Rose Satire Poems

I don't know that poetry
needs be anything but poetry,

while myself realizing
that definition greatly varies –

but I have seen acrobatic
words that flop like
wingless birds, 

and predictable...

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The puppet pranced
The strings frayed
A jackass brayed
As poppin’ hoppys
Sat and rose
In ballet dance
Of well browned nose
Applause and “clapture”
of Stockholm rapture
A mocking strut
Of failing stature

Overseers jaundiced...

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A penny for your thoughts
  with inflation it’s a nickel
The longer you go on
  the more I find you fickle

You looked sincere, so...

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*Image of Paradox of a Mindfoolness.


Irreconcilable Paradox

The midnight sun casts about clear shadows amidst a
     twilight noon, 'tis yesterday.
The windy gale...

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White wings with gray attire, a fallen angel
But not, that is Muse of beauty with ruby cheeks
And melancholic tone, repenting her existence. 

I have listened...

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If love had another name
        it would be equally tender, smooth
       ...

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It’s getting harder to look the other way
While paused at traffic lights
Just down the road from my own driveway

The haggard-faced algorithms jostling all four corners
Stabbing...

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Don’t misread me with magnificent black of the eye; 
I’m the mascara flowing through cheeks while you cry.
I’m not a part of your puzzle to...

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All the President's memes;
Rose up into an army of stems;
They grew bold legs to carry them
Towards the good fight.

Though cavalier and sensing right;
They lacked a...

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Salvation of a Formalist, an Ode to Entropy
by Michael R. Burch

Entropy?
God's universal decree
That I get to be
Disorderly?
Suddenly
My erstwhile boxed-in verse is free?
Wheeeeee!



Eternal Currents
by Michael R....

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I died in my sleep last night
Too tired to put up a fight
But you know how the story goes 
Won't you give my love to...

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“My little kitty is so unique,” said Miss Olivienne Jonesmiller, “she’s a precious little shorthair, all ‘tude and sassy.”
“What will you name her?” Her mama...

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When Miss Doubtfire moved in
to their heart,
she entered dragon tail swinging
Plastered smiling walls of bachelor resistance
got knocked down
at every single candlelight date demolition

And as the...

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There’s a pile of red bricks in the corner,
The raised flower bed’s half done.
There’s sand and cement for the remainder...
Just waiting for someone.

Another year before...

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Before the black man's turmoil was his foster
And race amongst them was an imposter too
No wonder I grew to watch from a black and
White television...

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