Jonson Poems - Poems about Jonson

Emagi Jonson Hourglass

...Ben Jonson ' Hourglass'

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Clerihew Jonson

...Ben Jonson a bricklayer by trade
poetics then came to his aid
He loved the epigrammatic quatrain
as they did not need to  tax his brain...

Love Cento Poem

...True Love Cento 

There must be a million ways 
To say I love you
But these words will suffice for now 
Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all:
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If...

Naughty Novelties

...NOVELTIES
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.

This is my tra...

Opening Newness

...B-eacon
E-rases
N-egative

J-inx
O-f
N-ight
S-hadow
O-pening
N-ewness

Topic: Poet (Ben Jonson) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

Writers Block

...Blank pages stare back at me 
waiting for my mind to pour 
its' heart out. 

I grab my pen, throw on my 
headphones wait, wait for my 
mind to give my heart words 
that need to be written. 

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Sam I Am Meets Robert Frost

...Who woods these were Robert didn't know
But if Sam was there he would tell you so
That Eleanor Jonson lived in that shack
He brother Tim lived out in back

Tim was quite a hard working fellow 
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Cowboys and Parrot

...Two cowpokes stagger to the saloon
Fighting because thems fighting words
Over a red parrot blocking their path
Pacing arrogantly before the bar entrance
Flapping green wings and screeching
The t...

Name Criticism Please

..."You will miss the best thing if you keep your eyes shut"

TIME passes a pleasant soft waft, 
Seems to be slow but not, 
it fast as a mega aircraft.
The GLOBE gyrates like a wheel, however it's ...

Tarot Reader

...Tarot Reader
You could do it well too! 

Zohar of the crystal ring,
 ask me questions, anything....
what comes to mind is the very thing 
that they are asking for, 
first answer not...

Passion Its

...Passion its
as passion writes of every line,
oh sweetest one you are divine,
between your thighs i burn to slip,
wet kisses moisten honey, ****,
till onto me you climb,
and frenzied ...

Snake Chess

...The night was dark an stormy,
The Billy goat went blind,
It flew into a barbed wire fence
 and  tore its never mind, {anonomous?}

Ole Don he drove the A model Ford,
At least it was a ute…...

Brainwsh, Ann-Lise

...Brainwsh Ann-Lise

thoughts are deeds,
words are the weeds,
the mind collects sometimes,
a salesman speaks to in your mind,
hard sell his only crime,
the pressure aint sublime... 
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Ben Jonson's Rhyme Scheme Deposed

...Said Jonson, vulgar rhyme a petty crime
Swindling paupers begging fleeting stime
Opined syllabic compress from simple mimes
Which o'er lazy, temporal lobes did climb
Simple, jingoistic rhythms to pri...

Jonson's Ghost

...The inn had gone to waste: I’d sold it off in haste.
Awaking in the gloom, as orbs lit up the room,
I recognised the ghost of Jonson, the old host.
I said, ‘I thought you’d come’ - and poured myse...

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