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name that tune
a cacophony of mimicry ~ starlings represent...
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Categories:
bird, cool, song,
Form: Monoku
To Life
In Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Kefar Chabad
everywhere, little huts, though no sod
Miniature tabernacles, laden with flowers
fruits, vegetation, pretty decorations
...
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Categories:
song, celebration, drink, holiday, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Song Of SongsIn the world where melodies resides,
Where notes and rhythms flows,
There lies a song, a timeless guide,
An orchestra of the divine.
It starts with a whisper, soft and low,
A gentle him that stirs the soul,
A melody that...
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Categories:
song, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Lyric
Songs of Brave Men
If might is right
weakness is wrong
That's not how it goes
in modern folk songs
Songs of brave...
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Categories:
courage, hero, men, song,
Form: Rhyme
Sing, Smile, Shake Hands
The air with tension filled
Cries, shouts, so shrill
Anger, spleen, venomous rage
All this, scourge of the age
Into this bleak scene
...
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Categories:
song, anger, cry, light, love,
Form: Rhyme
WOMEN ON THEIR KNEESWhen you see some African women
on their knees singing
...
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Categories:
encouraging, inspirational, song,
Form: Free verse
RipTideOur love is like a riptide
wild ride, I am drowning in you.
Riptide, pool slide, can't fight it, suck you right back in
Can't swim to the side.
Sex ride, heat light, glow bright
driving us insane
I want you...
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Categories:
song, extended metaphor, inspirational love,
Form: Free verse
Small Bodies with feathersEarly morning delivers birdsong joys,
as the darkness is swept away by God.
Undulations for my ears, sonorous
and dear, over and over - I ponder
small bodies with feathers, noteworthy songs.
Why does their cadence console us each day
as...
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Categories:
bird, song,
Form: Verse
maple mimic
leaves turning to song
the box elder beat boxing~
...
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Categories:
autumn, bird, song, tree,
Form: Haiku
Just OneTrying to write a lyric
my words reduce to verse
The euphony escaping me
adrift as I converse
Though joy is sorely tempered
these letters soldier on
In hope of just one melody
—in hope of just one song
(Bryn Mawr College: September,...
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Categories:
music, song,
Form: Rhyme
The Lone shine of a Bassoon
The Newly United Worlds Champion: I signed a contract weeks ago thinking I would be champion by the time this bout came along. The former champion
Kata fought his way into contention and demanded me, he...
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Categories:
song, creation, leadership, music, repetition,
Form: Bio
Life's AphrodisiacFill your glass of gin
when you drive
that's the end.
Play your cassette of songs
when death visit you
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Categories:
dream, fantasy, loneliness, song,
Form: Free verse
Shadow Song
Shadows of clouds fall
Across the sunlit moments,
Breaking through dawn
Like a peace filled thought
Whispers music into a heart
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Categories:
song, appreciation, beautiful, feelings, silence,
Form: Verse
Song of the Poet*Note - I posted this some time ago on PS and it got POTD, resulting in over fifty comments of support. Social media is a fickle animal, sometimes dangerous. We poets like to imagine ourselves...
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Categories:
love, song,
Form: Lyric
ChesterChester on stage
holding a high note -
how will he bring it down?
Some screams from girls
as he brings it down,
and "E", the note,
brings genuflection....
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Categories:
music, song,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Song Poems
Read wonderful song poetry on the following sub-topics:
beautiful, dynasty, her, him, life, love, lyrics, prayer, promise, unsung
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Definition | What is Song in Poetry?
Poems Related to Song
lullaby, number, strain, lyric, melody, hymn, poem, anthem, aria, verse, ditty, ballad, refrain, lay, carol, tune, chant, shanty, vocal, air, chorus, psalm, rock, piece, expression, round, golden oldie, chorale, oldie, opera, canticle, rock and roll,