Poems For Poets Vi
...Poems for Poets VI
Caveat
by Michael R. Burch
If only we were not so eloquent,
we might sing, and only sing, not to impress,
but only to enjoy, to be enjoyed.
We might inundate the ea...
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Categories:
literary criticism, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Ten Years Had Raced Into Oblivion's Cup Second Poets Tribute Series, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
...Ten Years Had Raced Into Oblivion's Cup
Second Poets Tribute Series, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Chained am I, to desolation's huge anchor
on its long black ship, cargo of hate and rancor
yet in ...
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Categories:
literary criticism, anger, art, dedication, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Americanized
...Americanized rugby.....this is football
Americanized football....this is soccer....
Americanized christianity....this is Pentecostal ism
Americanized cricket.....this is baseball
Americanized gre...
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Categories:
literary criticism, bible, blessing, conflict, confusion,
Form: List
The Professor At Ignou
...That tall professor
Taught us literary criticism,
Himself a competent critique;
Often quoted Shakespeare,
Iqbal, Mir and Rumi.
Looked really worried
For the unnoticed evils in society,
Wrinkle...
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Categories:
literary criticism, satire,
Form: Free verse