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Defamiliarization MindI never understood this condition
that continued to invade my writing
skills at first I would write then go
back to put the punctuation in this
made my poems end abruptly when
I needed my...
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Categories:
art, language, writing,
Form: Dramatic Verse
THINKING ABOUT GOOD AND EVIL poetrix
Whoever thinks evil does not think well
If you imagine you think...
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Categories:
allusion, evil, language, rights,
Form: Free verse
Lost in Translation?I know a translator named Randy,
whose skill with dialects is dandy.
But I have the advantage
of knowing sign language,
and it really is quite handy.
...
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Categories:
language,
Form: Limerick
Ode to the First OctantEating my oatmeal, sipping my tea,
“Where”, I wondered, “should I stroll today?
I won’t be rash and decide in a flash.
There are choices to carefully weigh”.
“Left/Right, Up/Down, and Forward/Back -
There are but three choices...
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Categories:
age, humor, language, math,
Form: Quatrain
Last Minute PoemI wrote this at the last minute.
You know,
the minute before, I raced out the door.
I scrawled it out until the paper tore.
The thoughts I wanted to convey
about another hurried, scrambled day.
I spilled and splattered...
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Categories:
language, fun, happy, humor, hyperbole,
Form: Couplet
To Nallum in Your GlistTO NALLUM IN YOUR GLIST
“I don’t understand you.” She, with pandled lips and gaze forlorn,
While I, becrimbled, sought to straff my meaning, bonsting ever stronger.
“My dear”, I kettered, “listen to my heart speak, and...
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Categories:
language, boyfriend, desire, devotion, funny
Form: Sonnet
The Weaver of WorldsFrom embers' breath, on the weathered stone, I write,
A firstborn whisper, birthing meaning's light.
A symphony I hum, a nascent tongue,
Language, a seed, from fertile silence sprung.
In sun-drenched squares, where minds in combat meet,
I clash with...
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Categories:
inspiration, language, life, philosophy,
Form: Personification
Grey MatterThe philosophy
of language
its essence
rephrased
The alpha
and beta
unknown
without names
All dialects
freeing
the sound
of the ink
Without words
and their meaning
could
— we ever think
(Villanova University: April, 2024)
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Categories:
language, philosophy, words,
Form: Rhyme
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Categories:
language, allegory, beautiful, blessing, extended
Form: Romanticism
Masons and Musesthe untimely measures gathered beneath solid
structure as hands fold the numeral gestures
gravely carved throughout the roman empire
while the daintiness of quiet muse's reciting playful
tunes through a calming poetic mannerism while
surrounding...
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Categories:
analogy, art, culture, language,
Form: Free verse
Twisted tongueMelancholy melody of mania and madness.
Ceaseless Swan song a symphony of sadness.
Counter to composure comes cacophony of chorus.
Oscillating operatic overture of Opus.
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Categories:
crazy, language,
Form: Rhyme
It Was Never ThenOnce there was back when
In the history of “then”
‘Fore the “be” began
In these days of yore
The people lived before, for
There was nothing more
‘Twas a different time
When the latest lagged behind
“Is” had not arrived
None of then’s...
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Categories:
funny, humor, language,
Form: Rhyme
The Sublime in Poetry
Just past
where the world of the atom ends
there are spaces that we try to fill
or pretend they don't exist.
Hollows that harbor silence
or an unshaped need,
the imprint of something
the mind can't conceive.
Music...
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Categories:
creation, language, music, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Speaking of Speaking
Women who speak Spanish
seem to me clannish
While men who speak Russian
remind me...
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Categories:
cat, dog, language, men,
Form: Rhyme
SongsSongs jump languages
Show feelings and compassions
Despite savages....
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Categories:
appreciation, feelings, language, love,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Language Poems
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