Walter Burns

"The way the moon plays off your eyes I would say is paradise Stars that shine for heaven’s show Can only match our afterglow We are swans so rare and fine We form a heart with yours and mine But I..."

"When I Think About YouI think of sunny daysRunning free through the parkAnd passionate displaysLying 'lone in the darkOf a candlelit nightA sudden gust of windWhen you say it's alrightIt doesn't have ..."

"Love Dear Love, The kind they write about Is somewhere balanced above Just to hang so much off my fingertips that I tip toe in hope to catch a star For it seems to me  that stars Are the ceiling..."

"The light is shining in the hall The clowns are smiling on the wall So baby dear why don’t you sleep Count those endless downy sheep Your bottle’s filled with tepid milk Your pillow’s cased in woven ..."

"Pour me-sip me-I am your liquid love And I-would hold-a glass to taste you, pureWe could-fuse our-souls into a love song If you-would not-think of it as too strongI would like to drink you; I would li..."

"Fade 'way from the glass tube bit So I can walk this path with you Please don’t say where we could get I see this road is paved for two Put away your belt clip ape Your ears will burn from rumor Orna..."

"Come closer I'm about to die The lights are about to dim ...On the Big Picture Here come the credits Before the movie hits Just to let you know The ending will be quick A scratch on the screen So th..."

"You aint nothin but a Saturday night Goin out with you sure would seem alright Cuz I got jeans and I got boots And you gots hair that’s wavin its roots But we’s in love with the slow dancing A bottle..."

"Just click my mind three times for me and say these magic words“I hope these boots are thick enough, I hate it when it hurts”These feet are callused and are not the ones that I would chooseBut wills t..."

"The hidden word In “me” is me Its good it rhymes With poetry I’ll write the words You’ve torn apart And hold the shreds Up to my heart The masking tape In time, repairs The fact that I Have words to..."

"If God were not real-let’s only pretend Just a fairy tale, so nicely was penned Then comes the movie and all of the fans Buy up the tickets with sweat-clenched hands That hold the mint cards, all coll..."

"I need this... The swing of things Always occupado on the playground’s dull staccato the recess bell just won’t yell no kinder words were spoken to end this hell of reveries never to be broken I n..."

"Dream when Spring Leaves behind A heave of finger Slung across The cool, wet, dirt The forest leaves A paper trail Magnetic poems Splayed on the ground Winter’s tail Still whips these parts ..."

"My reverie Snapping-out-of-thought Ten seconds in hell (1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10...) Like reading this poem To experience loss Written January 28th, 2002 © on Jan 27 2002 04:30 PM PST   0 • 1..."

"Hey Coppah Makin' a diff'rence Why' d you let me speed passed To 85? Hey Coppah Policin' my life Stop me unexpected Running the light Hey Coppah Left you behind Watch me go down here Exit ..."

"There once was a dodo Who always heard “no no” He tried doing right But that never took flight His life, he thought it was so-so He went searching for less Where he thought he'd find "yes" He ..."

"The claimed dessert           A burnt crème book Regard the delicate, silken, sinful, rich blending velvet with a crisp, simple, sugared Discovery. Transformed elegance             A medley of aro..."

"Making Love -always this ridiculous obsession with love                                   Moulin Rouge -not with a bang but a whimper                       T.S. Eliot Love defined: a lesser knead ..."

"When I was very young A scruff and scraggly boy My own imagination Was my most enjoy'ble toy I’d hide in the closet's dark By cramming myself inside My time machine would take me To adventures far an..."

"If I sat and typed fore'er Just hoping it was good I'd best the chimpanzees On antique Underwood? If I sucked each molecule And breathed in all the vapors Would I get some good ideas From all the Li..."

"I see you as you dream Thoughts in clouds With broken seams I sow them up and in our sky Pop them once and watch them fly I jump in one with me inside Now the future’s open wide Sailing, flailing,..."

"The veil is thinning Night is gone A new beginning The coming dawn Then so suddenly on the rise I see autumns auburn eyes Where the heavens and earth embrace They touch so gently upon her face She i..."

"Moccasins, loafers Slippers and ropers Flip-flops, high tops Slickers get you Puddle hops Mukluks and chukkas Sandals and thongs Pick the perfect sneaker And you can't go wrong Heels and st..."

"Beggar: I was cut And now I bleed But on the street Am I in need? I am hungry I am cold I never did What I was told Rose: I have thorns. When I was born I wasn't told That they'd cause p..."

"Toader Down the middlemost middle the road Hops Harriet the hideous toad She gave up her cushy ole pad She's half 'cross the street, she's glad Squished by a heavy duty loader A game for frogs; nobod..."

"Today is January 29, 2002 2002 backwards and forwards it’s the same Here's the proof! 2002: Backwards 2002: sdrawroF just like S-S the days of the week Sat in the Sun Got hot Just like the mo..."

"Judgment is coming, soon all will face it Here is the darkness why not embrace it The pain is one thing I’ll never know For into the darkness I'm doomed to go What does it matter if I cannot feel Into..."

"Love makes the world go round the world go round the world go round Love makes the world go round the world go round the world go round Enter good friends response: and it makes you puke from ..."

"The biggest cantaloupes The perkiest watermelons Grapefruits round and ripe Look at how their swellin’ Oranges...coconuts... Everything’s set up right Heck I even dig the feeling Of those pesky skeet..."

"As they shuffle into the chapel This time they're friends of the groom For on that side there is low rent And there’s always plenty of room They listen to the preacher Or at least someone ordained T..."

"One day, while walking around Mickey Moused and down My Hands went through the motions Two interstellar potions Mickey made coffee And Mouse made the buns My Hands do the work In labor and fun I’d d..."

"Placebo Flo could make no dough She tried the best she could But Placebo Flo I think you know Did nothing that she should She tried to work she really tried Her fingers to the nub For all her sweat s..."

"Real Audio Killed the Poetry Star I read you in a book from (18)52 Lying awake intent at reading poems by you If I was numb it didn't stop you coming through. Oh-a oh They took the credit for your s..."

"The complete multivitamin It has it all from A to Zinc The first is quite good for skin The second fights foot stink You ever think that you just might Get it all from a Flintstone pill Bitin’ Bam-..."

"Me, Lloyd, and the Cosmic Void There is a big black hole opening up in my bedroom wall. My closet door cannot keep me from a bottomless fall. There goes my dog and, oh great, there goes my cat. Teach..."

"-splish splash- the water -splish splash- the water watch it go up and DOWN but still... there's nothing to do about the drain that goes GLUG after all Mommy said "Bath time's over" Written Fe..."

"The luminous foil It covers the sky I feel that we’re here Just so we can die You’re taking me out You put me back in Thought you would kill me You’d kill me again I’m breathing the steam Of a thous..."

"Her robes of pure white Cannot hide the truth The secrets revealed in those hands Telling the tale of a vanishing youth In which illusion can only withstand Weaving her hands through autumns cool air ..."

"How I feel, this may be A little sad, that is me But in the night, when I cry In this bed, where I lie Make believe, I cannot do Kissing, holding, only you DVD, on the screen Watching Muppet, colored..."

"Ms. Abigail von Diddly Doo and her trip to the city Zoo Ms. Abigail von Diddly Doo Watching the monkeys at the zoo Found a keeper by name of Lou Bravely, she told the man what she saw those monkeys ..."

"Crickets chirping Lizards lurking On my house of brick, How'd you feel ‘bout creepy crawlies Whose eyes they hafta lick? Horny toads? Well so am I! Hiding on the porch, Sucking in My final breath,..."

"I keep these feelings bottled up I’m not allowed to speak And if I were to let them loose You’d think that I were weak Stuffed, bottled up and vacuum sealed Where no one hears me scream To let the fe..."

"I am Summer I burn I crackle I sear through life I'm the blistering curse of Summer It’s scorching hot today Somewhere else It’s Winter The tomorrow that I’ll meet The Winter blows such cruelty w..."

"A bird was born to take its flight Against the Wind to weave  A nut, a corn, a bit of seed If none then he will leave My soul is pecked by speckled beak And bathed by now a lark Who sings a song..."

"Flowers grace her ever so near Shades of violet and vermilion What price would I pay to have her Well I guess at least a million Odes sung with honeydew swollen From the breasts of my beloved And I ..."

"Songs sung Rhymes wrung From sweaty hands of lovers Who place a Cold Quaint Attitude To use beneath the covers The word they want 'Security' “It’s pure To me” They say The blanketed effect Of ..."

"The room is vast Its speeding passed But why its fast I cannot ask I cannot ask The reason why I cannot last Within your eyes The page is long I'm writing songs But still There's somethin..."

"A bird was born to take its flight Against the Wind to weave  A nut, a corn, a bit of seed If none then he will leave My soul is pecked by speckled beak And bathed by now a lark Who sings a song..."

"R.L. Valen Stines In nightmare room, dark dungeon, or the creepy crypt The blood from chewed on beauties is so daint'ly sipped Rose stem glass raised in the air, its R.L. Valen Stines Choc'late ..."

"Bloodshot engineers Try to manufacture fears Because they know how it feels To run on cogs and gears and wheels And they won't sleep at night Till they get it right They won't sleep at night Till the..."

"MONSTERS! MONSTERS! creep and crawl see that shadow on the wall? MONSTERS! MONSTERS! ‘neath the bed hear them feel them live or dead MONSTERS! MONSTERS! shift and lurk Was my brother? Oh, that jerk..."

"I love her, Her name is hard To say for me The bouncy ball Will not fall When I want to say it… Tiffany, I love you… The bouncy ball Is on its way With words I didn’t want to say, I need you, Be w..."

"Roller coaster poster boy Frightens friend just for joy Shakes her as they climb so high Tells her that they all could die He calms her that he did inspect Every crack and huge defect Look at how the..."

"The war is on another shore Explosion is in our kiss You are the land I will explore To look for a spot I've missed Your neck it dips and meets the sun Your warmth and flesh I envy Let the moisture s..."

"Chocolate, creamy as your thighs You promised sweet love tonight I can see it swell in your eyes Won’t you take another bite Marshmallows all ooey, gooey When you gaze with pure desire All I can say..."

"The trees...sigh your name My ears... hear the same The space of which your beauty travels In my eyes, it still unravels The kind of poem that I admire Is one I read and never tire I always ease my e..."

"Satin Pajamas…Daddies and Mamas In satin pajamas Daddy’s and Mama’s, “We’re not goin out tonight” Daddy likes something To make him feel pretty Something to make him feel right That would be Mama An..."

"Daydreams seem to lend To nightmares never end They could both be my friend If they would never end But you’re calling my name The same way that I came Into this world! Cursed and fondled on your ton..."

"The birds knew they'd never see As you flew away from me A love like ours tonight Then you took upon your flight The birds up in the sky Never knew they were to die Like the love we had inside A dove..."

"Grew up in flea markets A chicken box my bed Countless battles i designed With soldiers made of lead Tucked beneath a table Keeping away from harm I would often venture out Overtaken by the charm H..."