Balladstanza relats

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Chatter per DavidPlantinga
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Chatterper DavidPlantinga
I suppose this poem came out of the similarity between two fairly recondite words.
Crystals per DavidPlantinga
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Crystalsper DavidPlantinga
This one's prompted by the crunch of snow on the coldest days.
Booleans per DavidPlantinga
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Booleansper DavidPlantinga
I just finished a poem about snow, and momentum brought on this one about snow and shadow. I did break the syllable count in the last stanza but there was no good way t...
Joab and Tigh per DavidPlantinga
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Joab and Tighper DavidPlantinga
just a short poem about the perks of leadership
poem #19 per DavidPlantinga
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poem #19per DavidPlantinga
I made the poems very short because I wanted to upload them on Instagram. Afterward I decided to shop the poems up into blocks. This is one of the short ones.
Pale Sister per DavidPlantinga
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Pale Sisterper DavidPlantinga
just another short poem in ballad stanza
Diogenes per DavidPlantinga
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Diogenesper DavidPlantinga
If I recall correctly, Diogenes Laertes told this story about Diogenes the Cynic, minus the moral. Too many Diogenes's!
Lithe per DavidPlantinga
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Litheper DavidPlantinga
just another short poem, I'll try more ambitious rhyme schemes soon.
Murmurs per DavidPlantinga
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Murmursper DavidPlantinga
just another short poem in ballad stanza, more challenging rhyme schemes will be coming shortly.
To a Shropshire Lad Disheartened per DavidPlantinga
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To a Shropshire Lad Disheartenedper DavidPlantinga
Terence, this is stupid stuff: no beer here, just entropy. I put a trochee in the second foot of the first line of the fourth stanza for the harshness of it. I also me...
The Hour-glass per DavidPlantinga
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The Hour-glassper DavidPlantinga
This is a weird one about hour-glasses and bells
A Hair Shirt per DavidPlantinga
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A Hair Shirtper DavidPlantinga
another rhymed poem in quatrains
Corridors per DavidPlantinga
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Corridorsper DavidPlantinga
Leafing through Kafka brought on this picture of a subdued afterlife.
Poems per MissShallanDavar
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Poemsper Sahara_
this was originally on the account @Annabethchase123467 but was transferred to this account since the original is deactivated. these are poems I write in my free time wh...
Sealed per DavidPlantinga
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Sealedper DavidPlantinga
Just another poem in ballad stanza, this one about awkwardness in elevators.
poem #18 per DavidPlantinga
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poem #18per DavidPlantinga
This one's pretty short, just one stanza. It's also in ballad stanza, and I do promise to move on to new forms.