“Act your age Jeff! Act your age!” It’s ringing in my ears! People have been telling me To act my age for years My Mother and my Father And my coaches and my teachers My girlfriends and bartenders And my workmates and my preachers As I’ve gotten older My condition seems to worsen I still […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Smooth Brains
Our brains need convolutions Just to squeeze our minds inside Otherwise our heads would be Too tall and much too wide Think of all the desk top files That hide behind our brow Shakespeare, Einstein, Nixon Kerouac and Chairman Mao Science, Santa, etiquette; So many rules of thumb The more the convolutions then The farther […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Perspective
Basking in my fatal flaw Jack Daniels, rocks; no fruit no straw Stocked in Perth, Rome and Sumatra Drink of choice for Frank Sinatra Drink the first, my mind starts numbing Drink the second; poems start coming Drink another, it’s my third Oops; I just mis-spelled a word Counting drinks that I have drunk Thinking […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Gnat in the Glass
Upon the lip of my wine glass A tiny gnat alit All day he darted here and there He wanted just to sit The fragrance of the wine was wafting Up for him to smell The gnat was slowly drawn into It’s deep dark purple spell He felt a certain tipsiness His head began to […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and reason”: Playing the Game
The way the game of life is played, depends upon your hand The skill with which each card is played’s, the measure of the man Some play on and others fold, some push their chips all in And then it’s up to skill and chance, to see which ones will win Some players tip their […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Wonder of it All
Little things get bigger As the years go flying by Time stops now and then; that’s when Small things will catch my eye The hummingbird and bee and me All watch the garden grow Each of us have things to do As we all come and go The blood that fills my heart with life […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: It Only Gets Better When You Get Better! (A Friend’s Favorite Saying)
In the place in your head, that connects with your heart Sometimes something is missing, that tears you apart If you knew what it was, you could try and go get it Elusive completion! You know it; admit it A thing you could have, that might set your mind free But that’s not how it […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Half-Life
The half-life of a poem, alas Is only 15 minutes The thoughts and feelings fade away And all that’s held within it Every day I post another I might write too many Poems that tell you I’m still here Still spewing words a’plenty Swirling thoughts I must let out To clarify my brain Even though […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Self-Therapy
Those of you who read me, in the mornings come to find About the things I think about, inside my troubled mind In fact you’re my encounter group, I have to let it out But still it leaves me insecure, and lingering in doubt I tell you all about my scene, in hopes I can […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Word I Seek
I seek a word that perhaps I can use Just to tell you the things that I feel So the world that exists just outside of my head Knows this life I’ve created is real It doesn’t matter if it is quite short I don’t care if the word’s very long I’ve had a way […]