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O! poet you

O! poet you
are you the Mississippi
the Nile
the Amazon
the Ganges
Thames may be
or
the entire Thesaurus
flows from thee

your poetry is
marvelly
sweet as jelly
and
like a pineapple
it is so metaphorical
like my friend
says

vanilla

he loves
it
for its vast
exhibitionisctic delivery

pulp and juices
an auusie he!
What kind of a guy
he
juss guess
will ye!

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Comments

paddling, paddling, paddling upstream
De Nile is the river of all my woes
paddling, paddling, paddling upstream

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

wish you well

author comment

... provocative.

W. H. Snow

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. Percy Bysshe Shelley

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back on my wall
is a blessing most hanker

believe me
hope your heart is now strong
a diamond you too are

may read this
as I can't post it
restrictions of NEO'S
you also know

Diamondic you
Superb
are you....
may you also shine
as I am a diamond
from a poetry mine....

you are far ahead
my lady/sire poet
far ahead,
than I can ever be

you are the diamond
in the sky
I'd like to be
One too on
Neo-poetree
Will I ever so be

author comment

not self-indulgent shit.

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

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