Half Wit Poems

Apprehension

...Apprehension a nasty culprit
Putters outside my window, that mud pit
Pulls, tugs, draws inward
Rushing towards scarred vineyard
Emotions fresh, newly healed over
Hoping to not once again spi...

All Things End

...
Life is slipping away with each clock tick,
no slowing down until pendulum will stop.
It’s relentless counting seems double quick,
until at last it’s become my time to drop.

Today has...

A ONE-WAY TICKET

...I saw a one way ticket
A trolley full of lauggage
Checking in an apartment, not a hotel
This visitor is here to stay

I saw a sale agreement 
Not a stay receipt
I saw a full smile
Not a half-...

Sorry Art Of War

...Sorry Art Of War

Somebody Said Tolstoy
Discovered The Meaning Of Life

That Can't Be Right.

Well, I Assume He Revealed
What He Discovered.

Half-Wit. Asssssumed.

I'm Afraid To Look.

...

Plagued By Memories

...Memories of whip-lashing words 
steep me deep into a roil of rancid oil
my soul a weeping blistered sore  
my heart a gangrene amputee 
pus-green-memories rupture to plague me 
infection still o...

Rambling Thoughts

...Sleep still ain't shhtt
It's like my eyes n brain js quit
Maybe it helps sometimes..a bit
But my very own reality is soooo much more than legit.
If I never had to sleep,
I swear I'd stay running...

witch's cauldron sets the mood

...witch’s cauldron had bit of a hiccup today
ghosts and goblins laughed about it a bit
Halloween humor lives beyond the fray

Dracula’s ghost appeared with a happy hey
some of the warlocks and wiz...

Persona Non Grata

...

            Persona Non Grata

   She was persona non grata.
   But, very blessed to not know it.
   Her loving words, but a naive sonata,
   Unaware, she was thought of, as a half wit.
...

'Silly' Me

...“Life is too short to be serious all the time. So, if you can’t laugh at yourself, call me and I’ll laugh at you.” - Anonymous

Silliness is not a curse, it's a blessing if you care to know....

Imagination

...We all have one
one of our very own
there is no need to share
no sulking because we think that we were not given enough
no guilt because we think that we were given too much
we do not have to hi...

Various Heresies 10

...Various Heresies 10



God to Man, Contra Bataan
by Michael R. Burch

Earth, what-d’ya make of global warming?
Perth is endangered, the high seas storming.
Now all my creatures, from maggot ...

Various Heresies 9

...Various Heresies 9

Post-Nashville Covenant
by Michael R. Burch

We love our God.
We love our guns.
We despise the weak.
Don’t call us Huns!

We love our kids.
We love our schools.
We lov...

Brad and Sally

...My god, red bra, orange pants, and green socks, I’m making love to a traffic light.

Get on with it.

I can’t, where do I start.

What does it matter?

It matters a lot, if I start with your ...

What Fascinates Me

...How cool to sway naïves unaware,
Cooler still, a man of ken fair,
Even a wall were I persist,  
Not one— a half-wit puffed with air!

How pundits are plagued with spite’s tide,
Powerful with ov...

A Special Recommendation

...I completely trust Bob
On every tricky job,
For all that he knows,
The way his thought flows;
For his wisdom that grows.

Up Bob’s idea would bob,
From cynics snatching the power to rob…

Bo...

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