Free Verse Iv
...FREE VERSE VI
Reason Without Rhyme
by Michael R. Burch
I used to be averse
to free verse,
but now I admit
YOUR rhyming is WORSE!
But alas, in the end,
it’s all the same:
all verse is u...
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Categories:
sparrowgrass, freedom, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
This World of Dew
...THIS WORLD OF DEW
This world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane's bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
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Categories:
sparrowgrass, age, art, autumn, bereavement,
Form: Haiku
Nicanor Parra Sandoval Translation: Advice To Young Poets
...Advice to Young Poets
by Nicanor Parra Sandoval
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Youngsters,
write however you will
in your preferred style.
Too much blood flowed under th...
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Categories:
sparrowgrass, mentor, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Mario William Vitale Latest Writings
...The language and images of Mario Vitale's poetry are so closely bound to the natural cycles of seasons, of generations, of the body's functioning, that is surprising to realize how many of his poems ...
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Categories:
sparrowgrass, art,
Form: Free verse