Long Dryden Poems
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EpitaphsEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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Categories:
dryden, bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
Radiance, For Dylan ThomasRadiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil—
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes—dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
dryden, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Dylan ThomasThese are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
dryden, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan ThomasMyth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
dryden, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
Unquotable Quotes: Poets - XxxviUnquotable quotes: Poets, Poetasters and Platos – XXXVI
For James McAuley – in remembrance of a memorable week in Cardiff 1965
The greatest poet ever is NOT Homer, Lao Tse, Ovid,...
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Categories:
dryden, creation, poetry, poets, word play, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
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:
dryden, art, inspiration, inspirational, muse, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poets ViPoems about Poets VI
beMused
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...
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Categories:
dryden, poems, poetry, poets, words, world, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Ode To Helen Steiner Rice - the Blood Quill Style~ Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~
(1900- 1980 )
( Blood Quill )
Lovely lady she shine
She persevered through life
Wrote thousands verses of Love, Faith, Hope
Ambassador Sunshine
Daughter, sister and wife
She fought hard all thru her...
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Categories:
dryden, beautiful, faith, love, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To Helen Steiner Rice - the Blood Quill Style~ Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~
(1900- 1980 )
( Blood Quill )
Lovely lady she shine
She persevered through life
Wrote thousands verses of Faith, Love, Hope
Ambassador Sunshine
Daughter, sister, writer, wife
She fought hard all thru her life...
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Categories:
dryden, beautiful, love, poets, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To Helen Steiner Rice - the Monchielle Style~Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~
(1900-1981
(Monchielle)
Lovely lady, she shines
Ambass'dor of Sunshine
Daughter, sister and wife
Upliftin' poems she wrote
She persevered through strife
Lovely lady, she shines
She's famous poetess
Wrote verses of...
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Categories:
dryden, beautiful, faith, poetess, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Forbidden Song"But love's a malady without a cure."
-"John Dryden"
Forbidden Song
The jury sits, pallid and grave,
well versed in the ways of "society" and "correctness",
he appears, drowned in confusion and numb to all else,
convicted of the dreary charge...
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Categories:
dryden, angst, anti bullying, depression, farewell, love, romantic
Form:
Free verse
PoesyPoesy
(For Dryden)
True Poets dodge the fakeness of fame,
they allow praise to fall away from their...
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Categories:
dryden, growth, humanity, tribute, , western,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Villanelle: Nothing So Upturns Creative Cauldrons As Retching Up ArtVillanelle: Nothing so upturns creative cauldrons as retching up art
Nothing so upturns creative cauldrons as retching up art
As the craft not art of constructing poetry for expediency
Does the poet’s art lie in not collocating words...
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Categories:
dryden, england, poetry, poets,
Form:
Villanelle
Love - a Malady"But love's a malady without a cure. ~ John Dryden"
Love is indeed a malady, greatest malady of all
Since birth we all whine for love
And exclusive love we want from others.
All for love wars have been...
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Categories:
dryden, love,
Form:
Free verse
Still In My HeadLove's a malady without a cure - John Dryden
STILL IN MY HEAD
I tried; I really did,
To get you out of my head.
Told myself it wasn’t the end of the world.
Said I could live...
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Categories:
dryden, love,
Form:
Free verse
A PoetessHer spirit longs to chase away the fools
Whose stilted words turn harvests into chaff,
And be alone than prize the empty rules
Which guide their lives and prompt the wise to laugh.
Though Shakespeare, Byron, Shelley, Coleridge,...
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Categories:
dryden, humanity, philosophy, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Rondelet: On the Payroll"I had said, that some of our crew left their country on account of having been ruined by law; that I had already explained the meaning of the word; but he was at a loss...
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Categories:
dryden, political, cousin,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue