Classical poetry – Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery

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Winner of the Free Form Challenge Rising Moon Poetry

Late nights turn quickly to early morning As I recognise the spark of an idea Whilst the ticking clock issues no warning Space between the second hand is falling Recognising potential could be the reason Late nights turn quickly to early morning I will have recognised a new dawning of ideas, to be… Continue reading Ticking Clock

Fire a Terza Rima

You are creator, destroyer, transformer Which will you be, as you play your guitar I wanted love to be your reformer You spark and sizzle your essence aflare You consume, it’s your way of persistance Your music, just one way, to lay souls bare You are a blaze, shown with consistence To consume all the… Continue reading Fire a Terza Rima

A megabyte of madness

A megabyte of madness – A Villanelle You became a megabyte of madness Since we met life’s never been the same We frankly share happiness and sadness No false catechism staunches blackness We listen truly and do not shame You became a megabyte of madness We share our secrets with a cheerfulness Plus a tut… Continue reading A megabyte of madness

Bridge….. a Clogyrnach

The clogyrnach (klawg-ur-NAWK’) is one of the 24 traditional Welsh poetry forms. It is a stanzaic, syllabic and rhymed form. Each stanza consists of 32 syllables and two rhymes. It can be written three different ways, in 6, 5, or 4 lines, as described below. This is not a difficult form to craft, but if… Continue reading Bridge….. a Clogyrnach

Philosophical

I lay underneath star and moonlight shine Gazing at the universes majesty A shower of sparks across heaven’s line Underlines lifes fragile mortality Mother moon bathes all, universal glow Though shadows fall creating pools of darkness World sparkling bright as day its scars still show From evil this bright light gives no catharsis Can beauty… Continue reading Philosophical

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