global village voice - a dialect of babel
mene tekel peres - calligraphic prescience.
the poetry slam - pen viva voce
I hear the starlings' song,
mighty murmuration,
soaring through the ages.
Their secrets undisclosed,
naught to revered sages.
I hear the starlings' song,
mere memories of past
journeys through boundless sky,
leaving charmed contrails
rewarding to the eye.
I hear the starlings' song,
shushing – wonders promised –
solemn susurrant tones
whispering to me, "Hush",
seductive pheromones.
I hear the starlings' song
as they blacken the skies
with their mighty number,
sonant, viva voce,
murmur to me, "Slumber".
in a single breath
just seventeen syllables-
to an open mike
the poetry slam - pen viva voce
NOTE: A mono gram is a one line epigram style poem of not more than 17
syllables with a humourous/witty ,ironic or enigmatic theme. or thought or
contrast.Think of a senryu in contrast to a haiku.
To
hear
the pause-
poems are
better said than read.
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