KEITH BURKHOLDER - POEMS

​​​Keith Burkholder has been published in Creative Juices, Sol Magazine, Trellis Magazine, Foliate Oak Literary Journal, New Delta Review, Poetry Quarterly, Scarlet Leaf Review, and Birmingham Arts Journal.  He has a bachelor's degree in statistics with a minor in mathematics from SUNY at Buffalo (UB).​

The reason why people wave flags is for control

​Now mind you,
I am not bashing a flag that represents a country,
But people love tensions,
Think about it,
People think of God when they wave their country's flag,
Yet, wars happen because of evolution,
There is no reason to believe in God,
When wars and destruction are caused, it is because of evolution,
Fine, wave your flag,
Wars happened and your country is saved,
Yet, if you look at it deeply,
These flag wavers are not the nicest people in the world,
In fact, they are control freaks,
They are not nice from an abstract sense,
Only in a sense that their world is not inconvenienced,
Meaning, where they live,
I can go on and on,
That is nice you wave your flag,
Great, but look at people realistically,
They are not nice,
And people love tensions,
Truly good people are not easy to find,
This is how I feel,
Take care, 
Be good,
And again, carpe diem.

You see more love toward animals instead of humans nowadays

​I can admire someone loving Fido,
Yet, more people love animals than humans,
Humans are hard to trust,
People gear toward dogs, as an example,
Dogs liked to be loved,
They don't care about your income,
Or even how you dress,
Yet, humans continue to love animals more,
Humans are hard to figure out,
They want children so bad,
Yet, when they have children, the children get ignored,
Divorce happens a lot,
Animals, like dogs, are easy to make happy,
As time passes, this will occur,
Believe what you want here,
Whether you prefer humans to animals or vice versa,
This is a trend you see a lot on Facebook,
The lady who finds stray dogs,
Or even children that get kidnapped,
Yet, nothing really good comes from this,
Think about what I have said,
Take care,
Be good,
Carpe diem.