Regional Theater
Living in New York, I see
A lot of Broadway shows
And most of them have stars on stage
That everybody knows.
Yet often in the lesser roles
Are actors out to make
The audience acknowledge them –
To earn that hoped-for break.
In local theaters, all the cast
Performs from that same place,
While dreaming that the world will know
Their name or voice
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Categories:
regional, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Language Roots of New England Non-Device-Ive
I offen soffen neether content nor intent,
eether explicit or implicit about
devices to rearrange things in
the Care-ah-beein Sea or
pahkin karz
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Categories:
regional, america, humorous, introspection, language,
Form: Free verse
Can We Assign Regional Gauges For Flattery
Assign region flattery gauges?
Silly but let’s try anyway.
The Scottish slather it on.
The Germans withhold it.
It’s Irish blarney.
Overindulge
Compliment
Praise
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Categories:
regional, light,
Form: Nonet
Regional and Loco
this just in the
prediction of
today's
weather
as i walk in
from outside
where the sky
is like a grey layered
blanket but with
no chance of a
covering of
snow for i
just saw
fly by a
great
blue
heron
headed
for the pond
knowing all along
his feet won't slip on
the nonexistent ice
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Categories:
regional, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Categories:
regional, america, weather, , western,
Form: Limerick
Regional Butterfly
A regional butterfly
Floating through the cool thin air
Open to new heights beyond
Delightful swift grace
Russell Sivey
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Categories:
regional, life,
Form: Dodoitsu