The Book Stacks

Okay, folks. My number was reached once again on A Book By Any Other Name. Sadly, I couldn’t find my Mice are Nice poems. So, here is the alternate poem that I wrote in 6th grade. If you didn’t think that last time’s poem was bad enough…well, lets just say I was a wee bit more optimistic back then. I am *so*giving you guys a bigger number next time. (mutter mutter make me post the sappy poem mutter.) You asked for it. Stand by for the sugar shock.

Beautiful Thoughts

Clouds with a golden lining,
Floating across the sky.
Birds starting to fly.
Colorful wings fill the air,
And happiness everywhere.
Rainbows, music, singing,
Bells ringing,
Joy, happiness, and love.
Green hills, blue skies,
And butterflies.
Low valleys, high mountains,
Tall trees, small bushes,
Sunset
Sunrise
Hope and giving,
Thoughts for one another,
Helping each other.
All the colors of the rainbow
Side by side,
Nothing to hide.
Open doors-
None of them closed-
And love and peace throughout the land.
Peace, joy, loving and giving.
A green and blue world,
Beauty everywhere,
And the people live in harmony.
I think it would be a better world
If all this were true.
Don’t you?

1984
erc

A Book By Any Other Name

Okay folks. Here it is, the forfeit for your getting A Book By Any Other Name above 45 titles. The promised poem that I wrote in High School. I would just like to take this moment to remind you all that you asked for it. This poem was written for one of those assignments where you are given a color, and then must write a poem about it. Sigh.

Red is

The ruby weeping,
That is bloodshed.
The scarlet holocaust
Called anger.
The mind numbing blush
Of desire.
The crimson rose,
Dripping morning dew.
The vermilion sun
Boiling through the sea.
The incarnadine bloom
Of young hearts.
The carmine blaze
Called love.

ERC
2/17/89

Poetry, A Book By Any Other Name, Red is

National Poetry Month is a little more than half over, but it isn’t too late to celebrate. You can still surf on over to Poets.org (brought to you by the Academy of American Poets) and read poetry, listen to poetry, learn about poetry, and even sign up to get a poem a day for the entire month of April. This nice thing about the “poem a day” is that you can sign up this year, and you will still be signed up next April. Poets.org features poetry both modern and classic, so if you stop by you are certain to find something that you will enjoy.

If, on the other hand, you would prefer to play with a random poetry generator I offer you Hyperpoetry. On this site you can even choose the type of poem you would like to generate. If you choose a “Clarity Pyramid” you could end up with something like this:

black
monsoon
jungle heat
he runs through the green
bones of old industry
jungles bounded on all sides
found in the broken pulse of time

Enjoy!

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