Best Pedantic Poems

you must be carefully taught
all aspects of the universe
complete and utterly covered
in a tome of spiritual verse

you must be carefully taught
who you must hate and who to love
has all been handed down from
commandments from somewhere above

you must be carefully taught
strict adherence to beliefs of past
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PEDANTIC? – WHO ME?

You say that I’m pedantic
But that’s not precisely true.
Pedantic is not the right word,
As I’ll explain to you.

I’ve checked the Oxford Dictionary,
Which I know you’ll find insidious.
But really dear you ought to know,
The word you want is ’fastidious’

24th April 2023
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In caves prehistoric
Static from minds ecstatic
Lively from minds elastic
Passion from minds romantic
Impression from minds pedantic
Bizarre from minds frantic
From Cro-Magnon to Warhol’s antics
Art pleas images and not semantics.
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Just as it’s not always so
First thought is best thought
There’s always exceptions to the rule
Or to put it directly,
Rules are made to be broken,
Or more charitably
Rules are by nature fluid 
Suited to conditions which are always
By definition conditional.

And so my rule of thumb for poetry
Less...

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Recondite River 
David J Walker

How easy to live
on lies and stale air

to color within the lines
of pedantic pages

pleased with the accomplishment 
of a predetermined outcome 

How easy to flow with the 
Current of the incarcerate river running

Between banks that will 
Never be robbed nor deposited

You...

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