High School Poems

There's the
Guy
In the corner
Strumming on his guitar
Singing of the
Good ol 2000's songs
Shaking his head
At the recent rap reps
The golden eyelet
Etched on
There's the emo girl
In all black
Tapping furiously
On her laptop
Emailing any
Cooperations
That would take her
Her sighs can
Be heard from the
Other side of...Read More

Marvelous mitzvah "munchkin" minted

Thy eldest daughter Eden Liat
treasured more'n a pearl
(otherwise known as Rapunzel)...
donated cut hair to charity - you go girl,
ha, whereat your fine brunette locks of love

will be repurposed into wigs for kids,
and perhaps even don kepi
of trumpeting...Read More

He keeps trying his barrage 
of raging vitriol, but it's a blunt knife
on his target's alligator skin

A predictable high school bully
with the same ol' lines of attack.
His target always sees them coming...

and the invectives inflict no pain!

The bully sharpens the...Read More

When I was in grade school
I was, already, 
on my leftbrain dominant path
toward acting the intellectual snob.

This, in large part
my best offense,
my trump card, sadly,
against marginalizing prejudice
of our community's non-farmer economic
and political Elite;

The few kids
whose parents went to college
and/or inherited...Read More

Vacuum
by Michael R. Burch

Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow ...

leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed ...
such are the things we are unable to know

that once intrigued us so.

Come then, let us quickly repent
of whatever...Read More

hymn to Apollo
by Michael R. Burch

something of sunshine attracted my i
as it lazed on the afternoon sky,
golden,
splashed on the easel of god . . .

what,
i thought,
could this airy stuff be,
to, phantomlike,
flit through tall trees
on fall days, such as these?

and the...Read More

 I's DON'T C  WRITE
mY I 
Has seen 
I have seen
The paragraph of my...
worst and my word do seem
To run along this parallel
Synonymatical  so impractical
mY I's DON'T C  WRITE
what's the use to know how to spell
The paragraph...Read More

An Illusion
by Michael R. Burch 
 
The sky was as hushed as the breath of a bee
and the world was bathed in shades of palest gold
when I awoke.
 
She came to me with the sound of falling leaves
and the scent...Read More

Growing up, I was always motivated to make a better life for myself, and

Regardless of the cost, I was determined to make life better for my family

Economic depression were words that enchained everyone dear to me, and

After completing High School...Read More

I will return to my old roots,
That lie back on the Darling Downs.
I was brought up there long ago:
Warwick was my family home,
I will go back to that old town,
And see how much it may have changed.

My old high school...Read More

I spent my senior year saying I was full 
when all I did was discreetly place food
in the napkin on my lap
A bowl of corn, every other week feed my body
A friend asked me once what my secret was.
I told...Read More

Blessed by God* to fulfill varied multi-faceted roles
Dressing-up well is vital among my functional goals.

Notable are engagements prodding me to don special blue raiment
And recalling them gives me delightful excitement.

As Dad’s first daughter, I had a light blue that propped...Read More

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These are my students of Millennium School who find Joy in me . They showed the way I could teach. I have really touched many...Read More

I remember when I was little, and I huffed and puffed because I wanted to put food on my own plate.
My mother said,"not yet you"ll be old soon enough, don't rush, good things come to those who wait."
I remember jumping...Read More

River chopped
Into rugged blocks
Of ice and powdered snow
Under a covered bridge
The tap of horse’s hooves overhead

Rapids froze in place, agony on her face

A boy growing tall in his sleep
Under the crisp white clean sheets
His daddy’s shoes he dreams to fill

Stockings...Read More

Playmates
by Michael R. Burch
 
WHEN you were my playmate and I was yours,
we spent endless hours with simple toys,
and the sorrows and cares of our indentured days
were uncomprehended . . . far, far away . . .
for the temptations and...Read More

I saw your true self today ,
And am not pleased to know :
That the person I perceived as fire,
Is cold and white as snow.
I loved the mask you carried !
And the way your opinions varied,
With the people around you.
And l...Read More

This year my granddaughter played football.
The high school coach tried to recruit her.
She is debating now football or cheerleading.

This year I was assigned to two school buildings
Which was insane as school counselors 
Are in a school to build relationships.

This year...Read More

Scores of years... post high school graduation...

Whether with/without
spectacles regarding myopia, yours truly
boasts twenty twenty highsight
able, eager and willing to site
emotional, mental, physical

and spiritual deficits
lamely attempting to
explain how one bright
eyed and bushy
tailed older fellow
oft times described

existential nihilist plight
unable to validate
lifetime psychological...Read More

Silly thoughts are a 
mans best friend
How they embarrass 
themself without end
Falling all over 
themself you see
Leave us all laughing 
with glee
Foolish at times how 
they speak
Clamoring for some 
attention they seek
Leave us to just shake
 our heads
When to women...Read More

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DEAR LORD GOD I AM ALWAYS TEMPTATION BY SANTA I DO SOMETIMES TRY TO FIGHT HIM OFF UT MOST OF THE I GIVE INTO HIM HELP ME LORD JESUS TO OVER THE TEMPATATIONS THAT COME...Read More

Some days, I cry my sugar tears
     For loves , I’ve lost throughout the years
For memories of sweet goodbyes
     Or happiness in someone’s eyes

Some days, I need my sugar tears
  ...Read More

Eighteen
Beautiful day
May 1970
My high school graduation day
I could be a nurse mother or teacher
Our caps and gowns were red and gold
Small town Iowa kids
So excited
Eighteen


Written: 11-28-2019
Contest: Red-Letter Day Rictameter
Sponsor: William Kekaula
Syllables checked with: Howmanysyllables.com  2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2
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To my wife, on the event of our daughter’s high school graduation.


Dear mother, warm around me--
tender home for just this while;
so close together, you and I 
I feel good when you smile. 

Dear mother, here you've brought me 
to this...Read More

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