Long Sappy Poems

It's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch

If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;

if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads

uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!

If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;

if birds give...

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It's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch

If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;

if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads

uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!

If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;

if birds give...

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If you would like to have your limerick(s) posted, soup mail them to me.

Ms. Rude is still writing her snide remarks
She sounds like a mad dog who barks and barks
Geeze, lady, give it a rest
Your...

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There was a dear who had a ridge that she perched from
It was where she felt welcome 
Below there was a road 
Where cars must go. 

They would be driving in singles and pairs 
Going...

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* Note My dad passed away today, a little over seven months since my mom passed. After a thirty year estrangement my dad and I reconciled when mom died. I figured I'd write this today,...

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COOL CALM CHAOS

           Eager egrets hopping on mossy glossy grass of desert
           Cake made of...

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He was a formidable creature, straight out of Teutonic mythology, and I fell in love the instant my eyes met his.

His wings were unnoticed at first, as I was concentrating on the 
Immediacy and complexity...

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I’m scared of the lies, I’m scared to give away my heart
Cause it’s been broke before and torn apart 
I’m scared of the feelings that I’m feeling right now
Cause I can’t be the perfect guy...

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Wonderworks
by Michael R. Burch

History’s
mysteries
abound
& astound,
found
(profound)
the whole earth ’round,
even if mostly
underground.


The Procrastinator’s Creed
by Michael R. Burch

It’s always, “Tomorrow, I’ll do it.”
Work? I eschew it.
I never collect money I’ve loaned
and the rest of this poem’s been postponed.


WHEN...

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We made love, and then we fell in love
Not knowing what it really was…
Love’s just not a dream, a home, kids, pets and things..
But it allows us to see the beauty they bring

But there’s one...

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Limericks VIII plus one Lead-In Poem



Updated Advice to Amorous Bachelors
by Michael R. Burch

At six-thirty,
feeling flirty,
I put on the hurdy-gurdy ...

But Ms. Purdy,
all alert-y,
kicked me where I’m sore and hurty.

The moral of my story?
To avoid a...

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I like breaking the rules 
I aint no fool 
I play kick the can by kicking trash cans 
Spray painting walls is like spitting on girls from up high 
With my amazing imagination 
Fun is...

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~The Rainbow Connection~ 
( Free  Flow  Style ) 


I write with all my heart 
And every time that I do it 
I feel all day long 
Like smiling and laughing a bit. 

Writing...

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~The Rainbow Connection~ 
(Free  Flow) 


I write with all my heart 
And every time that I do it 
I feel all day long 
Like smiling and laughing a bit. 

Writing poetry for me 
Is...

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       Be                           ...

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~The Rainbow Connection~ 
(Rhyme) 


I write with all my heart 
And every time that I do it 
I feel all day long 
Like smiling and laughing a bit. 

Writing poetry for me 
Is such a...

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The Rainbow Connection~
 (Rhyme )


 I write with all my heart 
 And every time that I do it
 I feel all day long 
 Like smiling and laughing a bit

 Writing poetry for me
...

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Imagine yourself as a tree
with a leaf named Yang
connected to a branching twig named Yin,
having a sappy conversation 
about EarthMother's sacred trees 
of life 
and dormant death.

Do you think yintegrity's twig would want to correct...

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I write with all my heart 
And every time that I do it 
I feel all day long 
Like smiling and laughing a bit. 

Writing poetry for me 
Is such a powerful tool you see,...

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It must be hard
To carry it around
That load of hate
Weighing on your heart
A powder keg
Waiting to explode

You pretend it isn’t there
But now and again it shows
In what you say
In what you write
The sarcasm hidden under...

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OK GIRL WHAT YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME,
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING YOU WERE DIGGING ME
CALL ME UP ONE RAINY DAY,ASK ME TO COME OVER AND MAYBE PLAY

NOW YOU WERE THE ONE WHO REALLY CHANGED...

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What if I wanted to break...what if I already have
The scattered pieces of my farce of a heart
have retracted, signed the lease of residency
returning by magnets to me, the magnets of sadness
when all I want...

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I write with all my heart 
And every time that I do it
I feel all day long 
Like smiling and laughing a bit

Writing poetry for me
Is such a powerful tool you see,
It’s more like a...

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This is too someone who will never read 
This is my way to cope with all the times I've been cheated by him

Putting this out here to cope from the heartache I feel every time...

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It was St. Patrick’s Day 2011, and all wasn’t 
full of happy-go-lucky four-leaf clovers.  
No, it wasn’t going to be a very cheerful day
after all. 

She had been missing since New Year’s Eve.
That night...

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