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Limerick
I carried my portmandeau
To not one world but to two.
A world in one word
Is more than absurd
When Carroll combines them, too.
Elegiac
I am so sorry I cannot express my remorse and regretfulness;
If you'll forgive me, I promise to always remember you.
copyright (c) 2009 B. T. Stenhouse (ASCAP)/ProCity Publishing (ASCAP)
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"Variation on John"
In the beginning
Was the World.
The World was
With water. The World
Was water. Now
The water was
A River. Now
The River is
A flood.
Out of the water came
Flesh and blood.
"Sonnets Since September: IX"
Once, long ago, I fell in love; you see,
By art, my heart was cleaved by Eros' dart
(Thus, I was cursed!) - forever torn apart,
So once is one too many times for me.
"The Difference"
You’re thinking:
I’m thunk.
You’re sinking;
I’m sunk.
You’re drinking.
Copyright (c) 2009 B.T. Stenhouse (ASCAP)/ProCity Publishing (ASCAP)
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"Snarky, Barky"
Snarky, barky
Nobody knows.
Be they crick's, or
Be they crows? Why
Crick's sing high, and
Crows swing low. Oh,
Snarky, barky
Nobody knows.
Snarky, barky
Everyone dies.
Be they fools, or
"For Lisa"
"If one wish were bestowed 'pon me, be 'twould:
To understand and, too, be understood."
Copyright (c) 2009 B.T. Stenhouse/ProCity Publishing
"Couplet"
To die is to live; to live is to die:
The bottle is empty, and so am I.
Copyright (c) 2009 B. T. Stenhouse/ProCity Publishing
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"Terminal Couplet"
Where there is Life, there is Hope;
Where there is Death, there is Nope.
Copyright (c) 2009 B.T. Stenhouse/ProCity Publishing
"Apologia" (terminal couplet of an unfinished sonnet from an, as yet, unwritten series of sonnets)
As this apology is my defense,
I offer it to You in recompense.
Copyright (c) 2009 B. T. Stenhouse (ASCAP)/ProCity Publishing (ASCAP)
"Lonely" (lyrical verse from a song by the same name)
Everywhere I go
Lonely Rivers flow
Through Valleys of Isolation
'To Oceans of Desperation.
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"The Bath"
There we lay. Selfishly,
I wanted to play. She would
not. Near naked, I told her
I was going
to take
a bath and asked her
to give
me
a shave (as if this would
save me. She would
"Amen"
Metaphors & similes
Unicorns betrayed by trees
Bring my conscience to its knees
Amen.
Fair is foul & foul is fair
Simon says to stop and stare
Sometimes I don’t even care
Amen.
"Love with a Love"
Love with a love that the Angels would envy
Hate with a hate that the Devil’d admire
Stand with your hands held to Heaven’s High Holy
While Hell holds your feet to the fire
"Sonnets Since September": VI (terminal couplet of unfinished work)
When mentor and the man this moment meet,
The circle 'round the tri'ngle is complete.
Copyright (c) 2008 ProCity Publishing
