Long Nifty Poems
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Doggerel IDoggerel I or Nonsense Verse
A$$tronomical
by Michael R. Burch
Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
proved E equals MC squared.
Thus, all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!
Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch
If God
is good,
half the Bible
is libel.
I came up...
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Categories:
nifty, dog, hilarious, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, nursery
Form:
Limerick
Limericks Ii - Nature and AnimalsLimericks II - Nature Poems and Animal Poems
Dot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot!"
Clyde Lied!
by...
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Categories:
nifty, animal, humor, humorous, light, nature, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Animal PoemsDot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot."
Stage Craft-y
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a dromedary
who...
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Categories:
nifty, animal, cat, dog, friend, friendship, friendship love,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IiiPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers III
Success
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;
there is no time for a ticker-tape parade
before bed, no award, no bright statuette
to be delivered...
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Categories:
nifty, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
ObservanceObservance
by Michael R. Burch
Here the hills are old and rolling
carefully in their old age;
on the horizon youthful mountains
bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
By dying leaves and falling raindrops,
I have traced time's starts and stops,
and I have...
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Categories:
nifty, loneliness, lonely, longing, loss, lost, seasons, time,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Poems IiiPoems about Poems III
Radiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus?hard toil?
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes?dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but...
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Categories:
nifty, poems, poetry, poets, visionary, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Children IvPoems about Children IV
Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch
Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the...
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Categories:
nifty, child, childhood, children, dad, father son, grandfather,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds (I)
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as hummingbird wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Southern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching...
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Categories:
nifty, angel, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Poets IPoems about Poets I
The Wonder Boys
by Michael R. Burch
for Leslie Mellichamp
The stars were always there, too-bright cliches:
scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew
as baffled poets winged keyed kites—amazed,
in dream of shocks that suddenly came true ...
but...
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Categories:
nifty, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
The Nifty Town 1I knew that I had to go somewhere but I did not know where
I knew I had to go somewhere that was not very far from here
So I put on my...
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Categories:
nifty, adventure, angel, business, celebration, character, confusion, culture,
Form:
Narrative
The Nifty Town 2I walked pass the neighborhood restaurants and saw Americans
browsing on their laptops and having their Saturday evening meals
Some were having a serious chat over dinner
I could see angry faces filled with disappointments and resentments
There is...
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Categories:
nifty, absence, abuse, america, anti bullying, break up,
Form:
Narrative
I'Ll Be Back To Stay - Both Audio and Text“I’m sorry that it’s been so long,” the old man told the tombstones, scanning them that brisk fall day, in 1969.
“It’s not that I’ve forgotten you. It’s not that I’m not proud...
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Categories:
nifty, memory,
Form:
Narrative
Big Fish Calling Me To the Sea Part 2Big boats traffic people from pillar to post only heaven knows where it goes
Something fishy is transpiring in the sea, there is a unique smell for you and me. Little fish are brought in creates...
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Categories:
nifty, abuse, adventure, courage, encouraging, environment, fish, fishing,
Form:
Narrative
Large and Tall, Medium Tan Brown Skinny Girl---Large And Tall, Medium Tan Brown Skinny Girl---
so cute ...
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Categories:
nifty, analogy, appreciation, character, dedication, deep,
Form:
Concrete
Children's PoemsPicturebook 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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Categories:
nifty, children,
Form:
Verse
Serenade To Growing Up In the FiftiesWhen I was just a little girl, we lived by railroad tracks;
we loved the steamy, smoky stacks, the wheels clickety clack.
On many days we would find, knocking at our door,
a hobo who had jumped...
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Categories:
nifty, childhood, cousin, family, memory, nostalgia,
Form:
Narrative
Yours Truly Embarks On Wild Goose Chase After Elusive Pot of GoldYours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
two alternate titles:
1. Gander seeking goose that laid the golden egg
2. Incorrigible lottery dreamer
linkedin with previous poem I wrote
though modesty deters
crafty, lofty,...
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Categories:
nifty, adventure, animal, bird, celebration, confidence, desire, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Children's Poem VIChildren's Poems VI
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Springtime Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
They'll have to grow like crazy,
the springtime baby geese,
if they're to...
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Categories:
nifty, baby, child, childhood, children, family, father, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Sienna in SeasonI was a productive, proficient painter, long captivated by the manifold colors,
An infinite parade of hues and intensities, like tales of a thousand summers.
I worked daily at this irresistible passion, which made long, golden hours...
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Categories:
nifty, autumn, beautiful, color, fantasy, goodbye, imagery, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Some Places I'Ve Called HomeHome is where the heart is,
Or so the saying goes.
There Is really much more than this,
As everyone, surely, knows.
Home is where you hang your hat,
Is another slogan that Is nifty.
There’s much, much more than that
In...
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Categories:
nifty, adventure, heart, home, heart, home, places,
Form:
Rhyme
The House That Jack Built 2The House That Jack Built (Pt. 2)
During Summer’s sweet vacation and sometimes on a school night,
When most were safe in Dreamland and the Village bathed in moonlight,
Nancy would toss gravel near my bedroom...
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Categories:
nifty, growing up, home, memory,
Form:
Lyric
GratitudeBirthdays come but once a year
A day we celebrate, a day to cheer
We all know the day we're born and our age
For birthdays bring us joy or change of stage
The day I celebrated my fourty-ninth...
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Categories:
nifty, adventure, daughter, death, family, father, food, health,
Form:
Narrative
9114901123086828174022September 26, 2014 , 11:49 am Acceptance DALLAS, TX 75241
It's so nice to be accepted, and they added this nifty bar code.
September 26, 2014 , 5:14 pm Departed Post Office DALLAS, TX 75241
I"m off...
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Categories:
nifty, crazy, nonsense, satire,
Form:
I do not know?
Ah How Envious Those Young Restless and FecundAh... how envious, those young, restless, and fecund...
Lucky young guys and gals
admission courtesy yours
truly finds small (medium)
poetaster at large rubicund
perhaps anonymous reader
lollygagging (cyber space)
while away leisure stunned
boot why such shock despite
old & decrepit peppy gunned
no...
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Categories:
nifty, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, baby,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Revenge of the Cunning LinguistFolks think I'm a
nice guy, to a fault I
guess I am, if those
folks only knew
deep down I'm tellin
them to scram,
I'm tryin to keep my
language clean like
crispy Franklin
notes,...
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Categories:
nifty, on writing and words
Form:
Rhyme