Dance Teenage Poems

You might say, “I long to chase this path, 
As far as it can go, to witness, feel and join,
The adventures of the wanderers. 
I...

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Take me home, take me home to the place I desire the most.

Not my bed with a dozen blankets to bake me in like a...

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Teenagers, oh how they grow,
With hormones raging, they are a show!
Their taste in music and style that's new,
With beats so fresh and fashion so true.

They...

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Embrace your insecurities with grace,
Yet, don't let them dictate your pace.
They're shadows that may come and go,
But never allow them to diminish your glow.

It's fine...

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I didn’t really know what I should do.
Dad said, “you need to pull her close to you.”
When I tried to do like he told me...

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               With cybernetic grace and audacious flare,
the undaunted one, I shall...

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In the realm of humans and hard work 
Where minds think and ideas unfold
Artificial minds, with knowledge vast
A new era in our world amassed ...

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Oh, friend once close, in passion's fiery dance, 
Now vanished, like a fleeting specter's chance.
Our paths diverged, collided in fierce fray, 
A tempest of rejection,...

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Merrily Merrily cold January 2018
Damian wakes up late Saturday morning 
There was hardly a warning and 
She danced her way over to Damian's 
Bed. Hey...

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Spiked Drinks Got Them All So Rolling Drunk

Universe spun out of control and died
The planets sputtered out and then fell
The southern boy liked his chicken...

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I, was created
by the dance of nostalgia and stupid pride
I, held captive by eyes
Pinned me down and shaped my style

I suit up and fade out
to...

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Where Dreams Are Born


In a realm where dreams are born,

Where laughter dances, joy is adorned,

Resides the youth with hearts untamed,

innocence glowing, souls unblamed.

Oh, the bliss...

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EARLY POEMS XXI - JUVENILIA

Dance With Me
by Michael R. Burch

(circa age 18)

Dance with me
to the fiddles’ plaintive harmonies.
Enchantingly,
each highstrung string,
each yearning key,
each a thread within...

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hairdo
updo

mani
pedi

assess
short dress

high heels
appeals

oh dear
he’s here

in tux
big bucks

limo
let’s go

arrive
alive

fruit punch
some munch

slow dance
my chance

break heel
big deal

issues
no shoes

barefoot
toe cut

dismayed
band aid

pedi
shreddy

updo
downdo

big night
sad plight

down trend
sad end...

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A tune warbles from worn out speakers 
Awakening a long lost and lively spirit, 
A girl in saddle shoes, a boy in sneakers 
On a...

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