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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Kendrick Avatar
December 9, 2010 at 3:04 PM
Congratulations on your win..Sara
Brown Avatar
November 23, 2010 at 9:49 AM
Congratulations on your win Stephen in the "Poetry Panorama" contest hosted by Linda-Marie. Love, Carol
Dietrich Avatar
November 22, 2010 at 7:59 PM
Lots of great vocabulary words in this one, STephen. Wow! Congrats on your fine win. LUv, Andrea
Taylor Avatar
November 17, 2010 at 10:01 PM
GOD!!!! This is just Genius! I cannot find one thing wrong with it! Seriously, Iam shaking out of envy right now!
Taylor Avatar
November 17, 2010 at 9:58 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
Mehta Avatar
November 17, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Stephen...many congrats on big win in the contest. Luv/Best wishes..Hitendra Mehta
Mehta Avatar
November 16, 2010 at 4:32 AM
Congratulations on this well deserved win, Stephen
Richards Avatar
November 15, 2010 at 6:07 PM
A broad brush to paint a rare beauty is just what you have done! Lovely poem!! Congratulations! ~ Carrie
Johnson Avatar
November 15, 2010 at 4:36 PM
High poraise indeed for poetry.Congratulations on your 2nd place. Love, Joyce
Sweetheart Avatar
November 15, 2010 at 4:05 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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November 11, 2010 at 9:57 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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