Long Twinkle twinkle little star Poems

Limericks III - Grab Bag

Being a peace activist, I once wrote a limerick in an attempt to stop needless wars:

Of Tetley’s and V-2's
(or "Why Not to Bomb the Brits")
by Michael R. Burch

The English are very...

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One afternoon Martha the mother of Jack, who was in her early eighties, told an amazing story about her son while having coffee in the parlor with her neighbors; it was a weekly gathering to...

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Let’s have a lil fun. Let’s see how many of these you remember.
If you know, you know (Smile)

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn…
Jack be Nimble, Jack be quick
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Little Bo...

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.....
How I wonder what you are,
Are you a stranger too I ask?
Why are you hiding behind that mask?

In the dark, and all alone,
An emptiness I've never known
A yearning deep inside of me,
A...

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in this world of the limped nuptial 
i’ve appeared as a power-missile of the lac-dye 
that is used by the hindu women 
to paint the border of their feet 

the tooth-ache of some-one pumpkin 
that...

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I'd say it was late Spring or early Fall in 1954, a quiet time
in American history; and Mr. Eisenhower was The President.
There was a sweet and kind teacher hard at work,
teaching  kindergartners how to...

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Arohee (one who ascends)


With a sweet,  smiling countenance sat little Aarohee,

Placing a finger on her cheeks, she, aged only three,

Draped in a little sari her mother had made her wear,

She sat in contemplative thought, yet...

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Thy Moon I seek tonight,
                              ...

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I lay my baby down to sleep
                            ...

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Confessions of Pistachio Pudding

The pudding said to the whipped cream 
"I love the way you feel on top of me... 
all light and sugary...but I have a confession 
I was not always a bowl of...

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A Second Star Story from Christmas

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Up above the world so far.
Leading wise men to the place
A baby came to save his race. 

But, alas. Men’s greedy hearts
That’s where trouble always starts
Some have...

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Twinkle twinkle, little star,
93 million miles far.
Giver of light, supporter of life,
energy, climate and season device.

The sun is a star, we're glad it is here,
as our life support, for 5 billion years.
This star is among...

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“Little Star, twinkling so beauteously bright
I greet you again a very blest night
Enthralled with mirth to see your sparkling light
That beckons me to delight in sky sight.”

“Nice to see you with your starry-stare zest
Oozing along...

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When we were nine
and yearning, outcasted
I did not understand the bruised
nature of your soul. Perhaps I
do not understand even now.
I remember
how I criticized you for the way 
you sang "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
in your warbling...

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At first the mind empty of words,
Filled with a silence never heard.
An idea thickens and takes shape,
An echo through eternity will make.
From an alphabet soup of the mind,
Into fair words of a far other kind.
How...

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Twinkle, twinkle little star
The Star of Bethlehem--that's what you are!
Shepherds watching their sheep in the field
Saw angels on high announcing Christ's birth
The Messiah, Our Saviour--God's Only Begotten Son
So they followed The Star to worship The...

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Will you wait for me, maybe awhile, 
 but I promise I’ll be there? 

I will wait here for you, without denial,
I will wait here for you, right here - promise kept -
Holding a rose...

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We're all so beautiful, physical and ignore our souls 
Twinkle twinkle little star, a star never falls 
Smile smile and trouble will seems so far 
Doves fly and toads get stuck in the tar 
Let's...

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Twinkle Twinkle little star
How unfortunate you are

To sit in the ski all night and day
While other’s send wishes your way

They wish for love, fortune and fame
They wish for everyone to know their name

They wish to...

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A lot of guys get lost in your eyes
But I found myself in those depths that galaxies rest in
Your eyes hug stars and sprinkle glitter for their shimmer when the sun wants to shine
I didn't...

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A LONE MOMENT


It’s on that moment
When the sky is dark blue
With stars brightly shining, sparkling and twinkling
While children are peacefully asleep dreaming singing

‘ twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.’

Yes! It’s that lone...

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He is the sound of a waterdrop 
A waterdrop off a leaf into a pond
He keeps monkeys and trees, bond
And works zebras for donkeys

He sprinkles scent on flowers 
And enchants buffaloes for mowers
He spells vultures...

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You know the Old Lady who lived in a shoe,
She led the Autumn Jive with Little Boy Blue,
DJ Peter Piper looked suave and dapper,
The Old Grand Duke of York, *MC and rapper

The Trees of the...

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I saw a child playing in the park,
who seemed to be all alone;
I thought he looked a little too young
to be out here on his own.
I looked around for an adult
under whose care this boy...

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18 April 2024  5:53 Pm

Twinkle twinkle little star 
How I wonder what you are

Up above the clouds so high 
Like a diamond in the sky

I remember when I was a child, innocent in my...

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