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0004 Oxymoron
You know the type - the word's just perfect for him:built like an ox, brain like a moron.shaved head, one ear-ring, bull neck,gold chain..
© Michael Shepherd
0004 Love Lyric: When Everything Is Said...
When everything is said, my love,there’s only love to say;and though love’s word can not be said,and love will live when we are dead,I’ll say it yet..
© Michael Shepherd
0004 Love And Law; Law And Love
Law of love? Sounds good… so, tell me more…Love of law? mmm…maybe…not so sure…You can disregard the ancients –label them Not Applicable – bin that..
© Michael Shepherd
0004 Car Boot Sales
I'm always getting this junky mailplopping through the doorinviting me to a 'car boot sale' -but I never wear boots in the car!
© Michael Shepherd
0004 M I N D
and mind might ask,why then are brain cells gray? Is itbecause the world is justso wonderful, that they, stunnedand amazed, cannot decidewhich colour..
© Michael Shepherd
0004 Lyric 3: Rosefall
O, what is the song this late, late rose is singing?where will its petals fall, pale orange-yellow rose?when shall the breeze and the rose cease..
© Michael Shepherd
0003 Similes, Metaphors And Stuff (2)
Isn’t it strange, this thing calledPoetry – and even stranger, these thingscalled similes and metaphors, which arethe very essence of what poetryuses..
© Michael Shepherd
0003 Reborn Metaphor
I was born to be a metaphor;Darwin, embarrassed, did not talk of me;I did not fit into his scheme of things; I,knowing secrets of the tears of..
© Michael Shepherd
0002 Lonely Dropped Me A Word
lonelydropped a word to me todaysaidyou wrote a poem about me thanksyesterday soI wanted to explain myselfespecially as they’re discussing me right..
© Michael Shepherd
! Zero Self-Esteem, Zero Self-Valuation
your life’s a mess.you’re a mess.oh forget the details.a mess. totally.so who to blame?your parents of course, like everyone else does.they **** you..
© Michael Shepherd
! Zeke Snirer, Poetry Critic
Zeke Snirer.he’s young. ish.he’s got something to offer the world:he’s the best judge of poetry. ever.this is his sincere opinion.so he’s obliged to..
© Michael Shepherd
! 'You Have A New Comment About Your Poem...'
'What is the purpose of poetry? [Candidateswill be awarded up to 80% of the total marksfor this paper on the answer tothis question. Write on one..
© Michael Shepherd
! You Couldn'T Make It Up...
Morning newspapers existto bring us spluttering outrageat the breakfast table, Soggiessplattered over our office gear...but sometimes they have..
© Michael Shepherd
! Yee Haw! A Country And Worse-Than Lyric
When I was a-dyin', lyin' on the sidewalk,head split, blood 'n brains a-runnin' down the drain,my life flashed backwards in my mind, just like they..
© Michael Shepherd
! World's Oldest Political Statement
(said to have been found on a Sumerian clay tablet)'I, of course, would neverhave sanctioned this,had I known about it...Right now, I'm lookingfor a..
© Michael Shepherd
! Wordsworth A Fortune
I wonder if Wordsworthnoticed that if he stoodvery still, aware of his bodyfrom his toes up to his headand looked at the host ofnodding daffodils..
© Michael Shepherd
! Words Mean - What They Do
We throw them to the winds;like water from a shower;what wind? what shower? and who throws them to whom?In 1996, John Bargh, with scrupulous..
© Michael Shepherd
! Woman On The Underground
Nondescript – her clothes say nothingexcept perhaps, ‘neatish’; hair – just there..certainly quiet; not hiding behind a bookor newspaper; nice eyes..
© Michael Shepherd
! Withitness
Some people love the experimental in poetryPoetry, in the experimental, love some peopleLove poetry, experimental people. SomeLovesomeChallenging all..
© Michael Shepherd
! Wisely Love The Wise
The wise love wisely.It’s said, that when the truly wisesurface from their sleep,they see nought but heavenly bluein which the world then gently..
© Michael Shepherd
! Wisdom
and they behave like children –always themselves, and always natural,all they do is natural;they seem to be as expert untaught children;and yet, they..
© Michael Shepherd
! William Wordsworth Hits The West Coast
I wandered lonely as a cloudo'er California's rocky coastand fields of melons, oversized,and Baywatch babes to match;Earth hath not anything to show..
© Michael Shepherd
! Wild Bees, Lost Souls
The bees, this year,have come before the swallows dareand take the wings of Aprilinadvisedly;ignoring the cloud of jasmine around the open..
© Michael Shepherd
! Why I Call My Teddy Bear Jesus
I've got a cuddly teddy bear,Jesus is his name.I wondered what to call him;and then the answer came:My Mom and Dad have told methat he's the friend..
© Michael Shepherd
! Who Can Weigh Love?
Light. Lightness. Light-heartedness.Who can measure their measureless weight?On the kitchen scales, we balanceweight against weight; but how..
© Michael Shepherd