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Premium Member Contrapuntal Moon - Parts One and Two
Part One.

A silent yawn, the moon awakes.
Compels its patron planet's shape.
As oceans shift by its command
And with its might recasts the land.
 
Below the lunar rings of mist,
A strip of cloud, a stolen kiss.
The harvest yields a poet's line
on hay-rides of forgotten rhyme.



Part Two.

While far...

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Categories: contrapuntal, analogy, conflict, confusion, earth,
Form: Rhyme
Contrapuntal Poem
Contrapuntal Poem Form Attempt 1

Pat's "New" Hat

A short disagreement
“I’ve no time for your senseless chitchat”
Nodding horizontal heads were sent
“Explain yourself you dirty rat”
Out of shape we both were bent
“Best of luck against my baseball bat”
Waiting for a compliment
“You really think you look good, Pat?”
Misunderstanding what...

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Categories: contrapuntal, poems,
Form: Other
Friends Rightly Choose Poetic Form: Contrapuntal Poem
Friends

One can’t be surrounded by negative minded friends;
Needs to choose friends with right frame of mind.
Some friends will criticize your thoughts unashamedly;
If you guided by unwanted advice, you’ll not make attempts.
So called friends intentionally spoil the mood to act right;
Neither those friends have skills nor...

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Categories: contrapuntal, friend,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Two of the Same Poem
The answer to the question
    I asked you about
is already known
    the meaning of it all
the way to the answer
    for only you knew
has already been shown
    what happened that day
the key to...

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Categories: contrapuntal, introspection, metaphor, relationship,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry