The Masnavi of Giti and Saeed - Footnotes and Glossary Part one
...Literary and Cultural Terms
Masnavi (also Mathnawi): A classical Persian poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets with a continuous narrative. The most famous example is Rumi's Masnavi-ye Ma'nav...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, cute love,
Form: Prose
alphabet soup and fire
...the poet’s heart full of fire
and a clock that won’t slow down
a newfound passion
born out of grief
let’s make poetry magic together
beginner’s learning curve
patience is a virtue
pandor...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, grief, magic, poets,
Form: Free verse
CLERIHEW CAPERS
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a short comical
nonsensical verse
rhyming couplets
of unequal length
a notable person
in view
A bio
on which to chew
in an absurd light
perhaps
with a tortuous bite...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, poetry, word play,
Form: Ekphrasis
March
...March is a soft conversation
as I look out the window.
March is the front lawn
after shaking off remnants of snow.
March is a sunny day
and in the next a touch of rain.
March is a branch ...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, love, magic, march, spring,
Form: List
There's A Monster Watching TV With Me!
...There’s a Monster Watching TV With Me!
by Lanier Thomas
I know there is a monster watching over my shoulder.
I wouldn’t think that if I were only a bit older.
I feel it whenever I watch cartoon...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, children, imagination,
Form: Couplet
SMOKE ON THE WATER
...Smoke on the water, in the sun
Time for journey is time for fun
From depth of plains to mountains high
Singing songs that will never die
From heights of north to the center
My feet sweep ...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Hell
...Hell
Where will you go when you die?
To hell I hope I have no doubt.
The girls down there they do put out.
The boys can party all night long.
Drinking beer and pulling their shlong...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, angst, conflict, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
World In Conflict
...wave me a light in midst of gloom,
boundless your mercy, give me room,
candle I light for you with hope,
oh! please my Lord, throw us a rope!
world is torn asunder by hate,
evil rides t...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, allegory, angel, conflict, devotion,
Form: Kyrielle
Pieces
...(a list poem in rhyming couplets)
Pieces of literature there’s so much of
Pieces of artifacts seen that we love
Pieces of good advice given each day
Pieces of rubbish I just throw away
Pie...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, happy,
Form: List
Infatuation
...I will sing to you in Russian
Recite to you in Greek
Converse in any language
That you deign to speak
I will follow you through Hades
Protect you from its fire
Look at you adoringly
Object of ...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, beauty, feelings, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Mixed Signals
...A terribly tired, trashed-out old truck,
lacking in luster, down on its luck,
longingly looked at a lithe little Lexus
there at the bar, fresh in from Texas.
Depressed, dejected, and driven to dr...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, humorous, identity,
Form: Couplet
Analysis of the Last of the Letters - Z
..."The Last of the Letters - Z" is a poem that personifies the letter Z, giving it a distinctive voice and character. The poem is structured into four quatrains and uses rhyming couplets to create a pl...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Diverse Forms of Poetry
...Diverse Forms of Poetry
Poems, oh poems, so diverse and grand,
A world of words we can't understand,
Each type unique, with its own style,
Capturing moments, making us smile.
Free verse, th...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Thank You Ma'Am - In Memoriam Queen Elizabeth Ii
...In memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022. May she Rest in Peace.
Gracious and a constant all my life,
not bending to public opinion o’ strife,
your sharp wit could cut like a Bo...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, death, funeral, grief, in
Form: Sonnet
Love Is
...List form also in rhyming couplets:
Love is patience one has with a difficult child.
Love is a man supporting his wife in her trials.
Love is a wife who remains “for better or worse.”
Love’s ...
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Categories:
rhyming couplets, love,
Form: List
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