.
She  had set it...

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A clever work indeed,
But you must really need,
Either a doctor or a goat,
It's up to you to vote,

In this poem you come acrostic,
To shepherds as...

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