Tag: poetry
member name: Mustafa Demiri
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December 26, 2009 03:24 AM EST --
In his youth, he had studied for hours
All the great masters of Olde,
and he'd learned his craft in all aspects;
Methods of the slight and the bold.
The illusions of depth and perspective, . . .
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September 12, 2009 03:36 AM EDT --
Daisho Tanka
Gardens of the mind, Inconstant pool of my thought, DaishÅ swords held there;
The longer blade of wisdom And the shorter edge of wit.
Into the waters, Among the koi of lost dreams, . . .
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May 11, 2008 02:10 AM EDT --
In the polar forges of the King of Yule,
A sword was wrought, by elves, for him;
And found, by him, 'neath stellar spruce
on a crystal winter morning dim.
He met with the winged heralds of Primavera, . . .
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September 07, 2009 03:17 AM EDT --
Ludolf Backhuysen (1631-1708)
Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast
Oil on canvas, 1667
Primarily written for Week 2 of The Art of Writing .
We Sailed Away from Amsterdam . . .
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August 30, 2009 02:15 AM EDT --
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) Cherries Oil on canvas, 1873
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August 21, 2009 05:42 PM EDT --
This photo is the property of the honourable . . .
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September 19, 2009 12:14 AM EDT --
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)
The Pont du Europe
Oil on canvas, 1876
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May 11, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
I am made the eternal youth
Whenever I look into your eyes,
for in the ears of my mind,
as an echo through time,
I can still hear your lullabyes.
I am blessed above all . . .
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April 19, 2009 02:58 AM EDT --
*** A tribute to my beloved father, Adem Demiri. I miss him very much.***
There was a moment in time,
Now lost to the shadows of whens forgotten, . . .
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July 24, 2009 05:44 AM EDT --
The Sun serves them, as their constant guide,
As they navigate the fields of the Earth,
As they are locked in endless search and service
To the subjects of their noble birth.
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September 14, 2009 03:25 AM EDT --
*** May be sung to the tune of the same name ***
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March 12, 2009 09:39 PM EDT --
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May 09, 2009 01:57 AM EDT --
I have fashioned the following poem from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and was careful to approach it with the utmost respect. It could already be considered a beautiful and poetic tribute . . .
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April 30, 2009 02:42 AM EDT --
The Green Man of the Oaken Weald
By
Mustafa Demiri
I saw her dancing on the verge, where the misty moors sleep beneath the gnarled roots of the . . .
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September 16, 2009 10:11 PM EDT --
The following was written by Helen Adams Keller and is really just a preamble to a greater body of writing that she had entitled "Optimism"; If you find that you've enjoyed reading the following, . . .
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April 22, 2009 02:45 AM EDT --
The birds are rising and the sun is singing!
My heart breathes with the fragrant dawn;
When she would laugh with honeyed lips,
Touch me with blushing fingertips,
And . . .
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February 15, 2009 03:31 AM EST --
Did you follow bright Lucy into the Wardrobe,
And into the lamp-lit winter wood?
And did you cheer when Arthur drew, from the stone,
the sword that no one could?
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April 03, 2009 04:01 PM EDT --
Spirit me away to those yesteryears,
To the resplendant Illyrian Sea;
To a late and lingering summer
that tarries forever in memory.
To a golden day and a silvery coast, . . .
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May 29, 2009 11:39 PM EDT --
The following poem is written employing what is known as the "Fibonacci Sequence of Numbers" or the "Golden Ratio of Creation". The Fibonacci sequence is named after Leonardo of Pisa, . . .
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June 12, 2009 01:45 AM EDT --
They shall speak of us with much disdain,
And laugh with enmity,
At the tales that they shall tell of us,
We creatures of courtesy.
When the chivalrous ways . . .
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