John W. Cooper's Poetry List
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TITLE (or first line) Date  Form
TERRORWOCKY
May-04
parody
UNPOSTED ORACULARY
May-04 parody
ELEGY Oct-01 unclassified
BURNING TREE Oct-99 unclassified
WATCH Oct-98 sonnet, Shakespearean
- G - Mar-98 unknown
VAMPIRE Mar-97 sneadhbhairdne
ON QUITTING COFFEE Mar-97  heroic couplets(?), broken 
SAY WHAT YOU WILL Mar-97  sextilla, rocking meter 
THE SPACE UNDER THE WINDOW (part of an e-book) Mar-97  heroic sestets, reversed rhyme 
MORNING SONG  Mar-97  sextilla 
THE END OF SUMMER Feb-97  sonnet, Shakespearean 
PERCHANCE TO DREAM Jun-96  sonnet, Shakespearean 
TARZAN TRIPS FOREVER Apr-96  sestina 
LOVE, UNQUOTE Mar-96  short verse 
QUARREL WITH A BIT PART Jan-96  rondeau redoubled 
MESSENGERS Jan-96  rondeau, broken 
ENKIDU AWAKES- THE SIXTH DAY Dec-95  grammatic parallelism 
THE SPORK CYCLE Nov-95  haiku stanzas 
WRITER'S HAZE Nov-95  sonnet, broken 
THE VIOLATION  Nov-95  sonnet, Shakespearean 
JEALOUSY Nov-95  unknown 
DRINKING SONG OF HEROES Jul-95  roundelay 
INSPIRATION X Jun-95  ballad 
DYING DROIGHNEACH OF MY UNDERLYING BITTERNESS Jun-95  droighneach 
GUESSING MARLENE  Jun-95  englyn penfyr 
FOREST Jun-95  valentine 
MUSE Feb-95  unknown 
A LOVE NOTE TO A SIREN Oct-94  prose poem 
GOSSIP IS MY GARGOYLE Oct-94  sonnet, Shakespearean 
THE INNOCENCE OF EVIL May-94  haiku stanzas 
THE RING  May-94  unknown 
A DEMON'S SESTINA OF A DYING MAN'S DREAM  Mar-94  sestina 
WALKING THOUGHTS  Mar-94  sonnet, Shakespearean 
THE RAVEN Mar-94  unknown 
EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM  Mar-94  villanelle, squashed 
THE UNFINISHED POEM Nov-90  sestets 
VILLANELLE O' THE POET ROGUE  Oct-90  villanelle, Scot 
PREACHING TO THE CHOIR Dec-89  sestets with repetons 
MANDRAGORA  Nov-87  calligramme 
OUTLINE  Aug-87  outline verse 
LAMINAR ANIMAL  Feb-87  palindromes - letter unit 
ROGUESONG II Feb-87  sestet 
BROKEN SONNET OF FIVE HOMELESS  Jan-87  sonnet, broken 
cracked voice  Dec-86  prose blues 
DEAR MISTRESS  Dec-86  sonnet 
dear mr cummings:it gives me  Sep-86  unknown 
Chapter one -- In a small shaded house  Aug-86  prose poem 
Happy she sits on my laughing shoulders  Dec-85  linked rhyme 
On this dark blue rug Apr-84  prose poem 
what do you hear, love Apr-84  unknown 
ROGUESONG I Mar-84  sestet 
song of a man whose friend  Mar-84  unknown 
EVERY RESTLESS NIGHT  Dec-83  daisy chain 
for softlong hair  Nov-83  unknown 
Weep softly, waves. Nov-80  palindrome - word unit 
VILLANELLE OF THE POET'S LOAD 1979  villanelle 
GOOD BOOK, BUT...  1976  hymnal stanzas 
ANT ELEGANCE  1975  couplets 
The sun that you see  1975  lyric quatrains 

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