Poetry Corner
First of all, here is Stamps' Ars
Poetica, an essay in defense of rhyme with a few comments on the obscurity
of meaning in poetry and what he think's the true purpose of poetry is. (Yeah
right, like anyone's really going to read that.) He's still working on a second
ars poetica, The
Millennial Phoenix, which could be seen by many to conflict the
first ars poetica since it is written mostly in free verse. Below are some of
Stamps' poems, as well as a few by his father, friends, and some of his favourite
poems by famous poets.
Inspirational
"I
Was There"
"I
Wonder Why"
"My
Thoughts"
"Fly
The Sky"
Untitled
1
"O
The Day!"
"My
Friends"
"Have
You Ever Raced the Sun?"
(example
of poetry without verbs)
"Deep
Thoughts"
"Let
Him Dream"
"MORE
LINES" 
Comedy
Comedy as in like Shakespeare comedy--not terribly funny, but light-hearted.
"L
is for Lovely"
"The
Click"
"The
Man With No Name"
"I
Long to Nombiri"
"Verb
is a Noun"
Tragedy/Dark
"Murmuring
Prayer"
"Alone
in My Misery"
"Happiness
is Far From Here"
"Picture"
"Enemies"
"Lamentations"
"Undone?"
"No
Wishes Without Dreams"
"I
wish today was tomorrow"
"The
Other Side of Peace"
"Broken
Dream"
"Change"
"WALLS"
Untitled
3
"LINES"
Sonnet
91101
Romance
Definitely romantic with a small R, as in love, not Romantic as in fantasy.
"I
Slept"
"Upon
The Tor"
"I
Don't Have to See You"
"Remember
Always"
"The
Future is but Memories"
"Together"
"Alone"
"Ev'ry
Star"
Problematic
These are a lot like some of Shakespeare's plays that don't really fit in only
one category.
Sonnet
2001 (The Astronomer's Sonnet)
"I
Sink in My Sorrow"
"The
Return of the Raven"
Untitled
2
Limericks & Haiku
Riddle
What is he trying to say? Emily Dickinsonian.
Nonce
Rhyme Sonnet 14
"Turn"
"Unknown"
"Us
is Dust"
Coming Soon: Ten Tales of Tobermorey and much more.
Some of Stamps' favourite poems from renouned poets:
"Challenged"
by Leslie W. Ortega
"I
Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark, Not Day" by Gerard Manley Hopkins 1885(?)
"Not
Waving But Drowning" by Stevie Smith 1972
Excerpt from Song
of Myself by Walt Whitman 1855
Excerpt from Amoretti:
Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spencer 1595
"The
Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats 1892
"Auld
Lang Syne"
"O
Savior, Thou Who Wearest a Crown"
"How
Firm a Foundation"
"I
Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
"The
Star Spangled Banner"
"There
is Sunshine in My Soul Today"
"Come,
Thou Fount of Every Blessing"
Mrs. Goat
Illusions
Dingbat
Lads
Lint
Smiling
Not To Be
Wondering
Choosing
Faith
Happiness
Innocence
Journey
Judgment
Leading Lady
Maple
Mountain
Music
My Cat
Snowdrifts
Summer Song
Tabby
Twisting
Worthy
Some poems from his friends:
I Remember
Tomorrow
Diamond
Beauty
Complete
The
Battle
Power
of a Dream
Wonder
of Wonders
A
Special Friend
Poetry copyright © 1998 by F. C. Stamps