Cyrano de Bergerac
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Cyrano de Bergerac
entered a race
not fleet of foot
but hoping to place
tho' quick off the mark
the competition so tough
kept him on his toes
when the going got rough
yet setting th...
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Categories:
bergerac, fun, humorous, race, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Hercule and the Broken Birds de Bergerac
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"Hercule and the Broken Birds de Bergerac"
lute wherefore art thou?
soft stroked like chords of velvet
wrapped around thee thou be art always
in the bursting rose red...
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Categories:
bergerac, muse,
Form: Sonnet
Lasciviousness
...Serenity enters upon her hem
Toting attentions like needful puppies
Eager to submit every breath
Ponce' bathes in her fountain
Halcyon depths purifying his soul
Isolated pristine - Qing porcel...
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Categories:
bergerac, lust,
Form: Acrostic
Green Men
...As you walk
without hesitation
without gratitude
Seemingly,
without fear
As you walk
back to your place
of power and privilege
You still
require her to smile
As you wal...
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Categories:
bergerac, gender, poems, sad, society,
Form: Free verse
Overwhelming Moment of Telepathy
...as our eyes met
as our eyes met
a thunderous spark
detonated in my heart
a sudden tsunami
of years of ancient history
in some telepathic wave
taking my breath away
i understood in an inst...
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Categories:
bergerac, confusion, emotions, games, irony,
Form: Free verse
Cyrano
...Oh Cyrano, dear Cyrano
Monsieur, de Bergerac
Your nose was big, yes really big
Immense, “la tabernac”
You stuck it in, a love affair
And wrote, Roxanne some prose
She fell for it, to the ext...
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Categories:
bergerac, heartbreak, humor, lost love,
Form: Narrative
Unquotable Quotes: Poets - Xxxvi
...Unquotable quotes: Poets, Poetasters and Platos – XXXVI
For James McAuley – in remembrance of a memorable week in Cardiff 1965
The greatest poet ever is NOT Homer, Lao Tse, Ovid, Dante...
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Categories:
bergerac, creation, poetry, poets, word
Form: Epigram
There's Something Else About Richard Nixon
...Who
Ever
knew,
according
to Wikipedia’s,
chronological list
of inauguration portraits,
that Richard Milhous Nixon
was the last U. S. president not to ...
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Categories:
bergerac, satire,
Form: Concrete
Regency Dandy
...This Regency Dandy flying across the river,
Jumping Jack Flash of kingfisher blue that
I was lucky t see, this dainty dandy of English...
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Categories:
bergerac, bird,
Form: Free verse