Short Wyatt Poems

Monmouth, Illinois
Wyatt Earp was born right there
Can that be OK?
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Experience overrules prescription of form

when euphony carries off a poem beyond the norm...

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Englishman Thomas Wyatt
adventurer poet & diplomat
Imported rom Italy the strombotto
Rhyming forms Sicilian,& Toscano...

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Petrarch the poet invented a sonnet
but to himself he kept it secret
Then in England a version came
for Surrey&Wyatt claimed his fame...

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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
knew how to snag a gun totin' perp,
loved the ladies, but never liquor.
He was a habitual ice cream licker! 

For Kim's Cleri-who? Contest, 5/31/15...

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I’ve heard tale; Doc, told Wyatt he was an oak,
much the common; desires of common folk.
Fur, me and mine, such lies; out of focus.
May your purpose stand like ours; like locust!
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re-post inspired by Constance contest

Come walk with me ,around my rural clime,
We'll pen verse , posey and lyrics that rime

A heroic couplet, after style of Thomas Wyatt (1503-42)...

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Sir Thomas Wyatt brought it to our English scene,
called a  dodecasyllabo or alexandrine:
whatever!..
an iambic hexameter is what it means

inspired by John's 12 syllable line contest...

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Affable people
are likeable fools
Divorced from the moment
their banter unspools

Affable people
in search of a creed
Amusing examples
— of folly indeed

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)
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Tombstone
law goes after thugs
my favorite western without John Wayne
Loving Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell
“I’m your huckleberry”
Held breath during shoot out at O.K. Corral
Rooted for Josie and Wyatt to get together in the end
Even though I do not usually root for a homewrecker...

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Sierra
Aunt, daughter, friend, student
Sister of Robin, Dustin, Kyle, and Wyatt
Lover of creativity, writing, and reading
Who feels happiness, love, friendship
Who fears death, spiders, and failure
Who would like to see Ireland, Greece, and Italy
Resident of Erin, Ontario
Cowan...

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Verse in metred word makes our inner voices heard
With image,cadence and tone we signature it our own,
Individual and distinct as dna
For all to see,our personality,writ large each day.



Note : a double coupled form (IE quatrain)  in Thomas Wyatt(1502-42) poulter's measure style 12/14 syllable lines....

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The Showdown 

(A lone voice whispers)

I once knew Love
But like a bullet fired from
Wyatt Earp's Colt 45

It struck me down in the only showdown of my life

Now I walk around like a reborn sick Doc Holliday

Wondering 
How alone

I'll finish my play and stay alive 

(C) Copyright John Duffy

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Was always told that I needed to own a little land
Now I have the precious deed in a death grip in my hand

Next I'll need to mark the plot with an engraved stone
And not too long in the future this will be home

No one will be able to take this away...ground and sod
But my inner spirit being will be home with my God

(Thomas Wyatt style of 14,14,..12,12...14,14)...

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Come walk with me ,around my rural clime,
We'll pen verse , posey and lyrics that rime

A heroic couplet, after Thomas Wyatt (1503-42) ,the pivotal poet of th English language who 
used over 70 stanza forms,is credited with inroducing from Italy ther terza rima,ottava rima 
and the sonnet to the English language and the leagacy of his keynote poulter's measure 
12/14 syllabic form....

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   Petal-pushers and hula hoops
     ‘Greasy Kid Stuff’ – smear on the goop
   Baseball card gum that tastes like rubber
     That amazing stuff called ‘flubber’  

   Dino the Dinosaur and the Texaco Man
     Mumblety-peg and Kick the Can
   Sky King and Wyatt Earp
     Slowpokes you loved to slurp 
  
   All that’s gone now, replaced by video games
     ~ They all seem the same
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Little Jake wanted to build a spaceship,
so he could make new friends on Mars.
Kids here were mean; he planned a cool trip 
each night he made lots of wishes on stars.

Children at school made fun of his stutter, 
he got really sad that he kept quiet.
Until a new kid said, “Hi “ with a small utter,
He stuttered too, and his name was Wyatt.











Contest: Nursery Rhyme 4
Sponsor: Eve Roper
04/10/2021...

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Wyatt's alexandrine combined a rhyming fourteen
To introduce a novel verse,to the poetry scene;
For we poets he bequeathed this literary treasure
In couplet of iambs,some christen a 'poulter's measure'.

Note:Thomas Wyatt(1503-42) used over 70 different stanza forms,but now is best known for this poulter's measure form(couplets of 12 syllables,alternatingwith 14,often used for serious statements or for burlesque.

see more at my blog today Aug 9th...

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Wyatt's alexandrine combined a rhyming fourteen
To introduce a novel verse,to the poetry scene;
For we poets he bequeathed this literary treasure
In couplet of iambs,some christen a 'poulter's measure'.

Note:Thomas Wyatt(1503-42) used over 70 different stanza forms,but now is best known for 
this poulter's measure form(couplets of 12 syllables,alternating with 14,often used for serious 
statements or for burlesque.
I label this quatrain version a 'wyatt'...

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