Moon Kid Poems

If I could be a kid again
I’d run headlong, unfettered in the wind, 
or pretend I was Tom Sawyer 
or Huckleberry Finn.

I’d put frogs inside...

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Guns and Roses

No, no that is all wrong! 
The real title is, "Goats, and Roses. 

My new goat is so cool. 
His name is Rocky....

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sweet bundles of joy
symbols of forthright candor~
blooms in God's garden

As we traverse through the bends and curves of weary life, how we wish to retrace...

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Emily Airdyne Mobile
         Went on a picnic and ate a small meal,
     ...

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A boy sits on house steps (cement arid)
    removing the crust from his egg salad sandwich
sparrows snatch the broken morsels he throws...

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Calming water and the moon shining
Rivers of rays on a lake flowing
A crippled water painting appears
Men become half dead from having beers
The molten gold became...

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See the girls on the corner 
In tight tanks 
And micro minis
Popping gum
Locking eyes 
Driving boys wild
See the sunlight 
Outline their curls in gold
Memories of...

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All the time that I miss you
All the deep breaths that I blow
All the tears that flowed through
All the fake smiles that I have to...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch



Smoke
by Michael R. Burch

The hazy, smoke-filled skies of summer I remember well;
farewell was on my mind, and the thoughts...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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I wonder how many have sat all alone
Somewhere dark and quiet
Staring at the moon

I wonder how many have sat all alone
Somewhere dark and quiet
Wondering does...

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I love you  are the words I want to say,
when I can see you for even a second.
miss your gentle kisses on forehead,
the hugs...

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I'm on that stupid mode!
Ignorance shooting like haters:
No wars, no conflicts...
Running in circles: "Ain't that Ouroboros"
I know Venus scared of snakes,
Hence the circle we always...

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People may not understand some of the words on this page I write 
As I write a thank you letter to an artist who's music...

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Sand castles we built 
To live in,
Sticks we cut off 
To frame shootouts 

Yawning, our trademark 
In both sun and moon,
Responsibility not but nought 
Worries,...

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