Long Dentistry Poems

Bolsonaro was president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023.
Former army officer and right-wing nationalist who revered Brazil's 1964–1985 military rule.
Jair Bolsonaro sought to arm a disarmed nation.
To a place where gun ownership meant freedom.
Anti-establishment populism...

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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...

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Epigrams VII

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: 
am I or are the others crazy?
—Albert Einstein, poetic interpretation by Michael R. Burch


The Whole of Wit
by Michael R. Burch

for and after Richard Moore

If brevity is the...

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junkavore

Sophy’s mom sent her a giant case of “Fun dip” - a thousand packets of sour, fruit-flavored sugar. Is there anything more junkavore a parent can buy a child - well, ok, an 18 year...

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Military Industrial Complex out to enslave the masses/
Save your asses from these genocidal, dangerous facists/
They’re releasing gaseous anthrax to take breath outta me/
Our Social Security Numbers are used for their death lottery/
The Bermuda Triangle is...

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In the beginning there was tooth
One tooth and no other

Then about the time of Cane
According to the ancient text
Another tooth grew out of nothing
Similar to the chicken and the egg debate
but a different kind of...

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periodontal disease the bane
of Homo Sapiens, 
   and many a canine species 
   such as Great Dane

or an alien pet smart tumblr trying to feign
bing the best faux pas footed friend...

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I watched a child blowing bubbles
Reflective circles
That unshackled themselves
Through a single breath of life
They rose upon an invisible force
Ignoring gravity as non existent
And I wondered what existence
Would presume to exist
Within them

If I, Obviously gossamer thin
Were...

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Uncouth, unschooled in art, 
                              ...

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The joy of birth, the growing up,
leads us to adore our lovely babies.
But not, alas, without the toils of life.
Because we experience a lack of sleep,
contend with baby vomit,
or idiotically putting on his boxer shorts
completely...

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(This is a fictional poem)

When I went to the dentist, I was not thrilled.
It scared me to death when he used his drill.
He went in my mouth and started drilling.
He forgot to use novocain so...

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If you are fortunate to be able to have you and your
family's dental needs taken care of-
thank the good Lord when you pray,
because many in our midst cannot make a
dental appointment on any given day.
Men,...

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Not to question the Almighty
Though when planning out our life He
Might have done a better job 
In the designing of the gob

For in the matter of our teeth
Far from a permanent bequeath
They’re like friends for...

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I got told a joke this morning 
It really made me smile
So I thought I would share it on poetry soup
But in my own unique poetry style

A lady went to the dentist
She sat in the...

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Unschooled in art, uncouth, that's what 
          you'll say of me;
I've tried and tried so hard, but I 
       ...

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T’is the season of jolly and such fun
Ending a year and starting out brand new
Others will be looking to the long run
Uplifting many with words from a few
Celebrating the new binding like glue
Moving together with...

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Doc Holliday Bites the Dust

By Elton Camp

Doc Holliday’s depicted as a vicious killer
But his actual life was much less of a thriller
Not in the West, but in Georgia he was born
By a classical education his...

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This is the real world
 expressed in the form of several days
 worth or ghost writing.
 Kowloon: The Walled City of Imagination; cosmetic dentistry; 
 REASONS TO STOP THUMB SUCKING;
 New York's most iconic photograph;...

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“A Man with a Big Heart “                            ...

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Why Our Days Are Barren

The churches are bone empty, but sports bars are chock full!
Wal-Mart, practically a religion now and Costco, too.
With customers kneeling, adoring packed shelves
People acting like lunatic, materialistic elves.

Some do still contribute...

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I don't have an overbite or an underbite
I didn't realise that was interesting
Until in a conversation about teeth
That I didn't understand
Because it didn't apply to me
My teeth line up
I thought that was most people
However I've...

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Names You Will Never See

By Elton Camp

The image of a place or product is high on its list
Names that would damage it will always be missed

The names “Cheat and Swindle” for a law firm
Would make...

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The dentist and Reflections 

Up there in the continuous darkness of the universe 
I saw a streak of light... a dying comets last hurrah.
Bedroom very dark couldn’t sleep too much death 
for one night. Got...

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The twilight of my dreams,
ends at the dawn of my fears
When this day of reckoning, 
comes with its intrusion of pain,
from you
I've learned to live,
with the cold eyes of your concerns,
hid behind the mask you...

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      The Churches are empty!
      But the bars are chock full?
      Walmart, almost...

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