Tag: writing
group name: politicalpoets
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August 16, 2007 10:23 AM EDT --
The water looked so beautiful encased in ice
Thick ice shimmering in hues of blue
A colour I have always found alluring
I paced the edges carefully for long
But seeing, being on the edge was not enough . . . more
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September 28, 2007 08:01 PM EDT --
Attraction
I sat before him as he spoke.
Oh what feeling his voice provoked.
Our attraction was instant,
the chemistry blatant.
His eyes roaming, resting on mine.
Telling . . . more
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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 . . . more
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April 08, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
Walking ,
through a ghost world,
Always observing,
never a participant.
Constantly blurring,
remaining nonexistant
Passing unseen,
Unnoticable.
Except to the keen.
Disappearing ,
before thier . . . more
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January 19, 2008 11:48 AM EST --
Hard under the shovel
sealed up in the now,
where history ends and illimitable began
far and away from lessons long past,
depleted of clarity, calamity,
and . . . more
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January 28, 2008 10:18 PM EST --
She will cut glass tonight.
She will wait until the dogs are walked and fed
and I settle in to cringe, thank god,
at the president's last
State-of-the-Union. . . . more
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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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September 10, 2007 10:58 PM EDT --
Lies and rumors of lies
cover trails of B-52's
carrying nukes
in American skies
lost in the shadows
of twin fallen towers
blinding both eyes
as they fall
over
and over
again
. . . more
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June 30, 2008 01:19 AM EDT --
I published 20 rules for
writing modern poetry,
here's a poem that just
can't follow those rulez!
rule one: never use words
with . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 01, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
for Donald Hawley - 7/1/2008
soothsayers, seers and saints
have a corner on the future,
perhaps scientists do not,
stuff happens, no longer a dream. . . . more
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June 11, 2008 12:46 PM EDT --
Here are a few terms serious poets should use and understand:
abstract/concrete
alliteration
allusion
anaphora
anecdote
aphorism
assonance
blank verse
cadence
. . . more
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June 21, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
roses now in bloom
now filled with rainbow colors
the summer solstice
more
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July 13, 2008 10:25 AM EDT --
Daffodils white, yellow, gold, buds,
surround the long black driveway
shoots pushing up
green sprouting
bluejays announcing
woodpeckers busy
tiny oregon junkos . . . more
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June 10, 2008 02:10 AM EDT --
Taken from: http://www.twodragonflies.com/about.html - THANKS!
What is Haiku?
Haiku – a form of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka . . . more
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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
. . . more
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September 21, 2007 11:29 PM EDT --
What will they do,
dandelions gathered,
when armies are broken
on minotaur horns,
deserts of the mind,
convoluted coils
in liberty's labyrinth?
Who will they . . . more
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July 13, 2008 10:35 AM EDT --
I once had an old book on Metaphysics
(written before quantum mechanics)
when read front to back it was impossible
to understand, yet if you read it from back
to front, everything . . . more
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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 . . . more
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