April Nonsense Poems

Many poems are about the titles
Not the contents
Many books are about the titles
Not common sense
Many stars are about the names
Not the distance
Many actors about the...

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No, dear reader, this is not an April Fool's prank piece. It's merely a bit of nonsense for this very silly day...

Alice asked Tweedledee,
"What is...

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what is one to think
what is left to say 
when one is awestruck by the 
absurd absurdity of the absurd



Submitted on June 5, 2023 for...

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Author's note: I dug deep into my archives chest to retrieve this piece of utter nonsense, dear readers, because I thought it would make a...

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Dastardly the deviant demon    
has been depressed and despondent.
Despite that, downstairs in his dank dungeon,
he decisively decided,
to devise a despicable design.

Departing from...

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How can they only love and support you when it benefits them?
How can they cheer you up when they just want to benefit from you?
How...

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LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE IV

Anti-Vegan Manifesto
by Michael R. Burch

Let us
avoid lettuce,
sincerely,
and also celery!


Rising Fall
by Michael R. Burch

after Keats

Seasons of mellow fruitfulness
collect at last into...

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Think of zero, nothing
Your mind will go absolutely blank as a page
Do not sing!

Practice nada,
Don’t be philosopher or sage
Magna

Ho-hum
No time to rage
Mum

Think of zero, nothing
Don’t...

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I was sitting in my room,
Looking at the stars,
When all of a sudden,
I thought I saw Mars,
I went out of the house,
And looked all around,
I...

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Is today Japan's version of April Fools Day?

They've made the Olympics look like a School Sports Day...

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The Hopping Toad Nursery Rhyme

As I was walking down the road
I saw a lumpy, bumpy toad.
He looked to the left
And then the right
Then hopped his...

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Our hen dropped an egg – plop!     
Orange balloon stuck - pop!    
Odd wee bird sang - cuckoo!...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Still Daylight
In the Dark

The days are gathering…
dust, 
and so am I. 
Not intentionally, 
but metaphorically. 

I longed to have more time. 
I dreamed I could...

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Rain

As I set here quiet, 
I gather my thoughts. 
I pray without the pomp...
of a beginning or an end. 
As He is always with me....

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