Handsome Poems

Porky Pig

Fearing the loss of his hair, Porky Pig
went out and purchased a wig.
Now he's parading thinking he's handsome
securing his do cleverly with gum.



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The New Cut

Every snip feels off.
I stare at my own hair.
The sides are sharp today.
The top does not feel right.

I run my fingers through.
It is different, maybe odd.
I pause, not sure I like it.
I hope it grows on me.

Maybe they will like it.
It could be a better look.
Could even catch some smiles.
The girls might notice too.

The mirror

Handsome Harry and Hayseed Hank Handle Honey

handsome Harry hastily harnessed hazardous hayseed Hank
heightening his hellish heebie-jeebies.
Hank helped Harry handle hordes of high-spirited hitchhikers
heaping a hodgepodge of hocus pocus on Honey,
Hannibal’s handsomest hog

Sappho Translations X

Sappho Translations X by Michael R. Burch


Sappho, fragment 103c
translation by Michael R. Burch

… remembering delightful Arheanassa,
her laughter lovely as any Lorelei's …


Sappho, fragment 76
translation by Michael R. Burch

Fulfill?
At my age I'm just hanging on!


Sappho, fragment 50
translation by Michael R. Burch

A handsome man pleases the eyes
but a good man pleases.


Sappho, fragment 88
translation by Michael R. Burch

Though

A Fool For Love

He walked the streets with charm, a handsome man so fair.
But unaware of his own beauty, lost in his own despair. 
His heart yearned for love, a love he's never known.
Searching in every face, in every smile, in every tone. 
The mirror showed a face, a face so undefined. A face that held the key,

Dog face

They looked at me with doubt
The light had long gone out
I was long past my prime
Ripples in a pond subside over time

"That's him?", an onlooker thought it odd
"Yes" his brother said, "I swear to God!"
A girl said "I don't see it, but it must be there"
Their doubts didn't faze me, I really didn't care

"It's all

handsome man

model like handsome
eyes brighter than the blue skies
a firm chiseled chin

mermen of marvel

mermen of marvel
twixt the sandbar and horizon
delighting my eyes

I a youthsome wholesome jokesome handsome

I (a youthsome, wholesome, jokesome, handsome,...
gamesome, chucklesome, bothersome,
and awesome modest fellow)...
does not deliberately court immortalization,
and wonders what criteria confer elevation,
exaltation, glorification, hero worship,
idolization, veneration, or worship.

I go about a daily humdrum routine
me, a twenty first century baby boomer,
who considers himself passé
and senses with sensibility
he would have been more at home
during the early nineteen hundreds.

At threescore

He Was a Handsome Tom

He was a handsome Tom and he knew it too
Was in one commercial about Icy Hot so Blue
His mother said he was as conceited as they get
He wore sunglasses around, thinking he was all “it”

The felines did not know he was the cat’s meow
They did not understand how exotic was his prowl.
He walked around, thinking

Handsome Spirit

We'll become handsome,
When God's spirit will lives
Within you relieves.

He's So Handsome I Can't Believe My Ears

When I say things like my mom did
When she was eighty years old
“He's so handsome, I can't believe MY EARS”
It's time for a home I'm told!

The train's already left the station no doubt
You're left there standing on the platform
Before you cash in your chips as they say
Someone feeding you will be the norm

Little things like

The Most Handsome Man

In words of grace, the most handsome man,
With eyes that gleam like stars that shine,
His heart, a canvas of love's embrace,
In every step, his soul takes grace.

Yet above all splendor, his heart's true light,
A love for Sara, pure and bright,
Her name on lips, a cherished prayer,
Their bond, a tapestry rich and rare.

Through life's embrace, hand

Blue Boy's Poetry

In hues of sky, a boy dressed in blue,
Radiates beauty, his essence so true.
His eyes, like oceans, enchant and bewitch,
Reflecting a soul with a dreamer's pitch.

His laughter cascades like the songs that he sing,
Each step he takes, a dance, graceful and strong.
A halo of light adorns his golden hair,
A gentle heart, he carries, none can

Brad Pitt Handsome Cowboy

He was Brad Pitt handsome, and the girls were giddy about him.
Lived his days out on the range, favoring his horse and canteen.
Looked like a country western star, but never sang a tune.
Mysteriously quiet, did not use many words, worked hard.

Married a woman once upon a time who was as quiet as he.
Did not work

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