Long Figures of speech Poems

Dictionary in hand Bobbies
     manned state of the spy craft created
strategic peripheral outposts
     a comma dated,

(sans syntax garnered monies) equated
justifiable to build galley ma free
  ...

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I draw daydreams devoid of grammar.
Jumble memories with synonyms.
Cook laughter with adjectives.
Flirt with rhymings.
Drool over oxymorons.

My masterpiece is not just another
crushed paper.
Or left stale at the back of a 
hotel bill.
Or a long text message
killed...

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he was making so much turbulence

that he needed windbreaker trousers

his farting more than gas from cheeks

but a fluid blown attack on decency

and common sense in torrential times


full of ..it he let go off all inhibition

and...

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Tried to clear my throat, though you
didn't look at me; may be you
assumed it is infection;
aimed to get your attention.
~X~X~X~

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Poetic Form :: The Tanaga
The Tanaga is an indigenous type of Filipino poem,
that is used traditionally...

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Horn Challenging Haiku

All that I do need, (5)
Are my poems in front of me;  (7)
Away I will wright.  (5)

What runners do need;
Good blockers in front of them;
Away they will run.

She really does need,
Have...

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I am a true contemporary
who knows how to acceptably 

write a poem.  First with a tangible
aroma of burnt toast, I will run on

my imaginary couplets like a stroke
victim of the modern prejudices.

(Strophe’s choice is...

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Fantastic story in milky marble,
In honor of a wife, so praiseworthy (?)
Though seems overflow of fidelity,
Tajmahal is Muslim art, painterly;
From around world he brought so precious stones.
He ordered his whole kingdom to labor.
Mumtaj bore Fourteen...

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Three thousand three hundred and thirty-five poetic blooms,
Lewis Milton Hankins has in his bouquet, like bright plumes;
Each is rich in theme, form, rhyme, rhythm, and figures of speech,
In sound, style, symbol, and syntax each one...

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Brevity’s
my cup of tea
in poetry—
usually.

I relish rhyme. 
Meter’s sublime.
To me, they’re prime—
most of the time.

On second thought, I’d rather have blank verse.
Express your thoughts sans rhyming patterns, please,
while making sure your meter is sustained.
Just iambic...

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"Poetic tools are a means to aid poetry, not an end in themselves'
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I don't understand why poet use poetic tools so often making a poem so tough to understand

Hiding behind the garb of metaphor, simile,...

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Master Poet - This has been how I have been addressing,
Harry Horsman - who has been, to the verse world, a blessing;
Depth, decorum, delightfulness, and dovish dynamism,
Shines and reflects on his personality like a prism...!

‘A...

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Giant poet gem, Tagore’s story-poem: NISKRITI,
Is a piazza perched paved and perfectly paced beauty;
Scale model of a castle of vast poetic kingdom,
That has spread into an empire of Indian wisdom!

Manjulika is a dew-drop in the...

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POETICS in PROGRESS


a discourse     we don
  ornamted speech
    eloquent oratory aloud
seminal ideas
in pillars of poetics

a dialogue     delivered
     feelings aroused
...

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a discourse     we done
  ornamted speech
    eloquent oratory aloud
seminal ideas
in pillars of poetics

a dialogue     delivered
     feelings aroused
  ...

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a discourse     
  ornamted speech
    eloquent oratory aloud
seminal ideas
in pillars of poetics

a dialogue     delivered
     feelings aroused
   ...

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" I wandered lonely as a cloud "
 ~William Wordsworth ~ 

I wandered lonely as a word 
In quest of beauty not yet told;
Once found, I’m pining to be heard 
And stir your slumb’ring core....

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My trump suit against lifelong tragic tone 
Lodged leisurely inside my funny bone. 

By dismal doom I decline to abide -
I crack it up to a facetious side. 

In each pickle, regardless size and shape,...

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My name is Sammy Kyle
And I’m a cute poet
I use strange inner drive,
like a girl in a “cool” skirt.

Thou am less concerned about myself
But caved in the ability to express
poetry is the breath and final...

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A true writer when consigned to their virus induced self-isolation

Might want to consider turning over in bed for hot contemplation

Passion cannot be subdued by staying at home for an interim stay

But once you have bedsores...

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POETIC JUSTICE
 
To me, what really is poetic justice?
It's the realm I unlock my muse & sayings.
Poetic justice is unleashing magical piece
that set creativity plain like in matrix;
By that, almost nothing goes amiss.
It's like standing...

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Birds of a feather
Here's mud in your eye
Change like the weather
What money can't buy
Right as rain
Picking a bone
I can't complain
Dumb as a stone
Chewing the rag
We're in the same boat
It's in the bag
Frog in your throat
When...

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i.
I've learnt to play with words
Like a kid in kindergarten
Gathering thorny roses from the garden.
With words, now I play.

ii.
Despite the spikes
Pricking and tick-ly
Still, I pick words as toys
Making the alphabets my buddy.

iii.
I don't joke around...

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I write my poems for posterity:
To be trapped and preserved
In the pages of moth-eaten books,
To be discussed at universities
Hundred years after my death,
To be selected in syllabus and taught in
Classrooms of schools in remote lands,
In...

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Both sides of a sword with double edge, harm
One with love that may seems deadly to cope
Other with quiet GUISE till night loses arm    
And happiness rides on hatred off hope 

Decode...

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How to understand poetry?
6 tips for interpreting poetry for...
 1 Read the poem at least twice. ...
 2 Identifythe figures of speech. ...
 3 Don't let your opinion interfere with the interpretation. ...
 4 Get...

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