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Preamble (A Rough Draft For An Ars Poetica)

...rbres orateurs

I 

plant

it

It will sprout


But forget about 
the rustic festivities

For the explosive word 
falls harmlessly
eternal through
the compact generations 

and except for you

 nothing 
 denotates

its sweet-scented dynamite

Greetings
I discard eloquence
the empty sail
and the swollen sail
which cause the ship 
to lose her course

My ink nicks
and there

and there

 and there

and
there

sleeps 
deep poetry

The mirror-paneled wardrobe 
washing down ice-floe...Read more of this...
by Cocteau, Jean


Song of Myself

...o callous shell; 
I have instant conductors all over me, whether I pass or stop; 
They seize every object and lead it harmlessly through me. 

I merely stir, press, feel with my fingers, and am happy; 
To touch my person to some one else’s is about as much as I can stand.

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Is this then a touch? quivering me to a new identity, 
Flames and ether making a rush for my veins, 
Treacherous tip of me reaching and crowding to help them, 
My flesh and blood playing out l...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

The Hero of Kalapore

...rr to make the attack. 

Then with crowbars they dashed at the doors vigorously,
Whilst bullets rained around them, but harmlessly;
So they battered on the doors until one gave way,
Then Lieutenant Kerr and his henchmen entered without dismay. 

Then Kerr's men rushed in sword in hand,
Oh! what a fearful onslaught, the mutineers couldn't it withstand,
And Kerr's men with straw set the place on fire,
And at last the rebels were forced to retire. 

And took refuge in another ho...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

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