Long Epigraph Poems

(On the morning of February 25, 1983, the great dramatist 
Tennessee Williams was found dead in a New York hotel suite. 
He had choked on the plastic cap of his eyedrops bottle, which
he habitually held...

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Haikus by René Etiemble, with commentaries,  Translated by T. Wignesan 

(Taken from Etiemble’s only collection of poems (out of thousands which he burned in a fit of rage against the university in 1983): le...

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US Verse, after Auden
by Michael R. Burch

"Let the living creature lie,
Mortal, guilty, but to me
The entirely beautiful." - W. H. Auden

Verse has small value in our Unisphere,
nor is it fit for windy revelation.
It cannot legislate...

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The love of Ganesha....

Born upon the branches of the Monterey cypress', ucalyptusly turning leaves

Joyfully displayed reflections this retros, predominant vanguards of the times

Preceptencies vibrantly rainbowic colours; renditions aside the sea

Peace signs embracing the Eastern world...

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Epigraph:

When Sailors go to Sea,
and seek distant lands.
As every man Knows,
The Reaper's at Hand.
So, that's how it Goes
and that's how it stands.
When Sailors go to Sea,
And seek Distant lands.

On thirty-foot waves,
Now rides their plight.
The scraps...

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Three tombs stand by the beaten path
among the dry and trodden grass,
not hewn in stone that they would last
but corrugated cardboard 
each bearing felt-tipped epigraph.

The left in lower case, save the name,
which writ in gold...

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Let me drape upon you a written robe, 
beautifully indexed on your tablet. 
My! you look divine, 
off we go to dine on literary flavours and liquid verse. 

A five chapter meal we just published....

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Russian soldier, welcome.
You now stand to discard the rule of logic,
welcome to our home, our oblast.
You are welcome to register at the city hall;
fellow tourists with arms, ready to maim, shoot, and kill,
destroy everything, out-Nazi...

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Darkness' epigraph amid this insatiable desire to penetrate and thus 

Manipulate, mannas created flesh....

Entities of which it has claimed as its own across these regions in existence!?

Conquest to be sought and whom should know better...

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what is seen..unique

whatever is meant..
   form is the content

impressions..from within-

so to begin..
this secret for free..
know how to see..

Spontaneity drips
involuntary &yet deliberate
Joyous expression
of inhibitions,inner experience
 made free to be.
Painter & creative force
 united as one living moment
 its residue,to remain
 in epigraph.
This inner Harmony
 an abstract message
its meaning lost ‘til
unconsciously heard unfettered
beyond its boundaries
Inward vitality
the stress of inner need
to outer impulse
scattered
upon canvas shrinks
transitory & isolated
in the unconscious
  its meaning springs
 from the soul
 by an inner need
outwards & upwards
a composition
complex in flavour
impressions improvised
&uttered...

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Scenes from the casual flow of life
Full risen when the mental void prints.
"Notice their vibration as minor strife."
It may also include some rich hints.

I share your circumstance at present.
There is a voice and a wish...

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I go deeper,
I go to the hallowed place,
I go to where the night flees,
I go to where the monsters are subdued.

In this place, the vessels are consecrated,
There’s a doorway that leads to redemption,
Our hearts find...

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