Short Labelled Poems

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Premium Member Clerihew Puttenham

George Puttenham with comical style
wrote verse in dactyl
Homer labelled it polyhlosbosiou
'a many sounding sea' to you&me
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member An Existence Shell Be -

an existence of time...
perceived as -
an existential phenomena...
be labelled as -
an irrationality of change...


stan sand
© Sand Blown  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Imprints of Identity

The visual happenings of Ives Klein
are particularly  difficult to define 
With blue now labelled IKB
&female body-brush creativity
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Thought of the day

scattered dust by light enabled
transmits intent in heart tabled
to lower mind which then distorts
flavour of bliss in words labelled
Form: Rubaiyat

Premium Member Vignette-Tom Boy

Jane could ride
Jane could shoot and fire,
Dressing in men's attire,
Through her glass ceiling broke free-
Labelled..then..a calamity.
Form: Narrative


Premium Member Novel 2

Long grass,tall nettles,no mower
 
Narrative form I've labelled 'novel' after Hemingway's 
story in 6 words-'For sale,baby shoes,never worn
Form: Narrative

Proverb

Proverb 
Time cannot be put in a box and labelled 
 What we did in the past manifests itself now
What we do now will be visible in the future.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Trust Ii

Trust is only a word
after all, why do we trust?
When at the other end
of a broken one,
one is labelled a fool a simpleton!

© Harry J Horsman 2012

Premium Member Novel 1

He will open The book...soon
 
Narrative form I've labelled 'novel' after Hemingway's (attributed)
story in 6 words-
'For sale,baby shoes,never worn'
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Indoctrinated

Emergence
Alfresco
Prison
Labelled
Numbered
Indoctrinated
Jobbed
Subliminally
Terrorised
Politically
Corrected
Chemically
Fed
Laboratory
Medicated
Damned
Form: Prose

24 C

24 C

24 C. You joined on  a Wednesday.
24 C. That’s how you were labelled.

24 C. Beloved and awaited.
24 C. You make me elated.

24 C. Half her and half me.
24 C. We’ re here for thee.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Robert Wolf

he was transgender
small town had no idea
in the sixties

he was bullied 
labelled crazily weird
and with no mother

I saw him in dress
many were laughing at him
I only felt sad
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Clerihew Bourgeois

Sculptor Louise Bourgeois
of whom spiders webs was a star
Also making textiled fabric heads
labelled 'spun poetry ' many said*

*https://www.moma.org/s/lb/curated_lb/themes/spiders.html
Form: Clerihew

Light

light the key to what is labelled as truth illuminating darkness of ignorance revealing clearly what is amidst all doubt and confusion the magnificent power of light
Form: Nonet

Depressive Which Was Manic

Depressive Which Was Manic

My kind of depression had been manic;
Already considered doing another antic;
Screeching halt,
And my fault;
Broke big button that they labelled panic.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Identical Twin Sisters

twins
labelled
misleading
identical
different ideas
diverse ideals
yes they live in the  same house
they do not have the same sister
a liberal and a Republican
no two people are exactly alike
Form: Etheree

Premium Member Lanterne Apr 1

May
blossom-
confetti
dancing on the
breeze

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Lanterne Mar 31

By
a stream
so shallow-
stoops a willow
tree.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Lanterne Mar 27

ART SCHOOL
The
secret
of seeing-
knowing how to
see

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Clerihew Simonides

The ancient greek Simondes*
was inclined to do as he pleased
So he labelled his painting mute poetry
his ' said 'aloud words' were from memory

*5th century BC. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonides_of_Ceos
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Herbert Quatrain

Faith is never blind
Faith's someone to trust,
             and to find -
when circumstance must !    


Note: This quatrain form is labelled after and inspired by a verse from George Herbert(1593-
1633) 5:5:3:5
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Lanterne Mar 28

VIDUAGE
Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Lantern Mar 26

VIDUAGE
Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Lanterne Mar 29

Lanterne #5
a
sea mist
rolls inshore-
daydreams deluge
me

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Lanterne Mar 30

Lanterne#18
Blind
alleys
so often
have the deepest
ruts.


NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )
Form: Lanterne

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