A poem that I read today by Mac

How many poets does it take to change a light bulb?
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https://poetryarchive.org/poem/good-neighbour/

'quiet in their beds, like drowsing flies' ...great line
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https://forwardartsfoundation.org/poem/in-a-restaurant/

I've done this and was duly mocked by my mates at the time!
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https://www.badlilies.uk/hilary-menos

Menos is editor at the Friday Poem ezine
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetry ... -as-a-wolf

"I practice abandon" - yea, to that!
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https://thefridaypoem.com/return-to-ith ... mcdonnell/

Does this poem need the classical illusion prop?
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetry ... late-march

Well worth a listen. I don't believe gulls caw. The word makes me think of crows.
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetry ... t-in-watts

The write up on poetry foundation mentions 'elasticity' of poetry. I like that notion. I like the word 'playfulness' in the poem, and the phrase 'plagiarizing the future'. I think the latter is a danger for formalist poetry, that safety net of repetition.
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