Dark Didactic Poems

CLOURISTA
mood
 & personality
an
 intuitive
complex
of influence

decor
  perceived
in
 a spectrum
of
primary
   pigments
tone
& saturation

red orange
yellow green blue
purple sides
of shortest
hue
'til blackness
in white
fades
into
a unity
of grey
with
  intriguing
sublety
&
intensity
in
 the
lasered
  eye
emit
  random
chaotic
photons
 both coherent
&
radiates
 sensations
in contrasts
&
complements
vibrate
in
the spatial
mind
light/dark
instinctive
& vivid

a
visual
  spice
enlivens
&evokes
awareness
 of
   apparel
impressions
piquing
  unadulterated
clarity
&
  appeal...

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SPUMATISTA leonardo
imperceptibilities
  in
   gradual
transitions
from dark
         to light
effecting
relief
  in soften
         contours
blended
shared
   shadowed
manneristic
   smoke
...

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SFUMISTA 
Evaporating
  mist clears
dark
  to light
imperceptibly
blended
  en relief
in
soft contouds
ephemereal
aswww
  smoke...

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MELIORISM 
This world stings like the scorpion, 
And I will not filter in her tears,
This I said because I’m a champion, 
Only throwing jabs, it...

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 I woke up this morning between dust and wonder lust
 And I confessed to the screen presence of a prodigy in my monitor
 "Shall...

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this is a form based on John Banister Tabb,(the Virginia born )poet's The Evolution
I have labelled this imagist form 'a tabb' in his honour.

EVOLUTION
by: John...

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On Judgment Day, the throne in view,
religionists gather of every hue.
Waiting nervously for their day in court,
the Lord’s proceedings proved quite short.
Spoke the Lord: Because...

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In twilight's realm, where moonbeams entwine,
Two owls engaged in a contrast of minds:
A Great Horned Owl, proud and strong,
And a Great Gray Owl, cunning and...

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What better way to slip out of this world
than in one’s sleep? There is no guarantee, 
of course, it will happen that way with me....

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You have to walk away before you can walk in
Something must die for a new to begin

So lace up the Rockport and sing, "Good Day"
Then...

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Where is it that it comes
Such being of heart we love
The tears, even our own we cry in pain
Color, friend,foe, family no matter
Our hatred even...

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Nigeria, the country I love. the fertile continent
The colossus of Africa
I salute my lovely country

We are abundantly gifted with natural resources 
From the north to...

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We have evolved over the years
As a people with a way of life
We have learnt of a new way
To express our anger at every passing...

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blazing hot like cayenne pepper,
especially in adolescent years,
malleable youths
bend and capitulate
to peer pressure;
 grown folks take the bait, too.
it could be a simple
"try this like...

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L is the first letter how life was created
L is the reason why God loves us so much
L is the season when the world started
L...

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