Houston Poems

Rebel Houston

Rebel Houston
(Snaps fingers) Acoustic Digital Hybrid... a breath, a fusion. So, what lurks beyond jazz funk, huh?/
 Thinkin' big time, are you? Do you dig? Can you feel it as you pursue your passion for this jazz thing/
 The inventive spirit of Rebel Houston burns, A saxophone supernova, learning, turning. Always into what's NEXT,/
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Crime busting Houston police smoke out disjointed fur rats house

Crime busting Houston police smoke out disjointed fur rats house...

formerly an abandoned Amazon warehouse went to pot
with mold and magic mushrooms growing in every spot.

All kinds of vermin stole into the damp dark environment
of particular note concerned medium-sized rodents who
belonged to order Rodentia who chomped down illegal
contrabands, and quite a sizable portion went into their
bellies,

SING WHITNEY

Winged words of milk chocolate melody
Her gift of soul of ruby song rang
Inside me like charismatic cherry cobbler-a blackberry bell
That pure poetic power
Never will another fuchsia flower
Envelope our hearts with Whitney's divine uniqueness
You are healed, perfected diva, by The Potter Who made you

Hot Nights in Houston

Were it so that a poet could find it:
the perfect combination of words
that would enlighten the hearts and minds
of all who read them.

But we all speak with different tongues,
and languages change,
and, even if they didn't,
the curious, uniquely crafted crystals
of our identities
interpret the one pure light in different ways.

Perhaps the revelation I perceived 
on these hot

Grab Bag Poems

Grab Bag Poems and Epigrams

POEMS

Less Heroic Couplets: Dark Cloud, Silver Lining, Dupes
from “Love in the Time of the Coronavirus”
by Michael R. Burch

Every corona has a silver lining:
I’m too far away to hear your whining,
and despite my stormy demeanor,
my hands have never been cleaner!


The Difference
by Michael R. Burch

The chimneysweeps
will weep
for Blake,
who wrote his poems
for their dear

The Red Hair Girl At the Houston Station

The pretty red hair girl
at the Houston Station
gave me heart palpitation,
but she got all my revered admiration...
because she resembled a Barbie doll;
and I became so emotional!  

Across the platform
two green eyes smiled;
was it fate or coincidence?
I turned into a maniac without a norm, 
or control, I waved at her twice
and spoke too loud;
I didn't

Houston Calling

Oh sky,
heavens...
SOS...!!!
we only have problems
here on earth...

Houston

As a beloved crown prince comes to reclaim,
the throne of his fathers from realm afar,
the slant of my heart as I drive - the same.
The city in eve; she shines like a star.

From desert I came; I knew in good time,
I'd breathe your fair air and bask in your breeze,
with the smell of the sea

Houston We Have a Lollipop

Houston, we have a lollipop 
Peppermint Patty is outside the airlock
The lemon drops are handy and dandy
Secure as Loony tunes on the moon
Tasty as caramel popcorn parties
The Eagle has landed 
That's one small step for man
And one giant leap for candy kind 
Be gentle to your rainbows and unicorns
Kiss my wife and kids goodbye
And billy

Houston We Have a Problem Here On Planet Earth

Stardate 19 Hundred and Something 
The Minutes taken 
At the last annual general meeting of NASA

The Great and Good of Finance , Politics 
Must have sat down together at some point

A gathering
Of the Distinguished League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 
Or National Geographic and Scientific Society 
To discuss funding the Exploration of Space Travel 

To go where

Whitney Houston

She was a songbird like no other
     Her light, her fire, drugs did smother

    The impact addiction had on her, tragic
But whenever I hear her on the radio, magic


Date written and posted: 10/14/2018

Susan Rode the Trolley To the Train To Houston To Buy a Special Dolly

SUSAN RODE THE TROLLEY TO THE TRAIN TO HOUSTON
 TO BUY A SPECIAL DOLLY

Oh! gee ooh-wee golly, golly;
Rode the tracks of the long trolley;
Little girl named Susan;
Rode the train to Houston;
To toy store purchased a dolly;

    6/19/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018

Monster Rears It's Ugly Head On Houston

Monster Rears It's Ugly Head On Houston

To Houston's victims whom suffered the wrath
Of Hurricane Harvey's brutal path
The country prays for your full recovery
A fortuitous bounce of serendipity
Long live life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
In the wake of the worst storm in US history
Trump and cousin Sam did their earnest posture 
While your cries of uncle

Houston

Houston

I wonder if the summer rain was warm
that poured like Pharaoh’s plagues upon the town
as people waded from their homes in swarms
and small craft was the mode to move around.
Memories lost by tempest's hurt and harm
float pass as muddy waters flood the ground.

The summer rain may be a hurricane,
a wicked, wind song made in sad

Houston We Have a Problem

Houston we have a problem 
Orbiting 
Safe space
In a Bubble 
Viewed through Hubble
We see the trouble 
Not on the ground
But from the window of a station 
Circulating into critical mass 
Nature's come calling
Evolving 
forming 
Death and destruction 
And repercussions 
Butterfly Effects 
God help those left
Subside the waters 
Raise the heaven's 
Wash away our sin
Let the

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