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Monocled Poems - Poems about Monocled


Oak Creek Canyon Echo
...I want to write dirty and convoluted, connected and wet And in the mess of my words Feel the stain run down Over the nice clean ordered objective, detached From the structure you claim to know......

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Categories: monocled, death, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member On the Salutations of Ginsberg To Pessoa and Pessoa's Alvaro To Whitman
...Every time I read Pessoa I think I'm better than he is Salutations to Fernando Pessoa-Alan Ginsberg Me, the monocled one, with my foppish belted waistcoat, I'm not unworthy of ......

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Categories: monocled, appreciation, poetry, tribute, word
Form: Free verse



Oak Creek Canyon Echo
...(Written at 3:00 am on a motorcycle between Sedona and Flagstaff) I want to write dirty and convoluted, connected and wet And in the mess of my words Feel the stain run down Over the nice cle......

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Categories: monocled, death, life,
Form: Ballad
Pecking Order
...Three black birds Feeding on my lawn Display their different characters. Rook is king With murderous bill, Strutting, marking out his manor. Comical Jackdaw hops about – The cheeky chimne......

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Categories: monocled, bird, nature,
Form: Fibonacci
Sir Patrick Moore 1923-2012
...In twenty three a star was born, A supernova amateur Amongst a galaxy of pros. Self-taught, he’d gain respect from all. His generous spirit helped the young With finance and encouragement Ins......

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Categories: monocled, character, stars, tribute,
Form: Free verse



After Dali
..."How clear can art be?" Salvador asked, "when surrealism is the order-of-the-day, the order of my dreams, and for sale at the gallery down one block and over two." "Persistence - persistence al......

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Categories: monocled, art, culture, visionary,
Form: Ekphrasis

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