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One For Andy
Loved your poem about thosecarefully-prepared but slightlymis-timed, Famous Last W...but as Lazarus said, there's alwaysthe replay factor.. though..
© Michael Shepherd
On The Dawn Of Christ's Nativity [sonnet]
This starry dawn – the wise men yet afar –the shepherds are abed, their night’s task done.Is Mary tired? Or, as one untouched?All birth’s a miracle;..
© Michael Shepherd
On Modern Poetry
On the coverof those old black hymnbooksin those old dark churchesyou can just about read'Hymns Ancient and Modern'As time goes by,'ancient' gets a..
© Michael Shepherd
Oh No Not Another
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© Michael Shepherd
Oh Lord...
O Lord, out of the depths do I cry unto Thee,O Lord, hear my prayer:I am stricken unto the heart,and mine enemies close in about me;to whom but Thee..
© Michael Shepherd
Oh It Can Happen Any Time
it can happen any timeand there’s no place which istoo improbable for it orcannot be contained in ityou’re walking down the familiar streetor on the..
© Michael Shepherd
Nude Erections In Contemporary Poetry
Is the whole of Canadasupporting itself by the exportof Viagra and such? And howdid they get my email addressand share it so generouslyamongst those..
© Michael Shepherd
November 28,2007 Is The International Day Of Stillness: A Poem For The Day
'Stillness is my beloved teacher.From her, I learn new things every day.'I said to Stillness,How can you teach me so well?Stillness said,By being..
© Michael Shepherd
Not Quite Drowning But Waving
Pleasescroll backto Chris Higginson's'Zimbabwe' pleafor yourpoetic sympathy.The prizeis in the international currencyof the heart
© Michael Shepherd
Northern Haiku
In the April wind, white cherry blossom;On the ground, snowflakes.
© Michael Shepherd
News Headline Found Haiku
National Split Pea Soup Weekhas passed its midpointwithout incident
© Michael Shepherd
New Balls Please... Yes It's Another Rant...
Big sports weekend…in a coupla hours, Wimbledon,or to local residents, Womble-din…someone’s gointa win; someone’sgointa lose. That’s lifefor..
© Michael Shepherd
My Wife And The Other Man
My wife is havinga relationship withthe bank managerthose extra three inches,that 20% increase in girth,those 18 hours ofchemically inducedextended..
© Michael Shepherd
My Sacred Ant
The milk bottles were resting amidst geraniumson the doorstep this morning,to be picked up with half-open eyesbut then, put down in the alien landof..
© Michael Shepherd
My Olympics
There was huge pressure –we was under a lot of pressure…But I remembered the instructions -keep cool, do just what you’ve been trained to do…so,to..
© Michael Shepherd
Mutant
disconcerting from the first moment. how to knowfreak from mutant. what rules and if not rules, what.freaks release the mind from proud obligations..
© Michael Shepherd
Mr. Edward Lear Meets The Australian Poets In Limerick
There was a young laddie named PefecationWho passed hugely and frequently, defecation;But the social disdainAnd the blockage of drainMade poor Pitt..
© Michael Shepherd
Montage Triste
The hyacinths intoxicate upon the window-silland I think of youIntellectual montage –Eisenstein was the first to spell it outand use it memorably;a..
© Michael Shepherd
Misty Pings
Sometimes fat fingers on the keyboardproduce the surreal that leaves menot cursing as usualat the way my brain brain he saysand hand were not wired..
© Michael Shepherd
Metaphysical Weblink Love Poem
How can I COMPUTE love’s DATABASE?Thus WATCH as saintly love, God IN THE END,INCHes its way into immortal life’s ASSURANCEin the seeming OYSTER of my..
© Michael Shepherd
Medieval English Cathedral
Once I had this fanciful idea of recordingthe silence in each great cathedraland marketing these...As you pull open the worn and squeaky doorthere's..
© Michael Shepherd
'Me And Teddy Bears - The Truth' (Exclusive)
I’ve never owned a teddy bear (aw…)my parents read the child-rearing biblesof the time, maybe that’s what it wasbut I’m not pleading deprivation..
© Michael Shepherd
Loveknots
In the community of this websitelike a girdle round the earth(did you read that, Will?) ,sharing the inner lives,the hearts laid open in poetry,I see..
© Michael Shepherd
Love Me... Who?
Small-town romanticsonce might live in fear:demon lovers, married,or didn't live near...now the small adscry from afar:'GSOHfor LTR? '
© Michael Shepherd
Love Love Love
Oh it's so easy to say -'Give what you think you lack -You feel unloved? Then give love, and love, and love...'...On the other hand -Do you have any..
© Michael Shepherd