Tag: imagery
group name: poetscorner
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June 06, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
The US Constitution gives Americans free speech.
Does that imply that we can freely exercise the power of dissent?
Yes, in some cases it does -- in other cases, maybe not.
Try going to a presidential . . .
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June 11, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
Here's a few I gleamed from Ted Kooser and several other noted poets, as I understand them:
DO'S & DON'TS OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY
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August 25, 2008 04:20 PM EDT --
Couldn't do without the darn thing,
the iPod, it's better than anything.
My iPod is tops and the king
of PDAs, it can really sing.
What a wonder it may be,
of . . .
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August 25, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
Happens all the time, me wife talks to me,
while I'm iPoding!
What an interruption! What nerve!
Yes, what a grand insult!
Here I am in the middle of listening . . .
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August 24, 2008 05:12 AM EDT --
to impugn an officer of the Royal Hussars
is a direct insult to the Queen of England
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June 12, 2008 06:23 PM EDT --
the sky is filled with so many visible objects,
many can be seen with the naked eye,
others require binoculars or a telescope,
with help the heavens open up to a . . .
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June 12, 2008 03:32 PM EDT --
Summer Days Haiku
on warm summer days
it seems we are at peace
then the TV comes on
Vibrations Haiku
vibrations . . .
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June 21, 2008 04:15 PM EDT --
Like an infant wanting her food,
I'm not really in a great mood.
Being held here against my will,
they may come and get me still.
Like a starving mongrel, I'm ready, . . .
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June 08, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --
Senryu 1
those girls talk too much
when they gather together
excluding all boys
Senryu 2
time has come to stop
complaining . . .
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June 06, 2008 04:01 PM EDT --
That pooch and her stuffed toy puppy,
she confronts, attacks, tries to destroy it.
I suppose confronts is a bit of over simplification,
she does chew it, bite it, throw it, and jump on . . .
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June 12, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
astrology, alchemy, atheism
none a true science
so many endeavors
directed away from
reality, truth and beauty
so much wasted time
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June 12, 2008 07:24 PM EDT --
Grandpa Joe's favorite possession
his filly "Goldie" a beautiful palomino horse
sired by Roy Rogers' famous "Trigger"
Goldie's dam (or mother) . . .
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June 13, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
summer's solstice starts
desires sexual, physical,
emotional attractions
pleasant longer days
shorter nights filled with
lust, desire, temptation
summertime . . .
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July 05, 2008 05:25 PM EDT --
love can give warmth
sorrow, devotion, worry,
a headache or great joy
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June 05, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
witch's strange poisoned brew
what a horrible black broth of evil
gruel with bubbles of hate, malevolence
our long terrible war
victims scream a tragic song . . .
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June 30, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
high cost for elimination
of weapons of mass destruction
out of control DOD reconstruction
almost lost Iraqi oil production
we'll never stop the insurgency . . .
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June 21, 2008 04:07 PM EDT --
Where would we be without Alex Bell
the telephone inventor?
What would radio be today without
Marconi, Morse, and Armstrong?
Other necessary . . .
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July 05, 2008 05:09 PM EDT --
light gives us insight
to view the world
never quite understanding it
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June 04, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
after sight and memory
eleven things on the old wood mantle
foggy it seems
a large ornate figured plate
a comical six inch wooden
statue of Don Quixote
a large . . .
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June 30, 2008 01:32 AM EDT --
population it explodes without end
its increase is a certain dead-end
plenty is the rule in this country
wealth and plenty are complimentary
poverty, rising food . . .
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