By virtue of the fact that you Are spending this short minute To stop by “Rhyme and Reason” Just to read the poems within it I’d like to humbly thank you all I value your support As you read my ramblings and The things that I purport I don’t recall exactly when Or why that […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: A Writer’s Lot
As thoughts turn to ideas Choose the first line that you want Write until you finish Time to edit, choose a font Read it like a stranger Give a critical review Then rewrite it fifty times Until it’s good for you In the end when it’s complete You’ll publish it perhaps Your name up on […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Anywhere and Everywhere
Anywhere and everywhere I go Something reminds me That even when we’re far apart You always seem to find me Paint me red or purple Never ever paint me blue Paint me in your picture Standing tall; right next to you Spill your colors over me And stain me with your hues Touch me up […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Cats (Gracie and Lucy)
An altruistic thing to do That our two cats would give My wife and I permission to Stay in their house and live I guess they figure in the end That we won’t interfere With mischief they intend to do To us throughout the year I am under Gracie’s power And Lucy’s my wife’s boss […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: 5 O’clock True Blues
A writer’s life’s not easy It is swathed in perspiration, Rejection and correction, and erasures and frustration So every day at five o’clock To fortify my mind I hit the bar and let it go; just leave it all behind Here I sit; my bar man Pours me up a good stiff drink I’m sipping […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: When Love Lies in Bed
Close enough to touch But miles away from me Way out in the dark Still so plain to see Side by side we walk But go in separate ways We have lost our place To be Who is in your mind As you lie by my side I gave you all my love I gave […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Little Strand of Wonder
Oh little strand of DNA, your function’s most profound You always worked so well, but lately you have let me down I know you’ve been a blue print, for my body’s replication But your recent imprecision’s, given way to dissipation When I was young I and I got hurt, you healed me very quickly But […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: A Fish in a Bowl
I am a fish and I live in a bowl And to one day escape is my ultimate goal I am owned by a man who stands up six feet tall Who I watch through my bowl which he bought at the mall He often ignores me as hour by hour I plot and I […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Destiny
The Dreg-ish-ness inside my soul, that’s fueled me all these years And stood by me through thick and thin, in triumphs, trials and tears Rekindles now to venture forth, to tour throughout the land And join with my old friends again, rebirth our erstwhile band A fair wind blows behind my back, the sun shines […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Introspection
I used to be a cynic I saw the glass half empty The good things in the world were just Some carrots used to tempt me And then one morning I woke up And put my pen to paper The poem I wrote made all that stuff Just vanish into vapor A light bulb lit […]