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Tag Archives: pessimism
Imago: a decastich
Show, don’t tell, the modern critics rave! Let solely image drive the poet’s art; so that this generation weaned and fed on television’s drivel won’t complain. Describe in such a universal way that anyone with half a brain could find, … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, decastich, imagists, irony, modernism, pessimism, poetic forms, poetry
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Let Vain Cassandras Moan
Let vain Cassandras from their pulpits moan, decrying what velocity the world has chosen for its obvious descent; and in their sermons, demonize each day that dares to start as sunrise shattered dark. They make the Word a flesh that … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Cassandra, hope, negativity, optimism, pessimism, prophecy
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