Tag: poet
group name: poeticlicense
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May 23, 2007 08:55 AM EDT --
Acrostic poetry can be traced as far back as ancient Greece. It was a very popular method of form poetry and still is today. Acrostic poetry is very specific in its form and has a well defined structure. . . . more
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May 25, 2007 02:33 AM EDT --
Work Sucks
An acrostic: WORK SUCKS
W ill I wake up on time
O r will I oversleep again?
R estless with anxiety
K nowing my day will begin.
S eizing the day means
U nderstanding it's lost. . . . more
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February 20, 2008 09:46 AM EST --
Hidden our secret course
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February 20, 2008 09:11 AM EST --
Two versions. I would be grateful for feedback on which you think best and why. Thank you.
Minstrel
Your offering: a poet's song,
Each velvet note a warm caress
On skin that drinks . . . more
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May 21, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
The American Tyrant
by Raven Goldenseal (A.K.A. Billy W. Mitchell)
Democracy is inevitable or so they say.
Tell that to China. Tell that to North Korea.
A government for and by the people is good
A bold . . . more
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February 21, 2008 01:53 PM EST --
Snowy white moth flirts browning grass.
Ebony bird struts lethargy.
Lazy oleanders bleed red buds.
While cars silent wait on black asphalt lot.
Summer sun slows to orange burn.
Cigarette . . . more
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February 22, 2008 08:26 AM EST --
My unabridged lover waits unperturbed,
Lexicon of love, sweet kiss, soft word.
I nestle beside him, leaf page by page;
Awash in warm ardor, calm undisturbed.
Down pathways of reason my thoughts . . . more
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February 26, 2008 02:05 PM EST --
(This poem is dedicated to Laura Mercer. Her beautiful poetry and stunning art never ceases to amaze me. This poem is what I see when I read and view her work.)
Ethereal, . . . more
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November 30, 2007 09:58 AM EST --
The f row zy d row sy Princess
couldn't even lift an eyeb row
to wonder at the fearsome row outside her b row nstone door.
It was too early even for spar . . . more
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November 30, 2007 11:05 AM EST --
A fuzzy haze to start my days-
no sharp relief
to ruin dreams
of gentle kiss and sweet embrace.
The old picture frames
still look the same.
Yet, no answer,
when . . . more
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March 12, 2008 10:29 AM EDT --
B uoyant and brilliant at parties,
O dette is always the center of the social
U niverse. Her singular
N arcissistic ways are only eclipsed . . . more
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Ethereal Exploits - a Renga, by Rene Allen, Tom Curl, Mary Z., Amy S., Alison Pearce, Linda B, Mary S., Anita R., Charles William Hoffman, Angie O., Kathy W., Laura B., and Tracey W.
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March 13, 2008 04:45 PM EDT --
Speaking quietly
Celestial bodies
Share stories of the void
sometimes whispering softly
of ethereal exploits
Hushed invisible zephyr
Shapes rocks and worlds
Stellar wind without . . . more
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October 12, 2007 05:00 AM EDT --
Look Away
Just look away, away
from we who grow old
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February 24, 2008 03:28 AM EST --
Time Out
Where have they
all gone you
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May 21, 2008 04:15 AM EDT --
They say Bukowski
Boozed in this bar, picked
Poems from his brain
Like buckshot from a
Poacher's ass, but that
Picksow drinks here now,
And nothing comes his
Way but broken words
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September 19, 2007 05:56 AM EDT --
Leprechaunia the Brave - Lyrics
Lament, lament Leprechaunia
for the days of glory and evening song
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October 19, 2007 04:38 AM EDT --
(Trilogy for Marianne K)
Sky Love
she pale
glanced cold
he bright
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October 26, 2007 04:19 AM EDT --
angels by words per line 01 & 02 of 09
Gulp
You
are
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February 21, 2008 10:53 AM EST --
B lindness creeps up slowly
L ike a lover,
I nsidiously staging its quiet coup.
N o prisoners will be taken.
K nowing this, it is all the more cruel.
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May 24, 2007 08:38 AM EDT --
(These poems are excerpts from my book entitled Schisms of Reality which I wrote under the name Billy W. Mitchell.)
Hansel 2004 (The Fairytale Ends)
The evergreens sway in the gentle breeze
Forest . . . more
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