Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Three Short Poems
1) An IbisAn IbisIs.2) Ibis EyeIbisEyeIn the sky.3) Hurricane forecastWeatherForecaster.
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Thoughts On Teeth
Ever starred at someone's open mouthAnd noticed the teeth that are peeking out,Sometimes they are there to seeEven when the owner doesn't want them..
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Thoughts On Sitting With The Dead
It's said that hearing is last to goAs life's candle loses its glow.So sit quietly and whisper thoughts of howBeing together is forever, not just..
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Thomas Chatterton
Once was a priestWho lived in EnglandWho recounted the historyOf events that have come to beImportant to those whoAdmire those whoWent before.Rowley..
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They'R-R-R-Re Back (A Fable For Modern Times)
Termites once infested the house.Owners called the exterminatorTented the placeToxic gas spewed throughoutAnd all was quiet,Or so it appeared.The..
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The Yellow Bus
Crusing down the road th’ other daySaw a school bus a coming along my wayII looked sort of funny, like a big yelllow toadAnd as it passed me on the..
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The Wood Stork
Standing tall in the afternoon sunWoody waits for what's to be done.Arriving on wings widespreadExpecting something extra for his daily bread.Now..
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The Un-Sexed Female
It was a masterly delivered strokeThat removed man's yokeFreeing her and kindred soulsFrom childbearing and rearing toils.So that they at once were..
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The Unipeg
Where's the Unicorn is the question asked -Pegasus came and took him awayFor they were mates of another dayAnd if you look closely at the image of a..
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The Trial Of Sarah****, Alias Slim Sal
The Trial of Sarah****, Alias Slim Sal,For Privately stealing,The Pris'ner was at large indicted,For that by thirst of gain excited,One day in July..
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The Tree
Roots exposed by the rushing watersBent by the restless windLeaves picked clean by hungry cattleIt stands, withered and forlorn, devoid of mantle.No..
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The Traveling Rarebit*
It’s said that the rarebit, a non-quadrupled,long suffering from neglect is dead,But that’s just a bit of pressmen’s junk,That history of this..
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The Tease
She sits thereWaiting for attentionCould it be that she’s been here beforeMaybe she wants someone to notice herTo pick her up and enjoy a bit of time..
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The Team That Can'T Talk Straight
'First you say you do,Then you don't,You're undecided now,What are you going to do? 'So we have mouthpieces that spewWhat is happening - the latest..
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The Spit And Whittle Club
No one knowsWhen the group decided to sitUnder the elm tree on the cornerOf the squareAnd pass the time.They were just there.Some days not.But round..
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The Smell Of Death
The smell of deathQuickens the sensesAs those who muck throughThe decay of civilizationFind a wayTo expressThe bile withinThose who seek a political..
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The Slumper-Thumper
Sitting silently at the booth in Mindy’s CaféIs an old man at the end of his dayLooking over the offerings on the menu cardOf which there were few he..
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The Sharpshooter
Traveling through the countrysideThe Showman looked far and wideTo find an attraction that would beSomething to add to his menagerie.And there on..
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The Shape Of Things To Come
Standing on pedestals quiet and majesticThe finished product of the creator's art.Will those who view them, understandThe message cast in clay by..
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The Satiric Eye (A Book Review)
Those “romantic” folkOf which writers often fun do poke,Of the late 1700's and early 1800'sEarned their keep by writingWhat appealed to the buying..
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The Sadness Of The Empty Home
Red Skelton would have loved the sadness of the empty homeFor he would have mimed the act of being all alonePassing from each room and pausing to..
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The Roost
The Convention of Crows was intended.To debate a subject oft suspended.Needed was guidance to mankind's wondersIn avoiding dogmas and politically..
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The Rabbit
See him frozen thereAs if caught in a man-made snareKnowing not which way to turnFor is it escape, or potential harm.Nose aquiver as if to test the..
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The Quilt
She made the quilt piece-by-pieceFrom Bull Durham sacks, each-by-each.Carefully emptied, washed and driedThen so carefully dyed.Sewed them together..
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The Puzzle Box (A Mystery)
The Puzzle Box is there to seeA roundish thing most certainlyFor it contains the truth as well as falsehoods, also.Believers, accept that which they..
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