Ghosts of Christmas Past
...Ghosts of Christmas Past
I do not fear the ghosts
of my Christmas past.
My yearly visit with each one
is a gift
a present
for this one day
I drive out to Lantzville Beach
and bring my dog...
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Categories:
titters, christmas, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
loving my trees
...mother naked oak
oversees pine forest
squirrel grabs plump acorn
twisting shimmering leaves
cottonwood feels magical
silver faerie titters
pine cone plop
fir tree scratches sky
snow lands...
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Categories:
titters, tree,
Form: Haiku
knowing more than anyone knows
...a leisurely spring day with a friendly southernly wind from the west
I hang from an oak tree nearly hitting my round chin on my flat chest
from homes of unsuspecting neighbors, I hear dainty titte...
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Categories:
titters, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Magical September Oak Twirls
...Musical autumn leaves in slashes and swirls.
Flowing around me, making melodic curls.
Titters and skitters from mischievous squirrels,
What is more magical than September oak twirls?...
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Categories:
titters, tree,
Form: Monorhyme
Butt Out - Collaboration - Please Join In
...I’m lunching with my bestie Mylie
She’s upset and no longer smiley
I ask her what’s wrong
She said in my thong
My bottom is no match for Kylie!
I giggled and said stop your moans
You'...
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Categories:
titters, body, clothes, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Voice - Potd
...Voice
Through a vast jumbled valley of cacophony's roar
One voice
In tones of soprano, alto, tenor and bass
Speaks a universal epiphany
In a rumbling
Resonate
Reverberation symphony,
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Categories:
titters, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Poems For Poets V
...PROFESSOR POETS
These are poems about professor poets and other “intellectuals” who miss the main point of poetry, which is to connect with readers via pleasing sounds and the communication of emo...
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Categories:
titters, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Weeping Willow
...dripping arms
delicate fingers
weeping willow
breeze picks up
swaying begins
dance of the fey
faerie titters
gentle moves
sparkling leaves...
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Categories:
titters, tree,
Form: Haiku
Paris Cafe
...lavender umbrellas
floral teacups
fancy china plates
muffled conversations
dainty berry scones
crisp white doilies
shy looks
wedge of brie
cucumber sandwiches
tiny titters
chocolate truf...
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Categories:
titters, food, travel,
Form: List
A Much Better One
...Please excuse me for trying to pre-empt the censors that now live among us. I hope that my meaning is clear.
A Much Better One
The world's always been, as it is now,
a very se***l place. Orga...
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Categories:
titters, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Trixie Is the Main Conspirator
...titters and whispers of the evening
elusive to my conscious mind
bantering and laughter
they make fun of my nightly death
Trixie is the main conspirator
I am out of body, floating
Dare eac...
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Categories:
titters, muse, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
State of the Art Iv
...State of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
titters, art, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Diana of the Birches
...Birches took a vote after the child left the forest
Next time, two wanted to capture her, to keep her always
Ninety-six others voted this was wrong.
The magical birch had a new idea.
Let me cre...
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Categories:
titters, tree,
Form: Narrative
Shimmering Waters
...The shimmering water so divine, the Moon has to take a closer look,
Oozes down into the bowels of the atmosphere, it’s not a brook!
It is a canal of sorts, with a beautifully built gothic surreal ...
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Categories:
titters, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Laughter Is the Best Medicine
...OLD MA.
Old Ma always gave the kids a nice treat
Always nuts and never anything sweet
But they soon found out why
Nuts were in great supply
Choc nut bars she'd only suck cos no teet...
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Categories:
titters, humor,
Form: Limerick
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