Purists Poems - Poems about Purists

... Tonight I write not of flowers or fashion Instead, I write of dreams and passions Prithee, poetry purists, please forgive me ~ Not to pretend such potency I cannot see ......Read the rest...

...CONTRARY A poem personified, it could be me Yet to embrace analysis, I am averse Words should flow at their own pace Precise syllable counts are a disgrace And a volta can be an empty purse S......Read the rest...

...Doggerels, *raunchy rhyme* Are what purists call crap. But who has the time To listen to those sap? We Doggerelists, Rhymers unstable, Are going to persist, Whenever able.......Read the rest...

...(Leeza, my roommate Lisa’s little sister, was off-tha-hook earlier this summer) thirteen peach flesh fabuk buster nu-metal priss sexless breasts bitten fingernails dirty babyskin fe......Read the rest...

...My love of nature began With an awe-struck scan Of skies, how starry strings pan Out to yon of yon, Nights where reign and there’s no dawn. ___________________________________ Tanka |03.06.2021......Read the rest...

...Let me not play tuneless in today's time, Some purists sure get praised as Gandhian, Yet, crass nevertheless is no more crime, Old values are hailed may be in heaven. Whilst weighing values for......Read the rest...

...“On the Sonnet” by John Keats If by dull rhymes our English must be chained, And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet Fettered, in spite of painéd loveliness; Let us find out, if we must be const......Read the rest...

...Listen by Immanuel A. Michael (an alias of Michael R. Burch) 1. Listen to me now and heed my voice; I am a madman, alone, screaming in the wilderness, but listen now. Listen to me now, an......Read the rest...

...My brain is one of the most wonderfullest Don't like to brag but gonna open it to tourists So they can observe How I manipulate words Which will surely bamboozle literary purists......Read the rest...

...What’s going on these days~ Is the world flip flopping on its side? It’s the fashion of the day To declare how we’re offended No matter what was said Or what we imagine was intended We’ll put a......Read the rest...

...Unending strip of ebony darkness lying lost unseen under moonless black sky it’s beginning and end upon the land lost in black shadows cannot be seen deeper darkness moves within flowing sm......Read the rest...

...Nobody wants a well, when there is sadness... A few drops are enough, to bring on rain! The world is full, of sorrow, and of madness! Nobody needs the bottom of the drain... The purists count emP......Read the rest...

... I don't fight for the rules. Fools fight For the right to use tools. Cool nights Might cause fright for ghouls. Jewel light Gives us reason for fuels. Cruel sprites Shed light on shimmering......Read the rest...

...Virtue, thou art old wine of vague value Admired even by vintners nary more, Nor by the adherents taking time’s cue, Ye decorate archaic ancient lore. Watch new high-fliers that surface from sh......Read the rest...

...In Central Park the crowds were out, New York in all its glory, With bikers, walkers, picnickers – The same old weekend story. The horses clip-clopped on the road, With carriages of tourists ......Read the rest...