Clerihew Smetana
...Bedrich Smetana
from Slovakia
known for his musical gesture
talented gifted for sure...
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Categories:
smetana, music, people,
Form: Clerihew
Harris Fortitude Went Awol
...lest ye seek alms
with outfaced palms
just imagine
how the lantern shone
against the knees of Archelaus,
and lit up the check-board pattern
of the eleemosynary trousers
Fatigued civilian...
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Categories:
smetana, 12th grade, adventure, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
The Nightingale Burning
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"The Nightingale Burning"
I pluck the Silver chords
of your mind, sharp
talons of Phoenix
becomes a Nightingale
too slow to kiss
wet lip...
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Categories:
smetana, romance, senses, sensual,
Form: Romanticism
Super Budgie
...Blue bird in a gilded cage:
But not as much as a single whistle from it,
and no piping, not even a proverbial peep,
only deafening silence from behind the bars.
To get the little ...
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Categories:
smetana, art, creation,
Form: Prose Poetry
Ecstasy
...Exquisitely frail, a lone flute exhales, leaving this heart in a flutter
Cascading aloft, soft violins rise, from the flow of smooth silver rivers
Swelling the throat, sen...
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Categories:
smetana, beautiful, music,
Form: Acrostic