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Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper

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Feed My Frankenstein Alice Cooper 1981

March Metal Day 21

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Sad But True Metallica 1992

Door by Richard Artschwager

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Door Richard Artschwager 1983-84

Dedication by Stephen Vincent Benet

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Dedication Stephen Vincent Benet

Metal March Day 19

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Take No Prisoners Megadeth 1980

Dark Necessities by Red Hot Chilli Peppers

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Dark Necessities Red Hot Chilli Peppers 2016

Metal March Day 18

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Mr. Self Destruct Nine inch Nails 1994

Feb. 29, 1958 by Allen Ginsberg

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Feb. 29, 1958 Allen Ginsberg 1958

Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C by Diane Arbus

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Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C Diane Arbus 1962

Metal March Day 16

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On Your Knees W.A.S.P 1984

Decalogue by Ambrose Bierce

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Decalogue Ambrose Bierce 1906

Metal March Day 13

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Psychosocial Slipknot 2008

Children Selecting Books in A Library by Randall Jarrell

March 12, 2023March 8, 2023 ~ JezzieG ~ 1 Comment

Children Selecting Books in A Library Randall Jarrell 1955

Metal March Day 12

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Master of Puppets Metallica 1986

Father Death Blues (Don’t Grow Old, Part V) by Allen Ginsberg

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Father Death Blues (Don't Grow Old, Part V) Allen Ginsberg 1976

Candy Says by Lou Reed and Velvet Underground

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Candy Says Lou Reed and Velvet Underground 1969

Elegy for Jane by Theodore Roethke

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Elegy for Jane Theodore Roethke 1953

Metal March Day 6

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Enter Sandman Metallica 1991

Dear Colette by Erica Jong

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Dear Colette Erica Jong

Dani California by Red Hot Chilli Peppers

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Dani California Red Hot Chilli Peppers 2006

Metal March Day 4

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Bed of Nails Alice Cooper 1989

Before you knew you owned it by Alice Walker

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Before you knew you owned it Alice Walker

Metal March Day 2

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Madhouse Anthrax 1985

Metal March Day 1

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Seek & Destroy Metallica 1982

Black Girl’s Window by Betye Saar

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 ~ JezzieG ~ 1 Comment

Black Girl's Window Betye Saar 1969

El Condor Pasa by Paul Simon with Art Garfunkel

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El Condor Pasa Paul Simon with Art Garfunkel 1970

Elegy by Ambrose Bierce

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Elegy Ambrose Bierce

Before an Examination by Stephen Vincent Benet

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Before an Examination Stephen Vincent Benet 20th Century

A Country Life by Randall Jarrell

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A Country Life Randall Jarrell 20th Century

A Jewish Giant at home with his parents, in the Bronx, N.Y. by Diane Arbus

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A Jewish Giant at home with his parents, in the Bronx, N.Y Diane Arbus 1970

Chanson Un Peu Naïve by Louise Bogan

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Chanson Un Peu Naïve Louise Bogan 1923

Cedar Piece by Carl Andre

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Cedar Piece Carl Andre 1964

This Simple Human Gentle Act

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Artist: Dorothea Tanning Surrealism, Installation Art, Proto-Feminist Artists, Modern Sculpture Born: 25 August 1910, Illinois, USA Nationality: American Died: 31 January 2012, New York, USA

Danny O’Dare by Shel Silverstein

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Danny O'Dare Shel Silverstein 1996

A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. 1968 by Diane Arbus

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A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. 1968 Diane Arbus 1968

42nd Street movie theater audience, N.Y.C. 1958 by Diane Arbus

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42nd Street movie theater audience, N.Y.C. 1958 Diane Arbus 1958

Beast, Book, Body by Erica Jong

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Beast, Book, Body Erica Jong

Ballad of Dwight Fry by Alice Cooper

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Ballad of Dwight Fry Alice Cooper 1971

Sabbaths 2001 by Wendell Berry

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Sabbaths 2001 Wendell Berry

3’s and 7’s by Queens of the Stone Age

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3's and 7's Queens of the Stone Age 2007

Rag Doll by Aerosmith

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Rag Doll Aerosmith 1987

A Dream within a Dream

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Poet: Edgar Allan Poe Born: 19 January 1809, Massachusetts, USA Nationality: American Died: 7 October 1849, Maryland, USA

Refrain by Allen Ginsberg

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Refrain Allen Ginsberg 20th Century

37th Piece of Work by Carl Andre

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37th Piece of Work Carl Andre 1969

Walk This Way by Aerosmith

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Walk This Way Aerosmith 1986

Haiku by Jack Kerouac

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Haiku Jack Kerouac 20th Century

Recovering Amid the Farms by Jack Gilbert

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Recovering Amid the Farms Jack Gilbert

Untitled (7) by Diane Arbus

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Untitled (7) Diane Arbus 1970-71

Rain by Jack Gilbert

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Rain Jack Gilbert 20th/21st Century

Paying the Captain by Russell Edson

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Paying the Captain Russell Edson

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Basket of Dreams

Basket of Dreams

As sips of tea now ponder in a dream,
A square of white the canvas that awaits
The silk to weave; the needle point is sharp

Rime Couée Notes

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The Rime Couée is a French form written over two rhymes. The first is a rhyming couplet of eight syllables then a shorter third line of six lines. The two couplets rhyme as do the shorter lines. This gives a form pattern of xxxxxxxaxxxxxxxaxxxxxbxxxxxxxaxxxxxxxaxxxxxb Example Butterfly Dance by JezzieG Slowly…

Bohemian Smiles

Bohemian Smiles

We are dreamers in love as we tango tonight
Into worlds of a fantasy passion in dreams
In this, dance my bohemian smiles with delight
As your eyes now reflect the old silver moonbeams

Volcanic Fireburst Notes

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Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or decasyllabicRhyme Scheme: abba ccDD eeDD ff, D lines are feminine rhyme Example Barefoot Youth by Larry Eberhart In summertime I never would wear shoesunless I hiked the rocky mountainside,and nearly all my time was spent outside,and shoes…

Descort Notes

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The main rule of the Descort poem is that each line needs to be different from every other line in the poem. Therefore the poem has varying line lengths, and meters, no rhyme, and no refrains. Example Turn of Season by JezzieG No more daffodils sway in the laneThe spring…

Destiny Found

Destiny Found

Desire ignited on the dance floor
Encouraged by sweet tasting wine
Shyly sampled by longing lips

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