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").
Master Of The Three Syllable Word
He's at it againWowing the adults and childrenUsing words too big to understandProfessing to be leader of his fellow man.Claimed by his followers to..
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Mass Extinction
They studied the records that had been foundCarved on marble slabs in the burial ground.The slabs turned and broken with the passage of timeProvided..
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Marianne Moore's Twist Of Sour Lemon
A toad in an imaginary garden lurks thereTo surprise trespassers entering without a careMarianne Moore's been thereWith a twist of sour lemon, she..
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Man's Best Friend
Dogs seem to understandBetter, the acts of man..And what went beforeIt's best to just ignoreFor man's a fickle oneThat forgets and forgives all..
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Manhole Covers
It lies thereSurrounded by metal, as its ownEncased in concreteLong hardened and dark with age.But below,A hidden kingdomWhere elves playEmitting..
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Mac Cavity's Ten Lives
The Ten Lives of Mac CavitySome cats have nine lives, more or less!So more than others, some are bless'dThey seldom revel their innermost..
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Lunch Bucket
Says he; 'I'm just a poor ole working feller,One who has become sort of mellowBut still one of you -An' our numbers are gettin' few.Why, I remember..
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Love’s Labour Lost
T’was just a simple weddingThat led to the misunderstanding.Seems the blade had sparkedThe widow’s interest on a lark.Wealthy she was, it was..
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Love Bugs
It started out as a simple experimentOne that an amateur biologistCould run using castoff equipmentPurchased on ebay.She (or maybe it was he)Thought..
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Lope De Vega
Lope Felix De Vega CarpioLope Felix De Vega Carpio (November 25,1562 -August 27,1635) was called by Cervantes, 'the Monster of Nature.' And surely he..
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Lol
Lots of Luck the warden saidAs he turned the key in the lockAnd left the inmate that he'd lead.Into the prison's worst block.For you have to meet..
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Life Is Beautiful, Death Sublime
An artist before his canvas satConsidering the beginning, and yetHow to embrace the art,Of melding, canvas, brush and pot.Dipping his brush and with..
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Laidby
The skimpy morning dew had long since evaporated.The Texas sun bore down with an intensitythat meant that it was mid-Juneand no rain was in sight.No..
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Knots In Piece Of String (Or Knot -Ii)
Knots -IISometimes the imagination gets ahead of reality inUntying the Knots in a Piece of StringWhen modern physicist begin their tale,Of mysteries..
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Knot - I
There it lies deep withinNear the bottomHidden from prying eyesPut there for a reasonNote how the fingers exploredigging deeply within,searching for..
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Kittens
The trouble with kittensIs they become cats.The trouble with girlsIs they become women.The trouble with boysIs they don't become men.And the trouble..
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Katrina - Katrina (An Answer)
Katrina was a blessing in disguiseProviding no way of compromise.Freeing New Orleans' residents from imprisonmentIn hovels of substandard tenement(s)..
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Kahlbaum
Catatonic(In memory of Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum)Ludwig had a cat, whose name was simply, 'Cat.'That did mostly whatA cat does bestThat is, spending most..
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Juneteenth
Celebrate little childrenFor the time is nigh, soon to become 'what might have been.'It's time for marching and dancing in the streetsAs you have..
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Jug Fishing
One evening, a group of usDecided to set out a trout line without any fussIn a lake not far you see,From the Capitol dome in Tallahassee.We'd cook a..
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Judge Maryann Sumi
A judge likened to those of the old westHas emerged at the liberals requestShe's a hanging judge for sureAs she tracks in the barnyard manure.Liberal..
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John Cooke (May He Burn In Hell)
Lawyers have not always been charged with the best of reason,As example when John Cooke tried Charles I for 'treason'The crime for which the King was..
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Jester In Chief
Standing amongst his peersHe says, (to quote another) “Lend me your ears”For I have wit to shareSaying what no one else would dare.“I am the one who..
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Janis Martin
A tiny morsel thrust upon the stageThat grew too large to chew, much less swallowSo RCA chastised her, condemned her to death.But she wouldn't stay..
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It's Been Blowed And Saucered
When you're with friendsand they sayHere's your favorite coffee,just the wayYou like it fresh an' hotJust off the stove,and pipin' hot.For you it's..
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