Doggerel Ii
...Doggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms wher...
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Categories:
mincingly, animal, dog, humor, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Poems About Dogs
...Poems about Dogs
This Dog
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Each morning this dog,
who has become quite attached to me,
sits silently at my feet
until, gently ca...
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Categories:
mincingly, animal, dog, friend, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Dog Daze I: Poems About Dogs
...Dog Daze
by Michael R. Burch
Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops on my chest.
I think Oz was mad...
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Categories:
mincingly, dog, family, friend, friendship,
Form: Verse
The Bailout Ballad - the Layman's Lament
...One day not long past our economy faltered
And wouldn’t improve if our course were unaltered.
'Cause we buy stuff at Wal-Mart (where things are dirt cheap)
'Cause they buy from China (treats wor...
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Categories:
mincingly, business, humor, humorous, money,
Form: Couplet