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A light verse is a typically short form of poem that attempts to be humorous, frivolous, or playful, but there is more to light verse. What is light verse in poetry (complete definition)?
Paradox vastnessParadoxes
Are stories with
Apparent
Responses of
Rejection..or of
An immediate
Resonance
Burning borders
And a vastness
Which cannot be
Explained...
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Categories:
beauty, music, self, words,
Form: Light Verse
Paradoxes-dismissal and resonanceParadoxes
Are stories with
Responses of
Disbelief..or a
Certain immediate
And quiet resonance
Which cannot be
Explained..
Nevertheless...
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Categories:
cheer up, i am,
Form: Light Verse
Play on Words
English words that end in “let”
are called diminutives – did you forget?
All were once of larger size
but were easily diminutized
by the suffix “let” appended
where the word naturally ended.
(Think of it like a tail tacked
to...
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Categories:
word play,
Form: Light Verse
Categories:
humor,
Form: Light Verse
Are we there yetDirect immediacy..
Seems to be
A pretty good map
To find This..
Time is shattered
Space explodes to
A vast unknown..
Hold on..
Are we there yet..?...
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Categories:
humorous, i am, words,
Form: Light Verse
Listening to the birdsListening to the birds as the trees richly green..
Listening to the birds sweet promises of spring..
Listening to the birds, God's promise on a wing..
Listening to the birds and the hope they bring.....
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Categories:
abuse, appreciation, bird, environment,
Form: Light Verse
Critterature: Critiquing William Blake"Tyger, tyger burning bright
In the forests of the night…"
Archaic spelling set aside,
And not intending to be snide,
But really, Mr. Blake, I take exception.
While a tiger's luminosity
May pique your curiosity,
What the beastie's wattage is, you've no...
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Categories:
animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
THE KANGAROOS HAVE LANDED!I FELL ONE NIGHT, WELL IT WAS DARK!
THEN WOUND MY WAY INTO A PARK
IT'S PEOPLED BUT WITH KANGAROOS
WHO HAVE LOST ONE OR MORE OF SHOES
BETTER THAN LOSING PANTS, I GUESS
WHO CARES! SIT DOWN! PUT...
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Categories:
age, fun, life,
Form: Light Verse
the beauty of life plus
hello
below are three separate entries
may this day find you well
thank you
"the beauty of life"
show us such beauty of life
a running horse who is free
an angelic bird who sings
a love that is forever real
take us to...
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Categories:
appreciation, beauty, celebration,
Form: Light Verse
within immagination plus
hello
below are two separate entries
may this day find you well
thank you
"within imagination"
yesterday darkness dawned
winds fiercely swirled
life seemed impossible
today I view bluebirds
wondrously flying high
reaching unmeasured light
tomorrow I'll follow grace
leaving hopelessness behind
for skies over the rainbow
powers live...
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Categories:
endurance,
Form: Light Verse
Sequencing simultaneouslyIt's
The simultaneity
Of it all..
Sequencing expected
Is no more..
Yet
Astonishingly
And not so
Sequencing shows up
Simultaneously..
Not 2..a story...
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Categories:
i am, irony, words,
Form: Light Verse
A thin greenA thin green
Seemingly
Emerges from
The cold whiteness
Of winter..
With the white
Overnight appearing
As green..beauty of
The paradox that
White and green
Are not two......
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Categories:
environment, nature, words,
Form: Light Verse
Green eggs and hamGreen eggs and ham or was that snot?
Little children get sick a lot!!...
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Categories:
1st grade, children,
Form: Light Verse
Singing I Love YouNeil Diamond said it is easier for me to sing I love you than to say it
He said it with The Christmas Album 1992, and we all felt it...
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Categories:
music,
Form: Light Verse
SO SHE DOES LOVE ME-She says she loves me yet how do I know;
For she show because, she stands, she prays, she stays…
She doesn’t walk away;
O' so she does love me;
4/26/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, celebration, for
Form: Light Verse
Specific Types of Light Verse Poems
Read wonderful light verse poetry on the following sub-topics:
christmas, friends, funny, kids, love, music, nature, school, sports, whimsical
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Definition | What is Light Verse in Poetry?