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MARY WROTE A LITTLE POEM

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

Mary had a little iambUnstressed and stressed it flowed,And when this little poet wrote,The words would, measured, go.She followed that with a troch&e..

ORANGE

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

unrhymable,citric to the taste,fiery in sundown,hued betweenyellow and red,October’s faltering breathsexhaled againstthe dying leaves. #

RITUAL

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

Two parties ceremoniouslycommit their lives to each otherwhile the choir sings hymnsand loved ones sighor joyously sob.Two parties courageouslysacrifi..

PETAL-WISE

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

if only humans could learn somehow the language of nature's flowers we would spend our lonely days kneeling in the garden laughing with roses at ..

THE INVENTOR

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

A poem about a brilliant inventor who wastes his time and money on hookers. The poem utilizes a few sets of homonyms at the start of one line and the..

A SECOND CHANCE

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

All life was good when love was mine.We woke to greet the day.How grand it was to share our time!The skies were never gray.Then all at once you broke ..

WHERE ONCE A HEART

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

Betrayed by love, she crams her mind with his final word, tossed seconds before the closing of the door. Inside, where once she thrived, where once a ..

ONE MORE AUTUMN

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

theyellow moonrolling on the littered lakerests its cratered cheekagainst still another dead seasonbrittle leavescovering moss�"�..

BODY AND SOUL (French Sonnet)

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

In dreams my soul is free to roam the fieldsDenied by day, when caged within this shellI call my earthly body, this dark well,In silence, quiet as a g..

LET’S CELEBRATE (Swap Quatrains)

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci

When summer comes, let’s celebrateWhat bloom along the garden gate,Those petals turning towards the sun.Let’s celebrate when summer comes...