As the years of my life have gone by, from time to time an old friend visits me. He always stops by unannounced. No phone call. No knock on the door. He just shows up. There doesn’t seem to be any particular plan to his visits and the older I get, the more often I […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Footprints
As I walk on the beach Where we once walked together The tips of the waves nip my toes And the sand is awash With the cold briny water High tide will come soon I suppose I turn ‘round and gaze At the trail of my steps And my footprints look lonely because Long ago […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Wear-With-All
Without an inhibition We’re all naked when we’re born From that moment we are taught That clothing must be worn All throughout our history The styles have come and gone We dress in hopes we might impress Perchance that we may spawn Some cultures fill their skin with ink Or smear their face with ashes […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Faith
When you’re in a hurricane And winds begin to blow And homes fill up with pouring rain And there’s nowhere to go You go up in the attic Then you go up on the roof And then a fishing boat arrives GOD MADE LOVE WATERPROOF ! Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason” © Copyright, August, 2017 […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Must Be Love
I met someone And once again It hit me like A freight filled train It filled my heart And stabbed my brain I’m all mixed up And half insane My tears are falling Like the rain Into this flute Filled with champagne Be right or wrong I can’t abstain It must be love I feel […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Bostonian
I’ve spent some time in Boston Massachusetts is 1st class Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots The beans will give you gas It took some time to understand The way they speak their words I marvel at the way they treat Nouns, adjectives and verbs The way that they say “Peabody” Sounds like it’s “P’b’dee” “Car” is […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: To the Young Men
Throughout time the young men go, to fight the old men’s war To charge and fight and kill and die, but not to ask what for A rite of passage gauntlet game, to see which ones survive To live out life just wondering why, that they are still alive Whittled warriors, bodies broken, torn apart […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: August
August stay, that we might play, please let our summer linger Lest the trees, let loose their leaves, and turn to bony fingers Your poppy brings us dreams of dragons, breathing smoke and fire Your onyx sports, its black and shiny, formal-wear attire Lay still upon the grass in August; find a four-leaf clover Wish […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Which Age to Act
“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 […]