Poesy

Poesy

A Poem by Pete
"

My life has been the poem I would have writ, but I could not both live and utter it. - Thoreau

"
What's the origin of

What happened to elegy?
Where went the villanelle?
Those who spill heart's ink.
Metrists who make emotions think.
Bards who reach out and touch with a word and a wink.
One's who endear.
Like the versifier of ...
... "Kilroy was here" ...



© 2020 Pete


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Pete
"Poetry implies the whole truth. Philosophy expresses a particle of it." - Thoreau

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'Kilroy was here!'
Very funny, I had forgotten all bout that
good memory

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Pete

5 Years Ago

an oldie but goodie ... :)

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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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