Various Heresies 9
...Various Heresies 9
Post-Nashville Covenant
by Michael R. Burch
We love our God.
We love our guns.
We despise the weak.
Don’t call us Huns!
We love our kids.
We love our schools.
We lov...
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Categories:
tallulah, christian, death, god, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Cross Dressing
...Clive’s wife is out of town for the evening
so he doesn’t have a second to lose
Feeling his excitement rising
he nervously places his first order
The late night courier delivers a huge box
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Categories:
tallulah, clothes, identity,
Form: Free verse
Flower Girls
...A is for Annie Apple Blossom she buds in the Spring.
B is Betty Baby Breath she's such a dainty thing.
C is for Miss Candy Tuft pink-cheeked with hair of gold.
D is Debbie Dandelion who never d...
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Categories:
tallulah, daughter, easter, little sister,
Form: Couplet
Tallulah's Band
...There was a fine bird named Tallulah
who had the most fine alula*
she played on her drum
rum-a-tum-tum
Fine solos* for her sister Beulah.
Fair Beulah thought “I’ll not be outdone!”
“It’s my civic* d...
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Categories:
tallulah, funny, bird, bird,
Form: Limerick
A Jim-Jam Mickey-Mouse Poem
...A Jim-Jam Mickey-Mouse Poem
I think that you might never see
A poem as weird as this might be
For I’ll use luscious words
That otherwise might sound absurd
This poem may turn out silly-sally
Or even...
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Categories:
tallulah, on writing and words,
Form: Rhyme
Close Call In Ireland
...CLOSE CALL IN IRELAND
I once had an affaire de coeur with a foxylady, in fact a randy colleen
In Ireland with a tough older brother looking to punch me out.
But I cold cocked the rambunct...
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Categories:
tallulah, funny, me, old, me,
Form: Free verse
Tallulah Bankhead
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Miss Tallulah Bankhead, you were the quintessential southern belle.
You played all your acting parts on the screen quite well.
With your ethereal beauty and your deep sultry voice,
you were ...
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Categories:
tallulah, dedication, history,
Form: Rhyme
Tallulah
...Takes in all of what she sees's
And so enthusiastically
Leaps about, care free and heart felt
Longing to find a mystery or secret door
Under, over, clambering through her imagination
Lavender s...
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Categories:
tallulah, daughter
Form: Name
Cross-Country Affair
...I called you to say
Hello
and you called out ...
Hello ... Hello?
hanging up on my silence.
What game is this I play?
I came to you to hold me.
Cross-country affair
doesn't seem now
what w...
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Categories:
tallulah, life, people, places, love,
Form: Free verse