Good Night Sweet Kitty
...Good night, sweet kitty.
It is time for us to sleep.
The moon is out, the day is done,
It's time for us to dream.
What is that crash, oh furry one?
You say you see a bug?
I've looked and looked...
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Categories:
reprimands, cat, humor, silly,
Form: Rhyme
The Prismatic Self
...I am a dare-dreamer, a mask wearer
a soul bare-r (but not always my own); a word-weaver.
I pull at thoughts like strings. Strings of cobwebs
and cirrus, frayed dungarees and threadbare memories
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Categories:
reprimands, art, conflict, identity, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Devotion
...THE SUNDAY MORNING PLEA
Sunbeams gently pierce my sleepy eyes,
Waking me up, whispering, “Arise! Arise!
Gather your tools, prepare your vision,
The children await your joyful mission.”
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Categories:
reprimands, children, devotion, heaven, religion,
Form: Rhyme
A Jelly Apple
...Today I had a jelly apple –
What a special treat!
My husband bought it just for me
‘Cause he is very sweet.
Atop the jelly, coconut
Was sprinkled, extra nice,
Although the jelly by itself
W...
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Categories:
reprimands, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Pearl Harbor I
...A heedless world implodes beneath the weight
and all the West lies smoldering in flames.
And nay a soul finds shelter from the hate
as dire evil seeks intended aims.
The despot waves of fire and ...
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Categories:
reprimands, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Through the night's veil, in whispers, I moved my steps along
...Through the night's veil, in whispers, I moved my steps along,
Somewhere, a light within the darkness, sparked a straight and fiery throng,
The secret of time, always hidden beneath pointless repri...
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Categories:
reprimands, creation,
Form: Free verse
This Is God
...An infant's cry a child smiles.
The laughter comes after.
This is God. The people of
Populations across all nations
Man and woman of families.
He has many sons. This is God!
God is. HE exists...
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Categories:
reprimands, allusion, cancer,
Form: Alliteration
They Rather Lift Your Casket Than Your Dreams
...THEY RATHER LIFT YOUR CASKET THAN YOUR DREAMS
Dreams are made
just like beautiful caskets.
Dreams can be waylaid,
even in reality outskirt.
Dreams do come true
but death has only one rule:
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Categories:
reprimands, 1st grade, death, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Poems For Poets V
...PROFESSOR POETS
These are poems about professor poets and other “intellectuals” who miss the main point of poetry, which is to connect with readers via pleasing sounds and the communication of emo...
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Categories:
reprimands, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Slippery Slopes
...“Not down any drain!”
livid chef reprimands sous
fatberg prevention...
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Categories:
reprimands, environment,
Form: Senryu
Fourth and Four
...Adjust and move four words for worth/
Aghast at July 4th I’ll power forward north /
Away from what’s been uncovered worse than I’ve ever been coerced
I devour and nourish as the demeanor looks g...
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Categories:
reprimands, angst, anxiety, art, character,
Form: Rhyme
Benevolence-
...Mighty is the mind that understands
Strong
in due time
Strong is the hand ,
Mighty that reprimands
Strong so that unbinds
Benevolence
5/13/21
Written words by James Edw...
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Categories:
reprimands, analogy, character,
Form: Free verse
Twisted World
...We live in a world
Where all things are moving
Where nothing halts
Where nothing turns back
Where all that it is is noise
We live in a world
Broken souls grace the streets
Hopeless lives is...
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Categories:
reprimands, africa, anger, anxiety, christian,
Form: Prose
Beyond Real
...when Animal Farm is not a feeding manual
and Clockwork Orange strikes at midnight
Dali’s time piece warps under face value
and an eagle-eyed-cuckoo flies over its nest
beneath the cover...
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Categories:
reprimands, dream,
Form: Free verse
State of the Art Iv
...State of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
reprimands, art, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
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