Especially when the October wind
With frosty fingers punishes my hair,
Caught by the crabbing sun I walk on fire
And cast a shadow crab upon the land,
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Catching, beating, raping, burning, cutting,
Killing and every tormenting are
Gladly and fearlessly going
In this time in Myanmar,
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The angle of delight is best
achieved while rubbing
the pluperfect button
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Everywhere I cry for unity, peace
But find nowhere anyone of these,
I did not know these follow love,
I knew and then went to love;
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‘A’ – FOR ALPHABETS!
(THE STORY OF WRITING)
PART - I
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At last final illness appears is death
No any madicine to heal it,
Now, beings, you must meet the death;
When two things shall happen, that
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LOST FOR WORDS...AN ANAGRAM CONUDRUM.
Intrigued as thieves steal
shop sign letters A G I
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Vast, diverse, beautiful, open nature
Where spring comes after every winter,
New ones are born and die the old
Hymns are heard to produce gold,
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I was born in a romantic village
Two sides are river surrounded,
So long and so wide the village
After my birth much I heard,
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And one day near the green, mild paddy fields
By the green pacific villages,
Singing a folks alluring hymn
In unsung favorite rhyme,
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In autumn nature causes me to fall
Hence I am a simple fallen leaf;
But, now it's not autumn, at all
‘T's raining around so rough,
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Color of the truth is the best color
I just have colored myself with it
So nothing can cause on me blur
As, me it has well fitted;
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This is a 'Flowing Acrostic' in which he narrative picks up the acrostical words - while at the same time maintaining the metre with lines of approximately co-syllabic. This gives the poem flow and balance.
! mpossible that's why it's a dream
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In my blue sky you are the only star
I am an ordinary planet,
Bound to orbit you at a speed
When you orbit the other,
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Outside at a stretch the air sings for You
Entering me checks if I sing so,
River murmuring sings for You
Passing hears if I sing so,
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Ocean of tears bear not only sorrow
But joys, happiness and peace also,
When it is shed for all the sad
For all oppressed and deprived,
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Convergent to divergent writer I'm
I write deep and lean, see and unseen
short dazing word to long dazing
decorative black and white
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Mine only one heart in this poor body
Showing any excuse you break not,
But leave under my custody,
And do not throw my own world
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A life is a chapter with some lessons
It starts with a lesson at a dawn
Then time passes lessons increase
With some broad and short questions,
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Rule with truth to secure every one's rights,
Freedom of living, speech, voting which
Are the first conditions truly
Of our talked humanity,
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Year round the shore living inhabitants
Spend times being dreadfully frightened
Of ferocious sharks, unseen giants,
Fiercely roaring hungry tide,
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The persons have known One God Creator and
Believed well can never commit and
Adopt wrong doings, policy
Or be in hypocrisy;
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Reza Syllabic Verse - The Dream Of The Leaves
August 14, 2019
Coming out of a seed some tender leaves
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My friend is as my right hand and both feet
That does good things and run in danger
To share happiness, sadness right
Needless to tell I suffer,
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Your every word is sweeter than honey
Expresses pouring heavenly tune
Soothes my existence peacefully
Significance reaches mine
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The wintry fogs and mists are all around
Nothing else is seen in this dead ground,
In biting cold wind who shiver
Have gathered around the fire
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Oh my
LOVE deity,
Rock my world with beauty:
Your comely figure with imp-thin
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I would like to re-submit this exhaustive list of terms associated with poetry and hope that members will make use of the list to understand different kinds of poetry in a better way.
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Now so up and just then it is so down,
So high wave is in so deep ocean,
Huge water hugs me, small vessel
Not to swing on wings at all
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The being's brain is just blooming flower
Full of petals, smell and nectar,
Where with these beauty and purity
A blow is made heavenly,
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Comedy team found us and did approach
Among us saw some colored faces,
Put some comments, "You are colored
You are blurred and you are paled,
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A Meaning Inferred(Tri-Fall)
Tri-fall is an invented verse form that groups lines and rhyme in threes.
Created by Jan Turner who suggests little or no punctuation be used.
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Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
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To be sung to the tune of Cole Porter's 'You're the Top.'
(She)
For words poetic I'm sympathetic—
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Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Slokha, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The slokha, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
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traffic-lights pause haste—an angelic face
radiates exuberance
with open smiles waves
we wish life
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((1))
Lovely...
Jubbly Charlie!
you cast a spell on me, in
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No one moods of a poet's pen knows,
Nor the book that a man whereso toes,
Nor of wife weathered for life and close—
Beware still: thorns too stay close to rose.
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(Edited Version)
Part- 1
I
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The world is such a restaurant of God
According to competence and strength
Where all spend time with well and woe
Through the little guest moment
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Twisting and twisting two modern buildings
Advance upwards to look for something,
The soft air is hurt suddenly
Cannot pass it directly,
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Some hungry beasts are loudly roaring that
The earth is burning in their left paws
Any time they want can blow out
So, the rest fear, too of those;
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The moon has been well shining since evening
Fully and brightly in the mid sky,
Nature looks glamour and curing,
To see it go not so high;
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Some whimsical long haired, bearded, shaved guys
And one, two or more informal girls;
With some musical instruments
Like drams, keyboards, guitars, flutes;
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After birth a baby is of the world
It neither can speak nor have culture,
May it be from any of parts,
May it have norm of father,
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With flesh, blood, bone, feather, soul is a bird
With much care lives in owner's gold cage;
In time soul flies away from gold
Body lies in empty cage;
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World is obviously a tiny inn
Where all do stay only for sometime,
Doing something, eating, resting
Then leave for the main station (hereafter)
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Reza Syllabic Verse - Not All Who Cause Here Hell
18 November, 2018
In a galaxy this solar system
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Slokha, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The slokha, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
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A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha)
Slokha, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The slokha, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
...
Slokha, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The slokha, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
The Kimo is an Israeli version of the haiku.
The defining feature is that there should be no movement in the imagery.
The elements of the Kimo are:
a tristich, a 3 line poem.
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In The Chinese Restaurant
Before the meal,
water and green tea are served.
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Afternoon
sound of a dog who is interested only to syllabic rhythms
spins in the silence of Westwood
farther
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Mail (Twin Etheree)
The Twin Etheree is:
a poem in 20 lines.
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((1))
Head heels
Over I fell
In love smitten by your
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I: WWW.it'sme@rat_race.com
Rat
war's a-
fore! Shipshape
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Mirror
Reflects your smile
You’ll love your own face
Make others smile, all will love your face
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Choka
The most intricate Japanese Poetry form is the Choka, or Long Poem.
The early form consisted of a series of Katuata joined together. This gives a choice of form structures of
5/7/5/5/7/7… etc. or 5/7/7/5/7…etc
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Such an abode I make for my knowledge
Where neither the roof nor the basement
Neither four walls nor door-windows
No need stair case to reach it
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Think that I will write a poem even though not a poet
And I come with ink, quill and note book
At veranda I find the table and chair together silently
As if whispered they are of me
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On the Loss of a Friend (Who Still Lives!)
Though it happens quite seldom, a friendship can wither and die
on the vine that we may not see coming, and pain smokes a peace
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Reza Syllabic Verse - Wish Never Ends
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
May every plant sprout many, many buds
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After late afternoon the sun begins
To wear the orange and red mixed gown
Spreading high red color around
To leave it behind dark night;
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The pet cat is in some ways very cute
Living with human it learns manners,
On how to do and behave good
Also does some useful chores,
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Sweet and salty water pass side by side
Through some of two water resources,
But do not mix at any point
What are the unseen walls those!
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The Tableau Of A Thirsty Land (Tableau)
The Tableau is an invented stanzaic form that paints a single image
in keeping with the name of the form, tableau meaning picture.
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Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Challenge(Tripadi)
Tripadi in the Bengali Region is considered one line
in three parts even though it is almost always written in three lines.
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Slokha, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The slokha, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Slokha, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The slokha, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
WhatToDo, What Not ToDo (Trijan Refrain)
Trijan Refrain is an invented form created byJan Turner
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Dress me like poetry in silk stanza stockings,
in pearls of metered verse on a syllabic strand.
Brush rhythm through my hair and rhyme on my lashes,
and paint me in tones of syntax and sonnet sand.
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Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
...
Contemporary Senryu with the employment
of Traditional Haiku's syllabic standard-
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Contemporary Haiku with the employment of
Traditional Haikus syllabic requirement.
Deaths Visitation
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Contemporary Haiku formatted with
the employment of Traditional Haikus
strict Syllabic requirement...
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Contemporary Haiku formatted
with the syllabic requirement
of Traditional Zen Haiku...
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Come gether roon an hear the fame
O a “Poet” wha fell tae shame
********* ********** is his name
At Glesca Cross.
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Blessed are the prepositions;
for they shall inherit the word.
Each syllabic chain, every comma,
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Poetry scholastic, pedantic and medievalistic,
Poetry classical and theological,
Poetry metaphysical, moralistic and spiritual,
Poetry romantic, spontaneous, natural, imaginative, lyrical, fanciful and loveful,
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The past can't tell the future; I'd almost forgotten this,
The past six years had brought me higher yields than average,
Though expectations soared, now nada, nothing, zilch.
Our wheat fields decimated from the lack of rain.
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Come to write nine lines in syllabic
Form must be- less one syllable
In every line step by step
With two themes merged in one.
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The black hands have grasped, twisted red-green flag
Dishonored, dishonored, dishonored
Our labored, heroic, heart flag,
Dreams and liberation fight;
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Yellow pen is being used for marking
But, I see, with it you are writing;
Then will I use a black to mark?
You see, all use blue and black
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Around the ocean, the mountain, the plain
The desert, the fertile, the futile
Different panoromas seen
Lying being line, pile;
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In solar system sun is all in all
On all other bodies its rays fall,
In earth deep in ocean rays reach
That lives there can get essence;
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Anarchy and falsehood have infected
Humans are fatally affected,
For any cure they do not look
But are happy being sick,
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To the current of running brook life goes
Time with universal flow passes
And love exists with life and time
As tagged behind, close or hide,
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You, so little a light! Why? Out and quit,
Here we have started the lifelong fight,
Either everything will be end
Or we all will be quite dead,
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When what he wants to say you want to hear,
Notso he says you find colour-less spring;
When mutual silence seems reinforcing,
Cosy in his world when you appear;
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Many years ago, when I first started working on poems, I would occasionally write a haiku. I did that as a break from writing the "harder" stuff. At least that's what I thought at the time.
Haiku was relatively easy, I thought, once one had mastered the traditional form of 17 syllables in three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third.
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