Romantic Teenage Poems

Do you think I had forgotten about you? 

You carried me home when I drank too much. 

Hoisted me over your shoulder, drowning delicately in...

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There was a girl whose soul which was past repair ,
she didn't want perfection , she wanted affection,
people who will understand her messed up emotions,
She...

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 Did my words tire you out
Were my actions too loud
Was my love not as soft as you wanted  
Since the first moonlight you...

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I'm okay, 
you're okay is a mask in the land of pretend.
Children say what they feel,
their honestly can bubble over.
Little ones have not learned words...

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Many years ago,
girls wore girdles.
The tight uncomfortable things,
they held one in tight.
One summer's night,
I snuck my girlfriend out.
We were off on a double date,
a night...

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Would I be disappointed though
If this didn’t lead to more?
Four years of waiting
And all we have is idle conversation.
Two people who changed so much
That they’re...

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The magic of love in those early years
So intense, so filled with suspense
What would it be like, that very first kiss
The feeling was so so...

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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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This worm is proud to be green,                  ...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems XIII

Davenport Tomorrow
by Michael R. Burch

Davenport tomorrow ...
all the trees stand stark-naked in the sun.

Now it is always summer
and the bees buzz in...

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Making Her Feel Like A Teenager Again.
.
It has always been my ernest endeavour
To satisfy a woman make her feel special
And make her feel  like...

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Juvenilia: Early Poems V

Poetry
by Michael R. Burch

Poetry, I found you
where at last they chained and bound you;
with devices all around you
to torture and confound you,
I...

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'Taste, never tell'
Tips from a gamer's threads.
'two shots, tips to the shot
Blondies would miss the plot,
not the barbies with the pinky dreads.
Wine and whine, the...

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Sex 101
by Michael R. Burch

That day the late spring heat
steamed through the windows of a Crayola-yellow schoolbus
crawling its way up the backwards slopes
of Nowheresville, North...

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I remember the eve of ripening masculinity
The frenzied feelings so easy to ignite
            ...

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