Long Proboscis Poems
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Limericks Ii - Nature and Animals
Limericks 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:
proboscis, animal, humor, humorous, light, nature, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Limericks
Limericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride?"
"Nevermore!" bright-eyed Raven replied.
The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus,...
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Categories:
proboscis, giggle, light, nonsense, parody, silly, smile, word
Form:
Limerick
Limericks Vii - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, Absurd
Limericks VII - Naughty, Bawdy, Risque, Absurd
There continue to be modern sequels of the famous "Nantucket" limericks, including this bawdy one of mine:
There was a lewd whore from Nantucket
who intended to pee in a bucket;
but...
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Categories:
proboscis, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, sexy, smile,
Form:
Limerick
Desperate Message To Kim Jong Un
Pardon any absent adulation, bequeathed capitulation, devoted dedication, indiscretion, blabbering peroration, improper salutation or any unintended vexation if this unknown earthling sent a nearly identical message. He over-looked a small number of errors and hoped...
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Categories:
proboscis, abuse, dark, emotions, evil, hate, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust
Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust
Warning: The following material no worse than getting cooties. I remember them way back in grade school, whereat everyone ran away from me with worse...
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Categories:
proboscis, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form:
Free verse
Sneezing fit tests nasal septum
Sneezing fit – tests nasal septum
The word Gesundheit was first used in English in 1914. It became popular in the United States due to the many German immigrants who moved there. Many Americans may not be...
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Categories:
proboscis, 12th grade, body, endurance, health, humorous, husband,
Form:
Free verse
Recurrent Sneezing Fit Courtesy Freshly Mowed Grass
Recurrent sneezing fit courtesy freshly mowed grass
circa June 20th, 2022
prompted me to stutter
self addressed rapid fire gesundheit
nsync with, spluttering
“I don't have any allergies!”
An infinitesimal slight speck tickled
nostril follicle – activated via an itty...
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Categories:
proboscis, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Anomalous Poetic Contrivance Evokes
Anomalous poetic contrivance evokes...
googling inept kickstarted lame outré jaunty hokum
(alternately titled:
Random screenshot within me noggin
instantaneously transforming,
née devolving into gobbledygook.)
I got born with poker faced physiognomy,
no matter yours truly doth not play cards
though self same...
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Categories:
proboscis, 12th grade, adventure, character, dream, fate, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Scrounging For Boogers Wrought My Damn Nostrils Nearly To Bust
Scrounging for boogers wrought my damn nostrils nearly to bust
My humblest apology if the following account
doth gross thee out forlorn childhood of mine
found further ostracization of me tantamount
being shipped off to a...
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Categories:
proboscis, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Nietzsche
Pain is everywhere
Springing from the crown
Of the head and like jellyfish
Expanding proboscis
Cover the whole body
Till the end of the toes
He collapses in epilepsy
And lays there on the cold floor
For the whole day
Till the...
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Categories:
proboscis, anger, anxiety, deep, philosophy, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Nietzsche
Pain is everywhere
Springing from the crown
Of the head and like jellyfish
Expanding proboscis
Cover the whole body
Till the end of the toes
He collapses in epilepsy
And lays there on the cold floor
For the whole day
Till the...
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Categories:
proboscis, philosophy,
Form:
ABC
MULBERRY TREES AND BUTTERFLIES
MULBERRY TREES AND BUTTERFLIES
Don’t go back to heavy sleep
dwell in the wakefulness
of I AM THAT I AM
here mulberries and butterflies
beckon across filtered fences
which you can comely climb
for a bountiful bestowing
pick, a...
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Categories:
proboscis, butterfly, change, color, earth, environment, identity, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
The Flower and the Butterfly
The Flower and the Butterfly
In the subtle softness of dawn’s embrace,
A tender flower reclines upon her garden bed,
Enshrouded in the veil of morning mist,
Which caress her form like the softest lace,
As golden rays of...
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Categories:
proboscis, beauty, desire, flower, garden, life, nature, sensual,
Form:
Rhyme
Poor Pandora
We ponder Pandora as the person preordained
to unleash a plethora of plagues upon our persons.
But here's what I heard:
Pandora had two sisters,
Persephone and Proserpina.
Pandora perused poetry
while Persephone practiced petite-point.
But Proserpina possessed the predilection
for picking...
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Categories:
proboscis, allegory, humor,
Form:
Light Verse
Double Limericks
The Platypus: Double Limerick
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 meager.
His sight is poor;
perhaps he’ll score
with a...
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Categories:
proboscis, cheer up, fun, funny, funny love, giggle,
Form:
Limerick
The Platypus, a Double Limerick
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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Categories:
proboscis, animal, desire, humor, humorous, love, nature, nonsense,
Form:
Limerick
Do You Remember Too
Butterfly bless dances from flower to flower,
sipping nectar with its slender proboscis imitating Bacchus with prospectus,
direct to us.
Streaks in the open air with flagrant color,
as the morning...
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Categories:
proboscis, art,
Form:
Ballad
Mary Jane Meets Bullet
This is my story…
A headless lighter, a writer
Mix up with silver long metallic
Make the agitations clear cold then warm
Neurons from above became so clear
I can hear my heartbeats like a doldrums
Because I’m just a woman...
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Categories:
proboscis, abuse, addiction, anger, change, character, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Jack's Frost
The grey mists of a sleeping dawn, cosetting birds still
wrapped up warm in bed, watch a stoat emerge from
its burrow and sprint across his meadow, like a caterpillar
making humped back bridges in Concertina motion
The stoat...
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Categories:
proboscis, children, death,
Form:
Free verse
Entitled To Smile
A mother holding her child in her hands, saying “How gorgeous she is!”.
A mother watching her 3 year old son saying his first word, and thus say “How smart he is!”
But neither do...
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Categories:
proboscis, bullying,
Form:
I do not know?
Recurrent Sneezing Fit
An infinitesimal slight speck tickled
nostril follicle – activated via an itty
bitty, nitty gritty dirt band noah bigger
than a mole luck yule set in motion a
chain reaction, whence mine sensitive
proboscis honker...
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Categories:
proboscis, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
My Eldest Sister Amelie Beth
My eldest sister Amélie Beth...
ever the amateur family entomologist
Upon texting her a picture
(countless moments ago
since October ninth)
unfamiliar delicate looking critter -
(seen inside the apartment many times),
she quickly identified crane fly
agilely affixed to lampshade.
I figuratively tip...
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Categories:
proboscis, adventure, autumn, beautiful, brother, confidence, creation, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Butterfly Rap- For Contest
(*Note- I suggest you read this with a boom box going in your head. Can you dig it?)
Yo,
Now gather round, my brothers ,settle down while I regale ya
with some tales about my lady from the...
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Categories:
proboscis, butterfly, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
From My Lips To Santa's Ears
Santa, I have an important request.
Please don't embarrass me with ho ho hos.
If you'd looked at my face you might have guessed.
I'm serious about fixing my nose.
I can sense you are stifling your laughter.
Your bowl...
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Categories:
proboscis, christmas, holiday, humor, humorous, poetry, seasons, silly,
Form:
Sonnet
No Africa, No France
A swarm of mosquitoes there was
Of different ethnic origin, language and culture.
Aedes, anopheles, culex and others
Some fragile, some agile and some avaricious,
The anopheles was the most fragile but avaricious.
This human, they set eyes...
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Categories:
proboscis, africa, satire,
Form:
Blank verse