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Modern World, Forgotten Words
All these words flow through my thinking
Come and go like summer days of youth
Once they’re gone they leave a trail
Of vaporous nostalgic sadness
Joyful feelings seem preposterous
Among so fragile and futile a task
Such as simply existing within
The constructs of murderous modernity
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Free verse
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I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
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U.S.A.
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Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman. I’m enamored by the work of lyricists such as Robert Hunter, John Barlow, John Dyer Baizley, and Tom Marshall just to name a handful.
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Geezer
Mon, 2023-07-31 12:40
This seems...
to be the first truly free verse today! It gave an idea, constructed a framework around it and came to a conclusion; all without complaining about the rigid construct of rhyme and rhythm while indulging in it! Nicely done! ~ Geez.
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Lavender
Mon, 2023-07-31 22:59
Modern World, Forgotten Words
Hi, Tim,
I will be curious to find out your intent with this one. There is a sense of loss of hope and withdrawal - and the feeling of something overwhelming closing in. I want to know more. I'll be back!
L