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State of the Art Iv
State 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: pieter, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Magical Journey
*“Named after Pieter Both, who was the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Pieter Both is one of the most beautiful mountain peaks in Mauritius.” Mauritiusnow.com>blog>things-to-do>pieter-both
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Categories: pieter, appreciation, journey, magic, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Icarus, Resurrected
Finally to Burn: Icarus, Resurrected
by Michael R. Burch

Athena takes me
sometimes by the hand

and we go levitating
through strange Dreamlands

where Apollo sleeps
in his dark forgetting

and Passion seems
like a wise bloodletting

and all I remember
upon awaking

is: to Love sometimes
is...

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Categories: pieter, desire, dream, fantasy, flying, god, joy, magic,
Form: Verse
Not The First Time
Not the First Time
By Cathrin Stuart
 
Late at night, you came home drunk
Not the first time
I heard you and Mommy talking
Not the first time
You came and pulled me out of bed by the hair
Not the...

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Categories: pieter, anxiety, child abuse, family, fear, heartbreak, home,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hunters In the Snow
Hunters In The Snow

Slowly, the hunters break stride through the snow,
Hunched over in failure their heads hung low.
Below the hill where villagers at play,
Will soon be sad with no food on the way.

The meagre kill...

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Categories: pieter, art, culture, winter,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member In Land of Cockaigne
I once thought I could never be like them,
the privileged and rich whose every whim
is catered to by underlings like me--
but then last year I won the lottery!

The family I’d worked for soon went broke.
I...

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Categories: pieter, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Two Chained Monkeys
Inspired by Two Chained Monkeys painted in oil on oak board by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1562.

Viewing the painting will make sense of the poem

Delirious are we both
From concentrating on the now
The when of...

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Categories: pieter, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Where's Icarus Now
This poem is based upon 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Bruegel
Also inspired by Musée des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden~

No farmer or merchant felt the sound
That Icarus made when he had...

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Categories: pieter, art, dark, death, depression, image, myth, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wedding Kermesse
Wedding Kermesse

Common folk with few wants
(Toilers reaping earth’s bounty)
Enjoy life’s pleasantries
To escape harsh realities
Of day-to-day existence
Expressed in a ‘Kermesse’ dance,
To the tune of simple instruments.

With joy in their hearts,
And freedom unfettered,
They fling each other
Around in...

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Categories: pieter, celebration, culture, dance, wedding,
Form: Ekphrasis

Book: Reflection on the Important Things