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    In the style of Samuel Rogers. c/c?

    Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)...........He wrote a poem called The Sleeping Beauty, and I copied his style and rhyme scheme....just to see if I could. The Sleeping Beauty Thy brow is smooth with innocence With blush of sleep upon thy cheek Proclaiming languid indolence, And cherub soul both...
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    In the style of Samuel Rogers. c/c?

    Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)...........He wrote a poem called The Sleeping Beauty, and I copied his style and rhyme scheme....just to see if I could. The Sleeping Beauty Thy brow is smooth with innocence With blush of sleep upon thy cheek Proclaiming languid indolence, And cherub soul both...
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    Set in concrete. Do you find this with your poetry?

    When you've owned a poem for ever and a day You cannot change a word of what you had to say. It may need a re-write to help it on its way As it suffers many defects. But it's no longer clay. It's a baked like concrete statue saying 'I am here to stay' When I receive suggestions from others on...
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    Poets, does this happen to you?

    I built a poem in my sleep An edifice of marble, white. Each facet, surface, line perfectly defined, with gems that sparkled. So sublime it could have been God's not mine. It was glorious to behold a glance risked instant blindness. When I awoke in the cold, grey dawn it broke into a thousand...
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