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The Firmament Above, the Flowers Below

The Firmament Above, the Flowers Below Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  In dawns and twilights, winds prefer their lips To whisper, breezes coming, if at all, As gently as a smile.  Their fingertips Just...

“Adieu, adieu, adieu.  Remember me.”

“Adieu, adieu, adieu.  Remember me.” Hamlet, Act I, sc, v, 98 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  If you were ghost and I were ghost with you, Would specter mouths be tempted, bringing lips...

Burning Burnt Orange

 Burning Burnt Orange Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  There’s orange and then there’s orange of silk.  That lords It over other colors.  Purple bows Before it.  Others have no right in chords...

Dumb

                      Dumb Confusingly, (confusedly) he claims That silences have shapes; a silence has A shape (it follows).  Saying this he maims Clear thinking.  Silences are more like jazz, Progressive jazz completely jagged stuff. It’s good that he’s...

Music Drama

                Music Drama Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem    We almost never want the notes in scales. We want the melodies.  We want the lilts And rhythms.  We want music that gives trails To memories...

Orange Passion

         Orange Passion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem    Not often mango sunset clouds and sky Cause burnishing of Scottish lochs that shine In orange of special garnets.  Northern Skye Is foreign to...