Iamb, enjambment, senryu, and more
by Ann-Marie Imbornoni
A-B | C-D | E-H | I-M | N-R | S-V
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Memorial Poetry Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone . . . Excerpts from memorial poems by some of the world's greatest poets, including William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and E. E.…
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And an oily smoke that rolls through the trees/ into the night of the last American summer . . . —Major Jackson compiled by David Johnson The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,…
