Work Light Verse Poems

A sweet young bank teller named Doris
Had a crush on her co-worker, Boris.
But one day while at work
The young clerk went berserk
When she caught Boris...

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Wednesday, Thursday: work remote
Friday, better wear a coat..
Saturday, plans on grands to dote..
Sunday, grab a Bible to tote..
Monday, mail that thank you note.
Tuesday, yes, the...

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How many days have you had this?
Dare I admit nine days?
I have already lost three days of work.
Should I lie?
I remain silent.
Pondering my answers.
Wondering what...

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It's Christmas Eve at the North Pole,
But everybody is resting,
And Santa's sleigh's not been loaded
Because the elves are protesting.
They're demanding better wages,
A four-day work week,...

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Giovanni didn't trust Michelangelo,
He'd heard that for guys he was hot.
But for minimum pay of a florin* a day,
He was willing to give it a...

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I rummage through a box
of old photographs. A lady’s image
holds my eye: I hold her up to 
light filtering through a dingy window.

The edges are...

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The Antique Shop


Like a boy let loose in a candy store
so are my eyes in an antique shop.
They fix on a bewildering array of items
...

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In the rust belt loss of work is felt
as industries went overseas..
Bill's, Jane's and Bob's now pining
for jobs to support their families needs.
Good jobs are...

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today we teachers got out at three
I jumped for joy
Because we usually get out at four-thirty-five
When the worst craziest drivers think they are contenders
for the...

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It's okay to speak life into love
 But simultaneously do love Be love, 
Work love, first be it Be about the Father's love
Let it flow...

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Freedom may resonate in 

A story of a story as a story..

Why the resonance?

Resonance for no one.. a seeming easing of 

Tension of belief in...

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Wonderworks
by Michael R. Burch

History’s
mysteries
abound
& astound,
found
(profound)
the whole earth ’round,
even if mostly
underground.


The Procrastinator’s Creed
by Michael R. Burch

It’s always, “Tomorrow, I’ll do it.”
Work? I eschew it.
I never collect...

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LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE VII

Fair Elle was an eely lover
who squiggled beneath the covers ...
She was hard to pin down!
When I did it, she’d...

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Who was that beautiful girl I saw?
Her hair was like a golden waterfall,
Her eyes like stars in the night sky,
Her smile, oh her smile, it...

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Bewailed an ostrich tirelessly:
Two wings I have but still can’t fly.
Daily I stare dumbly at the sky,
asking What’s it doing there and Why?

Even the lion,...

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