Double Limericks
...The Platypus: Double Limerick
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus, myopic,
is ungainly, not erotic.
His feet for bed
are over-webbed,
and what of his proboscis?
The platypus, though, is eage...
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Categories:
unsavor, cheer up, fun, funny,
Form: Limerick
Doggerel I
...Doggerel I or Nonsense Verse
A$$tronomical
by Michael R. Burch
Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
proved E equals MC squared.
Thus, all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ dec...
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Categories:
unsavor, dog, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Poems About Poems I
...Poems about Poems (I)
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~underwater~~~
watching the shoreline blur
sees through his breath’s weightless ...
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Categories:
unsavor, creation, god, muse, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Poems About Poets I
...Poems about Poets I
The Wonder Boys
by Michael R. Burch
for Leslie Mellichamp
The stars were always there, too-bright cliches:
scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew
as baffled poet...
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Categories:
unsavor, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry,
Form: Verse
Limericks Iii - Grab Bag
...Limericks III - Grab Bag
Being a peace activist, I once wrote a limerick in an attempt to stop needless wars:
Of Tetley’s and V-2's
(or "Why Not to Bomb the Brits")
by Michael R. Burch
The...
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Categories:
unsavor, humor, humorous, light, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Limericks I - Relatives and Relativity
...Limericks I - Relatives and Relativity
The Cosmological Constant
by Michael R. Burch
Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
said E equals MC squared.
Thus all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not ...
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Categories:
unsavor, humor, humorous, light, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Dear Editor Or Shreditor
...Dear Editor or Shreditor
by Michael R. Burch
Dear Ed: I don’t understand why
you will publish this other guy—
when I’m brilliant, devoted,
one hell of a poet!
Yet you publish Anonymous. Fie!
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Categories:
unsavor, funny, giggle, poems, poetry,
Form: Limerick
The Better Man
...The Better Man
by Michael R. Burch
Dear Ed: I don’t understand why
you will publish this other guy—
when I’m brilliant, devoted,
one hell of a poet!
Yet you publish Anonymous. Fie!
Fie...
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Categories:
unsavor, literature, nonsense, parody, poems,
Form: Limerick
Limericks
...Limericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle ...
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Categories:
unsavor, giggle, light, nonsense, parody,
Form: Limerick