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").
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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The Poet
'The poet understandsthat the mast of a ship,the gallows, andthe cross are madeof different wood.He understandsthe differencebetween the stonefrom a..
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The Penance For The Peas
Now all you sinners come this wayFeel the distress as you pass the day.How is it, we all ask,'That taking peas is no easy task? 'For you see it clear..
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The Pedant
The Pedant'Lysander talks extremely well;On any subject let him dwell,His tropes and figures will content ye;He should possess to all degreesThe art..
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The Pear Tree
Underneath the shade of the treeHorses and cows swat fliesendlesslyBut there's another reason they're hereIt's hoping for the dropp of another..
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The Parable Of Do-Good, Do-Better And Do-Best
Once, a village, right and proper,thought of waysTo make things,better for future days.Accept a giftfrom England's QueenAnd use it topromote their..
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The Old Rope Swing
Drifting down the riverGoing where the current takes youAway from the snags and rocksOver the deep cool poolsWhere the fish lay quietlyWaiting for..
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The Nose Knows
In the elevator in the midst of winterOne doesn't expect the smell to lingerBut there it is for all to senseThe presence of a chemical essence.As the..
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The New Maji
With the passing of the storm,The sky was clear andThe streets swept cleanBy the rain.Once againSean O'Roark made breakfastOf hot oatmeal andCoffee..
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The New Deal
Authors* in writing of the New Deal,Describe the Liberal Embellishment of Hell,We've been there in times beforeIt was of mock Hudibras' lore.When..
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The New Abc's
A is for aidsthe plague spread not by fleas.B is for bitchthe source of, I know not which.C is for conservative, but has other meanings toas example..
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The Needle
Under the bed, her sewing box.Near the bottom, a shirt,Pressed and folded with a patch pinnedCovering an elbow busted out from within.The shirt long..
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The Music Of Ernest Clary
Your poems haveA musical qualityThat uses rhymeAnd meter for all to see.Each one tho differentFrom the otherBrings attentionto another.s
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The Mockingbird
At first it seemed a gameBetween the criminally insane.A bird risking death without a careTo provoke this one, from the air.Flying by the..
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The Mobus Loop
The Mobus LoopTo be everywhere and nowhere,At the beginning and the end.Educated beyond intelligence.
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The Meadow
Once was a green stretching throughThe low lands lying to the westA lush pasture that Thoreau would have embracedAs fit for man and nature to live..
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The Man From Hope - A Reply
Lest we all forget the presidential messThere is more than just a simple dressNeed to remember Bill Clinton and his BrideFor giving the country a..
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