Sawdust Poems - Poems about Sawdust

Capenter Bees

...Carpenter bee buzzing
and drilling
sawdust spirals down
...

Tears of the Forest

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The trees remember what the axe forgets.
The mirth of lovers romping on the loam.
The light that filtered through in golden nets,
and beasts that roamed for shelter in the gloam.

A broken b...

Times Change

...Dusty little towns
West of the Great Divide
Where great-grandchildren of cowboys
On ranches still reside.

Small western museums
With local antiquities inside; 
Native American artifacts, 
So...

My Boat

...I built my boat up, sawdust in my eyes
Love and kindness ingrained since my younger years
Now just a pile of wood

I built my boat up, my hands aching
So it would withstand the storm
Now soaked...

The Deceased Politician

...Cold death it is, descending from the sky,
That like a shroud, across the land doth lie.

And why need death be cold?
Let we this tale unfold.
Dire death is no distraction for the best!
They ga...

Kitschy-Kitschy-Coo

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   Mona Lisa’s crooked smile	
      on a half-crushed Campbell’s Soup can

   Joe Dimaggio reciting his pronouns uneasily 
      then lowering his batting hand
         into a scalding hot cup...

Man's Burden

...I barely feel the autumn chill,
as all around me sawdust spills,
my tiny daughter up the hill
waves down, as little children will.

The trees down here have only grown,
blocked out the view we ...

Nature Comes Last

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    She once bestowed shade 
        on blistering hot days
    Now exposed all around her
        is human flesh to sun’s rays

    She was a playground for squirrels
       where they...

Fair Game

...POEMS ABOUT POOL SHARKS

Fair Game
by Michael R. Burch

At the Tennessee State Fair,
the largest stuffed animals hang tilt-a-whirl over the pool tables
with mocking button eyes,
knowing the p...

Truffles and Treasures

...Mankind seems a fraction lost
chasing truffles and treasures
through the sawdust of his mind.
Beating back wild hogs
in the backwaters of temptations
as emerald jacket croakers
play hide and se...

Not any Ole knida way Bog Bog Bogger Mi

...When he was born his Daddy knew he would need
certain things to maintain and operate
the place within a means that was suitable for
people to remain within a said budget they would create.
We pil...

Museum of Me

...Diaries left open and letters framed,
chronological ink waving from a horizon, gone.
Clothes hung to recreate a wedding, a dance, a touch – 
enclosed in glass cases to trap the scent inside.

Th...

::Limited edition::

...I’m a limited edition, when all is said and done 
Nothing special, only unique in a maze of humdrum 
Kill spiders for a pastime, coz I hate their beady eyes 
Watching me try to sleep, as they para...

sharing

...pounding 
grinding 
drilling
sawdust
plumbing scraps
empty boxes 
strewn from 
bedroom to bathroom
and everywhere in between ...
a miner's shanty once
propped up 
on timbers with 
no firm...

Swan Song

...This aint my first rodeo
I have known horse refuse before

Not thoughtful enough or thorough I thought
Well thats what boots are for

Emblazened on my personal crest
familial coat of arms

I...

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