SL eckphrasis couplet XI
...'Salon reflected in 19thcenury vase'*
Mcdermott&McGough divert our gaze...
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Categories:
mcdermott, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Ode To Nyc
...I want to see the clash of the classes
The dichotomy between the debutantes and the downtrodden
wallow in the welfare
scream at those who don't care
soak up society
revel in the rivalr...
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Categories:
mcdermott, humanity, new york,
Form: Alliteration
Time
...much time has passed
my love for you is eternal
remembrances may be fleeting
some are etched in our minds
like teenager's love notes whittled in a tree
By Robert McDermott...
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Categories:
mcdermott, introspection,
Form: Free verse
FRIEND OF MINE
...Artie Mac was a hero of mine
Singing songs most all of the time
He would never just say Hello
He'd hit you with a greeting from some Broadway show
Man he could sing everything
That voice divi...
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Categories:
mcdermott, celebration,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
The Concert (Or a Tale of Two Photos)
...My mother, who is eighty-five
Has had a very rough year.
So I planned a special Christmas gift
Though it's November and nowhere near.
Fourteen years ago I took her to see
John McDermott perfor...
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Categories:
mcdermott, family, mother, music
Form: Rhyme