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Best John Cage Poems

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Embraceable
They say one cannot embrace pure silence,
But can they feel the silence embracing them?
Our minds in pausing and transitions,
Could it be…that
Within our souls is an...

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Categories: john cage, inspirational, life, music, philosophy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Vignette- Is Silence Golden ?
Thinking outside his cage
A war on tradition he waged,
Writing notes by chance,upon a page-
His disharmonies cannot be forecast
Many suppose his music will not last

John Cage=...

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Categories: john cage, music, people
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Still Point 24
John Cage
four
three-three...

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Categories: john cage, music, silence,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Monoku Ekphrasis 15
John Cage-
           piano dreams..in a landscape...

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Categories: john cage, dream, music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Happening 2 Ear Candy
stay 
        awhile
wait
close eyes
listen
imagine
           wonder:
   ...

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Categories: john cage, inspiration, music,
Form: Verse



Premium Member Ear Candy Thoughts
stay 




        awhile



wait




close eyes



listen


imagine



           wonder:



   ...

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Categories: john cage, music, word play,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Weekend Recitation
stay 




        awhile



wait




close eyes



listen


imagine



           wonder:



   ...

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Categories: john cage, music, words,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member One Word Tribute
Silence



A one word tribute poem to John Cage Composer/poet

'Listen' to my clip on YouTube 

https://youtu.be/oFKu3StgnSw...

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Categories: john cage, music, poetry,
Form: Verse
Premium Member One Bite Size Poem Tribute
Silence



A one word tribute poem to John Cage Composer/poet 4:33...

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Categories: john cage, image, music,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member A Tribute To Cage and Solitude
I am here (solitude)
   and there is
     nothing to say
those who wish to get
somewhere
     ...

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Categories: john cage, silence,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Emagi Cage In a Landscape
John Cage IN A LANDSCAPE
         .                            °
             ^                     °
                ^ ^             ||                  ...

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Categories: john cage, music,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Clerihew Cage
John Cage 'wrote' the symphony 4:33
with notes none could see 
From the orchestra no sound is found
the'music' being 'noise ' randomly found...

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Categories: john cage, music, people,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Clerihew Satie
Alfred Leslie Erik Satie 
with musicak  dissonance so free
Once was all the rage 
conveying the genre to John Cage...

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Categories: john cage, music, people,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member CAGE in a landscape
stay 
        awhile
wait
close eyes
listen
imagine
           wonder:
   ...

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Categories: john cage, music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Emagi Silence
John Cage ' SILENCE'

   [(•) (•}]
   [   ||   ]
   \ (XX) /
    \(XX)/...

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Categories: john cage, poems,
Form: Shape

Book: Shattered Sighs