Polyphony Poems - Poems about Polyphony

A Polyphony of Voices

...I want to sing like the birds sing, NOT worrying about 
who hears or what they think."
                                                                     ~ Rumi


And so, it is penned w...

After the Flood

...There is a story in the wind
Of Mother Nature's son
And her retribution 
For the mad path that he'd begun.

Of all her creatures big and small,
Just one caused her worry.
His intrusion and arr...

A Stroll with Paul Klee

...To pick up a line and take it for a stroll.
The essential is within, the mystics say,
but equally important is the outside:
a stunning summer sky, two wind-whipped clouds,
in the intense green ba...

Lovelorn

...Could it be the state of tranquility 
Despite the times they are being loquacious
Or this event of serendipity
For meeting this person quite so gracious

Is it his presence is a sweet lagniappe
...

Wisdom From the Wheezing Woods

...Listen to the wisdom, oozing from the wheezing  woods, 
Whimpering in euphony, far from the bustling boulevards,
Crooning, mumbling mellow chirping soothing strains. 
The warbling of the warbles, ...

2001: a Poetic-Space Odyssey

..."Thus Spoke Zarathustra"
proclaims the Dawn of Man &
The Monolith

From the ancient past
to the (retro)futuristic present
as the flying bone
becomes a satellite in orbit

Blue Danube waltz
...

Ekphrasis On Water Lilies

...waterlilies promenading
in a lonesome pond
are glimmering jewels
of green onyx and emerald
exuding empyrean elegance
of your perennial aura 

oh, the purplish water
that holds her tiny roots
...

Postselection Reflections

...RightWing evangelical Capitalists
competitively invested in StraightWhiteMale privilege,

And win-ego/win-ecopolitical LeftWing
multiculturally democratic
prominent LiberalLovers
of EarthRights...

Insults

...Utterances offering the wrong ideas
Like murder-planning spears:
To their recipient an enough sting
But to the source songs to freely sing

The seventy-two teeth of crocodile,
Together jammed a...

Prose Poem Naturally

...Blossom of baby's breath,soft white gorse,crusted yellow, weeping willow rush patterned lace pastures a pastel green.Buttercup,daisy&comely cowslip mingle
&mix in fellowship swaying pelts of grass w...

Pursuing Poetic Polyphony

...Applauding an Acrostic Aria
Bopping to a Ballade Ballet and Blank verse Berceuse
Clapping to a Cinquain Cantata and Couplet Chorale
Dancing to a Dizain Duet
Exalting in Etheree Etudes and Elegy E...

Sumer Is Icumen In

...Sumer is icumen in

anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1260 AD
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Summer is a-comin'!
Sing loud, cuckoo!
The seed grows,
The meadow blows,
The woods spr...

Mimic the Autumn Leaves

...Mosaic shards drift                                       
                             Animated color swirl
                             Romantic bait dance
 
                             Miracu...

Dream Time

...Riding the notes of a didjeridoo
as on a skateboard and just before
it fades we casually step off to
a rising female voice pushing to the fore

by the steady beat of a talking drum.
we fly in l...

Modzart I

...Flash carefull of the dark i'm here forever 
                                 Malifecent imitators,now here,nevermore
                                 Prudently need reed to stop, heart's weak
   ...

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