Snow Nonsense Poems

Gnarled fingers shook off the snow
Waking the frosted sparrows
An old grandmother Elm sighed.


A feral cat
Creeps along a city street
No pity kitty


A cold rain
Slows the slugs
Fast...

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A LOOK AT NONSENSE 
I cannot write a poem today
So why should I even try
It's snowing outdoors right now
And I am not sure just why
I...

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Land.
neural storm potential
a sky day
Earth's eyes
so fortune

Land.
the noble time
my Earth split
invited misfortune
in whirlwind

Land.
calm is pale Sun
have its way
Being proceeds

Land.
a solstice knows sorrows
so its hell
so feathers...

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[ to the tune of My Favorite Things ]

Raindrops on dew drops and ponds formed by puddles,
Praising when phrasing bewilders, befuddles,
Nice sounding lyrics that don’t...

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On a snow covered beach in the middle of Summer
Basking in the gloominess of a dark so much glummer
There lived a cow who the cowboy...

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Frankenstein held a tea party, but I did not go,
I am not one for large crowds and fol-de-rol
I sent a note saying I was sick...

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Going Underground
Is that so profound?

Where Covid 19 is not yet found..

Society all smashed up
I wonder what caused that

Not really though
As we all know
You play the...

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I swear I saw a cat;
she held a cricket bat
and swung it at my head;
I danced upon the bed;
and then a dog appeared -
his clothing...

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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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Cockleburs

Small green weeds, 
with little seed pots, 
that stick to your socks. 

They travel with you, 
to the next place, 
that God wants them to...

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The Desk
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a...

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The Bright Lights

Her hair is snow-white, 
but it was not always so. 
It was black, like the night. 
It was deep in color, 
near as...

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The High Night of the Dark Wind

Dancing fairies on the lake of ice, 
leaving no marks as they pass. 
The tiny birds, chase them...
not to...

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Lay Down Be Still

I am not responsible, 
for what happened to you. 
You are accountable;
to what happened to me. 
That was and is still a...

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Picturebook Princess
by Michael R. Burch

for Keira

We had a special visitor.
Our world became suddenly brighter.
She was such a charmer!
Such a delighter!

With her sparkly diamond slippers
and the...

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