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Penknife Poems - Poems about Penknife

Wait, and words elude

...Like a bowl of dry fruits
There’s a motley of words-filled books
On the writing table,

And like an empty plate
On it appears blank paper, 
As if penknife, the pen

In hand, the poet waits,
...

Categories: penknife, poets, words,
Form: Tercet

THE ur POEMS

...THE ur POEMS


& GAUD said, “Let there be LIGHT VERSE
to illuminate the ‘nature’ of my Curse!”
—michael r. burch


grave request
by michael r. burch

come to ur doom
in Tombstone;

the ...

Categories: penknife, angel, atheist, christian, humanity,
Form: Free verse

Opening

...How reverently he removes the seal,
   anticipating the fragrance,
   the first small taste,
   remembering the warmth and
   laughter of the party,
   parties, the bar, the taverns,
   the men...

Categories: penknife, drink, journey, peace,
Form: Other

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Free Verse Iv

...FREE VERSE VI

Reason Without Rhyme
by Michael R. Burch

I used to be averse
to free verse,
but now I admit
YOUR rhyming is WORSE!

But alas, in the end,
it’s all the same:
all verse is u...

Categories: penknife, freedom, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse

Happy Birthday To Me

...A fresh new birth has come again,
I still have got more in life to gain,
Memories of joy filled in my brain,
Been through downs 'n' mountain,
But I deserve happiness not pain.

It's yet another...

Categories: penknife, age, anniversary, celebration, crush,
Form: Rhyme Royal

Midwife's Love

...The story is about someone's life,
Written by pen and not a penknife,
Telling of a cool guy with no wife,
Who was brought up by a midwife.

Even though she wasn't his mom,
She struggled for him...

Categories: penknife, angel, appreciation, baby, cheer
Form: Rhyme

Free Verse I

...Lozenge
by Michael R. Burch

When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a lozenge of sugar.

When I held...

Categories: penknife, forgiveness, heart, humanity, life,
Form: Free verse

U-Turn

...FROM THE ur POEMS



u-turn: another way to look at religion
by Michael R. Burch 
 
... u were borne orphaned from Ecstasy
into this lower realm: just one of the inching worms
dreaming of Be...

Categories: penknife, angel, atheist, baptism, christian,
Form: Free verse

Ready Set Go

...Wrap in dry onion skins and dip’em right;
you’re going to get a big surprise.
It’s colored oval onion bliss;
something you wouldn’t want to miss.

Grab those, Sharpies now, my friend;...

Categories: penknife, appreciation, art, color, easter,
Form: Rhyme

Some Glimpses

...Moon rose from 
obscurity, once I released 
the fury of darkness.

        *

Do not want to 
repeat; why my song was 
stolen by flight of birds.

        *

The negativity of 
the penkn...

Categories: penknife, art,
Form: ABC

Superman

...My dad told me when he was young
And fit as fit could be
As the best Saharan lumberjack
He cut down every tree

He rode a wild dinosaur
From York to Timbuctu
He took it back to London
And put...

Categories: penknife, childhood, father, funny, sondad,
Form: Light Verse

Anthem For Doomed Youth

...Let’s hear three cheers for the decade of disinfectant!
Clean out your insides with cheap vodka!
Blow your brains out with Nirvana!
Your breath reeking of teen spirits,

Does weed count as a veg...

Categories: penknife, sad, satire, social, teen
Form: I do not know?

It's Too Late

...I look for her in her room
I thought she might be in there
I saw no one was there
But I saw something else

There are crumpled pieces of paper
I started to pick them up one by one
I read it th...

Categories: penknife, imagination, lost love, sympathy,
Form: Name