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Grandpa Of Cayuga Street-Dedicated To: Anton Siluk-A Poem
Grandpa of Cayuga Street
(Back in the mid-?60s; St. Paul, Minnesota)
Dedicated to Anton Siluk
Who was he? I kind of misplaced him when I was young, his rustic voice, and broken English comes back to me now and then (the old Rus ... read full article
| Rock Me to Sleep (A Poem on Death and Suicide, With Commentary)
Suicide is an invitation for death, there are many reasons for it, a fatalistic attitude is good enough for suicide, or rejection of life per se, claiming death is nothing more than a charming quietness thereafter (therefore, a wishful desire; ho ... read full article
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To Whom Does This Poem Belong
The ?Don't Quit? poem is a beautiful, inspirational, motivational poem and has always been one of my favorite poems. But who is the real author of the poem?
I have a keychain from the C.M. Paula Company with this poem on it, sadly there is no aut ... read full article
| A Happiness Poem
If a happiness poem could bring forth a smile,
Then my face would always dress in style.
If my ears could hear my computer screen,
From one to another, they, too, would grin.
My keyboard types for my eyes not my tongue
T ... read full article
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You Don't Have To Be A Genius To Write A Love Poem
Love poems are a wonderfully romantic gesture and can often express your thoughts far more eloquently than verbal communication.
If you have some talent with words, why not take a few moments and try your hand at writing a poem for your lover? Ju ... read full article
| The Lure Of The Limerick
No-one knows for certain how the name of an Irish Mid-Western city came to be associated with the short, irreverent, often bawdy verses of the limerick.
Some people believe that it came from the school of poets who lived in Croom, Co. Limerick i ... read full article
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Learn About Love From Poet Rumi
Learn about love by reading poetry by a long dead poet named Rumi. No need to look for ancient texts hidden in caves...Search the Net.
In this modern age of technology, busy lifestyles, and obsession with consumerism have taken a lot of the roman ... read full article
| The Road to Haiku
?Haiku shows us what we knew all the time, but did not know we knew; it shows us that we are poets in so far as we live at all.?
~R.H. Blyth Haiku, Volume 1
?A real haiku?s gotta be as simple as porridge and yet make you see the re ... read full article
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Where There Is a Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes one thing, concept, or action in terms of another one. A metaphor interacts with language intimately, creating relationships between things and ideas not recognized before. When a metaphor is the exac ... read full article
| Poetry Critique - Critique The Poem - Not The Poet
The act of writing poetry is something that is very personal to us poets, and sharing it for the first time can be a very frightening experience. The first experience of having your work criticized can boggle your mind and set you back a step in yo ... read full article
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