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April 03, 2013 10:24 PM UTC --
Rhyme Without Reason 1: Dueling Petunias
©2013 Robert Burnham
Dueling petunias claiming a hillside of green
Pigs fly the air over elephants lean
Dwarves and Giants . . .
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March 15, 2013 12:56 AM UTC --
Foreword:
Richard Lynn Livesay is a poet who believes that if a tornado has a hold of your one hand, and a woman has a hold of your other, then you, will be standing, in equilibrium. . . .
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March 06, 2013 10:24 AM UTC --
Deforestation of Debora
©2013 Robert C Burnham
The deforestation of Debora
Can I contemplate it, without body?
I still belong to the ninety percent
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January 26, 2013 07:49 AM UTC --
words & photos©2013 Robert C Burnham
COLD CAROLINA
©2013 Robert C Burnham
If this was a novel
There would be a man
On . . .
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January 19, 2013 02:11 AM UTC --
SUBWAY
©2013 Robert C Burnham
Do you know what happens
Once people hate enough
Push
Their hatred becomes a passion
Their passion evolves . . .
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January 03, 2013 04:11 PM UTC --
Poem Notes (for Whetsone Poetry, Richard Lynn’s Collaborative Cafe, & Poets Against Atrocities):
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January 03, 2013 03:42 AM UTC --
THE NEW WORLD
A Terence Malick Film (2005)
I have been a member of Gather for 6 years. In that time I have posted who knows how many poems, some . . .
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January 02, 2013 01:16 AM UTC --
January Morn
©Robert C Burnham.
1:00a.m. 1.1.2013
Poetry dances along Australia's beach
Rockets bloom over old hearths
Fresh acquaintances reflected in . . .
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December 15, 2012 01:05 AM UTC --
Whetstone Poetry:
Perhaps this comes from my pen prematurely. Some may fault me for writing too soon. For those of you who may think so, I cannot apologize, but I can insist that . . .
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December 13, 2012 09:12 PM UTC --
My Love For You
©2012 Robert Burnham
My love for you is a language
Eternally telling me things
That cannot be expressed
Like the pitter-patter . . .
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December 09, 2012 02:32 AM UTC --
SPY
©2012 Robert Burnham
~ for spies like us ~
In a high arc
Out of the dank dark
The trajectory
Of the sixteen ounce
Ball peen hammer . . .
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November 17, 2012 02:36 AM UTC --
T AP
©2012 R C Burnham
My wife wants to write
tap tap tap tap tap
I work all freakin’ day
I want peace and quiet
tap, tap, tap, . . .
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October 29, 2012 12:52 AM UTC --
Ballots
©2012 Robert C Burnham
Rapturous lessons of rapid
Dissemination frowned upon
By chocolate soda pop pharmacies
And in the shadows
Adjustments . . .
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October 15, 2012 08:50 AM UTC --
©2012 Robert C Burnham
A fireball off Rumford Avenue
Springsteen’s music from New Jersey
That summer, and
I found death by watching
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August 25, 2012 02:20 AM UTC --
You Sent Me Flowers
©2012 Robert C Burnham
Rights are Reserved
I told you, the words were angry with me
And so you brought me chrysanthemums
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August 14, 2012 05:02 PM UTC --
SISTER MINE
©Robert C Burnham
My sister loves me,
Or she did – before I
Wrote this poem
She works up a parfait . . .
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July 27, 2012 01:37 AM UTC --
The New Normal
©2012 Robert Charles Burnham
all rights reserved.
Asking for assistance in reaching
Boring, healthy cereal far above Captain Crunch . . .
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June 20, 2012 03:20 AM UTC --
Homecoming of a Blinded Lady
©2012 Robert Charles Burnham
Dedicated to Corey, whose courage exceeds that of any man.
She strolls through . . .
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June 13, 2012 05:29 AM UTC --
Family Reunion Remembrance
©2012 Robert C Burnham ( all rights reserved )
Laughter is gone from an empty family reunion
No eggs tossed, no water balloons thrown . . .
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June 11, 2012 12:40 PM UTC --
In honor of
Time travelers Richard “Fodder Papa” Livesay, Libramoon, and Stephen Berwaldt
The Historical Record
Of A Surreal Species
©2012 . . .
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