Herrick Poems - Poems about Herrick

With my students I discussed the other day, the famous line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may." Then after the prayer, with which our school day closes, I heard the headmaster ask, "Anyone know what happened to my roses?" And giggling to myself, I thought, "No effing way!" ...

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Ladies, gather ye coupons, while ye may tomorrow, alas, is the expiration day; procrastinate ye not on so good a deal, to tarry is to miss out on a steal? ...

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Soak in the palmolive snake oil tonic. The cool stalk of my ebonics on hydroponics. Get stuck in the matrix of my convicts, of hooker phonics. Get high off of my knock off water on the brain hydropunkicks. . I would sell out my Mother for a few bucks. Trash the crackers who are buying my tracks, malign the...

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Robert Herrick with line& rhyme & shapes made poetics chime But with his form he id nit srick penning many a sensual lyric...

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Extension mind Sentinel eye Neural suit churns grafted skys'd ..and lies...

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This is a parody of a poem displayed in my notes. There she goes, his paramour, Clad (of course) in silk-du-jour, Jiggling from head to floor As though he’d never seen her before! When he steals another glance, How drastically she’s changed her stance: The silk is now remember-ance As will soon become his pants....

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Is it a farce to lean on Lent to receive the black ash Cross ...

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Verse-Upon my knee I come to thee with my concern,to you,this plea Chorus-I heard you speak,and so I wait until my heart,with you relate verse-so many times I ask and ask inadequate to do this task chorus-I know,I know,I hear your call yet still hold back,frightened to fall verse-at last I see and know within strengthened by you,I can begin chorus-A simple verse,from you above to...

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