T A N K A defined SHOW then TELL
Haiku in English a strict 5/7/5
the most difficult to contrive
Tanka adds a couplet 7/7
show then tell the poetic leaven
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Categories:
well defined, appreciation, education, poetry, word
Form: Didactic
Beauty Defined
What is beauty?
Can I sing to it?
Can I bathe it in
Honeydew lotion
and read it ancient
love poems
as it fights the
gravity of sleep?
Can I feed it
pureed applesauce
and wipe its
dripping face clean?
Can I hold it in my arms
and feel the weight
of infinite potentials
I will carry on my
shoulders until it
finds place for them
on
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Categories:
well defined, beautiful, beauty, child,
Form: Free verse
Serenity defined
in early morning
when everyone is still asleep
i love to wake up with the sun
and have a private tete-a-tete
i sit quietly with my mug of coffee
soak in the rays and absorb
the serenity around me
this morning even the birds
seem to be sleeping in
with the wind not swaying a single tree
nature still seems drowsy
i spoke too soon here’s
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Categories:
well defined, bird, morning, nature, sunshine,
Form: Free verse
LOVE DEFINED
There are those who say that love is invisible…
that it’s a feeling we cannot see…
and although I am no expert…
forgive me if I disagree.
Because in all my years upon this Earth
I have come to believe
love is often times quite obvious
and easy to perceive..
That it permeates our senses…
It can be seen heard, tasted, felt…
and above all
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Categories:
well defined, love,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
well defined, science fiction, word play,
Form: Footle
Sanity Loosely Defined
{Halloween the norm?)
(Warning! -- not suitable for children
to read nor for folks presently having
mental issues. This short work is very
graphic and emotionally disturbing)
Sanity Loosely Defined
Is that a pimple to be punctured
or a sacred breast?
could they be real severed little-boy
testicles, fresh and raw, entree
for modern day
medical cannibals?~
arranged appealingly on
a ritual Progressive
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Categories:
well defined, corruption, evil, humanity, perspective,
Form: Free verse
REDAMANCY defined
a first love
so compelling-
homage
to another
to love's
sweet refrain-
an invocation
sung and
heard-
an exploration
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Categories:
well defined, love,
Form: Bio
SUFFERING PAIN GRIEFS HURT DEFINED I WAS-
SUFFERING PAIN GRIEFS HURT DEFINED I WAS-
Suffering pain griefs
Hurt I was defined
To inflict with mental pain: Wounded
Was seriously hurt within my physical self
You're hurting my arm!
To do substantial soul harm so: DAMAGED
Caused emotional pain or anguish to: OFFEND
Never meant to hurt, placed in remorse
Got feelings so I hurt
Detrimental to: HAMPERRED
Charges of graft soiled chances of
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Categories:
well defined, absence, depression, how i
Form: Dramatic Verse
HIKU the form - DEFINED
HAIKU is the ' phonetical&cultural original 'in Japanese'& in reality uses '17 'onji' (sound symbols)rather than syllables ,&traditionally written in Japanese as a single line
whereas
HIKU is the English language tristich (three line) version(including translations)with similar economy of words including the THOUGHT PAUSE prompt (often indicated by an ellipsis .....the SENSE PAUSE the aesthetic point
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Categories:
well defined, imagery, poetry,
Form: Didactic
Categories:
well defined, hate,
Form: Acrostic
Categories:
well defined, anger,
Form: Acrostic
Categories:
well defined, love,
Form: Acrostic
In Acumen Altruism Defined
In acumen altruism defined
Anger burns mangled mind
Thoughts seek revenge blind
Soul propels soothing wind
Serene sense sanity aligned
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Categories:
well defined, anger, forgiveness, wisdom,
Form: Verse
Categories:
well defined, art, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Eternity Defined
" A time grown out of pity like rain on the asphalt. Pain is a pleasure to the unassuming masses. It was not the vow that was broken, but the innocence that stumbled out of reach of lovers torn at the seams "
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Categories:
well defined, love,
Form: Free verse
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