My Polyglot Pen
...My pen writes in English
My pen writes in French
Mon stylo écrit en français
My pen writes in Spanish
Mi pluma escribe en español
My pen writes in Italian
La mia penna scrive in italiano
My pe...
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Categories:
stylo, class, freedom, inspiration, literature,
Form: Free verse
Nib In Hand
...words written in graphite
eraser in hand but the pencil is sharp
traces leave their mark and point to the truth
ink from a deep fountain
smudged by a wandering quill
inches forward o...
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Categories:
stylo, happiness,
Form: Verse
Poetry a How Not To
...ideas
random thoughts
pick up a pen
stylo
what you will
compose
write
those random
thoughts
long lines or short
one after the other
after the other
after the ...
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Categories:
stylo, satire,
Form: Didactic
Une Homme Pour La Vie
...Stylo à la main
Je n’écris pas mon destin ni la fin
Mais cette aventure dans le train
Ce train de la vie que J’aime à l’infini
Beaucoup de détours tous les jours
Mais il n’y a pas d’aller-reto...
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Categories:
stylo, emotions, faith, love, men,
Form: Rhyme
Villanelle: Whose Terse Lines Lie Entangled In the Colophon
...Villanelle: Whose terse lines lie entangled in the colophon
for the author - male or female, prince or pauper, playboy or priest - of the
THIRUKKURAL*, the reputed "bible" of the Tamils,...
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Categories:
stylo, appreciation, bible, celebration, dedication,
Form: Villanelle
Tristesse
...Je dois pleurer
Plus tard, je devrai aussi mourir
Je dois faire marcher mon stylo
Plus tard, je planterai une fleur
Quand il pleut, je suis toujours triste
Quand le soleil arrivent, ...
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Categories:
stylo, death, emotions, sad,
Form: Couplet
Death of Cheri
...Dances with us all
last tango
Louisiana hospitality
alligators eating dreams
Lost a poet
the boat upstream
Heart beat with so much love
tear drops fall on poets stylo
I am so lost
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Categories:
stylo, absence, age, angel, death,
Form: Free verse
Lautrec, Please Draw
...Toulouse, oh please do place a hand on me
Your pen will sketch what your eyes can see
The ladies’ legs as they dance the can-can
Make me feel like more than a napkin
Toulouse, oh s'il vous plaî...
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Categories:
stylo, people, me,
Form: Clerihew