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wayoutwalt
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0 posted 2001-04-06 03:56 AM



Can allusion cause confusion?
Alliterative verse
Allegory tells a story
All we do is make it worse
Broadside ballad I’m baroque
I can’t sell this here blank rhyme
The Bard and Browning. Bronte too
They brought it forth and anytime

Cinquain from a mere haiku
Classicism yesterday
Does cacophony, here, like you
Carpe Diem “seize the day”
do we dare do daring ditty
Dadaism deigns doggerel
Do you think you’re diction’s witty
In the dissonance who can tell

Epic poems are ever long
Emphasis on eulogy
In empathy eyes grow ever strong
An ellipses means there’s more to see
Fables are so fabulous
Fixed forms, they aren’t for me
Free verse is the fear of us
An unfettered place we can be

Gleemen are for going home
Our genres to the grave
Grateful for a loving gnome
Who gave its girth to ever save
A hymn and heroic quatrain
Have a savior at their heart
Hyperbole may hurt my brain
But homonyms tear it apart

Oh iambic pentameter
Idealistically I write some plays
I could never be called a quitter
I will write them “in medias res”
Juggle a jingle on their tongue
Jostle a jig or maybe two
Throw a dime into their jug
And that’s what a jongleur will do

Somehow we make the kenning
King’s English is so outspoken
Kill the accent from beginning
A handkerchief my knows is broken
Who lampoons the limerick
Nay the lyricist says no doubt
Light verse may not lay so thick
But for laughter not do without

Meter just may mark my measure
Might I mean my metaphor
Minstrel’s music finds me pleasure
The poet’s muse will marvel more
Sonnets are not novelty
Make the numbers add to ten
If we need complexity
I’d say nonsense to nearing end

Ode to an oxymoron
And “Oh the onomatopeia”
Use them both and this I’ve swore on
On some other day I will see yuh
Palindrome’s are purely pleasing
“Stop on no pots” makes good sense
To say that I am only sneezing
Is a pun in present tense

Quickly quoting poets quips
Quintets in a quivering form
Quills take ink in queried sips
And quietly quell the storm
Romance lost once been revealed
Without rhyme there is no reason
Real poets write with sword they wield
Words are ripe and in their season

Satire is always within scope
Site for me a senryu
Sonnet writing? Lost… no hope?
Simile for me and then be you
I tried to be a troubadour
Trounced and trodden, tragically
I said hey tanka I’ll take no more
Then transformed to poet magically

Understatement under said
Undertake an ugly bliss
Understand what’s in my head
The upset heart utters this
Voice the verse without a vowel
Versify the visual vow
Vie for victor in vain for towel
Has vaulted in the ring somehow

Wordsmith wields a hefty weight
And whimsy works where it will
We all want what we cannot sate
The words to make hearts go still
Expect to exceed all exemptions
Extract from heart extra strong
Poets excel from this redemption
Extreme reward from there song

Can you feel a heart that’s yearning
You see your words and how they’re sung
Some be yielding some be learning
You have your heart forever young
We all have our poetic zone
Zeroed in on what to do
A zenith to each who have their own
We all belong in “Poet Zoo”

[This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 04-06-2001).]

© Copyright 2001 Walt Burns - All Rights Reserved
Sudhir Iyer
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1 posted 2001-04-06 04:04 AM


Epic poems are ever long....

but then I love to read such wonderful poems, howsoever long they may be... for the substance contained therewith is marvelous...

Thanks for your marvelous poetry...

regards,
sudhir

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2 posted 2001-04-06 07:23 AM


Walt~
MARVELOUS !
And that's the ABC's of it !

This is so you ... so detailed ... so fun !
You put a great deal of work into this and it does not go unnoticed, my friend.
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

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Kit McCallum
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3 posted 2001-04-06 07:23 AM


WOW!!!  Walt, this was amazing!!!  

I absolutely loved this!  "A" through "Z" ... you've captured so many incredible aspects of poetry in this marvelous write. I loved the alphabetic flow you've followed, and the sentiments and concepts contained within ... fabulous!  Really well done Walt, a joy to read!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

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4 posted 2001-04-06 08:09 AM


I told you this is amazing ~ and see? everyone agrees!   What an achievement ~ a masterfully minded stream of consciousness epopoeia.  

Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau


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5 posted 2001-04-06 09:02 AM


Walt~ this is absolutely incredible!! Very clever......    I enjoyed this SO much!! and I'm keeping it in my library!    SEA
wayoutwalt
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6 posted 2001-04-06 09:13 AM


thank you all i been learning alot see i got a manual i gotta make for tech writing on metered verse
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7 posted 2001-04-06 04:05 PM


Is this what you were doing last night Walter-boy? I like it but I missed you.
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8 posted 2001-04-06 04:58 PM


From A to Z- quite an undertaking and done quite well. Panne
cruz
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9 posted 2001-04-07 12:18 PM


I am going to spend more time on this later but I know you spent some time on this and want others to view it as well.
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10 posted 2001-04-07 12:22 PM


Walt, you would be a rare beast in any zoo...but I'm glad you're in ours...This is dynamite...
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11 posted 2001-04-07 12:31 PM


I can only imagin that at the end of writing all this you must somehow feel purged of all your demons    Cause I feel I've picked up a few.  From top to bottom a great read.  Thanks for sharing.
wayoutwalt
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12 posted 2001-04-07 12:33 PM


thank you for the genuine replies except for Cruz who can't talk cuz he is an ape
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13 posted 2001-04-07 01:51 AM



Just walked through your Poets Zoo
and wanted to say these words to you

Amaze me,yes, you do just that
I never know where you're at

but this I know, and state most loud
as a poet, you stand out in a crowd!!

Wonderful sir!

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14 posted 2001-04-07 02:00 AM


What is there left to say, you've absolutely said it all.  I haven't seen that much of your work, but from this sample I am This was quite wonderful. Joyce
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15 posted 2001-04-07 09:24 AM


Quite abecedarian of you, Master Walt...and they say you did this in less than five minutes....

'tis a keeper!

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16 posted 2001-04-07 11:35 PM


Now I know my Poet Z's... Next time won't you write with me...???... Very cute outwaltway...
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17 posted 2001-04-08 12:06 PM


Wow!  This was amazing!
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18 posted 2001-04-08 04:54 AM


WOw walt! This was well done! I fully enjoyed the read!

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

wayoutwalt
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19 posted 2001-04-08 08:27 AM


I am so glad you didn't feed the poets!
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20 posted 2001-04-08 08:43 AM


Gosh, I really liked this one. It must have taken a lot of work to write the A's to Z's of poetry. Very well done. Thanks for sharing.

"Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel."-Machiavelli

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21 posted 2001-04-08 08:46 AM


If you can't impress 'em with intellect,
then dazzal 'em with Bafflin Stuff.
Good one. Very impressive.
Melton

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22 posted 2001-04-08 09:13 AM


It is very COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.
Very intersting.

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23 posted 2001-04-08 09:19 AM


A versification nightmare!  I love the work you put into this!! wow.

Kathleen Blake

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and the sun drips honey."
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wayoutwalt
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24 posted 2001-04-08 02:18 PM


hehe on the bs o yuh
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25 posted 2001-04-08 05:51 PM


lol, walt, you kill me  

"Glory remains unaware of my neglected dwelling where alone
I sing my tearful song which has charms only for me."

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26 posted 2001-04-08 08:01 PM


Walty
you have put so much work into this poem WOW
amazing stuff Walty  

enjoyed it.

Maree

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Kalil Gibran

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27 posted 2001-04-10 05:34 PM


...... translation please Mr Walt?

hilarious   .. thanks!


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28 posted 2001-04-14 08:52 PM


I had to get my dictionary out on this one.  "I lyke it ah lot."  "...You see your words and how they’re sung..." is an awesome visual!  Also, "...Understand what’s in my head The upset heart utters this..." reminds me of some needo thoughts.  It looks like you lost a lot of zzzzzzz's on this one.  Youve dunna terrifick job!!!!

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