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On Poetry and Prose

A bridge from colloquial to courtly fare A span where idealism and fantasy pair A railway to the existential realm; celestial lair A conduit through which rational discourse can flare Deep medium to: forage, inculcate, and inform Broad brush to paint rare beauty; sculpt surrealistic form Incisive scalpel to surgically alter the societal norm Delicate utensil to educate on civility and decorum A literary organ; a prosaic construct A mechanism our syntax to deconstruct An analytical tool; an observational viaduct Introspective milieu to reduct; extrovertive sphere to reconstruct A semantical edifice that aspiring wit, lofty orations implore An experimental structure gramatical anomalies to explore A thematic repository in which concrete ideas, abstract notions to pour A vernacular cathedral butressed by an idiomatic core

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 12/9/2010 3:04:00 PM
Congratulations on your win..Sara
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Date: 11/23/2010 9:49:00 AM
Congratulations on your win Stephen in the "Poetry Panorama" contest hosted by Linda-Marie. Love, Carol
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Date: 11/22/2010 7:59:00 PM
Lots of great vocabulary words in this one, STephen. Wow! Congrats on your fine win. LUv, Andrea
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Date: 11/17/2010 10:01:00 PM
GOD!!!! This is just Genius! I cannot find one thing wrong with it! Seriously, Iam shaking out of envy right now!
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Date: 11/17/2010 9:58:00 PM
I absolutely despise reading this piece but can't help it...it's so good...better than my work. I hate being beaten, but the best is the best and knows it... Congrats, and be on the look out, you my friend have become my competitor, and victory will be tasted by me again! God, this piece is simply amazing, never crossed my mind to use enhanced and elevated diction in a rhyme... well not often, and you crushed my rhymes and free verse with one piece... It's ON!!! GREAT WORK
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Date: 11/17/2010 9:35:00 PM
Stephen...many congrats on big win in the contest. Luv/Best wishes..Hitendra Mehta
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Date: 11/16/2010 4:32:00 AM
Congratulations on this well deserved win, Stephen
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Date: 11/15/2010 6:07:00 PM
A broad brush to paint a rare beauty is just what you have done! Lovely poem!! Congratulations! ~ Carrie
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Date: 11/15/2010 4:36:00 PM
High poraise indeed for poetry.Congratulations on your 2nd place. Love, Joyce
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Date: 11/15/2010 4:05:00 PM
Congrats Stephen on your success in my Poetry Panorama contest with this elegant entry so perfect.. appreciate your support of my contest endeavors...luv..
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Date: 11/11/2010 9:57:00 AM
Stephen, there are many great analogies in this thought-provoking poem. I like thinking of poetry as a "Delicate utensil to educate on civility and decorum." You should enter this in Thvia's "clever analogies" contest. Best wishes, Carolyn
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