Language Poems | Examples of Language Poetry

If only grammar were simplified we then could speak uncriticized. Or, if grammar were abandoned we’d all be speaking standard. Think how easy it would be to speak flawed yet naturally, and not worry that what we say is the right or proper way. The purist will of course object and castigate me as a derelict, arguing that ungrammatical English is speech reduced to gibberish. But...

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Poetry can be deep, lord knows I have shoveled some! Or shallow, everyone loves icing -- instructive~ insight into truth, passing go, a 1000 erudite words equal one, honest poetic portrait -- size may somewhat count with sex...but poetry, is lasting intimacy – as mysterious as love and insolvable as God -- ...

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So yall, here are some sayings. Some are from wayyyy back in the day, I’m talking ‘bout the 70’s up to current, and they all have meanings. Many of you may have heard them and know what they mean, while some of you may have not. But the good news is, if you know, you...

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Let us think not only of instrument and music though a poem sort of a dance let is think not only of voice and cadence though a poem also a trance let us not think let us not think for mind has an echo compounding the same I adhere to conduit mystery taking no credit nor blame --...

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We share our grief without language, for we often cannot summon the words. For our gestures give answers when voices fail. Grief is shared many ways: In a deep lingering, soul-searching gaze of eyes. Gentle touches on arms or shoulders. A deep long hug or embrace. Teardrops shed with shudders and sobs. Two hands gently cupping one with care. Fingers brushing away the salt...

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No Kings Day Everyday The fear I felt last November Has Swollen Like a Hindenberg blimp directly Overhead Seconds from exploding Time and space back to 1775. How Now sent troops’ marching feet Bear a din, underscoring beat, Compelling Alarm Urgently To ask, to answer the question: How might we align our democracy...

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We have all had that moment of frustration We search for words that hurt out of desperation Having a hard time sorting out our feelings That's the moment we become harsh in our dealings There are times we fight to be understood Wishing we can take back the words if we could It doesn't pay to speak out when we're mad We...

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“Mom, they called my name I won.” “Mijo, estoy tan orgullosa de ti, qué bendición.” Her voice lifts when I tell her. Like music in a language they don’t teach in school. At the store, at school, at the doctor’s front desk I become her mouth. I become her ears. They...

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I said just breathe in, uncompress your lungs— re-tongue a kindness in through mouth—now, hold your death. Pen's pulses, still, stand witness. ...

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I do believe in you words you say, deeds you lay everything that you are is true I draw...

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I knew an old buffoon quite the gloomy poltroon who through a stormy monsoon flew his hot air balloon and among the Walloon and Flemish much to their surprise did not meet his demise but with neither a blot not a jot nor blemish at all on hand in the small 6-Government densely populated parliamentary constitutional monarchy 3-language country of Belgium safely did crash land ...

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O Confederation of the West— You were not born to conquer shadows, But to outlive them. Power is not noise, It is silence understood by all. You fear the bear in the east, But he was your brother once— Did you not share a winter once in Berlin’s broken breath? Yet now, You sharpen your swords Where olive branches once bloomed. He holds gas, grain, and...

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(Poet’s Note : AI will be able to decipher Light Language soon. For now, it cannot. Light Language is not classified as an “other” language yet.) language of Love has no w Or ...

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Beard or bard? queried chief counsel, The Spit. Bared wit: "alike drunkn greif". Berkspeller loose in the fief! Beware, none sings from his lief....

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Words are soft or words are cold, Words reject or words can hold. They can warm the heart and free the soul, Or wound a person and make a hole. They can teach a world and build a nation, Or cause a war and desolation. To keep from wandering blindly, Choose your words and use them wisely....

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