Proper Poetry

Which is poems of modern ideas in traditional poetry forms, rhyming poems and rhythmic poems plus some less proper items, jokes, epigrams, etc.

Saturday, 19 July 2025

What makes a piece of writing a poem?

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If there isn't any rhyme or at least repeating rhythm, it's just pretentious shredded prose and not a proper poem.

Strawbery patch

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I'm pleasantly surprised to note a rather unusual absence of slugs while searching for any hidden fruit (ignoring the possible presence ...
Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Apples

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Now the crows are attacking my apples spearing them with their wicked beaks but there's such a glut it doesn't matter losing their s...

Is this what it's all about ?

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A happy family life. Then lonely grieving. Existence without wife. And the long leaving.
Friday, 30 May 2025

Tweets 23

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 SCAMMED It's not just the money. I can pay it. But I don't like being taken for a ride. It bruises my self-confidence and wounds my...
Thursday, 22 May 2025

The Sea

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Out of my depth and floundering you tried to teach me how to swim. I learned enough to stay afloat and then you pulled me in. Secure on land...
Wednesday, 7 May 2025

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She lay so calmly after sleepless nights I hardly had the heart to wake her. She looked so peaceful in the morning light - should I disturb ...
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