icicles dripping water in the sunshine
...icicles dripping water in the sunshine
watching her sleep soundly as the sun slowly sets
i wish this impromptu trip's feeling would last forever
in life sometimes, all we get is what we get
ici...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, growth, life,
Form: Free verse
Chasing butterflies
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She chased a pretty butterfly,
the field a minty green
With Salvia and Baby's Breath,
a watercolor scene
As fast as her two feet could run,
she touched its silken wing,
s...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
Apple Picking Time
...It’s apple picking time.
Let’s to the orchard go.
Rise up, my sleepyhead.
You must not move too slow.
I will grab a ladder
and put it in the truck.
You can gather our pails
to use for what w...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, work,
Form: Quatrain
Vaccinate the Yawn
...News is abhorring
And so boring
Starting from the break of dawn
I think we need
To be indeed
Vaccinated for the yawn
They always try
The same tired lie
Their old shtick goes on and on
I’ll...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, parody, science fiction,
Form: Rhyme
Nyc - Paris
...Peter, Charles and I were jetting our way to Paris. I’d just woken up. I had to pee so badly it woke me up. It was a medical emergency. I stretched and everything hurt, I felt like I was 30.
Peter...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, boyfriend, humor, new york,
Form: Free verse
Sleepyhead
...Sometimes, I've tried lectio divino for the hour before bed
but at this time, or my 1st hour, I may be groggy of head!
So I try to opt for a daytime slot when I feel my awake-est
like 3pm the Ho...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, bible, good friday, good
Form: Couplet
Waking At Dawn You There In Our Silk Bed
...Waking At Dawn You There In Our Silk Bed
Baby fawn, fur so beautiful, new life
A reminder Nature's beauty so true
We wade through this world of hellacious strife
But my darling, I live because ...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, beautiful, life, love, memory,
Form: Sonnet
The Perfect Saturday Morning
...Wake up sleepyhead, here's a little kiss
Don't rush to leave the covers, lay back and enjoy this
I'll bring you in your coffee, just stay awake for me
I'll crawl back into bed with you, what happe...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
Daydream
...As the rain pounds against the glass-stained windowpane,
all I can think inside my head is, what from life can I truly gain?
What is my purpose on this earth? I honestly do not know,
will I always...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, anxiety, depression, dream, fear,
Form: Free verse
She Was Very Pretty
...She Was Very Pretty
by Michael R. Burch
She was very pretty, in the usual way
for perhaps a day;
and when the boys came out to play,
she winked and smiled, then ran away
till one unexpectedly...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, boy, daughter, girl, hair,
Form: Free verse
Tis Your Dream, Stop Wallowing In Your Bed
...Quote:
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” - G.K. Chesterton
*****
As a poet I happily take inspiration wherever I ma...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, age, creation, dream, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Words Are Energy
...We are what we think…....
our brains think in language
language serves as a vehicle of words
like musical notes
Words carry a vibratory si...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, beautiful, creation, fish, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Sleepyhead - Nursery Rhyme
...A Lullaby
Go to bed, sleepyhead
Snuggle with sleepy ted
And sleep sleepyhead
In your safe warm bed
Close your eyes, don’t peek
Count the bounding sheep
Take a graceful leap
Into ...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, child, Lullaby, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Under the Rainbow
...’twas during a full moon
I met a medieval knight
He said things once were different
Rainbows used to shine at night
But God was getting older
And he liked a little nap
Yet he kept being woken...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, moon, rainbow,
Form: Rhyme
May Day
...Transition
between spring and summer, Santa Monica and Laguna Beach
despair to laughter, classroom to Zoom
Pagan festival brings renewal cinema:
In honor of May Day
Climbing 2200 feet
Enc...
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Categories:
sleepyhead, blessing, care, deep, miracle,
Form: Free verse
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