Newfangled Poems

Mothers-Yours-Mine

...An image of a bottle feeder attached to my brother’s cage,
his crib - a newfangled breast without arms; only the arm
of an anti-motherly technique sold by the public freak.

I laugh, loads. I kno...

Sir Thomas Wyatt translations 2

...SIR THOMAS WYATT TRANSLATIONS 2

What menethe this?
by Sir Thomas Wyatt, circa early 16th century
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

WHAT does this mean, when I lie alone?
I...

lulls

...It was 64ºf and overcast this morning when Lisa and I started our 5-mile jog to the Harbor and back. We always start our semesters this way. We’re emotionally ready for fall weather and hopefully, a ...

Sea Glass

...Sea Glass From Mother Nature’s Jewel Box

She gives us…

Hummingbirds with wings aflutter, a symphony for cherry blossoms
Sunset, moonrise primordial orbs, magic looms
Shooting comets that grac...

A Middling Nowhere

...Where are the magpies?
Where the ruined cathedrals
where are the birds
that once made their homes
in the hollow heads of saints?

Here all dwell in the new or the old
the days between are bull...

Brand New Joints

...If I must run for my life, I’m a dead duck
These old worn-out hips will give out quick
Time came when my arthritis was undeniable
When I walk now,  I hear my knees click.
I’m thinking I s...

Pappy

...Here lies her pappy.
He got one of those
Newfangled machines;
Got hung by the hose....

Cardio-Rehab

...Cardio-Rehab is an exceptionally good thing to do
I keep up with machines better than walking with you
With the newfangled treadmills I can see the world
While I am getting nowhere fas...

Blast Off

...I abhor those newfangled air driers
which blast your hands with hot air
It’s paper towels that this gal requires
but there's none - shucks life just isn’t fair!

YOUR BEST FOUR-LINE ...

Bungalow

...I’m falling, falling for you, entangled
in your crisp and shapeliness, newfangled 
light and heaviness. Underneath I hide
the quiver of my chin, where smiles reside.
Innocence plays u...

A Newfangled Sonnet

...
Nature is whispering for me to come,
to meander in a forest-   green hued;
and rest beside a gentle rippling stream,
then, lay among wild flowers in a field.
as butterflies float and my...

Eager New Co Worker

...Tendrils of absolute enthusiasm 
Ooze out of Chase, our new eager recruit.
Let me get your coffee, he says to McFhazm.
The hardest guy to impress, the first one to shoot.
You and your newfangled ...

Contemporary Prance - Bawdy Warning

...My friends took me down to Broadway
To watch a newfangled ballet
T'was called the Buttcracker
And not the Nutcracker
The title was apt I can say

Some dancers were dressed in tutus
...

Luna Mutt Natalie's Pup

...Luna Mutt Natalie’s Puppy


Little Luna licked a lot of lamb lollipops.
A lot of lamb lollipops little Luna licked.
If little Luna licked a lot of lamb lollipops, 
Where’s the lot of lamb lolli...

I Love a Poem

...I love a poem that I can understand,
not tangled threads(obscurity’s dark web),
but glove of silk that slides off Poet’s hand.
Newfangled poetry can have an ebb;
its words can from the shoreline ...

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