Long Burn your bridges Poems

Picturebook Princess

for Keira

We had a special visitor.
Our world became suddenly brighter.
She was such a charmer!
Such a delighter! 

With her sparkly diamond slippers
and the way her whole being glows,
Keira’s a picturebook princess
from the points of her...

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POEMS ABOUT SCIENCE 3: EVOLUTION



Peers
by Michael R. Burch

These thoughts are alien, as through green slime
smeared on some lab tech’s brilliant slide, I grope,
positioning my bright oscilloscope
for better vantage, though I cannot see,
but only peer, as...

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These are poems about animals by Michael R. Burch

Double Limerick: The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch

The platypus, myopic,
is ungainly, not erotic.
His feet for bed
are over-webbed,
and what of his proboscis?

The platypus, though, is eager
although his means are...

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III.
It was a strange and ersatz family,
but for now no better could he achieve,
and those first few weeks would be no cakewalk,
a real struggle to see to all their needs.

The house was paid off, at...

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I will never forget you ...
   each one I love ... gone for Heaven above
      my sister left first and years rolled
      ...

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Some say “it’s better to have love and lost than never love at all”
They also say “if it was meant to be it will come right back to you”
I say “love is the enemy the...

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Massive, gray, these leaden waves
bear their unchanging burden—
the sameness of each day to day

while the wind seems to struggle to say
something half-submerged planks at the mouth of the bay
might nuzzle limp seaweed to understand.

Now collapsing...

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"In my life thus far I have acquired wisdom
that I am going to share with youth of today
so here goes, best take notes . . ."  by Poet 

Obey your parents even when you...

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III

But, of course, I had no dizzying towers                  
To burn...only bridges; and they were torched   ...

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You ask me if I love you, I say I love you
More than words can say and I will until my
Dying day but I lie, it’s just a lie but I 
Don’t want to see...

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Options Underwater: The Song of the First Amphibian
by Michael R. Burch

“Evolution’s a Fishy Business!”

1.
Breathing underwater through antiquated gills,
I’m running out of options. I need to find fresh Air,
to seek some higher Purpose. No porpoise, I...

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I can tell you that the edge of oblivion is a 
comforting place for the wise
Oblivious to the wondering eyes of the layman
that watch, things are seen just as they are
All it takes is a...

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Well you ain't been nothing but a thorn
in my side since you came into my life
I thought by now you'd take a hint
I don't really want you in my life but
still you insist on coming...

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7/4/16


Got to take care of business
From the start to the finish

Hits and misses
Above below and on the ridges

An unbelievable amount are religious
And superstitious

How much evidence and material lies among the fishes
And in some of the...

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Don't ever miss a moment Don't waste time on unnecessary tears
Hold each day like you own it,
before You know it those days will turn to years
You have to learn to forget the past, but still...

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All turned down to the worst
as the children lost innocence,
as the bums drank their last breath away,
as the man eating sharks finding their way,
to the over-crowded sandy beaches,
as the man turn to the woman
and gave...

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Time is to be a valued thing,
If treated as a gift reap the profit it can bring,
It is not forever so you should make it worth your while, 
Make it count make it last,
Never but,...

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Burn Not the Bridges 

Life is a hubris to uncertainty! 
One day you are a prince, 
The next day you are a slave. 
Indeed, the world is round: 
Burn not the bridges, 
You may use...

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What to look for?
Where do errors lie?
Are they in the eye of the beholder
or do they lie?

I believe I’m a poet,
a prophet of paraphrase,
a swindler of alliteration,
the rhyme above all reason.

I think I know!
Am I...

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In my dream I hear a sound
Sound the alarm all around
Around and around we go
Go on a journey through the soul
Soul and heart do address
Address what is on my chest
Chest pumped and looking good
Good like...

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In the mirrors of life, I see
Reflections shining back at me;
I am like a nomad drifting,
The sands of time they keep shifting,
Always moving on,
Fading, fading, gone.

I am losing to the past
I realise that nothing lasts
Forever.
I...

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Do your roses bloom
Where your garden grow
Do the flames grow brighter 
Under the mistletoe
Do you hear my heart beats 
When I kiss your lips
Do you burn your bridges
Never to return
Do you make mistakes
From which you...

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Free My Mind

My Mind tells me no more
My Mind tells me one more time
My Mind tells me I'm smarter then this
My Mind tells me no one will even know if i do
My Mind tells me...

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Back pack hangin' off my bony hips. . .
I'm off to see the world, on foot with thumb. . .
Gotta keep movin'. . . race track groovin',
You know the truth of my travels, (most think...

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Hearts or States ,
         
                      ...

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