John Knight Poems

Poems come and poems go
There are hundreds every day
Some move fast and some move slow
And some just fade away.
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Excuse me asking - 'Does he take - Sugar? '
'Would he like on lump or two of - Sugar? '

Cornflakes? I'm afraid we're out of Sugar
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A Man died - A Man died
nails in his hands and his feet
And a sword in his side
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Love is the master key that opens the Gate of Happiness
If only tou knew how my heart overflows with love for you.
If only you knew how you fill my hopes and dreams.
You - and you alone are the owner of my heart - the Ruler Supreme.
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Someone whose love is not bounded by space or time
Someone who is there for you - twenty four seven
Someone who is never moody or bad tempered
Someone whose intercourse is intelectual
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SUN our providence
from its nuclear fusion
energy for free!
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The form of this poem is an OCTAMETER - OCTRAIN. That is a poem in which each line has eight syllables and each verse eight lines. Read it as you would read Longfellow's Hiawatha and you will appreciate how smoothly it flows. The first and last lines of each of the first three verses are identical. The last verse encapsulates all these six lines and is a PALINDROME. I am a protagonist of 'Structure in Poetry'.

Perfect orthorhombic crystals
Found on Island of Topazos
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One of the joys of Spring is fresh produce
Salads of course then Spring vegetables
One of which is sweet fresh asparagus.
I love delicate buffets where the serve
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I am assigned to a chair - comfortable
I take in my surroundings - bearable
A large warm square room - presentable
A large TV and sound centre - audible
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STRUCTURE & FORM IN POETRY. Classical Poetry always has Structure even though it does not always rhyme. The Structure gives it metere and flow which facilitates reading and recitation. In my book - recitability is an essential character of a good Poem! . A lesser know Poetical Structure is RHYME ROYAL which inposes a strict metre (usually imabic pentameter) and a strict rhyming pattern a b a b b c c. Each verse must consist of seven lines. The number of verses is optional! As an Environmental Scientist I am concerned with the Conservation of Water which is the subject of this Rhyme Royal

Whence comes this water that we need for life?
Where does it go when we flush it away?
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