A Limerick on Limericks II
...A classicist once might have said,
That limericks are poetry, dead.
Another might say,
‘Tis verse that’s at play,
That speaks to the earth in our head.
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Categories:
classicist, earth, fun, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Clerihew Poynter
...Edward John Poynter a classicist
a successor to Leighton some insist
As President of the R& A
&teacher had some influence in his day...
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Categories:
classicist, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
Giving Today For Someone's Tomorrow
...We all have our lives to do
remind ourselves a purpose given
show no selfish mind of thought
fully directed and purpose driven
It's so easy to forget others
selfishness runs through our veins
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Categories:
classicist, giving, today, wisdom, words,
Form: Rhyme
Translation of Eric Mottram's a Faithful Private - 7 -Excerpts From Notes On Poetics By T Wignesan
...Translation of Eric Mottram’s A Faithful Private 7 with excerpts from “Notes on Poetics” by T. Wignesan
(Note: With this post, I bring to a close EM’s pamphlet collection: Faithful Private, GEN...
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Categories:
classicist, england, poetry, political, power,
Form: Free verse