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Annette Vallon, Romantic Poetry and Heterosexuality

Annette Vallon, Romantic Poetry and Heterosexuality Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  “And ’tis my faith that every flower  Enjoys the air it breathes.” ~ William Wordsworth, “Lines Written in Early...

Their Hairy Shells

            Their Hairy Shells The person sitting here is two-legged, man, Unless you count the smaller one between The unshaved pair, but then the macho clan Points out that other pair, two bits unclean To look at.  Surely they increase the weight And length and...

The Object of Poetry Betrayed

     The Object of Poetry Betrayed He starts off rhyming but he flops to slime Of almost rhyming:  “oily” rhymes with “me” Supposedly.  This failure comes from “crime” Of laziness.  He thinks that, shiftless, he Can shift and chop...

The Loss of the Louvre

          The Loss of the Louvre Imagine that the world of pictures died And words alone were left.  The Instagram And TikTok types would all want suicide. Then poetry would rule; this oriflamme Of language would replace nought one, nought one Of photographs and...

Hollywood, Bally-wood, Female Smally-wood, Schmallywood

Hollywood, Bally-wood, Female Smally-wood, Schmallywood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  While feeling slightly nauseated with The imagery around him in the scenes And songs, with all the Hollywood blonde...

Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Joan Fonteyne

Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Joan Fonteyne Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bing Videos The arts endeavor lifting high The heart in beauty or in anger, woe Or joy as though a wizard with a sly Baton is waving...