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jjote
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0 posted 2016-03-15 02:10 PM



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[just reinventing an old freeverse poem posted at Corner Pub I think - Jerry, you've got me hooked on villanelles, honing it some more]

"sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me"


Dusk settles in, bruising the sky purple
I fear not what is beyond the unknown,
I will soar high and bold like an eagle

winds may shake the trees until they tremble
while the birds fly in aimless abandon
dusk settles in, bruising the sky purple.

gloom takes control over dreams of people
relentless pursuit of ambitions lost
I will soar high and bold like an eagle

ocean breakers a gray restless curdle
but stars will shine and lighten the heavens
dusk settles in, bruising the sky purple

in a secret garden stands a temple
there I shall follow a flock of swallows
I will soar high and bold like an eagle.

I won't find it hard to pack up my life
find my nesting place when I hear that call
dusk settles in, bruising the sky purple
I will soar high and bold like an eagle.


@jjote 03/15/16


[Using the lines from CROSSING THE BAR – by Alfred Lord Tennyson to inspire this poem
“Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me”]

[This message has been edited by jjote (03-15-2016 05:32 PM).]

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JerryPat2
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1 posted 2016-03-15 02:27 PM


I loved the clarity and intensity within the lines of this very well done in the "ten syllable line, jjote.

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JamesMichael
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2 posted 2016-03-15 10:56 PM


nice...I really liked the title you chose...james
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