Crayon Box for Christmas There were so many colors! It’s not like I was gonna do that much coloring, but somebody had made and packed this box, bigger than my world to date. Sometimes when I go to an Open Mic’, the experience is the same. I may or may not be stirred or […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The REALLY BIG Rhyme & Reason Summer Sales Event
Extra, Extra; Poems for sale! For lovers, friends and cousins Get ‘em while they’re fresh today They’re cheaper by the dozen Here’s a way that you can help To raise the GDP Just take a little bread you’ve earned And send it on to me I can write you poems of love Or I can […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Shopping Carts
People pushing shopping carts, down all the aisles for miles Stacking all their merchandise, into imposing piles Heading for the checkout line, express or otherwise Then to the car to drive back home, and back and forth; time flies People pushing shopping carts, no groceries inside No money in their pockets, and no place they […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Flawed Law
A law’s designed to stop someone, from doing something wrong As time goes on the list of laws, continues to grow long Politicians meet and pass, new edicts every year To keep us from committing, the behaviors that they fear Each one has their own platform, made laws they hope to pass 10 or twenty […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Little Boys
Little boys are grumpy When they first get out of bed Crying, whining, screaming; “Was it something that I said?” Then a dose of chocolate milk It seems to chill them out Mothers know what works the best For boys without a doubt Now let’s have our breakfast Turkey bacon, scrambled eggs Tossed around the […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Illusion of Ownership
Think of all the things on Earth, which people think they own Buildings, land and money, they can spend or waste or loan It all works if everyone, respects the current laws Sometimes ownership breaks down, exposing all its flaws We use small bits of paper, which we trade for things we buy We’re living […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Compilation
I first drew breath and joined the world, in 1952 Since then I’ve spent my life in search, of things that I could do I’ve worked with tools and built a life; ambition’s in my breeding I went to schools and broke the rules, and then discovered reading I wondered all about the folks, who […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Knowledge and Language
Our capacity for learning, is a glory to behold Advancing our achievements, to new heights yet left untold But learning as in other things, is good as well as bad Think about before man rose, the run our planet had When early species lived on Earth, (For eons I am told) They didn’t mine for […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: To Boldly Fold
I have a friend that I admire His given name is Yuji His place of birth’s an island land It’s where you’ll find Mount Fuji We both share a love for art He studied it in school De Young displays old Yuji’s work I think that’s very cool His etchings are a sight to see […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Prayer
I wonder if the good Lord hears, our voices when we pray The size of his to do list, must fill up his busy day It seems if he were listening, he’d hear an awful lot Of people wanting lotto wins, and more cash than they’ve got We wonder when we pray for things, why […]