Song Usa Poems

Cowpoke
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 16

Sleep, old man...
your day has long since passed.
The endless plains,
cool midnight rains
and changeless ragged cows
alone remain
of what once was.

You...

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    In 1755 a British army medical surgeon Richard Shuckburgh, while campaigning in
    Rensselaer New York, penned the nursery...

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Trump poems and epigrams V

The prez should be above the law, he sez,
even though he’s no longer prez.
—Michael R. Burch



Mercedes Benz
by Michael R. Burch

I'd like...

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days dry as can be
rain are you hiding from me
clouds I need to see...

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When I keep hearing this song so called "
South Africa supplied  Russia munitions," 
I just laugh loudly ," Huh?Hahaaah! Hahaaah!

Hahaaah! Hahaaah! Hahaaah!
Hahaaah! Hahaaah! Hahaaah!
Hahaaah! Hahaaah!...

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What is Woke
Unbridled intention or activism shrouded by an enveloping cloak?
Doing Good
Embracing causes from some unwritten book.
Driving Equity
Is there some clarity or just another term...

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Yesterday, all I wanted was to sing you a song  

Is there anything wrong?  

Yes, in fact there is  

Our relationship biz...

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She was persuaded to hide 
The love so deeply she felt inside 

For those who thought they knew her, who thought they knew best
She was...

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Verse 1
Born dumb in Corn Pop’s town,
first kickback he took was a Ukraine shake down,
end up like a creep that sniffs hair too much
‘til you...

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It was a stressful drive
Up north I-seventy-five
The rain came pouring down
Water, water, all around

Semi-trucks carrying loads
Vie for places on road
I was in middle lane
Trying to...

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Be fearless, don't think about criteria. 
Stop with the feud within yourself, with your own self-inflicted bacteria. 

Be fearless, sing that song you wrote. 
You...

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"There is Hope for Capital Hill...why not pray for our representatives and our senators in Congress? Instead of saying let's just throw the bums out."...

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How very much I do despise, 
The  tyranny of fear and lies!
That’s  thrown at each others throats.
Like rabid, heartless billy-goats!

A stench-filled world, where...

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Listen all that stumble and fallen into arms of Angels.
This of mine' loves so dearly, much more than she can be loved.

Seraphims above and ghastly...

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Spaghetti

The meat, 
the cheese,
the sauce.

The smiles,
the laughs,
the wine.

The music, 
the song, 
the moment... 

The vow of forever!

Then...

You and I, 
and the garlic bread!



A. Foster, Ann...

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