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Author :: Bruce Deitrick Price  |
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| Article Title :: Experience THEORYLAND |
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| The set-up: The poem's hero is an ambitious young professor who desperately wants to tower over his colleagues and make the co-eds swoon. If only he could master the esoteric Lit Theory that dominates his campus...If only....Here's how THEORYLAND starts...CANTO I: AMBITIONClarity is the cruelest mode,
patients aetherized on the table must be code.
How then do I hide my hermeneutic rear
as I fashion a career?
How do I swell a progress, start a fad or two?
Advise the Dean, like me an eager goose?
Ambitious too, so he hates to be of use....In the rooms the critics come and go
sneering at the status quo.
On the dry grass, in a d (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: Art Hill |
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| Article Title :: 5 Funny Love Poems |
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| Funny Love Poems
When most people think of love poems, they think of serious and soulful expressions of passion. Long sonnets by Shakespeare or romantic poems by Browning and Lord Byron are the norm for love poetry. However, funny love poems can be good for a laugh. They may not be romantic, but they do give your friends something to enjoy.
Some of the best funny love poems are limericks. Limericks started in Ireland and follow a standard form of five lines and a rhyme scheme of aabba. Here are a few limericks written by anonymous authors:
There once was an old man of Lyme
Who married three wives at a time
When asked "Why a third?"
He (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: Art Hill |
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| Article Title :: How to Up Your Chances of Winning Poetry Contests |
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| With so many poetry contests available both online and in poetry journals, you don’t have to look too hard to find one that suits your writing style and your wallet. While some poetry contests are free to enter, they may not have a great prize in return. On the other hand, some poetry contests that charge you ten or fifteen dollars to enter do not really offer you a lot in return. Spending fifteen dollars to win one hundred when you are competing with hundreds or even thousands of other writers is not a good gamble.
So when you find a contest that has both a tolerable entry fee and a reasonable payoff, you can enter. You may need to look at several contests before you decide o (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: Russ Miles |
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| Article Title :: Beacon Verse Series (Article Four) KICK THE CAN |
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| KICK THE CAN ©When I was young,
How I loved to 'Play the hero',
To be the one
Who set the others free;
But, now it's rough, I'm just 'Another zero',
It's hard enough
To just take care of me...Yet, memory still retains the sight,
Of 'Standing up' for what was 'Right',
Of 'Taking turns' at waiting for the swing;
The 'Sleeping out' and 'Marshmallow roasts',
The stories we told about 'Terrible ghosts',
Deciding which girl 'I liked the most',
Then, giving that girl 'My ring'...Of having a friend 'To stay over',
Of finding a 'Four leaf clover',
Folding the paper to make a 'Hat' or a 'Fan';
"He fo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: Art Hill |
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| Article Title :: Who Wrote The Most Famous Love Poem |
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| The Most Famous Love Poem
Love poems have been written for centuries to inspire lovers and create romance. When you give your special someone a love poem, you can express your feelings through eloquent words in a memorable way. Many famous love poems are written by classical poets, such as Lord Byron, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Shakespeare. But a famous love poem by a modern poet may appeal to a younger person who likes a less formal tone.
The poet e.e. cummings wrote what is probably the most famous love poem currently. It has been featured in other books and movies, used as inspiration for other writers.
i carry your heart with me
by e. e. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: Ariana Cherry |
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| Article Title :: Memories in the Car |
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| Sometimes when I’m sitting in the car
alongside in the passenger’s seat
Next to my love as he travels to our next destination,
I’m busy driving elsewhere.I may be driving to many a years ago to childhood memories as we pass certain familiar spots,
Or busy daydreaming to the inspirations from the music on the radio.I’ll travel to the good times of a youthful childhood when passing an old country spot
where a home once stood.
All the beautiful sunshine days I spend outside as a little girl,
Or the magical Christmases celebrated in that old house,
Although it no longer stands, the picture is forever built in my mind.There have been ties we’ve passed a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: John T Jones, Ph.D. |
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| Article Title :: Writing 101: Those Sexy Poets |
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| Of course the sexiest poets were the Brownings.Elizabeth, who was home schooled and eloped with Robert to Italy, was born in England in 1806. She died in Italy at age 55 having produced one son, Pen, who survived her.Robert Browning was born near London in 1812. His father had a large library from which, at least in part, Robert was educated. He liked Elizabeth’s poems and dropped her a line. She wrote back. That caused them to elope and create Pen. Robert died at age 77 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. They have a burial place there for poets. It’s called Poet’s Corner.Read about the Brownings at http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/browning.htm.Keats (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: Lela Iskandar |
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| Article Title :: Discover Four Reasons Why Inspirational Poems Are Just Irresistible |
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| It was just after noon when the young President's limousine made its way into a depository. He had stopped twice to shake hands with some nuns and school children. Suddenly, shots were fired; and at 1 p.m. President Kennedy was proclaimed dead.Overnight, the number of inspirational poetry written about the president and the assassination that were received by the press could make up a few volumes of books. The question is, why poetry? Why not other forms of writing? What do you gain from writing or even reading one?Let's discover why poems are just irresistible during time of confusion and hardships.It makes you feel better inside. When we experie (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: Molly Martin |
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| Article Title :: An Energy of Vision - Molly's Reviews |
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| Title: An Energy of VisionEnjoyable Read …….. Recommended … 4 starsThe ReviewAn ‘Energy of Vision’ is a work of haiku verse offered by writer McCullough. Unlike many poetry books ‘An Energy of Vision’ begins as an untitled thought ‘Art imitates life; no idea is greater than the being of it’ and sweeps on from subject to subject, notion to notion over the next 140+ pages. Stanza after stanza flows across the sheet as the poet sets down his thinking and thoughts. Buddha, Allah, God are all declaimed. Cycles of nature, space, stars and the purpose of life are set down alongside words telling of pillars of sunlight, the spirit of life and (read full article) |
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| Category :: Poetry Articles |
Author :: James Howden |
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| Article Title :: H1ghlanders Poems |
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| MoonbeamsA delicate moonbeam, dancing high, atop the star filled sky,
filters down to crimson brook, where once we use to fly.
Where night flight dancing filled the air, a bustling brook of fun,
where hearty revelry and feasting time, was had by everyone.We would dance the night, upon the flopper trees, majestic looking frame,
fly the night airs bristling winds, hard task to conquer and tame.
Spiral into the silent brook, to ride on the mermaids backs,
to swim through reed and lilac, and chase through rocky cracks.We would race the lively glow-worm, like the jockeys of long ago,
picnic among the josiper plants, swaying to and fr (read full article) |
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