Discourse Poems - Poems about Discourse

A Merrie Discourse Betwixt Two Ducks

Upon the pond, where lilies float,
Two ducks did meet, each fine of coat.
Their feathers gleamed ‘neath gilded light,
And thus began their feath’ry fight.
Quoth Drake to Dame, with pufféd chest,
“Good wench, thy quacking lacks finesse!
Thy tones do clatter, coarse and crude,
Like pebbles cast in solitude.”
The Dame, unruffled, gave a grin,
“Thy jests, dear Drake, art weak and

Discourse For Rough And Soft

Not everything that is rough is bad 
And soft is good
Remember the roughness of the grate is useful 
While the softness of the moss 
Can bring you down.

Eating Discourse

Men eat too fast
Women eat too
Dilly dally.

Tinnitus - A Raging Discourse On Loud

the whole world is happening at the same time
every conversation, every bird call, every lion roar
every everything bunched up to oneness in my head
I carry the white noise of distance wherever I go
I am an out of tune radio coursing through debris
and tin whistle high notes playing one key in harmony
that is my head, that

A Poetic Discourse

Short forms have beauty & clarity  having succinctness and thus are more easily memorised having the capacity to both show & tell,especially when sequenced into longer variations.And some  forms like acrostic,kyrielle, terzanelle, villanelle&pantoum are useful 'learning
the trade' exercise devices just as scales are used to teach piano.They tend however to be  too contrived,repetitive and so mechanical.
The danger with

A Circuitous Discourse

Who are we really?  It’s my nature to—to what and how do we know it’s our nature, an inherent part of us? “The Scorpion and the Frog” an animal fable, teaches hurting others even when it is not in their own interests because the scorpion stings and dooms them both. I’m not so sure

A New Brief Discourse On An Old Topic

There is no sin but ignorance. (Christopher Marlowe)

Sin is the failure of an imperfectly made being to keep a perfect law. (Matthew Pearl-"The Dante Club")

ASSUMPTION:
Sin does not exist
Until or unless
It is publicized.

PRESUMPTION:
Public scandal
Is what makes
A sinful act offensive.

QUESTION:
Is sin in silence
Still a sin?

DISCOURSE:
There was a time
When virtue was its own reward,
But, over the course
Of human

Uncivil Discourse

I find it bemusing;
The sentiments some are choosing;
The language they are using;

When communicating their dissatisfaction,
With opposing political factions,
Whose personal appeal they find lacking.

So, I ask this my friends!
Examine what you say and pen.

Would you like this said of you?
Does it matter YOU believe it’s due?
Others may think you’re the back end of a mule.
I guess

Mamas Discourse About the Sea

O children how beautiful the sea
with its white foam clouds,
its turquoise blooms,
its kiddish push’n pull,
its whirlpool, its briny drink…

salt like liquor — be careful of
where the sun beats you red.
…the brothel of the sea
don’t look for its meaning
…just mind me - stay away from
sirens and ethereal rocks.

O children take your pails
build your fairy castles,
fill your

Legitimate Public Discourse

McConnell now says, "I was there!
It was NOT a social affair!
It was insurrection
Attacking my section
How dare RNC not be fair?"

Civil Discourse

Let us deport-- with skill--
Let us discourse--with care--
Powder exists in Charcoal--
Before it exists in Fire.        
                                

Ghazal of a Tired Man

With your teachings, tired tunes I’m tired, 
Hauling its harsh import, I’m tired.

Not with my frugal fate, it’s fine, 
Your rating jewels as jade, I’m tired.

By your discourse, a bit iffy,
Karmic fate of if-then, I’m tired.

By your sermons that seem dated,
Scolding, berating me, I’m tired.

Do deeds, expect no fruits, you say,
Of such tired homilies, I’m

Quality of Discourse

So disappointing to have a reputation--
Known for argumentative disputation
When we could be known for a gentler tone,
Raising quality of discourse in our generation.

written November 2, 2021

Sacred Discourse

My OldSchool patriarchal Pentateuch
precedes our polycultural HolyNew Paraclete.

This Pentateuch
begins with the beginning
of theo-TribalEgo cultural correlations;
Genesis begets Exodus,
the ChosenTribe's emigration
into sacred Promised Land

Of special transparency
and divine vulnerability
for a religious Priesthood
found in Leviticus.

Levite Priests
Jesus recognized
and dismembered as Pharisees
and Sadducees,
their scribes
and self-delighted accountants

Tediously enumerating
the fourth Book of Numbers

The fifth and PentUp final exodus
prefacing a new climate
and polyculture of

Discourse Poem, the Dream

I Discourse Poem, The DREAM

The dream came before dawn
Longer ago than I dare to date.
Within it, I trudged along 
The forever-length of a deserted
Beach, having only the hope of
Sighting a pier with its over-swooping
Gull.

I kept on the heavy walk in the dry, 
Poor, foot-denying sand — with
More sliding down than stepping ahead.
I wearied.  I

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