Long Ars Poems
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State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
ars, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
State of the Art IiiState of the Art (III)
These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work.
Come Down
by...
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ars, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems VJuvenilia: Early Poems V
Poetry
by Michael R. Burch
Poetry, I found you
where at last they chained and bound you;
with devices all around you
to torture and confound you,
I found you—shivering, bare.
They had shorn your raven hair
and taken both...
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Categories:
ars, poems, poets, teen, teenage, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Making of a PoetThe Making of a Poet
by Michael R. Burch
While I don’t consider “Poetry” to be my best poem—I wrote the first version in my teens—it’s a poem that holds special meaning for me; I call it...
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ars, art, love, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Verse
State of the Art IiState of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
ars, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Xlvii - Tongue-Twisting EpigramsUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVII - Tongue Twisters
If you want to « have » your cake and « eat » it at one and the same time, simple enough, just split it into two equal parts like...
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Categories:
ars, england, humor, satire, sensual,
Form:
Epigram
When Poet Ponders What Fate DeliversQuotes: -- " deus ex machina "
""Aristotle praised Euripides, however, for generally ending his plays with bad fortune, which he viewed as correct in tragedy, and somewhat excused the intervention of a deity...
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Categories:
ars, art, deep, humanity, journey, life, poetry, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Theatrum MundiTheatrum Mundi
Theatrum Mundi, derived from the Latin as: “Theater of the World,” was famously incorporated by William Shakespeare for his well-known metaphorical world-view often referred to under the rubric of “All the World’s a Stage,”...
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Categories:
ars, education, imagination, poems, poetry, poets, symbolism, writing,
Form:
Narrative
BemusedbeMUSEd
by Michael R. Burch
Perhaps at three
you'll come to tea,
to have a cuppa here?
You'll just stop in
to sip dry gin?
I only have a beer.
To name the "greats":
Pope, Dryden, mates?
The whole world knows their names.
Discuss the "songs"
of...
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Categories:
ars, art, inspiration, inspirational, muse, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Villanelles IIVillanelle
by Michael R. Burch
Is poetry mere turning of a phrase?
Has prose become its height and depth and sum?
What happened to the songs of yesterdays?
Does prose leave all nine Muses vexed and glum,
with fingers stuck in...
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Categories:
ars, dark, muse, poems, poetry, poets, song,
Form:
Villanelle
Epigrams ViiEpigrams VII
A question that sometimes drives me hazy:
am I or are the others crazy?
—Albert Einstein, poetic interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The Whole of Wit
by Michael R. Burch
for and after Richard Moore
If brevity is the...
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Categories:
ars, animal, growth, nature, peace, voice, wind, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Spaces Ii(continued from Part 1)
Two points create a line
A space from two words
And on and on a verse
A poetry line is sound and sense
A dense fabric of many textures & hues
Woven on a temporal loom
With patterns...
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Categories:
ars, art, introspection, philosophy, poems, poetry, poets, spiritual,
Form:
Didactic
Ars Poetica (L'Nass Shango: the Conversation Continued).Freedom is an alter ego like a mask
Behind which censor has no eyes, and balm its blood applies.
Poetry is my freedom when wings cannot fly
The pain of the arrow in my solitary eye ...
You wrote...
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Categories:
ars, art, on writing and wordswrite, me, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
Bobby Bandwidth In Dogs Humping Act 1a notarized copy of this testament
is on file with my attorney
in case of my untimely unearthing
by the invisible background
driving another stake through my lactating heart
but back to our comatose semiotic narrative
The Eel king rips off...
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Categories:
ars, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
HeroesIn a time of sorrow and mourning
when darkness covers the morning
when faces ars...
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Categories:
ars, africa,
Form:
ABC
Silence Swaps VexationI have realised shortly that "silence"is one of my
defence mechanism.
At times when sprayed by anger I drape my
outfit silence.
Yes, I veil my emotions with quietude.
There are lot of aggression boiling inside
powerful mind...
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Categories:
ars, feelings, irony, loneliness, silence,
Form:
Free verse
Naming of the PartsFor those of a military cast of mind
There are many poems they can find
Which do embellish battlefield glory
In the telling of their story.
But for me there is another field of play
Where merry pleasure is...
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Categories:
ars, me, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetry: Ars PoeticaPoetry
Poetry, I found you
where at last they chained and bound you;
with devices all around you
to torture and confound you,
I found you—shivering, bare.
They had shorn your raven hair
and taken both your eyes
which, once...
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Categories:
ars, muse, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Ars Longa, Vita BrevisPoesy requires skill and meter,
and a bard of golden heart;
or he will tire and teeter.
“Ars longa, vita brevis.”
A bard must seek inspiration,
and write with...
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Categories:
ars, imagery, inspiration, metaphor, muse, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
A Brush of Ars PoeticaA BRUSH OF ARS POETICA
Rhythmic verses wherein death paints a picturesque of life
or life itself is written in lethargic-dying state:
a dusty stocked vocabulary still cuts like a knife
when done and re-phrased witty, nonparallel and ornate.
Like...
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Categories:
ars, imagery, inspiration, poems, poetry, word play, writing,
Form:
Quatorzain
Ars PoeticaArs Poetica
Horace circa 19 BC gave some sound advice to
poets on the art of writing poetry and drama.
The following thoughts may echo in our minds,
most likely, the intent of what he may have meant...
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Categories:
ars, character, courage, emotions, encouraging, feelings, imagination, literature,
Form:
Couplet
Ars Poetica: Brothersomeday, he will sit stiff
on our piano bench
to which he has grown accustomed, and i,
home, will sit nearby
in our cozy armchair,
an old accomplice to my posture.
i can’t...
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Categories:
ars, art, brother, christian, love, music, poetry, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Ars PoeticaArs Poetica
Poetry should woo you with the subtlety of a snake charmers flute
sway you side to side, captive, held in its sensuous grasp.
The words should lead you blindfolded through a myriad of meaning
allowing you to...
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Categories:
ars, poetry,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Royal the Regal Vs the Poet's Own RealmOf
splendid
thrones of
gold
Of
treasures
manifold
Of Sultans
and Shahs
Of Emirs
and Rajahs
Of
jewelled
caskets
or lavish
banquets
Of
sparkling
crowns
and
flowing
gowns
Of kings
and queens
Rulers and
emperors
Of their
subservient
stewards
and
obedient
butlers
Or the
servile
knaves...
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Categories:
ars, poetess, poetry, poets, song,
Form:
Chant Royal
Ars PoeticaPoetry is a busy crosswalk downtown,
when everyone moves together with elbows
held a little wider than normal.
Poetry is a middle-aged man, creased
and folded, sprawled out on the neglected
weeds in Woodruff park, eyes wide...
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Categories:
ars, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse