Long Donnie Poems

In a Stolen Moment
by Michael R. Burch

In a stolen moment,
when the clock’s hands complete their inevitable course
and sleep is the night’s dark spell,
I call it a curse,

seeking the force,
the font of candescent words, the electric...

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Trump poems and epigrams V

The prez should be above the law, he sez,
even though he’s no longer prez.
—Michael R. Burch



Mercedes Benz
by Michael R. Burch

I'd like to do a song of great social and political import....

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They all used to be in the 'Kwaya'.
Every Sundays and even Midweek,
Ate the bread and drank the blood at the altar.
Sang like angels but spiritually weak.

They are the saints during worship sessions,
Sweet-sounding tongues that thrill...

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My wife says she can't tell the differnce at times.
One body, one heart and soul, but three different minds......
 
       Today I woke up and looked into the mirror....

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On the day after Christmas, they started appearing,
cast out of houses, stripped of their finery,
lying crooked in the gutter, garbage bags flanking.

My brothers and I walked to school
and halfway there, three blocks away,
was a steep...

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It is time for them to run  

In the Jersey Shore tourist sun  

Continuing their three-year-old campaign  

Feeling the warmth of youthful fame  

Before being sent out to be studs ...

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Cellar Door


The word cellar door, may paint a cold, dark image,
But the two words together, are simply magnificent.
They roll off the tongue, like a red silk carpet
And when you find something so beautiful, 
You should...

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Derek  

Will you be able to bear it?  

First weekend in May  

And who the Yankees will play, 

Bringing slugging Louisville woods  

Tigers score if they could.  

In the Bronx...

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I meant to tell about my travelling aboard.
Of my visit to West Africa
For genealogy purpose, I wanted to see my great grandfather homeland.
He was from Guinea.
He loved dance and drumming.

I submit this missed poem!

Lenny was...

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There's four ninja turtles
Cleaning up the streets
Trained in the art of ninja karate-e
They hide down in the sewers
Watching for criminals
Could it be for real or is it April fools




Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Six foot dudes they...

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Extraordinaire, he raised the ice.
He told me this when I was a child.
He said he heard his neck pop.
He laughed and said, “That stopped my dare devil’s persona.
As you see, I am short.
I liked to...

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1960 and the world was changing
A time for living and rearranging
Baseball in the school yard with a sponge ball and a fist
Donnie Brooks sang Mission Bell and Chubby did The Twist
Bobbie sox and ponytails, school...

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When they draped the flag on your coffin mate 
I was dumb, dead with it-
they ought to at least give you one last chance 
to dance the dance of life-

you were the grass growing and...

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Belts, paddles, switches, and rulers were once instruments of punishment.
Although very rarely, in my early years, a belt was Daddy's favorite.
I was always a quick learner and never a glutton for punishment.

Some believe that both...

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Cossack Cowboys
Riding Llamas
That they dress
In pink pajamas
Teeny boppers
Blowing bubbles
Biker chicks
Causing trouble
Nuns in Habits
Punks in chains
One or two
Of the deranged
Rubbing Buddha belly
Cravers
And the band
Harvey Danger
David Bowie
Elton John
Both of them
With Spacesuits on
Vegetarians 
Eating chicken
Love it fried
Finger licking
In...

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Youth for Christ 
Should know that the
Bible says that it is
Not by power or
Might,
Didn't you all know
That The Lord can
Deliver you from
The spirt 
To fight,

God wants all of 
The youth to obey 
And meditate on...

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With his arm held closely by his side,
President Putin took a ride,
On his steed, so big and strong
Who thought this man could do no wrong,
It is regrettable to say
Only a horse could feel this way.
Putin...

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Decades and yet more decades have taken a most hurried flight.
People born, people passed, yet that love song you wrote 
hums in my twinkling soul in the midst of many indigo nights.

We both were only...

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Santa Claus hired a dragon, Donnie Draco
to bring shy elves out of their cocoons;
he trains them to deliver the presents,
as meeting humans for them, is not pleasant.

Humans are huge and tower over elves,
and they would...

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A Perfect Day Never Ends (or, If Chloe was a Poet)

The lazy breeze swoops in through the grassy lawn, tickles our necks,
barely a whisper; sitting back-to-back,
we exchange ideas for your next photo.
Chiaroscuro, maybe, of the...

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(Supernova)...
              
              The Hills of Mississippi and the
 ...

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I am who I am and nothing more

I live in the country and my accent

Is quite rough..

I sent a teardrop to heaven for a bit

Of sunshine..

I love to smile in fact I love laughter

Even better..

I...

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Do you recall your very first prom?
Was it a disaster or was it fun?

From a girl's point of view, I could 
barely wait, to see my date!
And run under a starry sky to meet him...

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My old forty fives lie dormant in my attic
There were so many one hit wonders in our time
I lived my youth listening to music
As Troy Shondell moaned “This Time”
When Robin Luke sang “Susie Darlin’”
The Bobettes...

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My sister Shirley passed from this life early yesterday morning. I wrote this for all those left behind to find joy, for her, in where she has gone. 

Sister Shirley
By Franklin Price
02/09/2020

Yesterday, my sister Shirley
Left...

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