Concision
...A lot of folks use many fine words.
They might as well be tweeting like birds
for all of the things that they say.
I can't grasp the meaning they convey.
Whereas my conscience strictly conf...
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Categories:
concision, humor, language, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Is Not This the Brevity of Human Life- -
...Is not this the brevity of human life?
In my conciseness and exacting mentions
The proper use of words in my writing or speeches, huh
In awe, at naught-what
Is not this the brevity of human life?...
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Categories:
concision, addiction, analogy, confusion, environment,
Form: Free verse
Allotment
...Sedge grass, unwanted there,
it terrorized my uncle's garden,
blemishing the neatly ordered rows
of cauliflower and cabbage,
tomatoes, beans and beets.
He would ti...
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Categories:
concision, nature,
Form: Verse
The Giant of Lisbellaw
...Stood I there, that last day,
On an iron bridge...
An aqueduct by design,
Where, looking dreamily out over
The Ernes Lower Lough,
My compressed shadow
Momentarily paused -
To contently reclin...
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Categories:
concision, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Allotment
...Sedge grass, unwanted there,
it terrorized my uncle's garden,
blemishing the neatly ordered rows
of cauliflower and cabbage,
tomatoes, beans and beets.
He would till from dawn to dusk,
...
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Categories:
concision, inspirational, nature,
Form: Verse
Artist: Van Gogh
...Dutch upbringing, melancholic
Suffered love’s rejection throes
On the verge of deep frustration
Fought the waves of mental woes.
Painted orchards, blossoms, landscapes
Where sunflowers reigned supr...
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Categories:
concision, art, beauty, color,
Form: Rhyme
My Beauty
...MY BEAUTY
Piece by piece
I will remove them
I will undo them now.
I will undress now
Like the stripper you wish me to be
I will throw them at you
Daring you to grab them
Measuring how vast your desir...
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Categories:
concision, satire, beauty, beauty, me,
Form: Free verse
Allotment
...Sedge grass, unwanted there,
it terrorized my uncle's garden,
blemishing the neatly ordered rows
of cauliflower and cabbage,
tomatoes, beans and beets.
He would till from dawn to dusk,
his ang...
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Categories:
concision, devotion, giving,
Form: Verse
Scion of Wisdom
...A sage with wisdom so erudite
Muse filtering hope, shedding light
Mentor whose keen insight doth shape, mold
Dr Ram's words are better than gold
Twining cultures with his harmonious pen
Idioms...
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Categories:
concision, dedicationwords,
Form: Kyrielle
A Morning Song of a Bachelor Win
...I’ve got the cleanest heart
Like a pebble washed by the waves.
You can pick me and put me
On the scale of yah and nah
And measure my virtues and vices.
I wake up each day with a different body
from ...
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Categories:
concision, funny, love, me,
Form: Free verse