Best Variation Poems

Where Lud gave wing, Blessed Bran doth sing
true oracle the visions bring,
from midnight’s land, bear burning brand
the Queens of old, gift Druid hand.

Shadow depth seek, sharp sable beak,
pierce psyche veils when prophets speak,
messenger calls through ancient halls
where Raven reigns the Tower walls.

Fey healer fly, the...

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On tuffet to eat whey and curds
Miss Muffet is shat on by birds
All seems to be well            
As she can't smell or tell
Curds and whey are now just two-thirds


If you don't understand this allegory--read...

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Variation Fantasies
(Senryu Suite)

fantasy fairytale
a lavender landscape patchwork
jewel foliage

dandelion sap
juniper jubilation
ancient sandalwood

bumblebee nectar
parading catwalk cartoon
dragonfly greenhouse 

marzipan rainbow
tasty nugget tangerine
hickory pasture

vegetation waltz
air cactus zucchini juice
utopia maize

mammoth koala bear
obsolete notwithstanding
hair raising rabbit

Erich J.Goller
Copyright 8.2.2011

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A Creator Variation (1)

Part I:
When I was four and
You, precognizant either of our DNA or
An epidemic rippling through the stomach fat of the nation,
Enrolled me in gymnastics, I was
Not so young that I didn't know
My preferences.
More specifically, I knew that
Bounding the trampolined length of the...

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v.1 Hush little baby don't say a word
Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird
And if that mocking bird don't sing
mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring don't shine
mama's gonna give you all her time
Every hour of every day for the rest...

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Apart from all the silence, 
And never-ending tolerance; 
Together with a vague shout, 
And without any creeping doubt;
In feeling all the spiky nudges, 
Taking my energy like sponges. 
I am by your side and all’s fair. 
I truly love you and I dare:
From my lips...

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Sunday again listening to the blues;
Getting my share; 
Church is in secession;
And to its intentions;
I really couldn’t say;
Things are different every day;
And how much should I care;
That depends on the dues.
     More than half are ghost;
     And...

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Variation  on a Door's theme

I forge the night
forget the day
Ask your heart
If I love ok

A dead format, 
do we subscribe
just a game of
sociocide

No free love
thy bounty gone
in terms of time 
all is deep undone

I hide knee-deep
in a tiny shell,
A moment's talk 
a tale will...

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Grandfather Clock
             (A Variation on a Triolet)

     When I was young, not four foot tall,
     My Grandpa’s clock I remember well
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Variation of An Explanation

What we would see was another invitation;
Each time Trump does offer an explanation
We soon should see,
Some story will be;
Was either a viable lie or existing variation.

Jim Horn...

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PAINTING
so,so easy to do
when we know not..
oh so difficile
when we 
do!...

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Its beauty lies in symmetry
An exactness of natural harmony
In particles of these variables.
 Composed of possibility.

A slope made from just a touch
Seen in this, an altered form, 
 Found using a point given,
There is unique serenity in such.

Curves that flow in one direction
Or test limits...

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This run of good days is going to end
bad times are coming just around the bend
cash in your chips, there ain’t no tomorrow
future holds only worry and sorrow.

Armageddon of our own creation
as we burn in pyres of  self-cremation
caught in words of convenient denial 
grasp...

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Through A Variation In A Dream 

In mere silence we get a sense of reality
 Nature beckons the blow that will teach us where to go
 A pull at the heart will light the inner spark of what were waiting for
 We shared a smile...

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Here are a few more Than-Bauk, where I have used a particular letter-sound instead of a rhyme on the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd syllables (lines 1,2,3) I find this to be a fun alternative to the limited rhyme version. Hope you enjoy. Let me know...

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